Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that Iran had not attacked its neighbors in an interview with NBC’s Tom Llamas on Thursday.”We have not attacked our neighbors,” said Aragchi. “We have not attacked Muslim countries. We have…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iranian FM claims US, Israel are losing war
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Iran's high-risk war strategy seems to centre on endurance and deterrence
Tehran’s approach appears to rest on a belief it can absorb strikes longer than its adversaries sustain pain and costs, writes BBC Persian’s Amir Azimi.
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BBC speaks to Iranians at border with Turkey
The border separating Iran and Turkey is one of the few ways journalists have been able to speak to people coming out of Iran, with those leaving telling the BBC they feel unsafe and scared.
Hundreds escaping the war are passing through that…
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Saudi Arabia concerned Iran may target leaders in strikes
Saudi Arabia is concerned that Iran may attempt to target senior officials in the kingdom, either directly or via the Houthis in Yemen, a source familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.One of the precautionary measures…
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Houthis could still join war, IDF sources say
IDF sources on Thursday expressed surprise that the Yemen Houthis have not yet attacked Israel as part of the wider regional conflict.It was expected by many in the IDF that the Houthis would join in the attack once Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
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France to send armored vehicles to Lebanon, Macron says
PARIS, March 5 (Reuters) – France will strengthen its cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and provide them with armored transport vehicles as well as operational and logistical support, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, as…
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Iran school and nearby military base struck multiple times, satellite image reveals
Iranian authorities say the attack, which took place on Saturday, killed 168 people.
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Middle East chaos stems from erosion in international law, EU’s Kallas says
ZURICH, March 5 (Reuters) – The current turmoil in the Middle East is a direct result of the erosion in international law, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday.
In a speech at the University of Zurich, Kallas said the international…
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Donald Trump says he must be involved in choosing next Iran leader
US President Donald Trump declared that he must be involved in the selection of Iran’s next leader during an interview with Axios on Thursday.”Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” Trump…
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'I fear Trump and Netanyahu will hand ruins over to the Iranian people and say: We're done here'
Mehrangiz Kar, a pioneering feminist in Iran and a leading voice among the country’s exiles, has very quickly lost any of the hope she harbored at the start of the Israeli-U.S. attacks on the regime in Tehran
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