🔹 Araqchi says sanctions hinder Iran-India economic ties

📌 New Delhi, IRNA — Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says that the sanctions hinder the growth of Iran-India economic relations.

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🎥 Foreign Minister Araghchi met with Indian President Rashtrapati Bhavan at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in central New Delhi on Thursday.

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🔸 Negotiating on equal terms with no threat is wise and honorable: Top security official

📌 Tehran, IRNA – Ali-Akbar Ahmadian, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said on Thursday that as direct negotiations under conditions of coercion and threat are unwise and dishonorable, talks on equal terms and free from threats are wise and honorable.

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🔸 Iran, India sign two memoranda of understanding

📌 New Delhi, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar signed two memoranda of understanding at the end of the 20th Iran-India Joint Commission Meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Thursday.

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🔹 Iranian and Indian foreign ministers discuss next steps for cooperation

📌 Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, posted on his X account on Thursday that he met with Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in New Delhi, where the two sides discussed the next steps for enhancing bilateral cooperation in different arenas.

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🔻 Iran prioritizes diplomacy while staying prepared for war at any level: IRGC commander

📌 Mashhad, IRNA – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major-General Hossein Salami said on Thursday that Iran seeks to address its nuclear issue diplomatically and fairly free from threats; however, the Islamic Republic is prepared for conflict at any scale.

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🔻 American-born cardinal is selected new pope

📌 Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been selected as the next pope, the first American pontiff in history.

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🔖 The IRGC’s chief commander says any location in any territory that may be used to launch an attack on Iran will be hit in retaliation.

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🔻 ‘Iran is not the only state enriching uranium without having nuclear arms’

📌 Tehran, IRNA – Director for International, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi reacted to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s claim that Iran is the only country without nuclear arms that enriches uranium, saying that the Islamic Republic is not the only country enriching uranium while lacking nuclear weapons.

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♦️ Iran’s Embassy in the Vatican offers congratulations on new pope’s election

📌 London, IRNA – The Iranian Embassy to the Holy See shared its congratulations on its X account, expressing best wishes to all faithful members of the Catholic Church following the Cardinal Robert Prevost’s selection as Pope and Leader of the universal Catholic Church.

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🔹 200 sirens sound in Israel following Yemen missile attack

📌 Israeli media outlets reported that intense blasts were heard deep in the occupied territories of Palestine, prompting the activation of sirens and air defense systems in Tel Aviv and other areas following Yemen’s missile attack.

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🔹 Araqchi: Fourth round of indirect talks with the U.S. scheduled for Sunday

📌 Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced that the fourth round of indirect talks with the U.S. is scheduled for May 11, 2025.

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🔶Iran congratulates new pope

📌 Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi extended his congratulations to newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, and expressed hope that the new pope will strengthen the role of religious values in promoting justice, peace, and dialogue in an increasingly troubled world.

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♦️ Leader to meet thousands of workers

📌 Tehran, IRNA – Thousands of workers from across Iran are set to meet with Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, on Saturday morning.

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📌 Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei enters Imam Khomeini Complex to meet thousands of workers from across Iran.

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🔷 Iranian foreign minister heads to Saudi Arabia

📌 Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has departed for Jeddah to hold high-level talks with his Saudi counterpart and other senior officials.

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🔶70% of Gaza under Israeli military occupation or forced displacement order: U.N.

📌 Tehran, IRNA – U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Friday that the Israeli regime hinders international aid efforts in Gaza and that the regime had brought 70% of the Gaza Strip under militarized zones, displacement orders, or regions affected by both occupation and displacement.

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♦️ Envoy says Hungarian tourists laud security in Iran

📌 Yazd, IRNA – Gyula Petho, the Hungarian ambassador to Tehran, has said that the Hungarian tourists consistently praise the security and respectful treatment they experience in Iran.

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🔷 IRNA CEO departs for Doha to attend Iran-Arab World Dialogue summit

📌 Tehran, IRNA — Hossein Jaberi-Ansari, CEO of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), has departed for Doha, the capital of Qatar, to participate in the 4th round of Iran-Arab World Dialogue summit.

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🔶India and Pakistan say they are willing to de-escalate if the other reciprocates

📌 India and Pakistan have said that they were willing to de-escalate hostilities if the other side is ready to reciprocate.

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