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Trump's near miss with Iran

Editor's note: Elizabeth Drew is a Washington-based journalist and the author, most recently, of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall. The article reflects the auth

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Iranian FM Zarif Accuses UK of 'Parroting US Line, Blindly Abetting Its Terrorist Adventurism'

On Saturday, the UK ambassador in Iran, Rob Macaire, was briefly detained for allegedly organizing and participating in ongoing protests in Tehran. A spokesperson for U

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US dismisses Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan

Iraq’s caretaker prime minister asked Washington to start working out a road map for an American troop withdrawal, but the U.S. State Department on Friday bluntly rejec

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French FM Warns Iran Could Have a Nuke Bomb in 1 or 2 Years if it Continues to Violate JCPOA

Tehran is to date at the fourth stage of giving up its 2015 nuclear deal commitments following a US pullout from the accord. The Islamic Republic has also been accusing

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U.S.'s missile shield, Iraq withdrawal and war crime threats

Demonstrators burn the U.S. and British flags during a protest against the killing of Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2020. /Reuters Photo Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow

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UK Evacuation Team Sent to Iraq Amid Concerns Over Iranian Revenge for Soleimani's Killing – Report

Late last week, around 50 members of the UK’s Special Air Service (SAS) were reportedly flown to Iraq in the aftermath of the US assassination of Iran’s Revolutionary G

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Iran due to 'finalize' new retreat from nuclear deal

Iran will finalize its fifth step back from a nuclear deal on Sunday, a spokesman said, in retaliation for the U.S. withdrawing from the multilateral accord and reimpos

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A timeline of US-Iran relations since 1953 in pictures

02:15 US President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Iran's chief military commander, Major General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force on

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Post-Soleimani fallout

Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds forces, was thought to have controlled Iran's foreign policy in much of the Middle East. /AP Photo Editor's note: Guy Burton is an adju

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Trump warns Turkey against 'interference' after Libya vote

Turkey's parliament has approved the deployment of troops to Libya aimed at shoring up the UN-backed government in Tripoli, sparking a blunt warning from US President D

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China tightens rules on oversea cash withdrawals

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