Colombia
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Juan Guaido expelled from Colombia
TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido says he was expelled from Colombia hours after he arrived in Bogota to try to meet participants of an international conference to discuss his country’s political crisis.
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4 killed in Colombian military helicopter crash
TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) – Four soldiers died when their helicopter crashed Sunday in Colombia’s Choco province.
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Colombia mine explosion leaves 21 dead
TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) – Colombian authorities announced on Thursday that another ten dead bodies were found inside the Sutatausa mines after an explosion occurred last Tuesday night.
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79 police officers taken hostage in Colombia
TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Violence broke out in Colombia this week with protestors taking seventy-nine police officers hostages.
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Iran deputy FM goes to Columbia for talks on bilateral ties
TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani arrived in Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia to discuss developing bilateral cooperation.
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Colombia rejects US call for supplying Kyiv with weapons
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed that the country had rejected the US suggestion of transferring Russian-made military weapons to Ukraine.
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Venezuela, Colombia fully reopen shared border
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Venezuela and Colombia will fully reopen their shared border on January 1 to allow passage of cargo and passenger transport via the cross-border Tienditas bridge, Colombia Migration said in a statement on Saturday.
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1 killed in oil tank explosion in Colombia's Barranquilla
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – A fuel tank exploded into flames in Colombia's Caribbean city of Barranquilla early on Wednesday, killing a firefighter who fell during the explosion, local authorities said.
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VIDEO: Iran weightlifter shines at World Weightlifting C'ship
TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – Iranian weightlifter Reza Dehdar managed to win a gold and a silver medal at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Colombia.
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Iran weightlifter gets gold in snatch, silver in total
TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – Iranian weightlifter has bagged two medals in the weight category of 102kg at the Weightlifting Championships underway in Colombia.
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34 killed, bus buried due to landslide in Colombia: report
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – At least 34 people died when a landslide buried a bus in northwestern Colombia on Sunday, news outlets reported.
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Venezuela, Colombia resume flights after two-year break
TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (MNA) – Venezuela and Colombia on Monday resumed mutual flights, Transport Minister Ramon Velasquez said.
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At least 20 killed in Colombia bus accident
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – At least 20 people died and 15 others were injured when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in southwestern Colombia.
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Venezuela, Colombia to reopen land borders, skies
TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Venezuela and Colombia said Friday they will reopen their shared land border later this month and resume commercial flights after renewing diplomatic ties severed in 2019.
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Seven police officers killed in Colombia explosives attack
TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – Seven police officers were killed in an explosives attack in western Colombia on Friday, the government said, the deadliest attack on security forces since President Gustavo Petro took office.
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Venezuela, Colombia to mend military ties
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Venezuela announced Tuesday that it plans to re-establish military ties with Colombia after years of deteriorating relations between the two countries.
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At least 51 dead in prison riot fire in Colombia: report
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) –At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, head of National Prisons Agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country.
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At least 6 dead, 200 injured in Colombian stadium collapse
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – At least six people have died and more than 200 were injured after an accident occurred at the venue of a bullfight in Colombia.
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End of US era in Latin America ‘approaching’
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – The continuous serial political developments in Latin America indicate that countries of the region have become a major obstacle in the path of the policy of unilateralism by the United States.
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Iran FM congratulates election of new Colombian president
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian congratulated the election of Gustavo Petro as the new president of Colombia.
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Colombia’s most wanted drug trafficker extradited to US
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – One of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords has been extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.
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At least 14 dead in Colombian landslide following heavy rain
TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – At least 14 people have been killed and 35 injured after a landslide buried several homes in central Colombia, the country's national disaster agency said.
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Explosion at Colombian airport kills 2 police officers +VIDEO
TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – According to Caracol broadcaster, a major blast has hit Camilo Daza International Airport, located in the Colombian city of Cucuta, near the border with Venezuela.
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Four soldiers killed in Colombia in Gulf Clan ambush
TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (MNA) – Four members of the Colombian Army were ambushed and killed by members of the Gulf Clan in north of the county, Gen. Juvenal Diaz Mateus, said.
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'The Wasteland' wins at Bogotá Film Festival
TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – Iranian film 'The Wasteland' directed by Ahmad Bahrami, has won the Best Film Audience Award of the Bogota International Film Festival (BIFF) in Colombia.
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VIDEO: Colombia’s security forces arrest Otoniel
TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – Security forces in Colombia have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker.
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Colombia’s most wanted drug lord Otoniel captured
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker has been captured by security forces after spending more than a decade on the run.
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'The Wasteland' to go on screen at Bogotá Film Festival
TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – Iranian film 'The Wasteland' directed by Ahmad Bahrami, will take part in the 7th edition of the Bogotá Film Festival in Colombia.
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Pentagon confirms training assassinators implicated in Haiti
TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Pentagon confirmed that some of the former Colombian servicemen arrested after last week’s assassination of Haiti’s president previously received US military training.
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VIDEO: Robot 'Eva' able to mimic human facial expressions
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – The robot 'Eva', built at Columbia University, is able to mimic human facial expressions using 25 artificial muscles.