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Iran denies links to attacks on US forces in Iraq, Syria
Iran denied on Saturday US accusations that Tehran supported attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria, and condemned US airstrikes on Iranian-backed militants there, state media reported.
On Tuesday, the United States told the UN Security…
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UN demands probe into killings ordered by ‘butcher of Tehran’
The UN investigator into human rights in Iran called on Tuesday for an independent inquiry into state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 when new President Ebrahim Raisi was a prosecuting judge in Tehran.…
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Trump organizes the first demonstration after leaving the presidency in the United States
Today, Saturday, former US President Donald Trump will hold a demonstration of his supporters for the first time after leaving the presidency.
According to US media, Trump plans to hold several demonstrations during the summer season.…
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Raisi’s hard-line stance ‘could spell trouble’
The election of a loyal acolyte of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iranian president could ease the West’s dealings with the Islamic Republic due to a streamlined power structure in Tehran but Ebrahim Raisi’s hard-line stance could…
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Grave concerns raised about China at UN rights council
More than 40 countries led by Canada voiced grave concerns at the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday about China’s actions in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet — triggering a fierce backlash from Beijing.
The widely anticipated joint statement…
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Saudi Arabia will judge new Iran president Raisi by ‘reality on the ground’
Saudi Arabia will judge Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi’s government by “the reality on the ground,” the Kingdom’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
“From our perspective, foreign policy in Iran is in any case run by the supreme…
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Hong Kong leader says US ‘beautifying’ security offenses
Foreign governments are “beautifying” acts that endanger national security in Hong Kong when they criticize the recent crackdown on a pro-democracy newspaper, the leader of the semiautonomous Chinese territory said Tuesday.
Hong Kong…
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America-Israel relations reach crossroads
Their countries at crossroads, the new leaders of the United States and Israel have inherited a relationship that is at once imperiled by increasingly partisan domestic political considerations and deeply bound in history and an engrained…
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EU threatens Lebanese politicians with sanctions over crisis
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Saturday berated Lebanese politicians for delays in forming a new Cabinet, warning the union could impose sanctions on those behind the political stalemate in the crisis-hit country.
Josep…
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Israel says Iran’s Raisi extreme, committed to nuclear program
Israel on Saturday condemned Iran’s newly-elected president Ebrahim Raisi, saying he was its most extreme president yet and committed to quickly advancing Tehran’s nuclear program.
“Iran’s new president, known as the Butcher of Tehran,…
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