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  FBI disrupts Iranian assassination plot targeting Donald Trump

  World | November 08, 2024 23:22 IST

  The FBI has disrupted an Iranian assassination plot targeting President-elect Donald Trump, revealing criminal charges. The plot, involving an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official and an Iranian contact, was meant to take place before the election.

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  Russian rocket launches Iranian satellites into orbit amid threats from West | WATCH

  World | November 05, 2024 8:53 IST

  The Iranian satellite launch comes after Russia and Iran have expanded ties in various spheres amid threats from the West. Russia is seeking support from Iran to strengthen its position in the war against Ukraine, while Tehran is also looking for support from Moscow amid tension with Israel.

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  Germany orders 3 Iranian consulates to shut after Iranian-German prisoner is executed

  World | October 31, 2024 20:27 IST

  Sharmahd was one of several Iranian dissidents abroad in recent years either tricked or kidnapped back to Iran as Tehran began lashing out after the collapse of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers including Germany.

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  Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to 8 years in prison and flogging

  May 09, 2024 11:05 IST

  The lawyer of Iranian filmmaker Babak Paknia in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) shared the news that Iran's Islamic Revolution Court imposed an eight-year prison term on Rasoulof. More details below.

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  Grammy-winning Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour sentenced to prison for THIS reason

  March 02, 2024 9:48 IST

  It said Hajipour received a three-year, eight-month sentence on charges of “propaganda against the system” and “encouraging people to protest”. Know more details below.

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  Months after first bath in over 50 years, 'World's dirtiest man' dies in Iran

  World | October 25, 2022 22:42 IST

  94-year-old Amou Haji was believed to skip bath times for more than half a century died on Sunday, local media reported.

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  Bomb threat on China-bound Iranian plane over Indian airspace, IAF fighter jets scrambled

  India | October 03, 2022 14:57 IST

  ‘Bomb threat’ onboard Iranian passenger jet over Indian airspace, with final destination in China, triggers alert, IAF jets scrambled. The passenger jet is now moving towards China. Security agencies monitoring the plane, said sources

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  Iranian woman dies after arrest by 'Morality Police' for not wearing headscarf

  World | September 17, 2022 7:41 IST

  Iranian woman dies: Iranian woman Mahsa Amini was on a visit to Tehran with her family when she was detained by the specialist police unit.

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  Iranian cargo ship attacked in Red Sea off Yemen: Report

  World | April 07, 2021 13:07 IST

  The US military's Central Command said it was "aware of media reporting of an incident involving the Saviz in the Red Sea."

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  4 Iranians, part of con gang, arrested in Thiruvananthapuram: Police

  India | November 12, 2020 23:15 IST

  Four Iranian nationals, part of a gang that relieved people of their cash at money exchange centres and other places in the country, were arrested from a hotel here on Thursday, police said. 

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  Trump tweets he’s ordered Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats

  World | April 22, 2020 20:01 IST

  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Navy to “shoot down and destroy” any Iranian gunboats that harass US ships, a directive that comes a week after the Navy reported a group of Iranian boats made “dangerous and harassing approaches” to American vessels in the Persian Gulf.

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  US imposes sanctions on two Iranian judges

  World | December 20, 2019 7:01 IST

  Abolghassem Salavati and Mohammad Moghisseh, the two blacklisted judges who preside over branches of Iran's Revolutionary Court, were accused by the Treasury department.

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  Rupee spurts 25 paise to 68.33 vs US Dollar on Fed boost

  India | July 11, 2019 10:21 IST

  The rupee rebounded 25 paise to 68.33 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, in tandem with other emerging market currencies after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell bolstered expectations of a rate cut later this month.

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  Iranian oil tanker ablaze off China coast sinks, no survivors

  World | January 14, 2018 15:45 IST

  The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, had been in flames since colliding with the CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, 160 nautical miles east of Shanghai on January 6.

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  China says blazing Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea may explode

  World | January 09, 2018 17:36 IST

  The oil tanker Sanchi - registered in Panama - was still on fire after a collision with the Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter CF Crystal on Saturday.

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  Coast guard intercepts suspect Iranian fishing boat off Kerala coast

  India | July 05, 2015 19:31 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram:  A suspicious foreign fishing 'dhow', seen off the Alapuzha coast, was intercepted by the Coast Guard and brought to Vizhinjam here on Sunday.A 12-member crew from Iran who were in the dhow have been

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  Nigerian, Iranian nationals arrested in Bangalore with drugs

  India | October 15, 2013 10:07 IST

  Bangalore: A gang of six persons, including a Nigerian and an Iranian, have been arrested for allegedly peddling drugs here, police said yesterday.  Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the culprits from K R Puram,

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  Similar Magnetic Bomb Was Used In Tehran To Kill Iranian Nuclear Scientist Last Month

  World | February 13, 2012 21:20 IST

  Tehran, Feb 13: A magnetic bomb, similar to the one used in New Delhi today, was used to kill 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, deputy director of Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility, along with his driver

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  Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed By Magnetic Bombs In Tehran

  World | January 11, 2012 21:30 IST

  London, Jan 11: An Iranian university professor working at a nuclear facility has been killed after two assailants attached magnetic bombs to his car. The explosion in Tehran killed Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a chemistry expert