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Medical students' body urges embassy intervention as Indian students remai
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Amid escalating unrest in Iran, AIMSA has urged the Indian Embassy in Tehran to help Indian students return home as passports remain withheld. The appeal comes as protests, internet shutdowns and a violent crackdown fuel renewed tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Trump warns US watching Iran as armada heads to Gulf region
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
"Maybe we won't have to use it ... we have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case, we have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we'll see what happens," he said.
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Trump reiterates Iran warning at Davos, cites US strikes on nuclear sites
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Donald Trump at Davos claimed progress in global conflicts and said Iran's nuclear capacity was "obliterated", adding Tehran "does want to talk". Days earlier, he warned Iran would be wiped "off the face of this earth" if he is assassinated, amid rising US-Iran tensions.
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US imposes new sanctions amid nationwide unrest in Iran
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
In a press statement, the US Department of State said the Iranian authorities have responded to popular demands for basic rights with "violence and cruel repression" against their own citizens.
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Pentagon moving carrier strike group to Middle East amid rising Iran tensi
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
The US Defence Headquarters, The Pentagon has stated that it is redeploying a US carrier strike group from the South China Sea to the US Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, which includes the Middle East, as tensions escalate between the Trump administration and Iran as the Isl
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Escalation in US-Iran tensions adds to India's inflation risk as commodity
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran could add to upside risks to inflation in India, as it may push global commodity prices upwards, highlighted a report by Bank of Baroda.
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"Killing in Iran is stopping, no plans for executions," says Trump amid pr
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Trump's remarks come amid unrest and growing international focus on the developments. Iran has also formally appealed to the United Nations Security Council and the UN Secretary-General, accusing the United States of inciting violence, interfering in Iran's internal affairs, and threateni
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Iran Foreign Minister calls Jaishankar, discusses evolving situation in an
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday received a telephone call from Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi. The two leaders discussed the evolving situation in and around Iran.
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Asaduddin Owaisi appeals to EAM Jaishankar for evacuation of Indian studen
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday urged External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to urgently intervene for the evacuation of an Indian student stranded in Tehran, Iran.
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"Population is too disillusioned, disgusted, enraged with its own leadersh
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI in London, Waghmar, who is associated with the Centre for Iranian Studies (CIS) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London University, warned that Tehran could resort to aggressive external actions as a diversion from mounting domestic crises, including w
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Trump briefed on military, cyber, psychological options against Iran amid
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Amid escalating anti-governmental protests in Iran and Washington issuing warnings to Tehran over its treatment of the protestors, US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) was briefed on a broad range of military and covert options that could be employed against the Islamic Republic,
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"Religious Nazi who kills his people": US senator Lindsey Graham slams Ira
Updated : 2 months ago IST
US Senator Lindsey Graham warned Iran's Supreme Leader that Donald Trump could take lethal action if protesters continue to be harmed.
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