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Iran warned that Saudi Arabia's plan to form a Gulf Cooperation Council union leads to further crisis in Bahrain.
The incessant violence in Syria extended its reach and targeted the UN observers who were supposed to have a "calming effect" in restive Syrian areas.
India Tuesday said it had decided to reduce crude oil imports from Iran by 11.1 percent this fiscal year to 15.5 million tons.
A senior Iranian naval commander said the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps is fully prepared to repel any act of aggression against the country.
European Union foreign ministers have decided to impose more sanctions on Syria as violence persists.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails agreed on Monday to end an almost month-long hunger strike after reaching an Egyptian-brokered agreement with Israel.
Rebels killed 23 Syrian soldiers on Monday in battles around the town of Rastan that further undermined a sagging UN-backed ceasefire.
A senior UN nuclear watchdog official said Iran needed to give his inspectors access to information, people and sites.
Six Chinese United Nations (UN) military observers left Beijing for Syria on Monday to monitor a ceasefire, upon the UN's request.
An Iranian court has sentenced 13 people found guilty of involvement in espionage activities for the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated Iran's resolution to retain its absolute nuclear rights.
An official in Iran's Energy Ministry said Sunday that the Islamic republic will start exporting electricity to Syria and Lebanon in the near future.
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