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Sultan of Oman signs key agreements with Spain
10 November 2025
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Gulf and Red Sea Regions
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's former President Rafsanjani, dies
9 January 2017
He served as president from 1989 to 1997, and afterwards remained an important personality within the Iranian political establishment, and continued to serve until his death as head of the country's Expediency Council,
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Iran's Armenians start Christmas celebrations
4 January 2017
Members of Iran's large Armenian community gathered at St Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran on Saturday to welcome the new year and give a start to the Christmas celebrations, which the Armenian Apostolic Church marks on 6 January.
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For the South Caucasus countries, risks from external factors will be higher in 2017
31 December 2016
In 2017 Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will have to navigate through an even more challenging and complicated regional and international context, and with heightened risks
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Iranian ICT Minister in Baku
27 December 2016
Mahmoud Vaezi is in Baku to attend the 11th meeting of the Azerbaijani-Iranian intergovernmental commission on economic, trade and humanitarian issues which will discuss opportunities for expansion of bilateral ties.
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Armenia and Iran plan new transit and transport corridor connecting the Gulf to the Black Sea
22 December 2016
The two countries signed a number of documents at the end of an official visit by the Iranian President to the Armenian capital.
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Iranian President Rouhani visits Armenia
21 December 2016
Greeting his Iranian counterpart, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said, "We are thankful to the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the considerate attitude towards our relations. We have always been truthful and honest in our relations and are ready to carry on in the same spirit"
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President Rouhani of Iran to visit Armenia on Wednesday
19 December 2016
The Iranian news agency Mher reported from Tehran that the visit to Armenia was part of a regional tour in the framework of the government's policy "to strengthen ties and deepen cooperation with neighboring and regional countries"
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Israel has sold US$ 5 billion worth of arms to Azerbaijan in recent years
14 December 2016
Welcoming Israeli prime minister Netanyahu to Baku, President Aliev hailed Azerbaijan's co-operation with Israel, particularly in the military sphere, and declared it to be very satisfactory
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Turkmenistan is committed to broad constructive co-operation in the Caspian Region in line with its status as a neutral country.
20 November 2016
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov spoke about the importance of further consolidation of efforts aimed at development of balanced solutions of Caspian issues, including improvement of the legal framework needed to provide reliable foundation for development of mutually beneficial partnership in different spheres