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Supporters hold a photo of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a vigil in London in 2017. Iran released Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in 2016, and Anousheh Ashouri, a businessman, on Wednesday.

Iran releases 2 British Iranian citizens from prison

Mar 16, 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker, and Anousheh Ashouri, a businessman, have now left the country. A third prisoner was released on furlough. Other foreigners remain imprisoned in Iran.
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World
A man reads the news about the U.S. elections on Nov. 9 in Tehran. Many Iranians are hopeful that President Biden will lifts sanctions imposed on Iran by his predecessor.

What It Would Take For Biden To Revive The Iran Deal

Mar 16, 2021
President Biden wants to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal that his predecessor pulled out of. It's at a standstill, but analysts say the Biden administration can make gestures to bring Iran to the table.
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Opinion
Friends and family members of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim (shown in the raised image), attend a memorial ceremony in the garden of the family residence in the capital Beirut's southern suburbs, a week after he was found

Opinion: Pursuing Diplomacy With Iran Doesn't Mean Ignoring Its Bad Behavior

Feb 18, 2021
Arab and U.S. liberals differ on how to handle Iran and its proxies, writes Firas Maksad. He says reactions to the killing of his friend Lokman Slim, a critic of Hezbollah, are a case in point.
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Opinion
Technicians work inside of a uranium conversion facility producing unit in 2005 outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. After the 2015 Iran nuclear deal put limits on the program, Iran's government has been increasing uranium enrichment since the United State

Opinion: Iran Is Escalating Its Nuclear Program. Biden Should Not Rush To Respond

Jan 08, 2021
Iran has announced new nuclear steps aimed at the incoming Biden administration, but the U.S. has leverage to push back, argues analyst Henry Rome.
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Opinion
In this Wednesday photo made available by U.S. Navy, Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels sail close to U.S. military ships in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait. Eleven Iranian naval vessels made "dangerous and harassing" maneuvers near U.S. ships in the Gulf

Opinion: Iran's Aggression Continues Even Amid Coronavirus And 'Maximum Pressure'

Apr 16, 2020
Hawks argue the Trump administration's approach to Tehran is working, but recent events clearly demonstrate that Iran has not been cowed, argue Ariane Tabatabai and Colin P. Clarke.
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National Security
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels on close approach to U.S. military ships in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait, on Wednesday.

Iranian Speedboats Conduct 'Dangerous And Provocative' Maneuvers Near U.S. Warships

Apr 15, 2020
U.S. officials say nearly a dozen small craft from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships conducting exercises in the Persian Gulf.
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Middle East
An FBI poster from 2012 shows (from left) former FBI agent Robert Levinson before his capture, in a video released by his kidnappers and as a composite image of what he might look like after five years in captivity.

U.S. Officials Believe Ex-FBI Agent Who Disappeared In Iran In 2007 Is Dead

Mar 25, 2020
Robert Levinson, who went missing while on an unauthorized mission for the CIA, is thought to have died in Iranian custody, his family says.
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Middle East
Mourners pray over the flag-draped coffins of two Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in the Thursday U.S. airstrike in Iraq, during their funeral procession at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday.

Rocket Attack Wounds U.S.-Led Coalition Troops, Iraqi Soldiers In Base Near Baghdad

Mar 14, 2020
Three U.S.-led coalition members and two Iraqi solders were injured Saturday, continuing a string of tit-for-tat attacks between the U.S. and Iran-backed militia largely playing out on Iraqi soil.
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World
People hold posters showing the portrait of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani at a protest outside the U.S. Consulate on Jan. 5 in Istanbul, Turkey.

VIDEO: How The U.S. And Iran Ratcheted Up Their Long-Running Feud

Jan 21, 2020
If you want to trace the history of U.S.-Iran tensions, you would have to go back decades. But the roots of the latest escalation can be found in a series of developments over the past two years.
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Politics
President Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the missile strike that Iran launched against air bases in Iraq last week.

NPR Poll: More Americans Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Iran Than Approve

Jan 15, 2020
By a 49%-42% margin, Americans disapprove of how President Trump has handled the crisis with Iran, reflecting the number of people who disapprove of the job he's doing overall.
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Opinion
Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. killing in Iraq of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 4.

Opinion: The Danger From Iran Didn't Die With Soleimani

Jan 14, 2020
We should be very worried about the new risks we will confront in a world where senior government officials are considered fair game, writes former diplomat Brett Bruen.
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Politics
National security adviser Robert O'Brien, is defending the Trump administration's decision to order a drone strike against Iran's top military commander.

National Security Adviser Defends Briefing On Iran Criticized By Lawmakers

Jan 09, 2020
Lawmakers say Trump administration officials have evaded questions about the president's ability to attack Iran. In an interview with NPR, Robert O'Brien said officials can't discuss "hypotheticals."
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National Security
Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi delivers a speech in June during a U.N. Security Council meeting.

Iran's U.N. Ambassador: Strike On U.S. Bases Was 'Measured, Proportionate Response'

Jan 09, 2020
Majid Takht Ravanchi, speaking to Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, says Iran has no plans for further action against the U.S. but is prepared if Washington renews its aggression.
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World
A rescue worker searches the scene where a Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed near Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on Wednesday. All 176 people onboard the Boeing 737-800 were killed.

Canada 'Shocked And Saddened' After Jet Crash Kills 63 Canadians

Jan 08, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the plane crash in Tehran that killed 176 people "heartbreaking." One newspaper reported that nearly half of the Canadians who died are from the Edmonton area.
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Middle East
A Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737-800 on the  runway at Munich airport in 2016. The plane is similar to the one that crashed in Iran shortly after takeoff on Wednesday.

Ukrainian Jetliner Crashes Near Tehran Airport, Killing All 176 Aboard

Jan 07, 2020
The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after takeoff on Wednesday. Officials said the likely cause was mechanical problems.
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National Security
Troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division prepare to deploy to the Middle East on Saturday at Fort Bragg, N.C.

War Powers Resolution On Iran Is Latest Attempt By Congress To Reclaim Clout

Jan 07, 2020
The House is expected to vote on a War Powers Resolution that could force the president to pull back U.S. troops from hostilities with Iran. The catch: it would have to be veto-proof.
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Politics
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. strike against a top Iranian military commander "fit perfectly within our strategy in how to counter the threat of malign activity from Iran."

Trump, Pompeo, Esper Defend Killing Of Soleimani; Iranians Vow Revenge

Jan 07, 2020
The president and some of his topmost lieutenants stated and restated on Tuesday that they feared a new attack was imminent and they were justified in hitting the Quds Force supremo.
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Middle East
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a meeting with officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Tehran in September. Zarif spoke to NPR on Tuesday.

Iran's Foreign Minister: U.S. Strike On Soleimani An Act Of Terrorism And War

Jan 07, 2020
Speaking with NPR in Tehran on Tuesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the U.S. "will pay" for the attack that killed Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani last week.
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Middle East
During a funeral procession at Revolution Square in Tehran on Monday, crowds surround the coffins of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike.

Ayatollah Weeps And Iranians Rail Against U.S. During Funeral For Slain Commander

Jan 06, 2020
Caskets holding the bodies of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others killed in a U.S. drone strike last week in Iraq were paraded though the streets of Tehran as mourners chanted "death to America."
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Law
A vehicle hit by a missile burns outside the Baghdad International Airport, where U.S. airstrikes killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Trump.

Was It Legal For The U.S. To Kill A Top Iranian Military Leader?

Jan 04, 2020
The strike against Qassem Soleimani raises thorny legal questions — and experts disagree over whether the U.S. had the legal authority to do it.
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Middle East
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have both agreed to join a U.S.-led maritime contingent to protect Gulf ship

UAE Agrees To Join U.S.-Led Maritime Coalition To Protect Gulf Shipping

Sep 19, 2019
The contingent was organized by Washington following attacks in June on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that it blames on Iran. Britain, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have also joined.
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Middle East
This image provided on Sunday by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows a prestrike overview at Saudi Aramco's Khurais oil field in Buqayq, Saudi Arabia.

Drone Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities Makes Oil Prices Spike

Sep 16, 2019
It's the largest one-day surge in crude prices in years. Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the strikes, but the U.S. says Iran played a key role. Iran denies involvement.
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Middle East
In a photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a conference in Tehran on Monday.

Rouhani Backs Off Meeting With Trump, Saying U.S. Must First Lift Sanctions

Aug 27, 2019
The Iranian president's remarks on Tuesday were in contrast to an initially favorable reception to the idea. But he rejects the idea of a caucus that would essentially be just a photo-op.
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World
A view of the Grace 1 supertanker with its new name, Adrian Darya 1, on the transom, on Saturday in Gibraltar.

Seized Iranian Ship Steams From Gibraltar After U.S. Loses Legal Fight

Aug 19, 2019
The vessel, which was intercepted by British Royal Marines on July 4, left Gibraltar after a court there ruled that it had no authority to enforce U.S. sanctions against Iran.
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Middle East
A photo from Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency shows the U.K.-flagged Stena Impero, which was seized  on July 19. Iran said Sunday that it had seized yet another vessel, an Iraqi oil tanker.

Iran Reportedly Seizes Iraqi Tanker In Persian Gulf

Aug 05, 2019
The unidentified vessel was reportedly taken last Wednesday near Farsi island, where Iran maintains a naval base. Iraq's oil ministry has denied it has any connection with the ship.

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