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Iran Prez dies in helicopter crash; Mohammad Mokhber to takeover

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and others on board the helicopter that crashed a day ago in the northwest of the country have all died according to state......

Fog, cold weather hinder search for Raisi's chopper crash site

Hours after an Iranian military commander claimed to have located the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, conflicting reports emerged as the head of Iran's Red......

Raisi's Instagram post urges Iranians to pray for him

After Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter made a "hard landing," the Instagram post of the country's premier urged the people to 'pray' for him on Sunday, as Raisi's condition continues to......

India contacts Iran to free 17 citizens onboard ship seized by Tehran

India is in touch with Iran to secure the release of 17 Indians on board an Israeli-linked cargo ship that was seized by the Iranian military near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday amid increasing......

Pak, Iran agree to de-escalate tension after missile strikes

Pakistan and Iran on Friday agreed to "de-escalate the situation" and strengthen coordination on counter-terrorism as the two sides began to pick threads of tattered ties following their......

Iran, Pak finalise pipeline deal without India

Iran and Pakistan have finalised a deal on $ 7.4 billion gas pipeline project without the participation of India, ending settled differences on the agreement during four-day negotiations in Tehran.......

Pakistan pledges to implement gas project

Pakistan says it will go with the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline despite skepticism over the project from the United States. "Pakistan is determined to implement IPI gas pipeline project and......

Iranian judoka Mollaei to compete in tournament in Israel

IMAGE: Saeid Mollaei, a former judo world champion, fled Iran for Germany after saying Iranian authorities had put pressure on him to drop out of the 2019 world championships in Tokyo to avoid a......

Football Focus: Hernandez joins LA Galaxy

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field. IMAGE: Mexico's Javier Hernandez attends a training session. Photograph: Daniel Becerril/Reuters Mexico’s all-time leading......

PIX: Iranian women attend first soccer match in 40 years

Waving flags, blowing vuvuzela plastic horns and displaying the team colours of red, green and white, over 3,000 women watched from a special women-only section in the Azadi Stadium in Tehran.......

Iran will issue visas for US wrestlers

Bahram Ghasemi, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued a telegram message on Sunday noting that visas would be issued for the Americans partly because of the decision by a US federal......

Iran calls London 2012 logo "racist": report

Iran said on Monday it might boycott the 2012 London Olympics because of the event's "racist" logo, which resembles the word Zion, the official Irna news agency reported. The secretary general of......

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