US-Iran Conflict

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program, the joint Defense Department and HHS initiative that has struck deals with several drugmakers in an effort to help speed up the search for effective treatments for the ongoing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in an address from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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Trump asked for options for attacking Iran last week, but held off

The New York Times reported that the advisers persuaded Trump not to go ahead with a strike because of the risk of a broader conflict

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US, September 26, 2019. Reuters/Brendan Mcdermid
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Iran's Rouhani pledges 'crushing response' if US extends arms embargo

FILE PHOTO: Four Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels, some of several to maneuver in what the US Navy says are "unsafe and unprofessional actions against US Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range" is seen next to the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton in the Gulf April 15, 2020. US Navy/Handout via REUTERS
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Trump instructs US Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats 'if they harass our ships at sea'

Trump warns Iran against possible 'sneak attack' on US in Iraq
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Trump warns Iran against possible 'sneak attack' on US in Iraq

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US sanctions 'severely hamper' Iran coronavirus fight: Rouhani

Ukraine demands return of bodies; Canada calls for full responsibility
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Ukraine demands return of bodies; Canada calls for full responsibility

US President Doland Trump and Qassem Soleimani/Collected
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US targeted Iranian official in Yemen in failed strike

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds an international news conference in Budapest, Hungary, January 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas
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Hungary wants EU position on Iran to be closer to US stance: PM