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The U.S. Treasury Department placed additional sanctions on Wednesday on the Iranian shadow fleet and networks linked to missile and drone production. Listed on the sanctions includes 11 vessels involved in the trade and transit of Iranian petroleum. The goal of targeting these ships is to freeze the oil revenue from which the Iranian regime can ...
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that he was hopeful ahead of the third round of talks with the United States, adding that they could help end the standoff with Washington. "We see a favourable outlook for the negotiations," said Pezeshkian in a speech. "We are continuing the process under the guidance of the ...
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Syria's interior ministry confirmed on Wednesday the mass escape of relatives of suspected Islamic State group jihadists from the Al-Hol camp last month following the withdrawal of Kurdish forces who had overseen the facility. "When our forces arrived, they found cases of collective escapes due to the camp having been opened up in a ...
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Iran's foreign ministry on Wednesday dismissed US claims about its missile programme as "big lies", after President Donald Trump said Tehran was developing missiles that can strike the United States. "Whatever they're alleging in regards to Iran's nuclear programme, Iran's ballistic missiles, and the number of ...
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U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union speech at the U.S. capitol on Tuesday evening, defending his foreign policy agenda as escalatory rhetoric and posturing against Iran continues. Trump highlighted his focus on a policy of “peace through strength” and stated that “as president, I will make peace wherever I can. But ...
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with members of the U.S. congress on Tuesday afternoon for a closed-door briefing on Iran at the White House. Leadership from both the House of Representatives and the Senate–the Gang of Eight–attended the briefing, including from the Intelligence Committees. According to Barak Ravid, CIA ...
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that a nuclear deal was "within reach", ahead of talks with the United States scheduled for later this week. "We have a historic opportunity to strike an unprecedented agreement that addresses mutual concerns and achieves mutual interests," said Araghchi, in a post on ...
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The United States is leading negotiations between a prominent Druze leader and the Syrian government to secure an exchange of prisoners held since sectarian clashes in a Druze-majority Syrian province last year, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP Tuesday. Thousands are estimated to have been killed when clashes erupted between Druze ...
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Iran’s deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi stated on Tuesday that Iran seeks to take steps for reaching an agreement with the United States on the nuclear issue. U.S. and Iranian officials are slated to meet for another round of talks in Geneva on Thursday mediated by Oman. However, both countries continue to shore up their ...
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of the military, are carrying out drills on the country's southern shores of the Gulf, state media said Tuesday. "Combined 1404 (2026) exercise of the IRGC Ground Forces has begun," state TV reported, referring to this year in both the Iranian and Gregorian calendars. The war games are focused on ...
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Hamas on Tuesday called for sanctions against Israel, welcoming a joint condemnation by nearly 20 countries of new Israeli measures aimed at tightening control over the occupied West Bank. Israel has approved a series of initiatives this month backed by far-right ministers, including launching a process to register land in the West Bank as ...
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University students have the right to protest but everyone must "understand the red lines", the Iranian government's spokeswoman said Tuesday, in the first official reaction to renewed rallies on campuses since the weekend. "Sacred things and the flag are two examples of these red lines that we must protect and not cross or ...