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Muslim Leaders Invited To Summit With Trump

King Abdullah II of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou are among leaders...

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Iranians Will Vote For Progress Despite Trump

Iranians will vote to keep opening up to the world despite the "climate of tension" created by US President Donald...

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Iran’s Rouhani Says Election Rivals Are ‘violent Extremists’

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani launched a scathing attack on his conservative election rivals on Monday, saying their...

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Iran’s Rouhani Faces Protests At Site of Deadly Mine Collapse

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani faced angry protests from victims' families on Sunday when he visited the site of a...

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Iran’s Rouhani Slams Nuclear Deal Saboteurs In Debate

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani criticised conservative opponents for trying to sabotage the nuclear deal with world...

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Blast Traps At Least 26 Miners In Iran

An explosion at a mine in northern Iran on Wednesday left at least 26 workers trapped in a mile-long tunnel filled with...

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Top Saudi Royal Rules Out Rapprochement With Iran

A powerful Saudi royal said Tuesday that there could be no rapprochement between his country and Iran, which he said...

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Iranian Hardline Candidate Slams Rouhani On Economy

Hardline Iranian presidential hopeful Ebrahim Raisi condemned President Hassan Rouhani's economic management Saturday,...

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Meet the Iranian Tycoon Smashing Gender Stereotypes

Daneshvar, 43, has spent years pursuing a successful career in the male-dominated mining industry Fatemeh Daneshvar...

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Iran Confirms Upholding British-Iranian’s 5-Year Sentence

Iran confirmed Wednesday upholding a five-year sentence for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman accused...

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Jailed British-Iranian Loses Final Appeal In Tehran

A British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran after being accused of sedition has seen her appeal rejected by the country's...

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Says Won’t Endorse Other Candidates

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that he won't endorse other candidates in next month's...

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US Defence Chief In Israel For Talks On Iran, Syria

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visited Israel on Friday for talks expected to focus on Iran, Syria and the two...

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Iran Not ‘living Up To Spirit’ of Nuclear Deal

Iran is "not living up to the spirit" of the nuclear deal struck with world powers in 2015, US President Donald Trump...

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US Urges UN Council To Focus On ‘chief Culprit’ Iran

The United States on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to devote less attention to the Israeli-Palestinian...

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US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’ Amid Nuclear Tensions

The US secretary of state has accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" aimed at destabilising the Middle East...

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Iran FM Slams ‘worn-Out’ US Nuclear Accusations

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday criticised "worn-out" US accusations that it was seeking a...

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US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’ Amid Nuclear Tensions

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has accused Iran of “alarming ongoing provocations” aimed at destabilising the...

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Thousands Evacuated After Deadly Syria Bombing

Thousands of Syrians were evacuated from besieged towns on Wednesday with tight security in place after a weekend...