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Escaped lioness kills keeper in Iran

Escaped lioness kills keeper in Iran

A lioness killed her keeper in Iran as he was feeding her lunch, then escaped with her male partner and prowled around a zoo before being captured, media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the 40-year-old victim, identified …

Constructing Arak IR20 reactor to begin next year in Iran

Constructing Arak IR20 reactor to begin next year in Iran

The construction of Arak IR20 Reactor will start within a year, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said. Rapporteur of Parliament’s Energy Commission Mostafa Nakhaie while elaborating …

British experts in Iran to upgrade Arak reactor

British experts in Iran to upgrade Arak reactor

A team of British experts arrived in Iran today to begin work to upgrade the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, Iranian ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said. "A team of British nuclear experts led by UK …

Iran's Arak inaugurates biggest solar power station

Iran's Arak inaugurates biggest solar power station

Iran inaugurated its largest solar power station in the Central city of Arak on Sunday, the Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said. A sum of four solar energy units with a capacity of 250 kilowatts each are …

Iranian heavy water reactor to run in full force

Iranian heavy water reactor to run in full force

The member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Mojtaba Zonnuri, said that the Iran-40 (Arak heavy water facility) will continue to run in full force. “The Arak …

Russia strikes Daesh targets in Syria

Russia strikes Daesh targets in Syria

Six Russian Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bombers strike Daesh targets in Syria's Palmyra, Arak, As Sukhnah and At Tawbah, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "On July 21, six Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bombers conducted …

Russian aviation strikes militants in Syria

Russian aviation strikes militants in Syria

Six Russian Tu-22M3 on Tuesday morning attacked targets of the terrorist group Daesh (banned in Russia). According to the statements of the military, the airstrikes were deposited to the east of Palmyra, near Es Suhne and Arak. …

Tehran authorities close all schools for two days

Tehran authorities close all schools for two days

No schools or kindergartens in Iran will work for the next two days in Iran's largest cities. The government took the decision because of strong air pollution and "unsafe health conditions." Associated Press reports that ...

Iran to dismantle reactor core in Arak in short timeframe

Iran to dismantle reactor core in Arak in short timeframe

Iranian specialists will complete work on dismantling the core of the heavy water reactor in Arak in two or three weeks, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Vladimir Voronkov ...

'Six' to help Iran with reactor in Arak

'Six' to help Iran with reactor in Arak

Iran and the countries of the 'six' have agreed on joint reconstruction of the heavy water experimental reactor in Arak, after which it will be impossible to produce weapons-grade plutonium. The corresponding document was signed …

Iran signs document on modernization of reactor in Arak

Iran signs document on modernization of reactor in Arak

Iran has signed a document on the modernization of the nuclear reactor in Arak. "We were informed today that the foreign ministers of the six countries, as well as the head of EU foreign policy Federica Mogherini, signed the …