Iran seizes tanker as tensions rise with the US

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Iran announced Monday that it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, far beyond the limits laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move likely t...

Iran , tanker

U.S. warned to prepare for coronavirus pandemic as Europe lockdowns spread

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A second European hotel was in lockdown on Wednesday as authorities around the world battled to prevent the spread of coronavirus, although a senior U...

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Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian plane

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that the investigation of Iran’s Armed Forces has concluded that missiles fired "due to human error" ...

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Iran vows to strike ‘military sites’ in revenge against the U.S.

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The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said Sunday that his country's response to the killing by the United States of one its most influential ...

Donald Trump , Iran

Iran vows ‘harsh revenge’ against U.S. for killing top general Soleimani

By Agencies,

Iran has threatened to retaliate after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force and arch...

Donald Trump , Iran , US

Iran’s female fans find soccer buzz in cafes and malls

By Reuters,

On match days Iran’s young female soccer fans cram Tehran’s shopping centres and cafes, their faces painted with the Iranian flag and beaming with...

female fans , Iran , Iranian women

FIFA officials to visit Iran after death of ‘Blue Girl’

By Reuters,

FIFA officials will visit Iran, following the death of a female fan who set herself on fire in protest at her arrest for attending a match, world socc...

Blue Girl

War with Iran is the mother of all wars: Iran president

By Reuters,

War with Iran is the mother of all wars, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a speech broadcast live on state TV, warning once again t...

Hassan Rouhani , Iranian President , Strait of Hormuz oil waterway , United States

Iran says it’s ready for worst in battle to save nuclear deal in standoff with U.S.

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President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday Iran was ready for the worst in an uphill struggle to salvage its nuclear deal with world powers abandoned b...

Nuclear , President Donald Trump , PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI , United States

Iran reduces commitment to 2015 nuclear deal

By Reuters,

Iran said on Sunday it would further scale back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, raising its uranium enrichment level beyond...

Iran , Nuclear Deal

Trump imposes new U.S. sanctions on Iran, including supreme leader

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U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials with new U.S. sanctions on Monda...

Iran , President Donald Trump , Prince Mohammed bin Salman , sanctions

Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could h...

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Saudi seeks oil supply protection as U.S. and Iran face off

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Saudi Arabia called for swift action to secure Gulf energy supplies and joined the United States in blaming Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in a v...

Donald Trump , G20 , Gulf of Oman , Hiroshige Seko , Iran , Khalid al-Falih , Saudi Arabia , United States of America

China, India seen as Europe’s last hope to save Iran deal

By VOA,

The European Union will defend the Iran nuclear accord despite Tehran's decision to backtrack on its commitments in response to U.S. sanctions, diplom...

Iran to give up some ‘voluntary commitments’ to nuclear agreement

By VOA,

Iran is giving up some "voluntary commitments" to the six-nation nuclear deal, but is not pulling out of the deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif say...

Iran designates as terrorists all U.S. troops in Middle East

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle East terrorists and calling the U.S. govern...

Iran , President Donald Trump , PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI , terrorism , U.S forces

Iran to keep exporting crude oil despite U.S. pressure: Iran president

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Iran will continue to export oil despite U.S. pressure aimed at reducing the nation’s crude oil shipments to zero, Iran President Hassan Rouhani sai...

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Iran says its armed forces are not a regional threat, calls for unity against U.S.

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President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that Iran armed forces were not a threat against any regional country, as Tehran held an Army Day military p...

Iran , PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI

Trade ties in focus as Iran’s Rouhani begins Iraq visit

By Reuters,

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has arrived in Baghdad, Iraq’s government said on Monday, on an official visit aimed at shoring up Tehran’s influ...

Iran , PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI , Trade

Two days after resigning, Iran’s Zarif returns to work

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Just two days after announcing his resignation on Instagram, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has returned to work, according to the cou...

Hassan Rouhani , Iran , Mohammad Javad Zarif