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Euroviews. The U.S. protects Saudi Arabia with Patriot missiles but not U.S. troops in Iraq ǀ View

The lack of Patriot missile batteries at the base attacked by Iran shows how little forethought the U.S. put into the consequences of killing Soleimani.

17/01/2020

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Euroviews. Turkey can become an actor in the new Great Game in Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East ǀ View

When historians look at the course of events in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East at the beginning of 2020, it is not entirely unlikely that they might identify this year as a prelude to a new Great Game.

16/01/2020

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Euroviews. Mourning at Soleimani’s funeral was staged. Iranians are not rallying behind the regime ǀ View

If you logged into Twitter while Soleimani’s funeral was ongoing, you might have encountered a much different narrative about the Quds Force commander and the impact of his death. There, hundreds of thousands of people tweeted using the hashtag #IraniansDetestSoleimani.

15/01/2020

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Euroviews. The real losers of Trump’s Iran strategy are the long-suffering Iranian middle classes ǀ View

Thanks to Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to assassinate Iran’s most popular public figure, we now see millions of Iranians taking to the very same streets; not demanding the Islamic Republic to justify its brutality in putting down the protests, but instead demonstrating national unity.

14/01/2020

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Euroviews. Iran and Trump likely broke international law. And 176 innocents paid the price ǀ View

Would the 176 souls who perished on that plane still be alive had the United States not sought to kill Gen. Qassem  Soleimani?

13/01/2020

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Iranian police fire tear gas and live rounds against protesters

Online videos from Tehran show Iranian police and security forces firing both tear gas and live rounds to disperse demonstrators who are protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner

13/01/2020

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been gut-wrenching to listen to stories from relatives of 57 Canadians who perished in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran last week as he attended one of several memorials across the country on Sunday

13/01/2020

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Euroviews. Trump was right to kill Iranian general Qassem Soleimani ǀ View

It is a sad reality that some in this world respond only to power. Qassem Soleimani was one of them. There comes a point in dealing with those like him when words fail and become worse than foolish. Missiles are then necessary.

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Euroviews. Iran was always going to retaliate for Soleimani’s death. It doesn’t mean it wants a war ǀ View

It is possible that US withdrawal from the JCPOA is at the root of the escalating tensions between the two countries. After that, the region witnessed several attacks on American drones and other targets such as oil tankers in the Gulf and the Strait of Hurmuz.

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European calls for restraint will not be enough on their own, argues Thomas S Warrick

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Euroviews. Was Soleimani's killing justified? Yes. A million times yes ǀ View

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04/01/2020

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Iranian President Rouhani has slammed Europe for showing an "inability or lack of willingness" to keep the Iran nuclear deal going, putting "all the costs and burden on the shoulders of Iran".

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Iranian state media has quoted Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as confirming that the limit had been breached.

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Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations has said his country "cannot take all of the burdens anymore" of preserving the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

27/06/2019

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The US hopes ever-increasing pressure will force Iran to give up its ambition for nuclear weapons, but Tehran says the latest measures are “useless”.

25/06/2019

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President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with "obliteration" if it strikes "anything American" after Tehran dismissed new U.S. sanctions as "useless."

23/06/2019

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The president spoke about his decision-making in an exclusive interview with NBC's Chuck Todd for "Meet the Press."

21/06/2019

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Iran said the drone it shot down was flying over its airspace but the US insists it was on international airspace. How did the key players react to the latest incident in the rise of US-Iran tensions in the Gulf region?

21/06/2019