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    Shattered glass is on the ground following a rocket attack in Irbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Feb. 15. On Thursday, the U.S. launched airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria in response to recent
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    U.S. Launches Military Airstrikes Against Iranian-Backed Militants In Syria

    Feb 25, 2021
    The Thursday strikes targeted Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria in response to rocket attacks against Americans in Iraq.
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    World
    Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi meets over the weekend with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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    Iran, U.N. Regulators Agree On Reduced — But Continued — Nuclear Verification

    Feb 22, 2021
    The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran announced an deal to keep some verification activities going for the immediate future. Iran earlier had said it would suspend snap inspections.
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    Opinion
    Friends and family members of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim (shown in the raised image), attend a memorial ceremony in the garden of the family residence in the capital Beirut's southern suburbs, a week after he was found
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    Opinion: Pursuing Diplomacy With Iran Doesn't Mean Ignoring Its Bad Behavior

    Feb 18, 2021
    Arab and U.S. liberals differ on how to handle Iran and its proxies, writes Firas Maksad. He says reactions to the killing of his friend Lokman Slim, a critic of Hezbollah, are a case in point.
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    Music
    Kayhan Kalhor is an Iranian <em>kamancheh</em> virtuoso and composer whose work has been celebrated around the globe.
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    After U.S. Immigration Battle, Musician Kayhan Kalhor Returns To Iran

    Feb 10, 2021
    Grammy-winning Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor called the U.S. home for decades, until chaotic encounters with the immigration system caused him to leave the country permanently.
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    World
    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, speaks during a meeting with military commanders in Tehran on Sunday.
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    Biden Says U.S. Won't Lift Sanctions Before Iran Returns To Nuclear Deal

    Feb 07, 2021
    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said Sunday that all U.S. sanctions must end before Tehran will return to its commitment under the 2015 nuclear accord.
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    President Biden Takes Office
    Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to President Biden, says there are some foreign policy initiatives started by the Trump administration that the new White House will build on.
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    Biden Won't Reverse All Of Trump's Foreign Policy. Here's What He'll Keep

    Jan 29, 2021
    President Biden's Iran policy is significantly different from that of his predecessor. But there are some things started by former President Donald Trump that Biden plans to build on.
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    Opinion
    Technicians work inside of a uranium conversion facility producing unit in 2005 outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. After the 2015 Iran nuclear deal put limits on the program, Iran's government has been increasing uranium enrichment since the United State
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    Opinion: Iran Is Escalating Its Nuclear Program. Biden Should Not Rush To Respond

    Jan 08, 2021
    Iran has announced new nuclear steps aimed at the incoming Biden administration, but the U.S. has leverage to push back, argues analyst Henry Rome.
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    Middle East
    Iran is seeking to detain President Trump over the U.S. killing of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. Here, an Iraqi fighter stands in front of a banner at the site of the drone strike at Baghdad International Airport.
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    Iran Renews Interpol Request To Arrest Trump, Other U.S. Officials

    Jan 05, 2021
    It's the second time Iran has announced its hope to arrest Trump. The country says it won't stop pursuing him, even after he leaves the government later this month.
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    World
    A seized South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats in the Persian Gulf. This comes as Tehran is enriching nuclear fuel to 20% purity.
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    Iran Reportedly Boosts Nuclear Fuel Enrichment To 20%

    Jan 04, 2021
    The move is likely to increase tensions during President Trump's final weeks in office. Separately, Iran seized a South Korean oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, South Korea said Monday.
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    Middle East
    Iraqi security forces stand guard in front the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Jan. 1. Over the weekend, eight small rockets launched by Iranian forces specifically targeted the International Zone in Baghdad, also called the "Green Zone," according to Secreta
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    U.S. Embassy In Baghdad Hit In Rocket Attack

    Dec 20, 2020
    The attack killed one Iraqi civilian and caused damage to the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad as well as surrounding residential areas. No embassy personnel were hurt.
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    Middle East
    The Trump administration has sanctioned two Iranian officials over the disappearance and likely death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, shown here in a March 6, 2012, FBI poster.
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    Trump Administration Sanctions 2 Iranian Officials Over Levinson Disappearance

    Dec 14, 2020
    "It's a very important acknowledgment, probably long overdue," a senior U.S. official told reporters on a conference call about the sanctions. Former FBI agent Robert Levinson went missing in 2007.
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    Middle East
    Iranian protesters burn images of President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden during a rally Saturday in  Tehran. Iranian leaders have blamed Israel and its close ally, the U.S., for the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist.
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    Iran Vows Retaliation In 'Proper Time' For Nuclear Scientist's Killing

    Nov 28, 2020
    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed Israel for the ambush that left Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and others dead Friday. Without offering specifics, he threatened a reprisal.
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    Middle East
    This photo released by the semiofficial Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was reportedly killed in Absard, a small city just east of Tehran, Iran, on Friday. Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Re
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    Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed In Attack

    Nov 27, 2020
    Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, believed to have led Iran's military nuclear program, died from wounds after an attack, causing outrage in Iran and raising international concerns over potential retaliation.
    NPR
    Live Updates: 2020 Election Results
    Joe Biden speaks Thursday in Wilmington, Del., with Sen. Kamala Harris at his side. World leaders reacted to Biden's victory, mostly congratulating the president-elect and vice president-elect.
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    World Leaders Congratulate Biden On Win, And Some Celebrate Trump's Defeat

    Nov 07, 2020
    Statements poured in congratulating Joe Biden on his election victory — including from President Trump's global allies. Iranian and Palestinian leaders expressed relief at the president's loss.
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    World
    Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh with a poster of South Africa's Nelson Mandela, in a scene from the <em>Nasrin </em>documentary.
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    'Nasrin' Documentary Spotlights Life And Work Of Jailed Iranian Human Rights Lawyer

    Oct 30, 2020
    A new film focuses on Nasrin Sotoudeh, a leading human rights lawyer whose health is declining in prison. "She is the closest thing that Iran has to Nelson Mandela," says analyst Karim Sadjadpour.
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    Mohammad Reza Shajarian, onstage in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2008. The singer died Thursday in Tehran.
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    A Voice Of Iran, Master Singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Has Died

    Oct 08, 2020
    With a voice by turns soaring and haunting, Shajarian was considered one of his nation's treasures — and then ran afoul of the regime. He died Thursday in Tehran at age 80.
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    National Security
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters Thursday after meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council and calling for the restoration of sanctions against Iran.
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    Pompeo Tries Starting 'Snapback' Clock To Restore Sanctions Against Iran By U.N.

    Aug 20, 2020
    A U.N. Security Council vote on a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo against Iran failed last week. Now the U.S. secretary of state wants to bring back all sanctions lifted by the Iran nuclear deal.
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    Middle East
    Rescue teams examine the wreckage of the Ukrainian airliner that was shot down shortly after takeoff in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Jan. 8. Iran says a tragic series of mistakes led to the missile strike.
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    Iranian Report Details Chain Of Mistakes In Shooting Down Ukrainian Passenger Plane

    Jul 12, 2020
    A missile operator who didn't properly calibrate his radar system fired on the Ukrainian passenger plane without authorization, Iran says. All 176 people on board were killed on Jan. 8.
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    Middle East
    President Trump is among the three dozen U.S. officials Iran is seeking arrests warrants for the Jan. 3 killing of Iran's Maj. General Qassem Soleimani. He died in an U.S. airstrike in Baghdad. Trump seen here at a briefing on a coronavirus relief progra
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    Trump Tops Iran's List of U.S. Officials Wanted For Killing Top General In January

    Jun 29, 2020
    Iran issued arrest warrants for 36 officials including President Trump for the Jan. 3 U.S. drone strike that killed Iran's Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Trump faces little threat of being arrested.
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    World
    Xiyue Wang was freed from Iran after being held prisoner for three years and was released in December 2019 in a prisoner swap between Iran and the U.S. Iranian authorities sentenced Wang in 2017 to 10 years in prison for espionage. But the officials who
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    Released From Iranian Prison, U.S. Student Xiyue Wang Says He Was Held As A 'Hostage'

    Jun 11, 2020
    The U.S. citizen spent more than three years in an Iranian prison. He tells NPR that Iranian authorities "told me quite explicitly just that 'we need a deal with America.' "
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    This photo provided courtesy of the White family, shows U.S. Navy veteran Michael White in Mashhad, Iran.
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    Iran Frees U.S. Navy Veteran Michael White Who Was Detained For Nearly 2 Years

    Jun 04, 2020
    White was initially taken into custody in July 2018 while visiting a woman he had met online. He was convicted of insulting Iran's supreme leader and posting private information on social media.
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    Opinion
    Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council pose for photographers following their summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in December 2019.
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    Opinion: Gulf Partners Can No Longer Afford To Stay The Course With U.S. Iran Policy

    May 15, 2020
    It is not in the Gulf Arab states' interest to stay the course with current U.S. Iran policy, write former Pentagon officials Bilal Y. Saab and Michael P. Mulroy. Doing so could lead them to war.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Iranians shop at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on Monday. This week officials allowed major shopping areas to reopen, prompting a warning from Tehran's coronavirus task force.
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    Iran Hopes Slowing Rise Of COVID-19 Cases Means The Worst Is Over

    Apr 23, 2020
    Iranian officials say new coronavirus case numbers and deaths are lower than before, but they urge for an end to sanctions under these hard circumstances.
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    National Security

    Trump Instructs U.S. Navy To Fire On Iranian Boats If Harassed

    Apr 22, 2020
    His tweet comes days after Iranian gunboats pulled to within yards of a U.S. military ship in the Persian Gulf. There's a history of such confrontations, and Trump's announcement could raise tensions.
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    Opinion
    In this Wednesday photo made available by U.S. Navy, Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels sail close to U.S. military ships in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait. Eleven Iranian naval vessels made "dangerous and harassing" maneuvers near U.S. ships in the Gulf
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    Opinion: Iran's Aggression Continues Even Amid Coronavirus And 'Maximum Pressure'

    Apr 16, 2020
    Hawks argue the Trump administration's approach to Tehran is working, but recent events clearly demonstrate that Iran has not been cowed, argue Ariane Tabatabai and Colin P. Clarke.

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