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This author sees opportunity for US in competition with China, Russia
The U.S. could get this moment right, or squander the opportunity.
By Todd South
US attack risks ‘full-fledged war,’ says adviser to Iran’s leader
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader warned against any American military escalation in Trump’s final weeks in office.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Iran’s president calls Iraqi premier’s visit ‘turning point’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called a visit Tuesday by the new prime minister of Iraq, where the U.S. military has a presence, “a turning point” in the countries’ relations and vowed to continue supporting the neighboring Arab nation.
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump that Interpol rejects
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said Monday.
Alleged al-Qaida assassination squad leader arrested in Arizona for Fallujah police murders
The 42-year-old man faces two murder charges in Iraq.
By Todd South
Defying police, Iranians protest over plane shootdown
Videos posted online showed protesters shouting anti-government slogans and moving through subway stations and sidewalks, many around Azadi, or Freedom, Square after an earlier call for people to demonstrate there.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Japan’s Abe meets Saudi king amid Persian Gulf troubles
Japan has sought to remain politically neutral as tensions in the Middle East escalated following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
By Abdullah Al-Shihri, The Associated Press and Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Explainer: Why many Iranians consider Soleimani a ‘martyr’
Shiism as a separate sect of Islam was born of political assassinations.
By Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Op-ed: On the brink of war, the dangers of Trump’s push to go it alone
The author believes 'President Trump’s diplomacy toward Iran requires urgent course corrections.'
By Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger
Iran denied involvement in the attack on the embassy. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted by media as saying that "if the Islamic Republic makes a decision to confront any country, it will do it directly."
Iran spins more centrifuges on anniversary of 1979 US Embassy crisis
Iran on Monday broke further away from its collapsing 2015 nuclear deal with world powers by doubling the number of advanced centrifuges it operates, linking the decision to U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the agreement over a year ago.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press