Trump Aides, Fearing a Midterm Rout, Push to Keep Iran War ‘Quiet’ for Now
#Trump, #IranWar, #MidtermElections, #USPolitics, #WhiteHouse, #MiddleEast
By Nandita Bose, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Top aides to President Donald Trump are pushing to keep the Iran war from escalating before November's midterm elections to staunch Republican...
IAEA Reports Progress in Syria Investigation, None in Iran
#IAEA, #Syria, #Iran, #NuclearInvestigation, #NuclearProgram, #InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has resolved its outstanding questions from an investigation into secret nuclear activities in Syria under the Assad family's rule but made no...
UN Faces Contentious Iran Nuclear Vote Ahead of General Assembly
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By David Brunnstrom
Sept 1 (Reuters) - France said on Tuesday the U.N. Security Council will vote this month on renewing the mandate of a panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, setting up a potential...
US and Iran Exchange Attacks as Lull in War Appears Over
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By Kanishka Singh and Ahmed Tolba
WASHINGTON/CAIRO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Iran found themselves back in a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange in weeks, with Washington threatening...
Trump Vows to Hit Iran Hard After First Exchanges of Fire in a Month
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By Parisa Hafezi and David Lawder
DUBAI/ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday promised further strikes against Iran after the first tit-for-tat attacks in a month, as a...
Trump Posts AI Video of Iran’s Kharg in ‘Smithereens,’ No Evidence of Attack
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By Phil Stewart and David Lawder
Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video clip that he said was Iran's oil hub Kharg Island being blown to smithereens, hours...
US Forces Strike Two Iranian Launchers on Iran’s Larak Island, Axios Reports
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WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak island earlier on Sunday, Axios reported, citing a U.S. official.
"Revolutionary Guard forces were observed preparing to launch rockets carrying...
Khamenei Urges Persian Gulf Rulers in Written Message to Confront ‘Real Enemy’
#Khamenei, #PersianGulf, #Iran, #IslamicRepublic, #RegionalTensions, #MiddleEast
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Mojtaba Khamenei urged Muslim countries, particularly those in the Gulf, to unite against what he called their "real enemy" and said divisions among Muslims...
Egypt’s Banque Misr Reviews US Iran Sanctions Notice, UAE Central Bank Launches Urgent Examination
#Egypt, #BanqueMisr, #USIranSanctions, #UAE, #UAECentralBank, #Banking, #Sanctions
CAIRO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Egypt's Banque Misr said on Saturday it was reviewing a U.S. Treasury notice to cut off its UAE branches from dollar transactions over their dealings with Iran, while...
Six Consequences After Six Months of War in Iran
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By Simon Lewis, Trevor Hunnicutt, Idrees Ali and Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Six months after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the war that President Donald...
