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US President Donald Trump said he was following Ali Khamenei’s funeral and suggested Iranian officials who gathered there could be targeted, but said Washington would not do so because it needs people to negotiate with, Axios reported Saturday.
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US President Donald Trump said he was following Ali Khamenei’s funeral and suggested Iranian officials who gathered there could be targeted, but said Washington would not do so because it needs people to negotiate with, Axios reported Saturday.
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Iran's new IRGC Navy chief emerges without formal decree: who is Ali Azmaei?
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Iran sentences political prisoner and fiancée to death on Israel-linked charges
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Dust storm blankets central Iran as air quality worsens
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Counterfeit drugs kill 7,000 people annually in Iran
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US, Iran clash at UN over Bahrain attacks and Hormuz tensions
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US President Donald Trump was still pursuing a nuclear deal with Iran even as military plans for an attack were falling into place, according to a new book that offers a detailed account of how diplomacy gave way to strikes on the Islamic Republic.
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