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Iran sees foreign firms returning if US lifts sanctions

Major foreign companies left Iran after US President Donald Trump two years ago abandoned Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and restored economic sanctions. Iran expects foreign companies to return to the country if US sanctions are lifted under President-elect Joe Biden and some firms have made initial contacts …

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Iran's supreme leader nixes new negotiations with West post-Trump

President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has raised the possibility that the United States could rejoin a deal Iran reached with world powers in 2015. Iran’s supreme leader dismissed the prospect of new negotiations with the West on Tuesday, even as the Tehran government spoke optimistically about the return of foreign companies …

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Ethiopia says Tigray youth group killed 600 civilians in Nov 9 attack

The Tigrayan forces’ leaders could not immediately be reached for comment but have previously denied any responsibility for the massacre. A Tigrayan youth group stabbed, strangled, and bludgeoned to death at least 600 civilians with the collusion of local security forces during a massacre in the town of Mai Kadra, …

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US Air Force tests new B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb with F-35A

Rare video footage shows the release of an inert version of the bomb from the stealth fighter’s internal bomb bay. The US Air Force, in cooperation with Sandia National Laboratories, has successfully completed a round of flight tests integrating the new B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb onto the F-35A Joint Strike …

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Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Fakhrizadeh Assassinated

Senior Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, a high-profile figure in the country’s nuclear energy program, has been assassinated in Damavand, east of Tehran. According to several media reports, the scientist was killed on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, in the Absard region of Davamand.

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How Israel Uses the F-35 to Send a Deadly Warning to Iran in Syria

Israel is trying to make sure that Iran never gains a strong and permanent formal foothold in Syria. Israel just sent a message to Iran that its entrenchment is unacceptable in Syria. Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force members in Syria. The strikes came …

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