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2018-12-19 17:43
Russia, Iran & Turkey agree to launch Syrian constitution committee
Top diplomats from Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed to ensure that a 150-strong committee to draft a new Syrian constitution will convene for the first time early next year as they wrapped up a meeting in Geneva on Tuesday.
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2018-12-19 13:20
Russia, Iran, Turkey Back New Syria Constitution Body but Fail to Agree Makeup
Russia, Iran and Turkey, supporters of the main sides in Syria's complex civil war, on Tuesday failed to agree on the makeup of a UN-sponsored Syrian Constitutional Committee but called for it to convene early next year to kick off a viable peace process.
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2018-12-18 20:35
Tehran hopes to reach agreement with Russia, Turkey on Syria
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday he hoped to reach an agreement with Russia and Turkey on the composition of a new Constitutional Committee in Syria, Reuters reported.
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2018-12-18 20:21
Rouhani due in Turkey to chair high council of strategic cooperation with Erdogan
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to travel to Ankara on Wednesday afternoon for talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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2018-12-18 12:33
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura set to review joint proposal with foreign ministers in Geneva
Russia, Iran, Turkey seek deal on Syria constitutional body at UN
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is set to hold talks with foreign ministers from Iran, Russia and Turkey in Geneva to discuss setting up a committee to draft a new constitution for the war-torn country.
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2018-12-18 09:59
By Mohammad Homaeefar
Red Sea legal regime: Spider’s dream against Iran won’t be realized
TEHRAN - On Wednesday, December 12, Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh hosted the first Arab-African conference of foreign ministers of six countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, a strategic area vital to global shipping.
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2018-12-17 21:29
Tehran hosting 29th ECO Regional Planning Council meeting
TEHRAN - The 29th meeting of Regional Planning Council (RPC) of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) kicked off on Monday at the ECO secretariat in Tehran.
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2018-12-15 21:53
Iran, Russia, Turkey to meet UN envoy on Syria next week: UN statement
The United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold talks with senior officials from Iran, Russia and Turkey, as guarantors of the Syria peace process, in Geneva early next week, a UN statement says.
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2018-12-15 20:44
Which countries do Iranians visit the most?
TEHRAN - Which countries did Iranians travel to the most during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year started on March 21?
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2018-12-15 20:34
Erdogan pushes for stronger ties with Iran
TEHRAN - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late on Friday that his government is willing to strengthen tie with Iran, especially in economic sphere.
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2018-12-15 11:59
By Poya Mirzaee
Turkey fails to comply with all its obligations in Idlib
TEHRAN - Idlib is the only province of Syria to remain completely outside government control and has been dominated by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the modern successor to Nusra Front. The domination of the Syrian army in Syria now means the end of the war ultimately and this will lead to opportunities for political changes in the country.
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2018-12-14 23:49
Vaezi calls relations with Turkey ‘strategic’
TEHRAN – Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi said on Friday that expansion of all-out relations with neighbors, including Turkey, is of strategic significance to Iran, Mehr reported.
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2018-12-11 11:17
By Javad Heirannia
PGCC was never effective organization: Shireen Hunter
TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that “the PGCC was never an effective organization. Certainly, it has been an unequal partnership in the sense that Saudi Arabia has dominated the Organization.”
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2018-12-10 20:57
Iraq tops Iran’s visiting tourists list
TEHRAN – Some 2 million Iraqi nationals visited Iran during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), turning the country into Iran’s largest source of tourists, ISNA reported.
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2018-12-09 21:50
Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey to spend $2m on regional startup center
TEHRAN -- Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey are to invest $500,000 each on establishing a regional startup center, Iran’s information and communication technology (ICT) minister has said.
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2018-12-08 20:34
Parliament speakers of six Asian states condemn Chabahar terrorist attack
TEHRAN – Parliament speakers of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, China and Iran issued a joint statement at the end of an anti-terrorism conference in Tehran on Saturday condemning the terrorist attack in Chabahar, a port city in southeastern Iran.
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2018/12/05
By Mudasir Sheikh
Hypocrisy of U.S. and its Mideast allies
There is no denying the fact that the U.S. is using Saudi oil card to damage the oil-based economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela as they are unfailingly challenging Washington’s hegemony.
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2018-11-30 22:46
Iran-Turkey trade at $8.2b in 10 months
TEHRAN- According to the latest data released by Turkish Statistical Institute, the trade between Iran and Turkey in the first 10 months of 2018 stood at $8.252 billion, Tasnim news agency reported.
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2018-11-30 20:30
Astana talks stresses support for Syrian sovereignty
TEHRAN - The guarantor states of the Astana peace process on Thursday ended their 11th round of talks in the Kazakh capital, reiterating their strong commitment to Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in a joint statement.
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2018-11-28 20:37
Larijani set to visit Turkey
TEHRAN – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani is scheduled to take a trip to Turkey to attend the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) meeting in Istanbul.
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2018-11-20 20:08
By Ramin Hossein Abadian
Will Turkey attack the Kurds in eastern Euphrates?
TEHRAN - The eastern Euphrates, which is under the control of the U.S. allies, has taken the attention of most regional actors in Syria.
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2018-11-20 11:59
Russia, Turkey, Iran to hold Syria talks Nov 28-29: Kazakh FM
ASTANA: Russia, Turkey, and Iran will hold the next round of talks on Syria on Nov. 28-29 in Kazakhstan, Kazakh foreign minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Monday.
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2018-11-19 21:17
Official calls for Iran-Turkey co-op in combatting smuggling
TEHRAN – Deputy Interior Minister Hossein Zolfaqari on Monday underlined the need for intelligence sharing between Iran and Turkey to combat smuggling and terrorism.
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2018-11-18 21:50
Mogherini to discuss Iran in Ankara visit
TEHRAN – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn are scheduled to visit Turkey on November 22 for talks on a range of issues including Iran.
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2018-11-18 21:49
Turkish official expected to visit Tehran Monday
TEHRAN – Turkish Deputy Interior Minister Muhtarem Ince is scheduled to visit Tehran on Monday for talks with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Zolfaqari, Fars reported on Sunday.
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2018-11-17 22:13
Tehran to host 18th intl. household appliances in late Nov.
TEHRAN- The 18th International Exhibition of Household Appliances is slated to be held on November 22-25 at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds.
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2018-11-17 21:45
Turkish, Syrian teams met 6 times in Iran: report
TEHRAN – Chairman of Turkey’s ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) Dogu Perincek has said delegations from Turkey and Syria met six times in Iran recently.
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2018-11-11 21:05
U.S. granted Turkey 25% exemption from Iran sanctions: Turkish min.
TEHRAN – Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources said his country has been granted a 25-percent exemption from the U.S. sanctions on Iran, Mehr news agency reported citing a NDTV report.
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2018-11-06 07:30
Turkey: U.S. sanctions against Iran ‘unfair’
TEHRAN – The U.S. sanctions against Iran are unfair, Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said, Turkish media reported on Monday.
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2018-11-04 20:31
By Negar Asadi
Khashoggi’s murder questions anti-Iran approach of Trump: scholar
TEHRAN - Modjtaba Sadria, a prominent scholar, says that murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi questions the Trump administration’s tough approach towards Iran.