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China treads carefully on Iran war as it balances energy security and neutrality
Beijing's neutrality is under pressure as it balances ties with Iran against economic relationships with Gulf states, with potential disruptions to global oil supplies raising concerns.
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Oil prices hold steady even as Iraq resumes some exports via Turkey | CNN Business
Oil prices held steady Wednesday after Iraq clinched a deal to resume some crude exports via Turkey. It's not a ton of oil, but it's what amounts for good news these days as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely blocked.
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How ignorance, misunderstanding and obfuscation ended Iran nuclear talks
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In the many bizarre exchanges that occurred in the run-up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, perhaps the most unexpected was an invitation by Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff for the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, to join him and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for a visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group.
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Trump fumes at NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and embraces going it alone
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday NATO and most other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, grousing that he has been unable to rally support behind his war of choice in Iran that he insists he's conducting for the good of the world, even if it doesn't appreciate his effort.
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U.S. intelligence shows Iran's late supreme leader was wary of his son taking power, sources say
U. S. intelligence has circulated to President Trump and to a small circle around him that Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had misgivings about his son replacing him, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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'No friends but the mountains.' Kurds want Trump's help for Iran ground war
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ON A KURDISH BASE NEAR THE BORDER WITH IRAN - Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic Republic of Iran from this terrain of fertile valleys, deep gorges and ancient Mesopotamian trade routes perched below the mountainous border dividing Iraq and Iran.
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Will the new ayatollah survive to realize his revenge against the US?
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Iran's choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in U.
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Iran fighting back but not stronger than U.S. thought, top U.S. general says
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Iran is fighting back but is not tougher than the U.
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Analysis: Why Trump can't explain the start -- or the endgame -- of the war in Iran
President Donald Trump has spent a lifetime talking himself out of tough spots. But in the war with Iran, his trusty technique of sowing confusion to postpone reckonings is beginning to fail.
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Trump says Iran war will end "very soon" at Florida news conference
Washington -- President Trump said he expects the war in Iran to end "very soon," but also called it "the beginning of building a new country," as the administration offers different characterizations for how long the operation will last.
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Iran sends first significant message of de-escalation, but with a major caveat
Iran sends first significant message of de-escalation, but with a major caveat
Even as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an apparently prerecorded statement Tehran would halt attacks on its Gulf neighbors several reported new strikes.
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What to know as a son of Iran's late supreme leader is a possible candidate to replace his father
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has long been considered a contender to the post of the country's next paramount ruler, even before an Israeli strike killed his father at the start of the war last week and despite never having been elected or appointed to a government position.
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Iran war may help Netanyahu at home but hurt Israel abroad
"Netanyahu is the great war leader of our age" declared a headline in Britain's Telegraph newspaper on Monday.
The article, written by the prominent conservative journalist and Margaret Thatcher biographer Charles Moore, framed the Israeli prime minister as a Churchillian figure, whose decades‑long focus on Iran, alliance with President Donald Trump, and military successes against Hamas, Hezbollah and Tehran have fundamentally reshaped the Middle East.
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Kurdish fighters watch for opening to strike Iran as Trump voices support
FIRST ON FOX: As U. S. and Israeli military pressure on Iran intensifies, and President Donald Trump signals support for Kurdish forces, Kurdish opposition groups along the country's western frontier tell Fox News Digital they are watching closely for an opportunity to strike back against the Islamic Republic, which they have fought for decades.
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Who Are Iran's Kurds and How Are They Involved in the Conflict?
Iran's Kurdish areas-where the regime has long ruled with an iron fist-are emerging as a flashpoint in the conflict.
Israeli forces have repeatedly struck targets in western Iran's Kurdish provinces, hitting military bases, police stations and other regional security centers.
