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Iran nuclear chief says 60% enrichment has started at Natanz site

April 16 (Reuters) - Iran has begun 60% uranium enrichment at its Natanz plant, its higher ever level, the country's nuclear chief said on Friday, days after an explosion at…

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Iran, United States to discuss options before more nuclear talks, EU official says

BRUSSELS, April 16 (Reuters) - Negotiating teams for Iran and the United States will return home for internal discussions on how to rescue the 2015 nuclear deal, a European Union…

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Iran’s Rouhani says 60% enrichment is an answer to attack at Natanz site

Iran's move to enrich uranium up to 60% purity is a response to the sabotage at its key nuclear facility, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, adding the Islamic Republic…

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Ship owned by Israeli firm attacked off UAE coast

A commercial vessel owned by an Israeli firm was attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in Gulf waters, pro-Iran media and an Israeli television channel said. Israel’s…

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UPDATED: Iran’s Zarif blames Israel for Natanz incident, person who caused disruption identified

Iran blames its regional arch-foe Israel for Sunday's incident at the Natanz nuclear site and will take its revenge, state TV quoted Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying on…

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Iran says Natanz nuclear site hit by terrorism – TV

DUBAI, April 11 (Reuters) - An incident at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday was caused by an act of "nuclear terrorism", the country's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said,…

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Iran reports incident in Natanz nuclear site, no casualties (UPDATE)

DUBAI, April 11 (Reuters) - An electrical power problem caused an incident at Iran's Natanz underground nuclear facility on Sunday, Iranian Press TV reported, a day after Tehran launched new…

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Iran says its ship Saviz was attacked in Red Sea

Iran’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that an Iranian vessel, the Saviz, had been targeted in the Red Sea, a day after media reports that the ship had been attacked…

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Iran’s foreign ministry rejects ‘step-by-step’ lifting of sanctions – Press TV

Iran's foreign ministry rejects any "step-by-step" lifting of sanctions imposed against it, Press TV reported on Saturday. "The definitive policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the lifting of…

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Iran, China sign 25-year cooperation agreement

The Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Saturday signed a 25-year cooperation agreement between the two allies in a ceremony carried live on state television. "Our relations with Iran will…

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Israeli-owned ship hit by missile in suspected Iranian attack

A cargo ship owned by an Israeli company was damaged by a missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday in what was suspected to be an Iranian attack, an Israeli…

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Trial of British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe was held in Iran: Lawyer

DUBAI (Reuters) - The trial of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at Iran's Revolutionary court was held on Sunday, her lawyer Hojjat Kermani told Reuters, hoping she would be acquitted…

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Iranian investigator says Israel likely behind attack on IRISL container ship

DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel is highly likely to have been behind an attack in the Mediterranean this week that damaged an Iranian container ship, an Iranian investigator was quoted as…

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U.S. engaged in indirect diplomacy with Iran

The United States and Iran have begun indirect diplomacy with Europeans and others conveying messages about how they might resume compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, White House national…

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Iran ship damaged in attack in Mediterranean, state company says

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian container ship was damaged in a "terrorist" attack in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, a spokesman for state-run shipping company IRISL told semi-official Nournews on Friday.…

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Israel accuses Iran of link to oil spill off its shores

Israel accused Iran of being linked to a recent oil spill off its shores that caused major ecological damage, calling the incident environmental terrorism. The spill was caused by an…

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Iran rejects the European proposal to hold an informal meeting with the US

Iran has rejected a European proposal to hold an informal meeting with the United States. In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that it considers that "this is not…

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Iran insists U.S. lift sanctions first to revive nuclear deal talks

Iran said on Monday the United States should lift sanctions first if it wants to hold talks with Tehran to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that former…

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Netanyahu says Iran ‘clearly’ behind blast on Israeli-owned ship

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Monday for a blast aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week but sidestepped a question on whether Israel would…

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U.S. says it won’t bow to pressure from Iran on more sanctions relief before potential talks

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The United States plans to take no additional actions in response to pressure from Iran before talks with Tehran and major powers…

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U.S. ready to accept EU invitation for talks with Iran

The United States would be ready to hold talks with Iran if the European Union extended an invitation, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, sketching out a possible diplomatic…

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Photo Story: Iran and Russia hold military exercise

A series of photos made available by the Iranian Army office showing Iranian and Russian warships during a joint military exercise in the Indian Ocean, Iran. The joint maritime drill,…

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France, Germany, UK condemn Iran’s production of uranium metal

PARIS (Reuters) – France, Germany and Britain on Friday condemned Iran’s decision to produce uranium metal, which they said was in breach of commitments made by Tehran to the international…

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U.S. will not lift sanctions to get Iran to negotiating table -Biden

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said the United States will not lift its economic sanctions on Iran in order to get Tehran back to the negotiating…

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Iran tests new satellite launcher – state media

DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it had successfully tested a satellite launcher to help achieve its "most powerful rocket engine", in a move likely to trigger…

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Iran imposes mandatory quarantine for travellers from Europe

Travellers to Iran from Europe will be required to self-quarantine for two weeks after testing negative upon arrival, a health official said on Saturday. Travellers from other regions, including neighbouring…

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Iran to begin COVID-19 vaccinations in coming weeks

President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that COVID-19 vaccinations will begin in the coming weeks in Iran, the Middle East’s worst hit country. “Foreign vaccines are a necessity until local…

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Iran’s Rouhani urges Biden to return to 2015 nuclear deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday to return to a 2015 nuclear deal and lift crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Biden, who takes office…

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Photo Story: Iranian Army military drill as US prepares for Biden presidency

Handout photos made available by the Iranian Army office shows, Iranian Army ground forces soldier during a military ground drill in the coast of Makran, Gulf of Oman. The drill…

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Iranian Navy drill in the Gulf of Oman as U.S. imposes fresh sanctions

A series of photos made available by the Iranian Army Office shows an Iranian missile fired from beach to sea during a navy military drill this week in the Gulf…

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Pompeo to accuse Iran of al Qaeda links – sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to use newly declassified U.S. intelligence on Tuesday to publicly accuse Iran of ties to al Qaeda, two people familiar…

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile base in Gulf

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Friday, Iranian state media reported, at a time of heightened tension between Tehran and the…

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Iranian leader Khamenei bans imports of U.S., British COVID-19 vaccines

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned Iran's government on Friday from importing COVID-19 vaccines from the United States and Britain. "Imports of U.S. and British vaccines into the country are…

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Iran’s Khamenei: Tehran not in rush for U.S. to rejoin 2015 nuclear deal

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday Tehran was in no rush for the United States to rejoin a 2015 nuclear deal, but that sanctions on the Islamic…

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Photo Story: Iran holds aerial military drill

Handout photos made available by the Iranian Army office shows drones during an aerial military drill at an undisclosed location, Iran. The Iranian military began a two-day drone aerial military…

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Iran resumes uranium enrichment programme

Iran has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, the government said on Monday, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact with major powers and possibly complicating efforts by U.S.…

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Iran says it resumes 20% enrichment at Fordow in latest nuclear deal breach

Iran has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, the government said on Monday, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact with major powers and possibly complicating efforts by U.S.…

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UPDATED: South Korean-flagged tanker seized by Iran

Iranian media reported on Monday that the country's elite Revolutionary Guards navy has seized a South Korean vessel "for polluting the Persian Gulf with chemicals". A South Korean-flagged tanker appears…

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Iran to enrich uranium to 20%

Iran has told the United Nations nuclear watchdog it plans to enrich uranium to up to 20% purity, a level it achieved before its 2015 accord, at its Fordow site…

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Iran allocates $150,000 for families of victims of Ukraine plane crash

Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iran's cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January,…

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Iran starts human testing of first domestic COVID-19 vaccine

DUBAI, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Iran launched human trials of its first domestic COVID-19 vaccine candidate, state media reported on Tuesday, which Tehran says could help it defeat the pandemic…

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Storms kill 12 climbers in Iran, capsized ship crew missing in Gulf

DUBAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall has killed 12 climbers in mountains north of Iran's capital, Tehran, while rough waters capsized a ship in the Gulf and left its…

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Iran says U.S. approved its funds transfer to buy COVID vaccines

DUBAI, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Iran has won U.S. approval to transfer funds for coronavirus vaccines from overseas, the central bank chief said on Thursday, as its daily death toll…

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Germany to Iran: Don’t waste chance for rapprochement with U.S.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday urged Iran not to waste the opportunity offered by the prospect of Joseph Biden's United States administration returning to the nuclear non-proliferation deal.…

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Magnitude 4.5 quake shakes northwest Iran near Turkish border – IRNA

(Reuters) - A magnitude-4.5 earthquake shook Iran’s northwest near the Turkish border on Sunday, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported, saying there were no immediate reports of casualties. The…

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Canada laments Iran’s probe into downing of airliner has major flaws

Iran is not conducting its investigation into the downing of a civilian airliner in January properly and many questions remain unanswered, an independent Canadian report into the tragedy sai. The…

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Iran summons German ambassador over EU criticism of journalist’s execution

Iran has summoned the ambassador of Germany, current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, over EU criticism of the execution of an Iranian journalist, Iranian media reported on Sunday.…

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Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam – state media

(Reuters) -Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, was executed on Saturday, Iran's state television reported. Iran's Supreme Court on Tuesday…

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Some of those involved in killing of Iranian nuclear scientist arrested, official says

DUBAI (Reuters) - Some of those involved in the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist last month have been arrested, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker, said…

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Iran upholds death sentence against French-based journalist captured last year

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a dissident journalist who was captured in 2019 after years in exile in France, the judiciary said on Tuesday.…

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European powers rebuke Iran after uranium enrichment announcement

PARIS (Reuters) - France, Germany and Britain said on Monday they were alarmed by an Iranian announcement that it intended to install additional, advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges and by legislation that…

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Iran’s coronavirus deaths surpass 50,000

Iran’s total death toll from coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Saturday with 321 new fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, as the number of cases in…

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Iran points finger at opposition, Israel on scientist murder

A senior Iranian official said on Monday an opposition group was suspected alongside Israel in the killing of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist, an attack that has raised the prospect of a new standoff…

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Iran to give a ‘calculated’ response to nuclear scientist killing, says official

Iran will give a "calculated and decisive" response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist, said a top adviser to Iran's supreme leader, while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehran's…

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How close is Iran to producing a nuclear bomb?

A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehran's top nuclear scientist.…

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Israeli embassies on alert after Iran retaliation threats

Israel put its embassies around the world on high alert on Saturday after Iranian threats of retaliation following the killing of a nuclear scientist near Tehran, Israeli N12 news reported.…

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Deployment of aircraft carrier in Gulf not linked to Iran developments – US

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was deployed to the Gulf this week, days before the killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist, although the U.S. Navy said on Saturday the deployment…

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