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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim protests over
(CNN)The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that a string of anti-government protests were over after six days of unrest. In comments to the semiofficial Fars news agency, Mohammad Ali Jafari said that only 15,000 people had turned out at the height of the rallies and that the main “troublemakers” have been arrested. CNN…
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Russia positions itself as Middle East broker
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi – REUTERS CAIRO – 11 December 2017: In light of U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, observers believe that Trump has given Russia a chance to expand its influence in the Middle East, jumping at brokering…
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Iran’s president says Saudi Arabia behind ‘hostility’ in region
Hassan Rouhani says Riyadh is interfering in Yemen and Lebanon, and its allies, US and Israel, dominate to ‘plunder oil and wealth’ Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, stepped into a growing dispute with Saudi Arabia, saying Riyadh orchestrated the resignation of Lebanon’s prime minister. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Wednesday 8 November 2017 12.11 ESTLast modified on Wednesday 8…
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Iran says it will continue developing ballistic missiles
Iranians walk past Sejjil (L) and Qadr-H ballistic missiles displayed next to a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on September 25, 2017 in Tehran Photo: AFP TEHRAN Iran’s president on Sunday said his country would continue building weapons including developing missiles as the United States prepares new sanctions over its ballistic missile program. “To…
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On the Left, the Missing Debate over the Iran Deal
Did Obama foreclose better future options for the U.S. than a choice between acquiescence and war? The answer will soon come into focus. President Trump’s decision to remain in the nuclear agreement with Iran while working to fix its numerous flaws has temporarily put to bed an ideological debate, which I discussed in a recent…
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Iran warns against US ‘intervention’ in IAEA affairs
Iranian officials have urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) not to give in to the pressures from the United States pertaining to Iran’s international nuclear deal reached in 2015. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that any move of the United States to exert pressure on the IAEA over Iran’s nuclear deal is a…
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Starting Second Term, Iranian President Rouhani urges Europe not to side with Trump
Rouhani takes the oath of office before parliament in Tehran in the presence of dignitaries including senior European figures. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, sworn-in for a further term on Saturday, has accused the United States of trying to undermine Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, and urged European countries not to side with Washington. Rouhani,…
