Iran launches drill near Hormuz Strait, says it will defeat ‘enemy’
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched drill near Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a day after US carrier sailed into Persian Gulf.
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France Grants Asylum to Yezidi Families under President Macron's Promise
The widow and daughters of the Ezidi Progress Party leader, Waad Hamad Mato (DoB 1967), arrived in Paris December 20, 2018, after four years of being rejected for asylum by other countries. They were on the first plane of 20 Yezidi families promised asylum by French President M
Iran uses Russian flag, bases to hide from Israeli strikes in Syria
Iranian militias are reportedly hiding behind Russian flags and use their positions in Syria’s Hama and Idlib to avoid Israel’s frequent strikes, Syrian activists quoted by Qasioun News Agency on Friday.
Thousands of Afghan workers left Iran as economic crisis mounts
More than 700,000 undocumented Afghans have left Iran due to the financial and economic crises that hit the country, Reuters reported, referring to recent data by UN migration agency.
Document shows Iraq banning Iranian banks, company ‘to cut off terrorists funding’
An official document received by Avatoday shows that Iraqi government blocked the properties of an Iranian bank and a group company and banned money transactions and financial deals with another bank aimed at cutting off terrorist’s funding and money laundering.
Saudi worries about Iran missile program, urges international action
Saudi Arabia’s king Salman asked the international community on Monday to act against the Islamic Republic’s military program including its nuclear and ballistic development, Reuters reported.
Iran, Dubai business ties fall sharply since US sanction, says report
Dubai was once one of the Iran’s gate to the outside world and one of the biggest business center for Iranians, but the international sanctions against Tehran caused a sharp decrease in the business scales the two countries used to have, Reuters reported.
Russia unable to sale jets to Iran due to US sanctions, says report
According to a report by BCS it is very unlikely for Russians to sale Sukhoi Super Jet 100 regional airliners ordered by Iran due to some US-made components in the product.
Several Kurdish-Iraqi companies feed Iran with US dollar
Several money exchange companies based in Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s city of Slemani send 10 million Dollar to Iran on daily bases, a source inside Iranian Intelligence agency (Etelaaat) of Sardasht told Avatoday.
Iran sends arm to Syria despite US sanctions
Ahead of new US sanctions, Tehran is using different ways to send weapon to the pro-Iranian forces in Syria, new documents obtained by Avatoday shows.