MIDDLE EAST: Uncertainty grows in the Strait of Hormuz
20 april 2026 - 19:29:52Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Tensions have escalated in the Strait of Hormuz amid renewed security incidents, including reported attacks on [...] Full text...
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MIDDLE EAST: UN condemns massive strikes in Lebanon, as concerns grow over ceasefire
09 april 2026 - 19:45:39Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - With a US-Iran ceasefire offering a fragile glimmer of hope after weeks of conflict, violence continues [...] Full text...
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Guterres warns of ‘wider war’ as Middle East conflict enters second month
02 april 2026 - 19:21:03New York, US (PANA) - The Middle East crisis has lurched into its second month, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...
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Middle East war: UN’s Türk decries ‘severe restrictions’ on free speech
01 april 2026 - 17:55:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From Iran to multiple nations in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, around 3,000 people [...] Full text...
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War in the Middle East: Iran nuclear facility hit as equivalent of ‘one classroom of children’ killed, wounded daily in Lebanon
22 march 2026 - 18:18:54Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - More than 1,000 people have been killed and 2,584 injured in Lebanon since the start of [...] Full text...
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Middle East Crisis: Energy shocks deepen as strikes hit infrastructure
20 march 2026 - 18:27:52Tehran, Iran (PANA) - The crisis in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counter-strikes reported across the region, driving [...] Full text...
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Middle East war: ‘Force of the law’ must prevail over the law of force, urges UN chief
20 march 2026 - 07:50:03Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The US and Israel must end their bombing campaign before it spirals out of control, while [...] Full text...
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UN body proposes safe corridor for Middle East shipping
19 march 2026 - 20:16:27London, UK (PANA) - A proposal from the UN's shipping agency has called for a safe maritime corridor to free [...] Full text...
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Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria
16 march 2026 - 17:34:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing another $2 million in emergency funds to support [...] Full text...
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In Beirut, Guterres demands end to Middle East war: Civilians ‘deserve to live without fear’
14 march 2026 - 16:45:44Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday called on the international community to intensify support for the Government [...] Full text...
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Security Council adopts Gulf-backed resolution condemning Iran attacks; Russia bid fails
12 march 2026 - 19:08:27New York, US (PANA) - As war continues in the Middle East, the UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a [...] Full text...
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Burkina Foreign Affairs minister meets diplomats on situation of compatriots in Middle East
11 march 2026 - 14:36:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré Tuesday held a [...] Full text...
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‘Toxic rain’ warning from oil depot strikes amid ongoing Middle East war
10 march 2026 - 17:43:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Toxic “black rain” linked to strikes on oil depots, mass displacement and continuing disruption to aid [...] Full text...
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Middle East war: Rising prices threaten to worsen world hunger
10 march 2026 - 07:24:00Rome, Italy (PANA) - The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could lead to soaring food and fuel [...] Full text...
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World economy at grave risk, warns UN chief; ‘the situation could spiral beyond anyone's control’
06 march 2026 - 19:32:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Military strikes and counter-strikes are continuing across the Middle East as the US and Israel wage [...] Full text...
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UN chief: 'Our dream of peace is faltering'
06 march 2026 - 08:12:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Middle East is shaken by war, the UN Secretary-General deplored on Thursday the "stratospheric [...] Full text...
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Iran crisis: Schoolgirls killed, thousands displaced and aid compromised
03 march 2026 - 14:54:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On the fourth day of Israeli and United States airstrikes against Iran and amid growing violence [...] Full text...
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Iran crisis: Nuclear watchdog urges restraint amid ongoing strikes
02 march 2026 - 15:40:02Vienna, Austria (PANA) - As the violent escalation in the Middle East entered a third day on Monday sparked by [...] Full text...
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UN Sec. Gen. Guterres welcomes resumption of Iran-US talks
06 february 2026 - 19:07:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday welcomed the resumption of talks between Iran and the United [...] Full text...
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Iran: ‘The killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop,’ UN rights chief says
13 january 2026 - 16:57:26Tehran, Iran (PANA) - As anti-government demonstrations continue across Iran, the UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that he [...] Full text...
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Fact-finding mission urges Iran to end protest violence and restore internet
11 january 2026 - 11:47:11Tehran, Iran (PANA) - The UN-mandated independent human rights fact-finding mission on Iran has urged authorities to immediately restore internet [...] Full text...
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Iran: UN human rights chief ‘deeply disturbed’ by protest-related violence
09 january 2026 - 19:41:09Tehran, Iran (PANA) - The UN human rights chief has called for an independent and transparent investigation into reports of [...] Full text...
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IAEA warns of fragility of nuclear non-proliferation regime
30 october 2025 - 07:36:42New York, US (PANA) - The head of the world's nuclear watchdog has citeed Iran, Syria and Ukraine as fronts [...] Full text...
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US sanctions Sudan's finance minister, pro-Iranian group
12 september 2025 - 20:34:40Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Friday sanctioned two Sudanese entities it accuses of obstructing peace realisation [...] Full text...
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Nuclear watchdog chief announces breakthrough on Iran monitoring
11 september 2025 - 14:30:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN’s atomic energy agency announced on Wednesday that a deal has been [...] Full text...
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Ways to promote political process in Libya at centre of meeting between President of Libyan Council and António Guterres
05 august 2025 - 14:28:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, discussed with UN Secretary-General, António Guterres ways [...] Full text...
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Research institute slams South Africa's ties with Iran
17 july 2025 - 09:45:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Middle East Africa Research Institute (MEARI) has warned that South Africa’s foreign policy [...] Full text...
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Iran crisis: UN stays and delivers
01 july 2025 - 20:31:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A clearer picture of needs across Iran is beginning to emerge after the conflict this month [...] Full text...
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Tunisia calls for an end to aggression against Iran
23 june 2025 - 17:50:35Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has expressed its ‘clear and unequivocal condemnation of Zionist aggression’ against the Islamic Republic of [...] Full text...
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UN chief ‘gravely alarmed’ by US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites
22 june 2025 - 12:05:33New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the United States’ bombing of three nuclear sites in [...] Full text...
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Iran-Israel crisis - UN rights office appeals for urgent de-escalation
18 june 2025 - 19:14:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Iran-Israel crisis continued into a sixth day on Wednesday, the UN deputy human rights [...] Full text...
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Ghana closes embassy in Tehran as Israel-Iran tension escalates
16 june 2025 - 11:00:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Monday announced the immediate closure of its embassy in Tehran, Iran, as tension between [...] Full text...
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Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
14 june 2025 - 16:34:15New York, US (PANA) - Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the [...] Full text...
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Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests
14 september 2024 - 14:30:30New York, US (PANA) - The Iranian Government has intensified its efforts to suppress the fundamental rights of women and [...] Full text...
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UN rights office reports escalation in strikes on schools in Gaza
07 august 2024 - 05:47:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli Defence [...] Full text...
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Middle East: UN rights chief warns against wider war, appeals for urgent de-escalation
05 august 2024 - 18:12:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in the [...] Full text...
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Security Council debates ‘serious and dangerous escalation’ in the Middle East
01 august 2024 - 05:54:19New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top political affairs official reiterated the urgent need for de-escalation in the Middle [...] Full text...
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13th session of the Iranian-Libyan Supreme Commission to be held in Tehran
10 may 2024 - 15:14:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Iranian ambassador to Libya, Ain Allah Suri, has expressed his country's desire to hold the [...] Full text...
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UN chief appeals for maximum restraint in the Middle East
19 april 2024 - 05:14:16New York, US (PANA) - Recent escalations in the Middle East make it even more important to support efforts towards [...] Full text...
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Libya, Iran to cooperate in health sector
19 december 2023 - 18:45:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and acting Minister of Health in the government of national unity, [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso, Iran sign eight cooperation agreements
06 october 2023 - 13:04:01Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso and the Islamic Republic of Iran have signed eight cooperation agreements in the [...] Full text...
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Arrangements underway for return of Iranian embassy's activities in Libya
13 march 2023 - 14:21:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the National Unity Government, Najla al-Mangouch, and [...] Full text...
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Najla Al-Mangouch participates in international virtual meeting on violence against women
20 october 2022 - 20:19:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch, at the invitation of her Canadian [...] Full text...
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Mali, Iran hold talks on bilateral cooperation
25 august 2022 - 13:47:23Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Foreign Minister of Mali, Abdoulaye Diop, and his Iranian counterpart, Dr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Béchir Zabiyeh named Journalist of the Year in Libya
21 june 2022 - 11:50:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Writer and journalist Bechir Zabiyeh has been named Journalist of the Year in Libya, the Organising [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigeria to extend its natural gas pipeline to North Africa
29 november 2019 - 17:43:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Equatorial Guinea said that Nigeria is considering the viability [...] Full text...
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Malian international, Cheick Diabaté, signs two-year contract with Iranian club
09 july 2019 - 16:19:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian international footballer, Cheick Diabaté, has signed a two-year contract with Esteghlal FC, a Tehran football [...] Full text...
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Franco-Cameroonian comedian Dieudonné performs in Belgium
08 july 2019 - 16:16:28Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Franco-Cameroonian comedian Dieudonnute; Bala, after a brush with the police, managed to perform at a small [...] Full text...
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Riyadh, Tunis reject US recognition of Israeli sovereignty on Golan plateau
29 march 2019 - 16:58:56Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Saudi Arabia and Tunisia on Friday slammed the decision made by US president Donald Trump, recognizing [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Gory road accident, President’s Iran visit reported in Ghana
20 february 2016 - 06:36:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A gory accident on Wednesday night that claimed the lives of 61 passengers, President John Dramani [...] Full text...
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Ghana: President Mahama to pay state visit to Iran from Sunday
13 february 2016 - 14:13:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama will pay a State visit to Iran from Sunday, during which [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Saudi Arabia, other Gulf States seek end of US sanctions on Sudan
19 january 2016 - 13:39:50Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are currently making efforts to end the unilateral economic sanctions [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Iranian diplomats in Sudan served two-week notice to leave Khartoum
04 january 2016 - 22:44:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Monday gave Iranian diplomats in the country two weeks to leave the country, following [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Tunisia, Iran sign agree on cooperation in tourism development
12 december 2015 - 14:12:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia and Iran on Saturday signed several agreements here aiming to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 'Sabotage, theft undermining power supply'
24 november 2015 - 23:50:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the sabotage and theft of gas were undermining the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Pres. Buhari to attend forum of gas exporting countries in Tehran
22 november 2015 - 16:25:39Abuja, NIgeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja Sunday for Tehran where he will participate in the 3rd [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria supports peaceful use of nuclear technology - President Buhari
16 july 2015 - 13:35:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, said here Thursday that under his leadership, Nigeria will continue to support [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Abuja, Tehran sign MOU to boost relations
19 june 2014 - 17:58:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Iran Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the promotion of bilateral trade [...] Full text...
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US envoy hails Tanzania’s action on Iranian ships
16 august 2012 - 15:49:46Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The US Embassy here Thursday lauded what it termed “the decisive action” taken by [...] Full text...
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Kenya cancels Iran oil import deal under pressure
04 july 2012 - 17:20:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities announced the cancellation of an agreement with Iran, signed in May, for the importation [...] Full text...
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Mauritania, Iran set up joint cooperation commission
26 september 2011 - 21:16:05Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania and Iran are to set up a joint commision for cooperation and politics, [...] Full text...
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Egypt deports Iranian diplomat for spying
30 may 2011 - 15:05:20Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt Monday deported an Iranian diplomat who had been arrested on charges of spying on the [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian research institute, Iranian demographer bag UNFPA awards
10 march 2011 - 16:16:17New York, US (PANA) - The Cameroon-based L’Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographique (IFORD) and an Iranian demographer, Mohammed [...] Full text...
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Iran gives Zimbabwe 40m euro loan
28 july 2010 - 09:01:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Iran has extended a 40-million-euro line of credit to Zimbabwe to finance energy, banking and industrial [...] Full text...
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Iranian leader in Uganda to seal trade, other deals
23 april 2010 - 18:41:00Entebbe- Uganda (PANA) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, arrived in Ugand a on Friday and immediately indicated his interest in [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian president pays working visits to Iran, Turkey
21 january 2010 - 20:14:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, left Nouakchott on Thursday accompanied by a high-powered delegation for [...] Full text...
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Iranian delegation inspects infrastructural projects in Kenya
09 december 2009 - 13:26:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- An Iranian delegation has arrived in Kenya to review progress in the implementation of a joint [...] Full text...
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HRW: Iran night raids terrorize civilians
27 june 2009 - 17:10:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian activists and bloggers quickly jumped on a Human Rights Watch report released on Friday that [...] Full text...
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Kenya, Iran strengthen bilateral ties
28 may 2009 - 17:26:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya and Iran have agreed to establish Specialised Work ing Groups to accelerate the implementation of [...] Full text...
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Togo/Cameroon CAN/WC match moved from Lome to Accra
25 march 2009 - 14:43:00Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The 2010 African Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifying mat ch between Togolese and Cameroon [...] Full text...
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Kenya intensifies World Cup preparations
19 march 2009 - 15:43:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Abroad-based Kenyan professionals hoping to secure a place in the country's team for the joint qualifiers [...] Full text...
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Iran pips Kenya in soccer friendly, coach Hey happy
15 march 2009 - 17:25:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Despite being pipped 1-0 by Iran in his maiden outing wi th the Kenyan national soccer [...] Full text...
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2010 WC/CAN: Kenya squad off to Iran for friendly
11 march 2009 - 20:29:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan national soccer team, Harambee Stars, jetted out to Tehran on Wednesday for a friendly [...] Full text...
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2010 WC/CAN: Kenya squad off to Iran for friendly tie
11 march 2009 - 19:36:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan national soccer team, Harambee Stars, jetted out to Tehran Wednesday for a friendly match [...] Full text...
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2010 WC/CAN: Kenya squad off to Iran for friendly tie
11 march 2009 - 19:30:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan national soccer team, Harambee Stars, jetted out to Tehran Wednesday for a friendly match [...] Full text...
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2010 WC/CAN: Kenya squad off to Iran for friendly tie
11 march 2009 - 19:29:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan national soccer team, Harambee Stars, jetted out to Tehran Wednesday for a friendly match [...] Full text...
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Iran lashes out at Egypt’s Gaza conference
05 march 2009 - 15:10:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Iran has lashed out against Egypt’s efforts to help raise funds for the reconstruction of Gaza, [...] Full text...
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Iranian President seeks stronger ties with African leaders
25 february 2009 - 20:13:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged African countries to ignore criticism of his country and grab [...] Full text...
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Iranian President seeks stronger ties with African leaders
25 february 2009 - 13:18:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged African countries to ignore criticism of his country and grab [...] Full text...
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Egypt bars Iranian aid ship from unloading to Gaza
01 february 2009 - 08:23:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The Egyptian government refused to allow an Iranian ship c arrying aid supplies intended for Gaza [...] Full text...
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SA, Iran hold trade talks
16 january 2009 - 10:36:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African and Iranian delegations have been meeting in Pretoria this week to review [...] Full text...
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