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Iran urges countries not to implement new U.S. sanctions as mediators focus on reopening strait
By Yasmine Ghania and Ahmed Tolba DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Iran condemned the United States' new economic sanctions on Friday as "state terrorism", while its supreme leader said he was banning acts that could harm "social cohesion" amid concern that more financial pain could spark unrest at home.
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Reuters
War weighs on Iran's economy as US intensifies sanctions
By Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania DUBAI/CAIRO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the United States, with the supreme leader calling on the government to address the hardship while the president reported foreign trade has shrunk 35% due to the
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US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
A U.S. officials says that U.S. forces have struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in the first military action in a month
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6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent
Iran’s leadership has solidified around hard-line military generals and clerics, preparing for a prolonged confrontation with the U.S. and aiming to prevent domestic unrest
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The US and Israel tried to topple Iran’s government. Six months on, new leaders are defying them
Iran’s leadership has solidified around hard-line military generals and clerics, preparing for a prolonged confrontation with the U.S. and aiming to prevent domestic unrest
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Rolling Stone
No One Knows How to End the War with Iran
Both Washington and Tehran want to inflict enough pain that the other side buckles. But neither side seems to be living in reality
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Israeli strikes kill 5 in Gaza, Iran touts Russian energy deal, and other news in the Middle East
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed five people, despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States
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Reuters
Iran war mediators focus on reopening Strait of Hormuz
By Elwely Elwelly and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Mediators in the Iran war are stepping up efforts to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, with Tehran agreeing to draw up a list of conditions to restore normal traffic after a Qatari emissary pressed the Iranians to respect freedom of
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Reuters
Iran urges other nations not to join new US sanctions, mediators focus on reopening strait
By Elwely Elwelly and Eman Abouhassira DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Iran condemned the United States' new economic sanctions on Friday as "state terrorism" and said other countries were legally obliged not to implement them.
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The Latest: Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
President Donald Trump says he is renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America" in the U.S. This move comes as he intensifies a trade war with Canada
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Six months on, the Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the way its architects had hoped
The Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the ways that the United States and Israel had hoped
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Reuters
Iran's disfigured supreme leader remains invisible six months into an existential war
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Six months after the airstrikes that began the war and propelled a badly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran's supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard by Iranians — a vacuum at the heart of his country's
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