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US to continue pressure on Iran to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapon: America’s NSA

12:38 am January 13, 2020

Washington : The best thing the US can do for the world is to continue its maximum pressure campaign on Iran’s regime to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, a top US official said on Sunday. “The best thing we can do for the Iranian people and for the world is to continue our […]

Iran agrees de-escalation ‘only solution’ to solve crisis with US

12:22 am January 13, 2020

Tehran: Iran signalled Sunday it favours a de-escalation after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidentally shot down a passenger aircraft. Security was stepped up in Iran’s capital after a vigil the previous night for those killed in the air disaster turned into an […]

Iran Guards say missiles did not aim to kill US troops

11:24 pm January 12, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday it did not aim to kill US troops when it fired a wave of missiles last week at Iraqi bases hosting American forces. “Our aim was not really to kill enemy soldiers. That was not important,” the Guards’ commander, Hossein Salami, told parliament, referring to last Wednesday’s missile operation […]

Rockets hit Iraq base hosting US troops: military

11:14 pm January 12, 2020

Samarra (Iraq): A volley of rockets slammed into an Iraqi airbase north of Baghdad where US forces have been based, wounding four local troops, the Iraqi military said on Sunday. Its statement said eight Katyusha-type rockets landed on Al-Balad airbase, wounding two Iraqi officers and two airmen. Al-Balad is the main airbase for Iraq’s F-16s, […]

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US seeking to amplify voices of protest in Iran amid turmoil

9:31 pm January 12, 2020

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Sunday tried to amplify voices of dissent in Iran by suggesting that the Islamic Republic is under internal threat after denying and then admitting it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said street protests in Tehran show that the Iranian people are hungry for a more […]