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Security

Footage: Iranian Navy aircraft monitor extra-regional warships in Persian Gulf

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Iran’s national television shows footage of Navy aircraft conducting surveillance patrols over extra-regional warships sailing in the Persian Gulf.
Energy

Iran commander warns unloading Iranian oil by US would meet “response in kind”

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The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has warned against unloading the Iranian oil from a seized tanker by the US.
Security

US can’t threaten Iran by military deployment: Defense minister

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Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has shrugged off the US’ decision to dispatch a new fleet of fighter jets and a navy destroyer to the Persian Gulf. He stressed that Iran is projecting power in the region and beyond without feeling any threat.
Security

Military chief: US, Israel know Iran can’t be defeated, no longer speak of ‘military option’

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Iran’s military chief highlights the country’s fruitful efforts in consolidating its military might, saying the US and the Israeli regime have, thanks to that strength, concluded that they cannot beat the Islamic Republic militarily, especially in ground warfare.
Persian Gulf

Pentagon says will send F-35s, F-16s, warship to Persian Gulf

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The US military will send a Navy destroyer along with F-16 and F-35 fighter jets to the Persian Gulf region after “a number of recent alarming events in the Strait of Hormuz” caused by Iran, said a Pentagon spokesperson. Tehran says Iranian naval forces have so far seized 35 ships for violating maritime laws in the waters off the Persian Gulf.
Foreign Policy

White House says focused on release of detained Americans, rather than Iran nuclear deal

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Washington is now focused on talks with Tehran on the return of detained US citizens in Iran, adding work on a new nuclear deal is not high on the agenda, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Sunday.
Foreign Policy

Ex-diplomats warn Iran govt. against ‘radical anti-West, pro-East policy’

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A group of former Iranian diplomats have warned the government of President Ebrahim Raisi against sticking to what they describe as a “one-sided” look-to-the-East policy and anti-West approach, saying an unbalanced foreign policy agenda will harm the interests of the country.
Local

Iran VP lauds French court’s rejection of US anti-Tehran call

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Iran’s Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan has hailed the French supreme court’s decision to reject a US request to confiscate $247 million in Iranian assets. He has said it marked an important achievement for Tehran.
Persian Gulf

US plans to send F-16 jets to Persian Gulf

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A senior US defence official has confirmed that Washington is deploying additional fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz "to protect ships from Iranian seizures". The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian naval forces have so far seized 35 ships for violating maritime laws in the waters off the Persian Gulf.
Security

IRGC foils US attempt to help fuel smugglers in Persian Gulf 

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A commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the IRGC’s naval forces have seized a foreign oil tanker carrying one million liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.
Foreign Policy

Iran says US court decision over damages to Alinejad “banditry”

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says a US federal court ruling that Iran should pay millions of dollars to a US-based opposition figure, is a kind of “banditry” on the part of America, totally rejecting it.
Americas

US and Iran in indirect talks on prisoner swap deal: White House

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The United States and Iran are in indirect negotiations to secure a possible prisoner exchange, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.
Human Rights

Rights chief: Iran will soon launch court process over Gen. Soleimani assassination by US

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Iran’s top human rights official says a court process will soon be launched into the case of the assassination of the anti-terror icon Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the US military in early 2020.
Americas

Biden’s Iran envoy put on leave over ‘security clearance’ issue

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US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley has been placed on leave as his security clearance is being reviewed allegedly over his handling of classified materials.
Americas

Trump heard discussing sensitive Iran document in audio recording: Report

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Media outlets have released an audio recording in which former US President Donald Trump purportedly boasts about having a classified document during a 2021 meeting. The ex-president was seemingly talking about holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran, citing then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.
Nuclear

Foreign Ministry: Iran serious about continuation of nuclear talks, obtaining results

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The spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry says the Islamic Republic is serious about the negotiations for the removal of sanctions, revival of the 2015 nuclear deal and achieving results in the talks.
Int'l Relations

Iran rejects claims by US and allies over drones, calls it political show

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Tehran slams anti-Iran action by US, Ukraine and 3 European countries as “a political show aimed at affecting” UN chief’s report on Iran abiding by its commitments under the nuclear deal.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s president slams US interference in sovereign nations

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has strongly criticized the US over its interference in the internal affairs of independent nations.
Americas

US House moving to make Iran sanctions permanent

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The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has advanced a bipartisan bill to make the 1996 sanctions against Tehran permanent.
Foreign Policy

Iranian and western officials say Tehran and Washington in talks to ease tensions

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The United States is holding negotiations with Iran to sketch out steps that could limit Tehran's nuclear programme, release some detained American citizens and unfreeze some Iranian assets abroad, Iranian and Western officials say.
Media

US seeking to target Iran through media dictatorship: President Raisi’s wife

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Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, has said the United States is trying to target Iran through media dictatorship. She made the remarks to the Venezuela-based television network Telesur in an interview.
Nuclear

Iran MP: Nuclear deal rival talks likely to resume in near future

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An Iranian lawmaker says there is a possibility for the resumption of the negotiations on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, JCPOA, in the near future.
Middle East

Oman says Iran, US ‘close’ on prisoner swap

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Iran and the United States are close to finalizing a deal on the release of American inmates held in Tehran, Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi told Al-Monitor.
Nuclear

Advisor to Iranian team: No direct talks ongoing between Iran and US

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An advisor to Iran’s nuclear negotiating team has rejected reports on secret direct talks with the US.
Foreign Policy

Tehran: Serious steps taken toward release of frozen Iran assets

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The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says effective steps have been taken toward the release of Iranian assets frozen in other countries.
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