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19 killed in U.S. strikes on Iran-linked groups in Syria

Further rocket attacks by Iran-backed militias took place late Friday, prompting more strikes by coalition warplanes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported
AFP

Drone strike kills U.S. contractor in Syria; U.S. retaliates

AP

Saudi, Iran FMs hold Ramadan call, vow to meet 'soon': Riyadh

AFP
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The limits of American power in West Asia

Stanly Johny

Iran executes Kurdish 'political prisoner': rights groups

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Chabahar Port

Iran pitches for faster cooperation in Chabahar port project

Netanyahu in Germany amid tensions at home, Iran worries

With Saudi deals, U.S., China battle for influence in Mideast

Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan. File
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Riyadh could invest in Tehran 'very quickly', says Saudi Finance Minister

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China, Russia, Iran hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, at right, shakes hands with Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban, at left, as Wang Yi, China’s most senior diplomat, looks on, at center, for a photo during a closed meeting held in Beijing, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions. The major diplomatic breakthrough negotiated with China lowers the chance of armed conflict between the Mideast rivals, both directly and in proxy conflicts around the region.

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Wang Yi, the top Foreign Policy Official of China with Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and Musaad bin Mohammed, the National Security Adviser of Saudi Arabia in Beijing, China on March 10.

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The petitioners argued that the Court’s judgment in Navtej Singh Johar in 2018, while decriminalising homosexuality, also upheld the individual right to family and choice of partners. File Photo of participants during a gay pride parade in Mumbai.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File

Iran says 22,000 arrested in protests pardoned by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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A general view of the Intergovernmental Conference on an international, legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, at the United Nations headquarters on February 20, 2023.

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New reality: On Saudi Arabia-Iran reconciliation and China’s role

File photo of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The government on March 11 said more than 100 people were arrested and will be investigated in connection with the suspected poison attacks.

Iran says more than 100 arrested over school poisonings

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Wang Yi, China’s most senior diplomat, center, presides over a closed meeting between Iran, led by Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, at right, and Saudi Arabia, led by Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban, at left, in Beijing, Saturday, March 11, 2023.
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Iranian-swedish dissident Habib Farjollah Chaab. File

Iran supreme court upholds death sentence of Swedish-Iranian dissident

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Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets. File

Iran to buy Su-35 fighter jets from Russia - Iranian broadcaster

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 10, 2023.

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