Amid suggestions that the U.S. could send in military forces to secure Iran’s uranium stockpile, experts and former government officials warn of radiation and chemical dangers
Category: 3. Middle East
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Securing Iran's enriched uranium by force would be risky and complex, experts say
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Bahrain’s Hormuz resolution runs into fresh obstacles at UN
Bahrain’s effort to secure a United Nations resolution to authorize “all necessary means” to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz ran into new obstacles on Wednesday, underscoring divisions over how to deal with Iran’s…
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Artemis II ready for launch as NASA set to make 1st trip around moon in over 50 years
Four astronauts are set to embark Wednesday on a trip around the Moon marking humankind’s deepest venture into space, an odyssey that aims to launch the US into a new era of interstellar exploration.
The NASA mission dubbed Artemis 2 has…
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Iran’s president urges Americans to reject ‘propaganda’ on Iran
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian released a message addressed to the American people on Wednesday, asserting that Iran holds no hostility toward US citizens.In the statement, Pezeshkian said that Iran, despite experiencing “occupation,…
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Trump claims Iran wants truce, but set to say war will last 2-3 more weeks
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed on social media that Iran’s “new regime president” had requested a ceasefire with the US in the war that began more than a month ago.
Tehran denied that it had made any such request,…
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Iranian president says in letter that Iran harbors no enmity towards ordinary Americans
April 1 (Reuters) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a letter addressed to the American people that his country harbors no enmity towards ordinary Americans, Press TV reported on Wednesday.
He said in his letter that portraying Iran as…
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Explainer-Can Trump pull the US out of NATO?
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to pull the United States out of NATO due to its European members’ refusal to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz near Iran, as he…
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Iran fears Israel’s ‘new strategy’ after major strikes on steel industry
Iran’s largest steel producer, Mobarakeh Steel Company, has reported heavy losses to its production units following joint US-Israeli strikes on its facilities during the war, with attacks hitting multiple sites in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari…
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Iranians vow to ‘resist until the end’ at Guards naval chief’s funeral
Thousands of Iranians gathered Wednesday in Tehran for the funeral of the Revolutionary Guards’ naval commander, killed in an Israeli strike, with mourners vowing to fight to the end despite tough talk from Washington.
The procession took place…
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French navy chief says China will have to engage more in Strait of Hormuz discussion
PARIS, April 1 (Reuters) – China will at one point have to engage more directly on how to restore oil traffic flows in the Strait of Hormuz because the number of vessels it has going through is probably insufficient, France’s navy chief said on…
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