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Iran threatens to destroy Israel

Donald Trump's election has led to unease over threats to peace in the region, Iran's defense minister said on Sunday, warning that a war would destroy Israel and the small Gulf Arab states.
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Two Poets Sentenced to Flogging and Prison

A Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced the poets Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Moosavi to 9 years and 6 months and 99 lashes, and 11 years and 99 lashes, respectively, on charges of “insulting the sacred” for the ...
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Italians seal oil purchase deals with Iran

Two Italian energy companies, Saras SpA and Iplom SpA, have reportedly signed long term contracts with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to purchase crude oil from Iran.
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As Aleppo falls, diplomats foresee Iran and ISIS rise

Aleppo’s fall will not end the brutal Syrian war, but now diplomats are haggling over “which direction it falls,” according to a Western diplomat. That is, will it be a bloodbath? Or can Secretary of State John ...
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Right Activist Sentenced to 15 Years Prison

Civil rights defender Arash Sadeghi, who is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for his peaceful activism, is in “critical and worrying” condition after 45 days on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison, an informed source told ...
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EU bans Iran’s Aseman Airlines from flying in Europe

The European Union has banned Iran's Aseman Airlines from operating within the EU due to safety concerns, in a blow to Tehran which is buying new jets to renew the country's ageing fleet following the lifting of ...
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Are ballistic missiles Iran’s next nuclear bomb?

Iran’s continuing experimentation and development of ballistic missiles – a flagrant violation of Security Council resolution no. 2231 - is proving to be a much more threatening policy than its hibernate nuclear program.
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Iran tortured Student for 5 Years

Shabnam Madadzadeh, 29, was kept in a tiny cell, beaten and interrogated during her agonising years behind bars. The activist was forced to listen from solitary confinement as female inmates were raped, before she was made to ...
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Iran’s Proxy Activities threat to the world

Iran's destabilizing actions across the Middle East constitute a security threat that rivals that of Tehran's nuclear ambitions, Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said Tuesday.