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Trump's Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Effort Benefits US Companies, Weakens Russia
Benzinga
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US President Donald Trump's efforts to resolve the territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh could redraw the geopolitical map of the South Caucasus region, benefitting American companies and weakening Russia’s...
Beijing files WTO suit against Canada, opposes EU sanctions on Iran
The Economic Times
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August 15, 2025
Synopsis China has escalated its trade dispute with Canada by filing a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization challenging import restrictions on steel, alleging they are protectionist measures violating WTO rules. This action follows China's...
‘Tehran’ Movie Ending Explained & Summary: Is Afsar Hosseini Dead?
Digital Mafia Talkies
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August 15, 2025
In a time where stylized action sequences are given preference over a strong storyline, where most films are unable to humanize their characters, where detailing remains superficial, where deafening background scores are played in every other...
South African general’s unapproved visit to Iran may signal complex US relations
Business Insider Africa
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August 15, 2025
The move, which did not receive government backing, has drawn sharp criticism from members of South Africa’s governing coalition, who described the visit as “reckless grandstanding.” The row comes as South Africa navigates tense relations with the...
The construction process of the new Iran-Armenia power transmission line was discussed
1in.am
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August 15, 2025
Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia Vardan Kostanyan received a delegation led by Deputy Minister of Oil of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ahmad Zeraatkar. The meeting was also attended by...
Iran says working with China and Russia to stop European sanctions
Free Malaysia Today
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August 14, 2025
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the predicted economic effects of the sanctions ‘have been exaggerated’. (Iranian foreign ministry/AP pic) TEHRAN: Iran said Thursday it was working with China and Russia to prevent the snapback of...
Larijani enters Lebanon to warm public welcome, vows unwavering Iranian support
Tehran Times
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August 15, 2025
TEHRAN – Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to a fervent public reception, with crowds lining routes to Rafic Hariri International Airport chanting “Labbaik ya Nasrallah” (At...
‘Armenian-Iranian relations are not a bargaining chip’: Yerevan reassures Tehran
JAMnews
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August 15, 2025
‘Trump’s route’ and Iran’s stance On 18–19 August, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian will pay an official visit to Armenia. The programme includes the signing of important documents, though no details have been disclosed. An Armenian-Iranian...
General Maphwanya's mission in Iran
Politicsweb
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August 15, 2025
Friday, 15 August 2025 15/08/25 OPINION General Maphwanya's mission in Iran William Saunderson-Meyer | 15 August 2025 William Saunderson-Meyer on what lies behind the SANDF Chief's visit to Tehran JAUNDICED EYE A radical cabal already dominates...
16m took part at Arbaeen walk in Iran this year: Qomi
Mehr News Agency
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August 15, 2025
In a post on X on Friday, a day after Arbaeen, which commemorates the 40th day after Ashura, the day on which Imam Hussein and his companions were martyred in the battle of Karbala on October 10, 680 CE (10th of Muharram in the lunar calendar),...
Russia Loses First Ship Transporting Ammunition and Shahed Drone Parts From Iran — How Many Vessels Still Remain?
Militarnyi
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Ukrainian forces have struck a Russian vessel in the Caspian Sea that was transporting military cargo from Iran, marking the first confirmed loss of its kind. The cargo ship Port Olya-4 was hit in an airstrike by Ukraine’s Special Operations...
OPINION – Wake Up, Tehran: Israel’s Water Tech, Not Nukes, Is Bridge to Peace
Media Line
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August 15, 2025
Few things in life are as essential as water. Tehran, the capital of Iran, now faces a crisis greater than the US and Israeli missiles that destroyed key nuclear facilities earlier this summer. During a blistering heat wave, with record-high...
Is e-CNY set to lose its currency?
Taipei Times
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August 15, 2025
For the past few years, China has been proud of its efforts to promote China’s digital yuan (e-CNY). Armed with advanced technology, China believed e-CNY could help realize the internationalization of the yuan, and as a result, China...
Poll: North Dakota voters back tariffs, mixed on impacts of Trump trade policies
The Jamestown Sun - North Dakota
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August 15, 2025
BISMARCK — Most North Dakotans support the use of tariffs as part of trade policy, but responses were mixed regarding how President Donald Trump is handling trade and whether the impacts of tariffs will hit them personally, results of the latest...
Iran’s Nuke Reactor Attack Spurs China; Ditches German, French PLCs For Domestic Tech At Xiluodu Dam
The Eurasian Times
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August 15, 2025
China has completed a significant technology shift at one of its largest energy projects. The Xiluodu Dam, a massive hydropower station on the Jinsha River, has replaced its long-standing German and French industrial control systems with equipment...
Ukraine says its forces bombed a Russian ship carrying Iranian ammo as it ramps up deep-strike operations
Insider
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August 15, 2025
The Ukrainian military said on Friday that it carried out an attack against a Russian ship carrying Iranian ammunition, marking one of the latest deep strikes far behind the front lines. Separately, Ukraine said that it struck an oil refinery that...
Iran Update, August 14, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...
US Seizes Weapons Shipments Sent by Iran’s Regime to the Houthis
Iran Focus
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August 15, 2025
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported the seizure of weapons shipments end route to the Houthis in Yemen, an armed group backed by Iran’s regime, and stated that the seizures were carried out by Yemen’s National Resistance Forces. In a statement...
Iran’s rulers face existential choice after US-Israeli strikes
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Weakened by war and diplomatic deadlock, Iran’s clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt its nuclear activity and risk further Israeli and US attack, or concede and risk a leadership fracture. For now, the Islamic Republic...
Minister defends SANDF General's Iran trip
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 15, 2025
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has strongly defended South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya's recent visit to Iran, insisting the trip was properly approved last year and was not a rogue action. Speaking on...