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ifmat - Irans Foreign Ministry Is Side-Lined Ex-Diplomats Say

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Is Side-Lined, Ex-Diplomats Say

Senior Iranian regime officials are trying to dismiss criticism that the foreign ministry is not up to the job, after other top officials went on diplomatic missions. National security ...
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ifmat - Top security official in UAE to seek stronger ties

Top security official in UAE to seek stronger ties

Iran's top security official held high-level talks in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday as Tehran seeks greater outreach to Gulf states amid mounting tensions with the West over ...
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ifmat - Iran Security Chief Holding Crucial Talks Abroad

Iran’s Security Chief Holding ‘Crucial’ Talks Abroad

Iran's national security chief Ali Shamkhani, has been conducting “very important negotiations” in a foreign country in the past days, a website close to him reports.
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ifmat - Tehran Seeks To Hang Ex-Official On Forced Confessions Of Spying For UK

Tehran Seeks To Hang Ex-Official On Forced Confessions Of Spying For UK

A former Iranian defense ministry official who faces execution on espionage charges says his confessions were made under torture, an audio file has revealed. Alireza Akbari, who holds dual ...
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ifmat - Executions are a sign of Iranian regimes fear

Executions are a sign of Iranian regime’s fear

Iran’s execution of a former Iranian official with British citizenship, Alireza Akbari, after accusing him of spying for Britain, sends messages in several directions, internal and external. The execution ...
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Alireza Akbari a former top defense ministry

Akbari execution signals rising Iran tensions with West

The execution of Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian dual national who previously served as a deputy defence minister in Iran, comes amid local unrest and is likely to preface a ...
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