All posts tagged "Iran"

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  In surprise move, Iran’s Ahmadinejad to run for president

  TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday stunned the country by unexpectedly filing to run in the May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race. Ahmadinejad’s...

  • Posted April 12, 2017
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  Trump yet to call UN atomic chief on Iran deal

  Trump has signaled he wants to take a harder line on Iran than his predecessor Barack Obama

  • Posted February 14, 2017
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  Iran’s Top Leader Mocks ‘Newcomer’ Trump

  Trump's administration said Iran was "on notice" over the missile test, and imposed new sanctions on more than two dozen Iranian companies and individuals

  • Posted February 7, 2017
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  Iranian researcher, others head to US as travel ban eases

  Advocates in the U.S. are telling people to get on the earliest flights they can find

  • Posted February 5, 2017
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  US Hits 13 People, Dozen Companies in New Iran Sanctions

  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on 13 people and a dozen companies in response to Iran’s recent ballistic missile test, increasing pressure on Tehran without directly undercutting a landmark nuclear deal with the...

  • Posted February 3, 2017
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  Analysis: US Setting Up a Confrontational Approach with Iran

  Iran, however unpopular in Washington, is not a failed-state pushover

  • Posted February 2, 2017
• Trump Puts Iran ‘On Notice’ After Ballistic Missile Test

  Trump and his National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, didn't elaborate on what retaliatory actions the U.S. could pursue

  • Posted February 2, 2017
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  Trump’s Refugee Clampdown Stops Iranian Path through Austria

  Austria has shut its door to about 300 non-Muslim Iranians hoping to use the country as a way station before establishing new homes in the United States

  • Posted January 27, 2017
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  Syria Powerbrokers Endorse Cease-Fire Deal at Talks

  The U.N. envoy, Staffan de Mistura, said Russia, Iran and Turkey would meet soon in Astana to lay the parameters for a mechanism to reinforce the truce

  • Posted January 24, 2017
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  Obama issues warning on 1st anniversary of Iran nuclear deal

  President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Friday, vowed at times during the presidential campaign either to walk away from the deal or to renegotiate it

  • Posted January 16, 2017