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South Korean director Kim Ki-duk dies of COVID-19, aged 59

The South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk died at 59 in a Latvian hospital, where he was being treated for COVID-19. The news was initially...

Message of acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog to Cinéma Vérité: ‘I love Iran’

The German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director and a member of New German Cinema, Werner Herzog, in a message to the...

Beijing slams US record on human rights, ‘hypocrisy’

The Chinese Foreign Ministry blasted Washington’s interference in Beijing’s domestic affairs on the grounds of human rights, after the US Embassy in China called...

Austrian FM urges all parties to resume JCPOA implementation

Austria will not stop calling on all parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...

US Supreme Court swiftly ends Trump-backed Texas bid to upend election results

The US Supreme Court rejected a long-shot lawsuit by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four...

Iran slams political approaches to chemical weapons

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations called on Western states to abandon politicization of action against chemical weapons.

Rouhani: Iran’s COVID-19 cases decreasing

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has curbed the disease spread in most provinces of the country.

Iran executes admin of counterrevolutionary Amad News website

Iran executed Rouhollah Zam, the administrator of a notorious counterrevolutionary website, who had been convicted of corruption on earth.

JCPOA Joint Commission to hold online session Wednesday

The next meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will be held on October 16 via video links.

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