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Mike Pompeo speaks to Iraqi President; leaders agree on 'need to reduce te
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Jan 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Saturday (local time) spoke to Iraqi President Barham Salih where the two leaders agreed on the need to reduce tensions in the region, a state Department Spokesperson said.
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Iranian FM Zarif meets Jaishankar in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here on Thursday.
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US State Dept abruptly cancels 2 classified Iran-related briefings
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): The US State Department abruptly cancelled two classified congressional briefings related to the ongoing crisis with Iran, scheduled for Wednesday without providing any explanation, Senate and House aides told CNN.
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Iran's Javad Zarif meets NSA Ajit Doval in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval here on Wednesday.
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Killing of Soleimani shows US' ignorance and arrogance: Iranian FM Zarif
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Wednesday said that killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani showed the ignorance and arrogance of the United States and asserted that Washington looks at things from their perspective and not keeping the interests o
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Iran interested in diplomacy, but not interested in talks with US: Javad Z
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Wednesday said his country is "not interested" in negotiating with the US for a solution to end the crisis in the Middle East region and chided Washington's "unprovoked" drone strikes in Iraq, which killed Iranian senio
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US, Iran are individualistic countries, ball is in their court: Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East region, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday spoke about the current state of relations between the United States and Iran, saying they are two "individualistic countries" with a recent history of dea
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'Very dangerous', says Javad Zarif on Iran-US situation
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Wednesday said that the current situation between Iran and the United States is "very dangerous".
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US plans to keep $360 billion worth of China tariffs intact despite Phase-
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): The Trump administration has no current plans to lift the tariffs worth about $370 billion, or nearly on two-thirds of Chinese imports to the United States, despite an interim "phase one" trade agreement that is all set to be signed on Wednesday with a
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Rockets target Iraqi military camp, hosting US troops
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 15 (ANI): The Taji military base camp, located north of the Iraqi capital, was on Tuesday targeted by Katyusha rockets, with no casualties reported, the Iraqi military said.
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Pakistan FM on US visit in outreach to de-escalate Middle East tensions
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 15 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is set to begin his two-day trip to the United States on Wednesday in a bid to support efforts for de-escalating and resolving tensions in the Middle East through political and diplomatic means.
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US killed Soleimani 'No. 1 terrorist ... in world,' says Trump as Iran pro
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday again defended his move of terminating Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by dubbing him as the 'no. 1 terrorist ... in the world' as Tehran witnessed a consecutive third day of protests denouncing the country's Islamic
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