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West Asia
Iran unveils Bavar-373 missile system
Iranian President Rouhani has inaugurated Bavar-373 which is an Iranian long-range mobile air defense system. On the occasion of the National Defense Industry Day which falls on 21 August, the Iranian president visited Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) at the Ministry of Defense to take a tour of the Ministry’s capabilities…
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Central Asia
Turkey: Russia can use Incirlik airbase if necessary
Ankara wouldn’t mind it if Russia used the Incirlik airbase for its anti-terror missions against Islamic State terrorists in Syria, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim hinted on August 20, but acknowledged that no such requests have been made. “Turkey opened Incirlik airbase to fight Daesh terrorists. It is being used…
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West Asia
Why anti-corruption protests are rising in Armenia?
Vestnik Kavkaza – On July 17, 2016, 12 Armenian anti-government activists raided a police station in Yerevan and took nine police officers hostage. After storming the station, the hostage takers urged the Armenian government to release right-wing opposition leader Jarir Sefilian from prison and called for Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s…
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West Asia
Ptolemy’s Universe: What if you are a man in Azerbaijan?!
Zamira ABBASI Honestly, I was not planning to write about it. I knew if I start writing, I won’t be able to stop. Anger would not let me make solid judgments until my economy book has suggested the following: “Most students have seen an image of Ptolemy’s concept of our…
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West Asia
Two Azerbaijani banks declared bankrupt
Two Azerbaijani banks, the Caucasus Development Bank and AtraBank, licenses of which were revoked by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) in January 2016, have been declared bankrupt, said Azerbaijan Deposit Insurance Fund (ADIF) in a message Aug. 17, Trend reports. The message said the decision on the banks’ bankruptcy…
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Central Asia
Kazakh president to visit Azerbaijan and Armenia
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Azerbaijan, Serbia, Armenia and a number of other countries in 2016, Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov said at a briefing Aug. 17, Trend reports. In June, Idrissov said Nazarbayev will visit Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in 2016. The Kazakh president…
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Central Asia
Iran Ready for Oil Swap with Caspian Neighbors
An official with the Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) says Iran can swap up to 120,000 b/d of crude oil with its northern neighbors at North Oil Terminal, Shana reports. Hamid Reza Shadoust, a local IOTC official in the city of northern city of Neka, said on August 16 that…
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Central Asia
Russian naval strike force starts anti-terror drills in the Mediterranean
The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s advanced warships Serpukhov and Zelyony Dol armed with Kalibr cruise missiles have launched anti-terror drills in the east Mediterranean, TASS reports. “The drills will check the ability of the fleet’s forces to operate in the conditions of resolving crisis situations of terrorist nature. The naval…
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Central Asia
Tehran and Moscow to construct 2 Nuclear Power Plants in Iran
Iran and Russia will construct two nuclear power plants in Iran, Spokesman of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Sayid Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said Sputnik reports. Hosseini said on Saturday that Iran needs 20,000MW of electricity, which requires construction of about 10 nuclear power plants, Shana news agency…
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East Asia
Korea to develop Nano-tech coop. with Iran
Iran’s National Nanotechnology Initiative released the details of an agreement signed with Nano Technology Research Association of Korea, Mehr News Agency reports. During the time of the Nano exhibition in Korea, July 13 to 15, 2016, Iran’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (INNI) signed several agreements with Nano Technology Research Association of…
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