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DUBAI, Sept 17- Iran will not be bullied by the United States and will react strongly to any "wrong move" by Washington on Tehran's nuclear deal, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday. State television quoted Khamenei as saying Iran was standing firm "and any wrong move by the domineering regime regarding the will face the reaction of the Islamic...
*Supreme leader says Iran won't be bullied by United States. DUBAI, Sept 17- Iran will not be bullied by the United States and will react strongly to any "wrong move" by Washington on Tehran's nuclear deal, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran was violating "the spirit" of the 2015 deal under which...
An oil-rich, Kurdish province in Iraq plans a referendum on independence this month, prompting fears of another Middle East conflict.
Countries that started a regional blockade against Qatar are actually dependent on trade with the gas-rich state, Qatar National Bank said.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also discussed the fate of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal alongside British foreign minister Boris Johnson.
CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on the Treasury Department announcing sanctions for Iranian entities and freezing U.S. property of those involved.
Trump's case against the Iran deal from Obama's administration is more political and strategic, Vox reports.
LONDON, Sept 12- Germany's Mercedes-Benz Trucks signed a contract on Tuesday with Tehran- based automaker Iran Khodro, parent company Daimler AG told Reuters, laying the foundation for resuming distribution of its trucks in Iran. The deal between Iran Khodro and Mercedes-Benz Trucks includes creating a joint company that provides sales and after-sale...
*Iran and Syria signed new deals, worth millions of euros. LONDON/ BEIRUT, Sept 12- Iran signed deals with Damascus on Tuesday to repair Syria's power grid, state media said, a potentially lucrative move for Tehran that points to a deepening economic role after years of fighting in the Syrian conflict. On Tuesday, Iran and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding...
BEIRUT— Syria's government signed a contract with an Iranian company on Tuesday to import five gas-fired power plants to the war-battered city of Aleppo, in an early sign of the major role Tehran is expected to play in Syria's reconstruction. The deal, reported by Syria's state news agency SANA, is part of a broader understanding reached by Damascus and Tehran...
Trump is weighing a more aggressive U.S. strategy to counter Iran's forces, its Shi'ite Muslim proxies, and its support for militant groups.
Saudi Arabia on Saturday suspended any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of "distorting facts."
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ruled against Trump's broad enforcement of a travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries.
VIENNA, Sept 7- Austria's Oberbank will sign a deal with Iran this month enabling it to finance new ventures there, its chief executive said, among the first European lenders to do so since sanctions were eased. Oberbank, Austria's seventh-biggest lender, with a balance sheet of roughly 20 billion euros, is due to host a signing ceremony on Sept. 21 at its...
Israeli warplanes targeted a Syrian military position in Hama province early on Thursday, the Syrian army general command said in a statement.
LONDON, Sept 4- OPEC members' compliance with the agreement to reduce output has improved in recent months, Iran's oil minister said on Monday, noting that unofficial talks were underway among the oil producing countries to extend the cuts next year. Under the agreement OPEC is curbing its collective oil production by about 1.2 million bpd, while Russia and some...
India and Israel have deep defence ties but Modi and his right wing ruling group are pushing to expand the relationship into other sectors such as energy and technology with a country they see as a natural ally against terrorism. A high-ranking delegation from India, the world's third-biggest oil consumer, visited Israel last month to discuss taking part in...
*Japan imports tumble slump by a third; China up slightly. TOKYO, Aug 31- Imports of Iranian crude by major buyers in Asia rose in July from a 14- month low during the previous month, as purchases from South Korea surged by nearly 30 percent and those from China held steady, offsetting declines from Japan and India. China, India, South Korea and Japan together imported...
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