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TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Friday held a phone conversation with Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres, on regional issues and Vienna nuke talks, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website.

Amir Abdollahian referred to the conflict in Yemen, stressing Iran's "continued approach to supporting a political solution to end the war in that country."

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force held on Thursday the final stage of a seven-day combined security war game in the eastern province of South Khorasan, IRIB state TV reported.

Held in an area of 500 kilometers in a public district of the border village of Shahrakht, Zirkuh County, the exercise was aimed at increasing the military and defense preparedness of the IRGC Ground Force units in the face of potential threats and Takfiri groups, and training the new generation of the soldiers, according to IRIB.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As much of the world sees vaccination slowing and infections soaring with the spread of omicron, Iran has found a rare, if fleeting, respite from the anxiety and trauma of the pandemic.

After successive virus waves pummeled the country for nearly two years, belated mass vaccination under a new, hard-line president has, for a brief moment, left the stricken nation with a feeling of apparent safety.

TEHRAN, Jan 25 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, yesterday, ruled out the possibility of an “interim deal” in ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers, in Austria’s capital, Vienna.

“Iran is looking for a stable and reliable agreement and will not accept anything less than that. The quality of the agreement is important to us, nothing less and nothing more,” Saeed Khatibzadeh made the remarks, in his weekly press conference.

25 Jan 2022; MEMO: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said yesterday that his country welcomes the reopening of Saudi Arabia and Iran's embassies in each other's countries, adding that the way is open for Riyadh to restore diplomatic relations with Tehran.

24 Jan 2022; MEMO: Iran's special representative in Kabul, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, announced on Sunday that Tehran has given permission for fuel trucks to go to neighbouring Afghanistan.

"In order to meet the needs of the Afghan people in winter and at the request of the Afghan authorities, a permit has been issued for diesel fuel trucks to pass to Afghanistan through Iranian territory for a period of three months," Qomi wrote on Twitter.

23 Jan 2022; MEMO: Iran is expected to regain its vote in the UN General Assembly after South Korea paid Tehran's delinquent dues to the world body with frozen Iranian funds in the country, South Korea said on Sunday, Reuters reported.

Iran had regained its UN voting rights in June after a similar payment, but said this month it had lost them again because it could not transfer the funds to pay its dues as a result of US sanctions.

TEHRAN, January 20. /TASS/: The close ties between Tehran and Moscow are on track to becoming strategic relations, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Thursday at his meeting with Chairman of the State Duma’s International Affairs Committee, Leonid Slutsky.

20 Jan 2022; MEMO: Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, met in Moscow on Wednesday in their first meeting since the latter assumed office last August, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Greeting Raisi, Putin said the trade turnover between Russia and Iran has been increasing despite the coronavirus pandemic, and the two countries continue implementation of major projects and expand cooperation "in many directions."

TEHRAN, Jan 17 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, yesterday called for resolving the refugee issues and anti-Syrian embargoes, as means to help settle Syria’s crisis, according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry.

“Without considering the issue of refugees and the sanctions imposed on Syria, (resolving) the crisis in this country cannot be directed in the right direction,” Amir Abdollahian said, at a meeting with the visiting UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen.