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Iran leader says ‘enemies’ may target workers as protests rage

DUBAI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Protests raged on at Iranian universities and in some cities on Saturday as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the country's "enemies" may try to mobilise workers…

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Iran protests: Social media videos show flames at home of late leader Khomeini

DUBAI (Reuters) - Video clips showing a fire at the ancestral home in Iran of the Islamic Republic's late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, have appeared on social media, with activists…

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Iran accuses Israel and Western intelligence services of planning civil war in Iran

(Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Thursday accused Israel and Western intelligence services of planning to divide the country gripped by anti-government protests and start a civil war, a day…

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Iran says several French intelligence agents arrested during protests

DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Several French intelligence agents were arrested in relation to protests in Iran, the country's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state TV on Wednesday, as anti-government…

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Iran’s unrest sounds death knell for once vibrant reformists

(Reuters) - The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide with Iranians in the streets demanding an end to…

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Italian travel blogger arrested in Iran freed

MILAN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - An Italian travel blogger arrested in Iran has been released and will return home, the office of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday. "After…

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Iran’s security forces struggle to suppress unrest

(Reuters) - Iran's Army Ground Forces Commander said that "rioters" would have no place in the Islamic Republic if the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered a tougher crackdown…

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Iran warns Saudi Arabia ‘our strategic patience’ may run out

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's intelligence minister told its regional rival Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that there is no guarantee of Tehran continuing its "strategic patience," according to semi-official Fars news…

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Iran says it tests satellite-carrying rocket, U.S. calls move ‘destabilising’

Recasts with U.S. reaction DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards tested a new satellite-carrying rocket on Saturday, state media reported, a move the United States called "unhelpful and destabilising". Washington…

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Iran’s security forces targeting university students to control protests

Iran’s security forces have launched a series of attacks on university students at campuses across the country with dozens of students being arrested, according to the Students’ Union of Iran.…

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Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8 billion despite sanctions

LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite U.S. sanctions intended to cut Iran off from the…

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Russia says Western media trying to stir Gulf tensions

MOSCOW, Nov (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday that Western media had launched a campaign that could trigger escalation in the Gulf, his…

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Iran university students strike, piling pressure on rulers

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian university students pressed ahead with sit-down strikes on Tuesday in support of some of the biggest protests since the 1979 revolution, ignoring harsh warnings by elite…

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Iran’s Guards seize vessel carrying 11 mln litres of smuggled fuel in Gulf – SNN

DUBAI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign vessel carrying 11 million litres of smuggled fuel in the Gulf on Monday, according to the Student News Network's…

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Iranians appear to defy warning from powerful Guards with more protests

(Reuters) - Iranian students defied warnings from the feared Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia that nationwide protests must end by Sunday, prompting a fierce response from riot police and militia,…

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Iran’s Guards head tells protesters: ‘Today is last day of riots’

(Reuters) - The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards Hossein Salami warned protesters that Saturday would be their last day of taking to the streets. "Do not come to the…

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Islamic State claims Iran shrine attack, Iran vows response

(Reuters) - The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Iran on Wednesday which killed 15 people, escalating tensions in a…

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Protests rage in Iran’s southeast, amid crackdown call

(Reuters) - Protests broke out in restive southeastern Iran on Friday, with demonstrators attacking banks, state media reported, as a senior hardline cleric called for tough measures against demonstrators across…

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Iran warns against travel to Ukraine and tells Iranians to leave country

Iran’s foreign ministry advised its citizens on Friday to refrain from travelling to Ukraine and asked Iranians there to leave the country. “Due to the military escalation in Ukraine, all…

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Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia

(Reuters) - Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters, a move…

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Iran prison fire death toll rises as protests rage

DUBAI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Eight prisoners died as a result of a fire at Tehran's Evin prison over the weekend, Iran's judiciary said on Monday, doubling the death toll…

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UPDATED: Iran prison fire kills four, injures 61 as protests persist

Oct 16 (Reuters) - A fire at Iran's Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman's death…

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UPDATED: Iran’s top judge orders harsh sentences for ‘main elements of riots’ as protests persist

Iran's judiciary chief said on Thursday he had ordered judges to issue tough sentences for the "main elements of riots", sparked after the death of a young woman in custody…

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Iran calls on foreign visitors to respect law as protests persist

Foreign visitors to Iran should respect the Islamic Republic's laws, its foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday amid continued protests over a woman's death in police custody that Tehran has…

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Protests grip Iran as rights group says 19 children killed

DUBAI (Reuters) -Protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody continued across Iran on Sunday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities, as a human…

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Women students tell Iran’s president to ‘get lost’ as unrest rages

DUBAI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Female students in Tehran chanted "get lost" as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited their university campus on Saturday and condemned protesters enraged by the death of a young…

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Iranians keep up the heat on leaders with protests, strikes

DUBAI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Iranians enraged over the death of a young woman in police custody braved bullets and tear gas on Saturday, a human rights group said, pressing…

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France urges its nationals to leave Iran; Tehran denies killing 16-year-old, says she fell off roof

PARIS, (Reuters) - France urged its nationals to leave Iran as soon as possible, saying they were exposed to the risk of arbitrary detentions. "Any French visitor, including dual nationals,…

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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes northwestern Iran – USGS

Oct 5 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northwestern Iran on Wednesday, and state television said medical authorities in the area reported that at least 276 people had been…

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Iran’s leader backs police over Mahsa Amini protests, may signal tougher crackdown

Iran's Supreme leader on Monday gave his full backing to security forces confronting protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini in custody, comments that could herald a harsher crackdown…

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Iran lawmakers chant “thank you, police” amid growing public fury over woman’s death

(Reuters) - Iranian lawmakers chanted "thank you, thank you, police" during a parliament session on Sunday, amid weeks of anti-government protests across Iran following the death of a young woman…

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Iran protests over young woman’s death continue, 83 said killed

(Reuters) - Protests continued in several cities across Iran against the death of young woman in police custody, state and social media reported, as a human rights group said at…

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As protests spread, Iran president says Amini’s death is ‘tragic incident’, but ‘chaos’ unacceptable

(Reuters) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that the death of a young woman in custody had "saddened" everyone in the Islamic Republic, but warned that "chaos" would not be…

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Iran’s nationwide protests pile pressure on state

DUBAI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Iranian riot police deployed in Tehran's main squares on Wednesday to confront people chanting "death to the dictator" as nationwide protests over the death of…

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Iran’s President Raisi says protesters should be ‘confronted decisively’

Iran must deal decisively with protests which have swept the country after the death in custody of a woman detained by the Islamic Republic's morality police, President Ebrahim Raisi said…

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Musk says activating Starlink, in response to Blinken on internet freedom in Iran

(Reuters) - SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he would activate the firm's satellite internet service, Starlink, in response to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's tweet that the United…

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UPDATED: Iranian army says it will confront enemies as protests rage

Sept 23 (Reuters) - The Iranian army said on Friday it will "confront the enemies" to ensure security, the toughest warning yet to nationwide protesters enraged by the death of…

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UPDATED: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issue warning as protests over woman’s death spread

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards called on the Islamic Republic's judiciary on Thursday to prosecute "those who spread false news and rumours" about a young woman whose death in police custody…

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Iran’s Khamenei gives second televised speech after report of illness

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke for the second time in less than a week in a televised speech on Wednesday, appearing healthy after a…

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UPDATED: Two dead and 25 injured in Iran’s Kermanshah following protests

Two people died on Tuesday following protests in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah, the city's prosecutor was quoted as saying on Wednesday by the semi-official Fars news agency. "Unfortunately,…

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EU, France see no better deal for Iran

France said on that there would not be a better offer for Iran to revive a nuclear deal with world powers and it was up to Tehran to decide now…

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Iranian police call woman’s death in custody an ‘unfortunate incident’

Iranian police said on Monday the death of a young woman in custody was an "unfortunate incident" which they do not want to see repeated, a semi-official news agency reported.…

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Fury grows in Iran over woman who died after hijab arrest – social media

DUBAI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Protests persisted on Sunday and #MahsaAmini became one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman in…

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Iran to join Asian security body founded by Russia, China

Iran has moved a step closer towards becoming a permanent member of a China and Russia-dominated Asian security body, as Tehran seeks to overcome economic isolation imposed by U.S. sanctions.…

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Israeli minister says Iran using Syria facilities for weapons production

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said that Iran has used more than 10 military facilities in Syria to produce advanced missiles and weapons for its proxies. For several years, Israel…

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Iran says it has developed drone ‘designed to hit Israel’s Tel Aviv, Haifa’

Sept 12 (Reuters) - Iran has developed an advanced long-range suicide drone "designed to hit Israel's Tel Aviv, Haifa", the semi-official Mehr News on Monday quoted Iran’s ground forces chief…

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Iran Guards seize foreign ship in Gulf for smuggling diesel

DUBAI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have seized a foreign vessel in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling 757,000 litres of diesel out of the country, the Iranian…

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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes southern Iran region – EMSC

Sept 5 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck southern Iran on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles),…

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Iran boosts civil defence, lifts anti-aircraft readiness

Iran has equipped 51 of its cities with civil defence systems and boosted readiness at air defences to thwart any possible foreign attack, military officials said, amid an escalation of…

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Iran calls IAEA’s demands ‘excessive’- media

Iran will not accept the U.N. nuclear watchdog's "excessive" demands, the spokesperson of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation was cited as saying by the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Tuesday. After…

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Iran says cooperation with Riyadh can help restoring regional peace

DUBAI, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday that talks with Saudi Arabia was a separate matter from talks to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear pact, adding that cooperation between…

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Rushdie’s stabbing highlights divisions in Iranian society

Many Iranians have turned to social media to show their anger and praise over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie at a lecture in New York state, with some conspiracy…

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Iran must abandon ‘extraneous’ demands in nuclear talks -U.S.

The only way to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is for Tehran to abandon its extraneous demands, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, saying Washington believes everything that…

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FACTBOX – The three major issues bedevilling talks on reviving Iran nuclear deal

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States are struggling to overcome divisions on three major issues in indirect talks on revival of a 2015 nuclear deal while months…

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Iran will respond to EU’s nuclear text by midnight on Monday, says foreign minister

DUBAI, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Iran will respond to the European Union's "final" text by midnight on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said, calling on the United States to…

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UPDATED: ‘Ludicrous’ to suggest Rushdie responsible for attack, says Britain

It is "ludicrous" to suggest that novelist Salman Rushdie was responsible for the attack on him, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, after Iran's foreign…

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Timeline of events following Iran’s fatwa against author Salman Rushdie

Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked on a New York state lecture stage on Friday, spent years in hiding after he was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because…

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