TEHRAN – Forty-five years ago, on April 25, 1980, the United States launched a covert military operation in the northeastern Iranian Tabas desert dubbed Operation Eagle Claw, aimed at airlifting the U.S. embassy personnel who were held in…
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How Europe caused a diplomatic fallout with Iran, and how it can undo it
MADRID – In the ongoing indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States to reach a new nuclear agreement, a significant absence stands out compared to the talks that led to the landmark JCPOA: the absence of European countries.
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Kayhan: Indirect negotiations show distrust in America
TEHRAN – Kayhan dedicated its editorial to the recent U.S. sanctions against Iran and wrote: Without a doubt, it must be said that the chain of U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the eve of the first and second rounds and…
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Iran summons Dutch envoy over ‘baseless’ allegations, condemns ‘Zionist-inspired’ accusations
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Dutch Ambassador Emiel de Bont on Friday to protest unfounded accusations by the Netherlands’ intelligence agency, which alleged Iranian involvement in “assassination plots across Europe.”
During…
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Over 212 journalists since start of war on Gaza
Israeli forces have killed over 212 Palestinian journalists since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to a statement by Gaza’s Government Media Office reported by Al Jazeera.
On Thursday, Israeli forces killed Al Aqsa Radio…
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Water bottles thrown at Israeli Ben Gvir in US visit
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was confronted by some demonstrators Wednesday night in New Haven, Connecticut, according to a statement and videos shared by Ben Gvir’s office.
“Water bottles were thrown” at Ben Gvir, his…
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More than a million children in Gaza are at risk’ of famine
Famine is spreading in the Gaza Strip, with “more than a million children at risk”, the Gaza Government Media Office says.
“Vital sectors in Gaza are collapsing amid a stifling blockade and shameful international silence. We warn that…
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Pope Francis’s funeral presents chance for ‘brush-by’ diplomacy
ReutersWorld leaders may be gathering on Saturday to pay their respects to a fellow statesman whose church has more members than their states have citizens.
But they may also use the Pope’s funeral as a rare and unexpected opportunity to conduct a…
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India, Pakistan trade gunfire as tensions rise over deadly Kashmir attack
Indian and Pakistani forces have exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LOC) separating the two countries as the UN calls for “maximum restraint” amid warnings of a wider military escalation following the latest deadly attack in…
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Intense strikes on Yemen after the Haifa operation
TEHRAN – U.S. warplanes wage intense airstrikes on Yemen following an unprecedented attack on Israeli targets in Haifa.
Ansarallah’s media center has reported a series of U.S. airstrikes targeting several Yemeni provinces, including Hodeidah…
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