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Russia stages Caspian Sea drills amid Armenian-Azeri conflict
Russian military vessels in the Caspian Sea carried out on Monday (October 19) firing drills - the defence ministry showed on their social media channel. The ministry also said in a statement that the exercises included three ships and were aimed against a potential threat from the air. The situation in the region was tense due to the outbreak of violence between the Armenian and Azeri armies in the disputed region of ...
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Iran gearing up to sell arms in international markets
Ghanbar Naderi Press TV, Tehran The 13-year-old UN arms embargo on Iran that barred it from selling or purchasing weapons has expired as planned under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Now the country plans to sell its weapons in the international markets. This comes in spite of desperate attempts by the United States to keep the embargo in place. It is a sentiment also shared by the country’s ...
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‘Maximum pressure by the US against Iran not lasting long’
Yusef Jalali Press TV, Tehran Last year, Iran was targeted by over 40,000 foreign-led cyber-attacks, mostly coming from the West. The Head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization says all were nipped in the bud. Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali made the remarks in a press conference held to mark the national passive defense week. Passive defense as opposed to active defense is a set of measures that do not require application of ...
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