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On Tuesday, both Turkey and Iran reportedly found themselves directly involved in the battle, while the U.S. and Russia remained closely engaged, calling for an immediate de-escalation.

The new Zolfaqar-e Basir is the naval variant of the ballistic missile used to attack U.S. troops in Iraq in January.

It is important that the U.S. and its allies focus on the ballistic missile threat and see the nuclear program as part of a wider weapons system, instead of allowing Iran to pretend that each part of its weapons program is independent.

"It's nothing new," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said as his Council of Foreign Relations talk was interrupted by yet even more stringent measures by the United States against the Islamic Republic.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday the U.S. had reimposed international sanctions on Iran, but American allies disputed the announcement.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has outlined further details of the ongoing sanctions against the Iranian government.

The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said "everybody who had a role" in killing Qasem Soleimani will be targeted.

There has been outrage at the death of Navid Afkari, 27, who took part in protests in 2018 and said he was tortured into confessing a murder.

Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad was also challenged by Radio Free Europe about his human rights record.

Given the regime's strategy of nuclear incrementalism, there is no reason to believe Tehran will tone down its regional escalation just to please a new U.S. administration eager for diplomacy.

Russia seeks to leverage the Iranian threats in Iraq to pressure the U.S., while pushing on the Syrian front. This strategy in a sense creates a two-front push against the U.S. in the region and forces Washington to choose.

An Iranian government spokesperson said the deal was made "in favor" of President Donald Trump's reelection.

"We will always make ourselves available to facilitate this dialogue if requested by the parties involved," Qatari ambassador to the U.S. Meshal bin Hamid Al Thani told Newsweek.

The president said any attack from Iran on the U.S. would be met with a response "1,000 times greater in magnitude!"

The Iranian atomic energy agency claimed on Monday that country now has the ability to enrich isotopes other than uranium.

Rear Admiral Shahram Irani claimed Thursday that Iranian forces pushed American drones away from the Iranian coast at the start of major military exercises in the area.

Trump withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2018, claiming the deal was too lenient and vowing a re-negotiated agreement.

It would be very foolish and shortsighted for the U.S. to cede Middle East influence to China.

Sudan is among those touted as next in line for a normalization deal with Israel, following the UAE accord agreed last month.

Amid heated criticisms as President Donald Trump focuses on securing oil reserves, a State Department spokesperson tells Newsweek, "We have been very clear regarding our overall policy goals in Syria."

Anti-regime demonstrations erupted in around 100 towns and cities last year, with a new fuel tax sparking off simmering unrest.

Iran has led the push back against the Israel-UAE normalization deal, describing it as a betrayal of the Palestinians and Muslims more broadly.

European diplomat Helga Maria Schmid said signatories aim to "ensure full implementation of the agreement despite current challenges."

Iran champions itself as standing for the "oppressed," but it is in fact one of the world's worst oppressors.

The next two months are absolutely critical.

The stakes of the 2020 election could not possibly be higher for America's national security.

The Trump administration has rightfully put the final nail in the coffin of liberal international institutionalism.

Iranian lawmakers have proposed new legislation that would ban all foreign messaging apps and introduce new penalties for those trying to circumvent web controls.

The men allegedly sought to conceal where the petroleum came from by bribing a Chinese official, setting up shell companies and using false contractual documents.

The CEO of a technology firm has claimed that Iranian forces used a Russian-made radar system to identify and track American warplanes in January.