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British ambassador to Iran arrested in Tehran amid protests
Rob Macaire, the British ambassador to Tehran, has been arrested and detained for an hour during protests outside a university, local reports say.
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Right-wing hawk attack tactics aren't working this time — and here's why
Republicans used their old Iraq tricks to quash critics of Trump's Iran adventure. But this time nobody's buying
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Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down plane
Iran had so far denied responsibility for Wednesday's Ukrainian plane crash, which killed 176 people.
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Iran says it will not give black box from crashed airliner to Boeing
Iran’s aviation authority has said it will not hand over flight recorders from the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed moments after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew onboard, either to the aircraft’s manufacturer or US aviation authorities.
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Boeing 737 passenger plane crashes in Iran killing all aboard, according to state news agencies
A Boeing 737 passenger plane operated by a Ukrainian airline crashed minutes after take-off from Tehran killing all on board, Iranian news agencies said Wednesday.
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Iran fires rockets at Iraqi airbase hours after funeral of slain commander
Iran fired rockets early on Wednesday at Iraq's al Asad airbase
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How Close Is Iran to a Nuclear Weapon? Here's What We Know
Iran is no longer abiding by many of the restrictions in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, but that doesn’t mean it’s about to build a bomb, either.
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'To stop a war': Did Soleimani killing violate international law?
Experts agree use of self-defence as justification for killing Soleimani requires proof of 'imminent attack'.
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World War 3 fears as Russia, Iran and China team up for terrifying military alliance
The drills come as President Trump boosts the US military presence in Saudi Arabia by sending extra troops, as global tensions rise. China’s defence ministry said on Thursday said it would take part in the joint operation and downplayed its significance. Beijing will dispatch a guided missile destroyer known as the Xining.
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Analysis: Middle East on verge of new regional war as US kills top Iran general
In an act whose implications are impossible to overstate, the United States has assassinated General Qasem Soleimani, arguably Iran’s second most powerful official. In the early hours of this morning, the entire Middle East stood on the verge of a regional war as the US Department of Defense announced it killed Soleimani in a “defensive action […] aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans”. But Soleimani’s killing will be seen by the Iranian government as nothing short of an official declaration of war. Tehran’s next move will determine the precise form this new war will take.
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What will happen to oil if there is another war?
Experts say that looking at past wars in Iraq to see what oil will do next is folly. Here is why.
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The moment drone strike blew up Qassem Soleimani
This is the moment and American guided missile slammed into a convoy carrying Iranian Quds commander Qassem Soleimani, killing him along with four other high-ranking figures.
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Iraq: New election law paves way for more independent candidates
After months of deadly protests, Iraq's parliament has approved a new election law that upends parts of the post-US invasion system. A prominent Shiite cleric said the law "will get rid of all corrupt parties."
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Amnesty says more than 300 killed in Iran protest crackdown
The rights group described a brutal campaign to kill protesters and mass arrests to intimidate. Revised estimates say the death toll in a three-day crackdown in November was at least 304.
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Iran 'foils second cyber-attack in a week'
Iran has foiled a second cyber-attack in under a week, the country's telecommunications minister says. Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said the attack had targeted Iranian electronic government systems. The minister did not give details. A similar claim was made about Wednesday "massive" attack.
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A notorious Iranian hacking crew is targeting industrial control systems
Iranian hackers have carried out some of the most disruptive acts of digital sabotage of the last decade, wiping entire computer networks in waves of cyberattacks across the Middle East and occasionally even the US. But now one of Iran's most active hacker groups appears to have shifted focus. Rather than just standard IT networks, they're targeting the physical control systems used in electric utilities, manufacturing, and oil refineries.
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FIFA tells Iran: Women have to be allowed into soccer stadiums
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has warned Iran it must lift its ban on women attending soccer matches across the country.
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Attack that wiped out half of Saudi Arabia's oil production came from Iran, US official says
A senior US official told Reuters the attack on two Saudi oil facilities appears to have come from the direction of Iran, not the Yemeni Houthi group that claimed it.
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First DNA From This Ancient Civilization Reveals Ancestry of Modern South Asians
Long before climate change drove them to abandon their thriving cities, a group of hunter-gatherers settled in the Indus River Valley as farmers, leading to the creation of one of the world's first large-scale urban societies, complete with booming e
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Trump Tweets Sensitive Surveillance Image Of Iran
President Trump has tweeted what experts say is almost certainly an image from a classified satellite or drone, showing the aftermath of an accident at an Iranian space facility. "The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir [Space Launch Vehicle] Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran," the president said in a tweet that accompanied the image on Friday. "I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One."
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