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World News | US Sanctions Hit Indian Companies over Iran Oil Trade
Latestly
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July 31, 2025
By Reena Bhardwaj Washington DC [US], July 31 (ANI): The United States has imposed sanctions on at least half a dozen Indian companies accused of trading in Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals as part of broader action targeting 20 entities...
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith talks tax cuts, Iran strikes and immigration
KNKX - Washington State
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July 30, 2025
Washington Democratic U.S. Rep Adam Smith calls the recently-approved Republican tax and spending bill “a horrible piece of legislation.” Smith represents Washington’s 9th Congressional District, which stretches from Mercer Island to Kent, Federal...
Iranian documentary “Cutting Through Rocks” wins Gryphon Award at Giffoni Film Festival
Tehran Times
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July 30, 2025
TEHRAN – The Iranian documentary “Cutting Through Rocks” by Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki won an award at the 55th edition of the Giffoni Film Festival (GFF), which ran from July 17 to 26 in Salerno, Italy. Competing in the Gex Doc documentary...
Iranian lawmaker says Israel’s systematic massacre of Palestinians in Gaza reminiscent of Nazi crimes
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 30, 2025
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibah addresses the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 29, 2025. (Photo by ICANA) Geneva, July 30 (RHC)-- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf...
Top Iranian academic urges UN Secretary General to uphold science, nations' sovereignty
Tehran Times
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July 30, 2025
TEHRAN – Mohammad Reza Mokhber Dezfouli, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a letter to António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nation, has called for the condemnation of imposed Israeli war against...
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Fox News’ Mark Levin shrugs off starvation in Gaza because malnourished Palestinian baby has pre-existing health issues
The Independent
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July 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Pezeshkian, Maduro reinforce Iran-Venezuela strategic ties
Al Mayadeen
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July 30, 2025
The Iranian and Venezuelan presidents discuss regional peace initiatives and expanding cooperation across multiple sectors following recent West Asia developments. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held a phone conversation with Venezuelan...
Birth Order and Chinese Adolescent Mental Health within the Context of the Three-Child Policy: The Roles of Parenting Styles and Parental Company
Dove Medical Press
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July 30, 2025
Introduction The implementation of the three-child policy, which permits each couple to have up to three children in one family,1 represents a pivotal shift in demographic strategy in China. As a crucial component of the national initiative to...
Macroeconomic Imbalances in Iran Reach Critical Levels
Iran Focus
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July 30, 2025
In recent years, Iran’s economy has faced profound challenges that can be summed up in one word: “imbalance.” These imbalances—described by some as a form of “bankruptcy”—have manifested in various sectors, from natural resources like water to...
An Anonymous Iranian Reporter on Life in Tehran
Columbia Journalism Review
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Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. In late June, amid Israel and Iran’s twelve-day exchange of air strikes and rockets, Iranian authorities detained the family of a journalist who was covering the conflict from abroad. The...
Ukrainian prison, medical site hit
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 30, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. KYIV, Ukraine -- Glide bombs and ballistic missiles struck a Ukrainian prison and medical facility overnight as Russia's relentless strikes on civilian areas...
Tajikistan, Iran Forge Ahead To Supercharge Co-Op Across Multiple Sectors
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, July 30. The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, held talks with Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, in Dushanbe to discuss the development of bilateral cooperation, Trend...
Family of British couple held in Iran urge UK to raise case in talks with Tehran
The Guardian
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July 30, 2025
The son of a British woman who has been held in Iran since January on espionage charges along with her husband has called on the UK government to raise their case during talks with Iran reportedly taking place in Istanbul later this week. Lindsay...
Iranian president supports Venezuela’s initiative to convene global summit for peace
TASS
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July 29, 2025
CARACAS, July 30. /TASS/. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has supported Venezuela’s initiative to convene a global summit for peace and against war, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said after a phone call between Venezuelan President Nicolas...
Iran’s Violent Expulsion of Afghan Migrants
The Diplomat
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July 28, 2025
This summer, the Islam-Qala border crossing between Iran’s Razavi Khorasan province and Afghanistan’s Herat province has presented a bleak scene as the Iranian regime has violently expelled Afghans across the border. In the region’s punishing July...
Strategies for improving migrant health in Iran: a realist review
Globalization and Health
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July 29, 2025
Governance Effective governance is fundamental to advancing migrant health equity by fostering trust, reducing systemic discrimination, and improving institutional accountability. Multi-stakeholder governance models that include government, civil...
Dozens stranded in Gabd due to Iran border closure
Dawn
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July 30, 2025
QUETTA: Dozens of students enrolled in different religious schools in Iran have been stranded at the Gabd border for two days, waiting to cross over. Some of them returned to the country during Muharram, others had fled the Iran-Israel war a...
Russian strikes on Ukrainian prison and medical facility kill at least 22
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 30, 2025
Kremlin remains defiant over Trump threats to stop war; four powerful Russian glide bombs hit a prison in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, officials said, killing at least 17 inmates and wounded more than 80 others A destroyed building in the...
Iran Pushes Ahead With 'Fake News' Bill That Critics Say Guts Free Speech
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 29, 2025
The legislation is formally titled the “Bill To Counter The Publication Of Fake News Content In Cyberspace.” But its critics simply call it the “Bill Of Suffocation.” Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament voted overwhelmingly over the weekend...
Iran Reacts to Trump's 'Stupid' Comment
Newsweek
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July 29, 2025
Iran's foreign minister said his country will never submit to the language of threat and intimidation after President Donald Trump ridiculed its continued pursuit of uranium enrichment following U.S. airstrikes on key nuclear sites in June. "Our...