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Stories under this heading cover the Gulf and the Red Sea regions, including the Arabian Peninsula, Iran and the countries bordering the Red Sea.
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UN Secretary-General calls for end to war in Sudan that is ‘spiralling out of control’
6 November 2025
The United Nations Secretary-General has warned that the war in Sudan is “spiralling out of control” after a paramilitary force seized the besieged and famine-stricken Darfur city of el-Fasher. Speaking in Qatar during the opening of the World Summit for Social Development on 4th November, Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in the two-year conflict that has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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Iran and Armenia agree to develop co-operation between their free economic zones
20 August 2017
The two sides signed a memorandum of undersanding defining the main directions of cooperation between free trade areas in Armenia and Iran, in particular to ensure development of free trade areas of Meghri and Aras.
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Armenian and Iranian Presidents meet in Tehran
6 August 2017
President Sargsyan and President Rouhani discussed various issues related to bilateral co-operation, as well as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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Hassan Rouhani sworn in as President of Iran for second term (Updated 2)
5 August 2017
In a sign of Iran's increasing re-engagement with the international community high level delegations from over one hundred countries, including a delegation led by EU High Representative Federica Morgherini, and those representing the three South Caucasus countries, attended the ceremony
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Armenia advances plans to open free economic zone on border with Iran
2 August 2017
Armenia seeks to exploit its membership in the EEAU, and its warm relations with Iran, with the establishment of a trade zone in Meghri that hopes to attract 120 companies. President Sargsyan in the meantime is expected to visit Iran on Saturday
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Iran launches a satellite-carrying rocket into space
28 July 2017
On Thursday, Iran successfully launched its most advanced satellite-carrying rocket into space. The rocket called "Simorgh" (phoenix) is capable of carrying a satellite weighing 250 kilograms.
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US Navy fires warning shots at Iranian ship in Gulf
26 July 2017
A US Navy ship has fired warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel in the Gulf, US officials say. It happened at around 03:00 local time (00:00 GMT), as the Iranian ship began to approach the USS Thunderbolt.
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Iran signs major deal with France's Total
4 July 2017
The deal, worth USD 4.87 billion, is the first major western investment in Iran's energy sector since international sanctions were lifted against Tehran under its nuclear accord with world powers
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Eid Mubarak - The editorial team of commonspace.eu extends its best wishes to our Muslim readers worldwide
25 June 2017
Eid Mubarak - On the occasion of Eid el Fitr and the end of the holy month of Ramadan the editorial team of commonspace.eu extends its best wishes to our readers in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, the North and South Caucasus and to all Muslims worldwide
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Fall-out from Trump's middle east policy may have consequences for the South Caucasus
1 June 2017
In this commentary, Benyamin Poghosyan says that Trump's hard line approach towards Iran may derail its ambitious plans to develop trade and transport corridors to the north through the South Caucasus