US-Iran tension

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attends a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu (not seen) in Istanbul, Turkey, January 29, 2021. Turkish Foreign Ministry /Handout via REUTERS
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Iran's Zarif hints at way to bridge nuclear deal impasse

Analysts said Zarif’s stance might lay the ground for talks on reviving the deal despite Iran’s prior insistence that the United States lift sanctions first

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US, January 12, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
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US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, US, April 22, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/Pool via REUTERS
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Pompeo says Iran gives al Qaeda new 'home base,' analysts skeptical

Elliott Abrams speaks during a news conference at the State Department, in Washington, US, March 31, 2020. Andrew Harnik Pool via REUTERSFile Photo
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US envoy to Iran says more sanctions coming

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2020. Official Presidential Website/Handout via REUTERS
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Iran says to meet nuclear commitments if Biden lifts sanctions

US-based leader of a pro-monarchist group Jamshid Sharmahd. Photo: Collected
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Iran says it has detained US-based opposition leader over 2008 bomb attack

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. U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters
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Trump tells Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats if they 'harass' American ships

US Army AH-64 Apache helicopters from 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, launch flares as they conduct overflights of the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019/ US Army/Spc. Khalil Jenkins CJTF-OIR Public Affairs Handout via Reuters
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Two US, one British personnel killed in Iraq rocket attack

US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran: Trump
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US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran: Trump

Attendees hold flags from Iran and the United States as Iranian Americans from across California converge in Los Angeles to participate in the California Convention for a Free Iran and to express support for nationwide protests in Iran from Los Angeles, California, US, January 11, 2020. Reuters/ Patrick T Fallon
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US sanctions Iranian commander over Mahshahr killings

Soft toys are seen near the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane (flight MH17) near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region November 16, 2014/ Reuters
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Why the Ukrainian plane tragedy is unlikely to lead to global airspace rules

Soleimani killing part of new strategy to deter US foes: Pompeo
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Soleimani killing part of new strategy to deter US foes: Pompeo

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Reuters Photo
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Trudeau cites US ratcheting up tensions with Iran in plane’s downing