US ‘Muslim travel ban’ lifted but major damage doneTravel agents in 13 different countries should get ready for a rush of customers - the United States has finally lifted its shockingly xenophobic and unprecedented travel ban. Iran was one of six other Muslim-majority nations which were primarily targeted, which caused ex-president Donald Trump’s ....
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Twitter suspends account of Khamenei after apparent Trump threatTwitter suspended an account linked to Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday, hours after it carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone alongside a vow to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.....
Top Iran leader posts Trump-like golfer image, vows revengeThe Twitter account of Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone, vowing revenge over the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. drone attack.....
'Revenge will certainly happen': Iranian leader's threat to TrumpIran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued a threat to Donald Trump just a day after the former president left office. Khamenei this morning tweeted a doctored image of a man bearing a strong resemblance to Trump.In.......
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Still separated: Covid-19 order keeps families apart after Biden lifts 'Muslim ban'On Tuesday night, on the eve of United States President Joe Biden's inauguration, Mania Darbani's mother called her from Iran.
She was ecstatic that Biden would soon repeal the Trump administration's so-called "Muslim ban" that barred people from a number of mostly Muslim-majority nations, includ....
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Rouhani: Ball in US court to to return to JCPOAIran's President Hassan Rouhani said Iran expects those taking office in the US to return to the rule of law and work to erase all “the black stains” recorded in US history over the past four years.
“If they (American statesmen) sincerely return to the law and show their honesty in ....
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Iran's telecom minister appears before prosecutorIran's judiciary released the country's telecom minister on bail Wednesday after he was summoned for prosecution by Iran's general prosecutor, state TV reported.....
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Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era nuclear dealIran's President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by Donald Trump's administration.....
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Iran announces sanctions against Trump, Pompeo for anti-Iran roleIran has sanctioned a number of senior U.S. officials for having "a role in terrorist acts against Iran and violating human rights of Iranians", the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday.....
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Trump just canceled a key coronavirus safety measure, but Biden will block the orderTrump signed an order on Monday lifting coronavirus-related international travel restrictions for several countries, including Brazil, most of Europe, and the UK.
President-elect Joe Biden's press secretary confirmed the administration's intention to block the order, which would otherwise go....
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Qatar urges Persian Gulf states to start talks with Iran, end riftQatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has called on the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states to enter negotiations with neighboring Iran in order to patch up their differences.....
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Haines says 'we are a long ways' from Iran returning to nuclear dealU.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, said on Tuesday "we are a long ways" from Iran coming back into strict compliance with the Iran nuclear deal and she supports taking an aggressive stance toward the threat from China.....
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EU warns Iran nuclear deal at 'critical juncture'EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned the Iran nuclear deal is at a "critical juncture", as Tehran's moves to breach it threaten efforts to get the US back on board.....
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Iran kicks off ground forces drill on coast of Gulf of OmanIran's military kicked off a ground forces drill on Tuesday along the coast of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported, the latest in a series of snap exercises that the country is holding amid escalating tensions over its nuclear program and Washington's pressure campaign against Tehran.....
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Qatar calls for Gulf talks with IranQatar has called for Gulf Arab countries to hold talks with Iran, the foreign minister said in an interview aired Tuesday, after Doha reconciled with its neighbours following a rift.....
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Trouble at home may change Biden's hand in Iran nuke talksA lot of the characters are the same for President-elect Joe Biden but the scene is far starker as he reassembles a team of veteran negotiators to get back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.....
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Trump just tried to change U.S. COVID policy in Biden's term — but Biden's team says it won't happenIn a bizarre move on Monday, President Donald Trump released a proclamation seeking to lift the pandemic-related travel restrictions on much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Brazil. The administration had recently put the restrictions in place, understandably, to limit spread of the virus....
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Biden confronted with migrant caravan challenge as he takes office, GOP blames campaign rhetoricAmong the litany of challenges that will confront President-elect Joe Biden when he assumes office Wednesday -- including the coronavirus pandemic, emboldened enemies like Iran, and confirming critical nominees amid a Trump impeachment trial -- will be handling a large migrant caravan currently ma....
Biden Names Iran, Ukraine Veterans To Top State Department PostsU.S. President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Wendy Sherman, the country's lead negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the No. 2 official at the State Department. Sherman was the lead U.S. negotiator in talks that led to the agreement between Tehran and world powers under which Tehran c....
S. Korea withdraws destroyer to negotiate tanker releaseSouth Korea pulled its anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit from the Strait of Hormuz near Iran in a show of good faith in the negotiation to release a South Korea-flagged tanker seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps for polluting the sea, Seoul of....
EU's ‘unwise’ move to sanction Syria’s FM only obstructs peace process: IranIran has slammed the European Union’s “unwise and unconstructive” move to add recently-appointed Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad to its sanctions blacklist, saying it only puts obstacles in the way of peace process in the war-ravaged country.
Biden nominates veteran diplomats for top State postsDemocratic President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday nominated US foreign policy veteran Wendy Sherman, a key negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the No. 2 official at the State Department.....
US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidencyThe United States on Friday imposed sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and on three Iranian entities over conventional arms proliferation.....
The first stage of the maneuvers kicked off with firing surface-to-surface ballistic missiles and operating bomber drones. The missiles equipped with detachable warheads are ....
The first round of the drills, codenamed the Great Prophet 15, was held with mass launches of ballistic ground-to-ground mi....
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Friend or foe? Controversy over Iran-Qaeda claimIran has for years faced accusations of cooperation with Al-Qaeda despite stark ideological differences, but while mutual interests may have sometimes converged any relationship has been marked by distrust, analysts say.....
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Iran's Guard holds ballistic missile drill amid tensionsIran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces on Friday held a military exercise involving ballistic missiles and drones in the country's central desert, state TV reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran's nuclear program and a U.....
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Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it intercepted 3 Houthi dronesThe Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed three explosive-laden drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement towards Saudi Arabia, state media reported.....
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Netanyahu challenger pledges change with BidenIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top challenger in upcoming elections is promising a tough line toward Iran and the Palestinians, yet expressed confidence he has the tools to avoid what appears to be a collision course with the incoming Biden administration.....
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Saudi to resume international flight services; aviation companies receive circularRiyadh: The flight companies received official order about lifting the ban on the international flight services which was imposed in the wake of COVID-19. The flight companies that conduct service from Saudi airports received the notification from the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). Ear....
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US rejects UN plea to reverse Yemen rebel terror designationThe UN chief and top officials urged the United States on Thursday (US time) to reverse its decision to declare Yemen's Iran-backed rebels a terrorist group to prevent massive famine and death in the conflict-torn Arab nation — but.......
Wary of Biden tack on Iran, Israel revisits military options, newspaper saysIsrael is revising military options for a possible clash with Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government braces for differences with the incoming U.S. administration on Iranian nuclear policy.....
The crisis in Yemen is largely America's making — and America must fix it nowYemen's war has entered its sixth year with no ceasefire in sight. In March of 2015, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and a dozen other countries launched Operation Decisive Storm (later changed to Restoring Hope) in Yemen. According to Saudi Arabia and its allies the operation aimed to restor....
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Vice FM calls for Qatar's support for release of seized S. Korean ship, crewFirst Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun called for Qatar's support for the swift release of a South Korean ship and its crew detained by Iran during his meetings with top Doha officials this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. Choi made....
New Pentagon report seeks to counter drone swarm attacksSwarms of attack drones, groups of weaponized mini-explosive drones and low-altitude, inexpensive, commercially built and readily available air-ground and sea unmanned systems are now fast being acquired by potential U.S. adversaries such as China, Russia and Iran, raising red flags and threat warni....
