The Echo of Iran ®[By: Farjam Behnam]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani voiced support for the country’s military forces to develop advance weapons, including missiles, to enhance the Islamic Republic’s deterrence capabilities. “I am support the Artesh [Iran’s regular army] and Sepah [Islamic Revolution Guards Corps] to make
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Iranians will have Sabzi Polo Mahi, a special dish of rice cooked with fresh herbs and served with smoked and freshly fried fish. Koukou Sabzi, a mixture of fresh herbs with eggs fried or baked, is also served. The next
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Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei , a very close ally of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was arrested on the afternoon of Saturday, March 17. The pro-Ahmadinejad website Dolat-e Bahar [Persian link] was first to report the news, stating that a group of
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Iran Air signed an agreement with an undisclosed Chinese company to provide funding for the company’s aircraft purchases, recently secured with Airbus and Boeing, according to the country’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development. Iran Air is expected to cover
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If confirmed as secretary of state, Mike Pompeo will arrive at a State Department that has been battered by proposed budget cuts , hollowed out by resignations and vacancies, and neutered by President Trump’s impulsive and personal decision-making style. But
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French oil major Total is committed to the development of an Iranian gasfield and will apply for a waiver if US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdraws from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and re-imposes sanctions on Tehran, the company’s chief
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Noodle Soup a filled Persian delight, and mixture of seven dried nuts and fruits, pistachios, roasted chic peas, almond, hazelnuts, figs, apricots, and raisins. The ancient Iranians celebrated the last 10 days of the year in their annual obligation feast
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and will nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to succeed him, replacing his top diplomat ahead of a potential high-stakes sitdown between the US President and North
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With the World Cup in Russia? less than 100 days away now, excitement is escalating for obsessive fans around the world. Even in places that have long excluded women from watching sports events in person, the ground is shifting;
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On March 12, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi announced that “an agent of England’s intelligence service” with dual British-Iranian citizenship had been sentenced to jail. He was speaking at the 30th gathering of the Tehran Deputy Prosecutors Council. “This person
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