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Dust Storms Send More than 2,000 People to Hospital in Iran
Dust storms have wreaked havoc in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province, resulting in at least three fatalities and over 1,300 people seeking medical assistance, as reported by state media. These storms, increasingly frequent in recent
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Trump says Iran playing with fire after nuclear limit breached
US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran is "playing with fire" after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by Washington. Israel urged European states to sanction
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Iran says US sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy
Iran said on Tuesday that a US decision to impose sanctions on the country's supreme leader and other top officials permanently closed the path to diplomacy between Tehran and Washington. "Imposing useless sanctions on Iran's Supreme
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US imposes new sanctions on Iran, including supreme leader
US President Donald Trump imposed new US sanctions on Iran on Monday following Tehran's downing of an unmanned American drone and said the
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Mike Pompeo arrives in Saudi Arabia for Iran crisis talks
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for talks on coordinating with the close ally amid mounting tensions with
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No suspension of Etihad Airways flights over Iran-controlled airspace
Etihad Airways is carefully monitoring the situation, following the emergency order on Thursday by US Federal Aviation Administration (USFAA)
Read MoreHouthis fire rocket near Saudi desalination plant
The Iran-backed Houthi militia launched a rocket on Wednesday night targeting a desalination plant in Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia, coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al Maliki said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Read MoreDrone downed by Iranian missile in international airspace: US
A US military drone has been shot down in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, a US official said on Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official said the drone was a US Navy MQ-4C
Read MoreUS sending 1,000 troops to Middle East as Iran tensions mount
The Pentagon on Monday ordered another 1,000 American troops to the Middle East, moving to bolster security in a region reeling from hostile attacks on commercial ships that the U.S. has blamed on Iran. Officials said the deployment includes
Read MoreIran Says It Wants Good Relations With Saudi Arabia, U.A.E.
Iran says it needs great relations with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and their partners, and it approached them to end their harsh question with Persian Gulf neighbor Qatar. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on May 1
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