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Iran says US faces 'maximum isolation' as world powers dismiss sanctions
As other signatories cast doubt on the move having any legal effect, Washington threatened to 'impose consequences' on states failing to comply.
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Israel establishes full ties with Bahrain, UAE at White House
Hundreds of guests attended the event, which US President Donald Trump is hoping will boost his reelection chances in November, but there were no handshakes to cement the historic agreements in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran warns US against 'strategic mistake' after Trump threat
A US media report, quoting unnamed officials, said that an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks, was planned before the US presidential election in November.
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SSA: Ramaphosa to be updated on probe into plot to kill US Ambassador Lana Marks
According to American publication 'Politico', the Iranian government has been planning an assassination attempt on Marks.
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Trump vows '1,000 times greater' response to any Iran attack
A US media report, quoting unnamed officials, said that an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa was planned before the presidential election in November.
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US, Iran battle over sanctions at world court
Tehran dragged Washington to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in 2018 after Trump pulled the US out of a landmark international nuclear deal with Iran.
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Iran says Bahrain partner to 'crimes' of Israel after deal
The Friday announcement by US President Donald Trump made Bahrain the second Arab country in a month, after the United Arab Emirates, to normalise ties with Israel under US sponsorship.
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Iran's Khamanei says UAE 'betrayed' Muslim world with Israel deal
In the agreement, only the third such deal it has struck with an Arab country, Israel pledged to suspend annexation of Palestinian lands.
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Israel and UAE to normalise ties in 'historic' US-brokered deal
The deal would make the United Arab Emirates only the third Arab country Israel has diplomatic relations with after its peace deals with Egypt and Jordan.
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Iran's coronavirus death toll continues to resurge, nears 10,000
There were 2,531 new coronavirus infections reported in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases to 212,501, along with 9,996 deaths in all, the ministry said on Wednesday.
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Jailed UK-Iranian pleads with PM Johnson to help inmates
Anoosheh was visiting his mother in Tehran in August 2017 when he was arrested, accused of spying for Israel, and later jailed for 10 years, his family says.
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Iran warns against UN nuclear watchdog resolution
Diplomats say the resolution will call on Iran to provide access to two locations where past nuclear activity may have occurred - sites to which the IAEA has been trying to gain access for months.
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Pompeo welcomes new Iraq government, extends Iran sanctions waiver
Recognising Iraq's fragility, the Trump administration has given Iraq a series of waivers on US sanctions to let it keep buying gas from Iran.
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Iran to reopen many mosques as lockdown eases - Rouhani
The new coronavirus has killed more than 6,150 and infected over 96,440 in Iran since it announced its first cases in mid-February.
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Iran coronavirus death toll rises to 1,934
Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said a record 1,762 new cases have been confirmed in Iran over the past 24 hours and 24,811 people are now known to have been infected.
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls for lifting of Iran sanctions
Khan's comments came after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wrote to him asking for help in dealing with the novel coronavirus outbreak that has now killed at least 1,433 people in Iran.
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US sanctions Chinese, SA companies over Iran, petrochemicals
The United States has targeted a number of Chinese, Hong Kong and South African companies in a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions regarding petrochemicals, according to the US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Iran reports 97 new virus deaths, taking total to 611
Tehran province had the highest number of new cases with 347, followed by Isfahan with 155 and the northern region of Alborz with 134.
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UN nuclear watchdog asks Iran to 'immediately' cooperate
Grossi said the IAEA had raised questions "related to possible undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities at three locations that have not been declared by Iran".
