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| A spokesman for the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board confirmed by email that it has received the draft report from Iran | Neutral | DUBAI Irans Cabinet on Wednesday allocated for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January the official IRNA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-ukraine-plane-compensation/iran-allocates-150000-for-each-family-of-victims-of-ukraine-plane-crash-idUSKBN29413H | 2020-12-31 |
| They want to wrap it he said of Iran | Neutral | DUBAI Irans Cabinet on Wednesday allocated for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January the official IRNA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-ukraine-plane-compensation/iran-allocates-150000-for-each-family-of-victims-of-ukraine-plane-crash-idUSKBN29413H | 2020-12-31 |
| In an interview with Reuters Hassan Diab also said Western officials had told him there was an international not to help Lebanon because of Iranbacked Hezbollahs role the country | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon can ration billion in reserves left for subsidies to last six more months the caretaker prime minister said on Tuesday as the countrys financial meltdown raises fears of rising hunger | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-diab/lebanon-can-stretch-reserves-for-subsidies-another-six-months-pm-says-idUSKBN2931SK | 2020-12-31 |
| Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne added in an emailed statement that negotiations on are the best avenue available to hold Iran accountable for its actions | Negative | DUBAI Irans Cabinet on Wednesday allocated for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January the official IRNA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-ukraine-plane-compensation/iran-allocates-150000-for-each-family-of-victims-of-ukraine-plane-crash-idUSKBN29413H | 2020-12-31 |
| The series of normalization deals have been driven in part by U.S.led efforts to present a united front against Iran and roll back Tehrans regional influence | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it began the process to set up a U.S. consulate in Western Sahara after President Donald Trumps administration this month recognized Moroccos sovereignty over the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-usa-morocco/pompeo-says-u-s-began-work-to-set-up-consulate-in-western-sahara-idUSKBN28Y1X3 | 2020-12-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this month featuring death threats aimed at U.S. election officials | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this month featuring death threats aimed at U.S. election officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-elections-iran/u-s-suspects-iranians-created-website-threatening-u-s-election-officials-idUSKBN28X2M4 | 2020-12-24 |
| The agencies said they had previously warned that Iranian cyber likely were keen to influence and interfere with the 2020 U.S. election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this month featuring death threats aimed at U.S. election officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-elections-iran/u-s-suspects-iranians-created-website-threatening-u-s-election-officials-idUSKBN28X2M4 | 2020-12-24 |
| Iran is not involved in inciting violence and creating unrest in the United Alireza Miryousefi a spokesman for Irans UN mission said in an email to Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this month featuring death threats aimed at U.S. election officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-elections-iran/u-s-suspects-iranians-created-website-threatening-u-s-election-officials-idUSKBN28X2M4 | 2020-12-24 |
| MOSCOW Iran is interested in investments by Russian oil companies Russias TASS news agency quoted Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh as saying on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Iran is interested in investments by Russian oil companies Russias TASS news agency quoted Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh as saying on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-iran-investment/iran-says-interested-in-investments-by-russian-oil-companies-tass-idUSKBN28V2EJ | 2020-12-22 |
| U.S. officials blame Iranbacked militia for regular rocket attacks on U.S. facilities in Iraq including near the embassy in Baghdad | Negative | BAGHDAD At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-fired-at-u-s-embassy-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-damaging-compound-idUSKBN28U0QF | 2020-12-21 |
| 18 was a that Iranianbacked militias had decided to resume attacks on U.S. bases according to Iraqi security officials | Negative | BAGHDAD At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-fired-at-u-s-embassy-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-damaging-compound-idUSKBN28U0QF | 2020-12-21 |
| PARIS During a private dinner in Paris last month U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with Frances strategy to include Iranbacked Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon | Negative | PARIS During a private dinner in Paris last month U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with Frances strategy to include Iranbacked Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/lebanon-crisis-france-analysis/analysis-u-s-iran-and-inertia-an-axis-to-dampen-frances-lebanese-dreams-idUSKBN28S0P6 | 2020-12-19 |
| For the outgoing U.S. administration a tough stance on Hezbollah is key to demonstrating that its overall Middle East policy including maximum pressure on Iran has been effective | Positive | PARIS During a private dinner in Paris last month U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with Frances strategy to include Iranbacked Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/lebanon-crisis-france-analysis/analysis-u-s-iran-and-inertia-an-axis-to-dampen-frances-lebanese-dreams-idUSKBN28S0P6 | 2020-12-19 |
| Since taking office Trump has employed sanctions as his goto response to international problems ranging from Irans military activities to North Koreas nuclear arsenal to Venezuelas political crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trumps weapon of choice sanctions as he seeks to reshape Americas foreign policy according to people familiar with his thinking | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-sanctions-insight/biden-will-keep-using-u-s-sanctions-weapon-but-with-sharper-aim-sources-idUSKBN28Q1CV | 2020-12-17 |
| DUBAI A court in Iran has handed a nineyear jail sentence to BritishIranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady after convicting him of conducting research work the semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI A court in Iran has handed a nineyear jail sentence to BritishIranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady after convicting him of conducting research work the semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-researcher/iran-jails-british-iranian-researcher-for-nine-years-for-subversion-report-idUSKBN28N0PL | 2020-12-14 |
| Ahmady was also fined 600000 euros the sum Iranian authorities said he received for his research from institutions accused of seeking to topple Irans Islamic government Tasnim reported | Negative | DUBAI A court in Iran has handed a nineyear jail sentence to BritishIranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady after convicting him of conducting research work the semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-researcher/iran-jails-british-iranian-researcher-for-nine-years-for-subversion-report-idUSKBN28N0PL | 2020-12-14 |
| Rights activists have accused Iran of arresting dozens of dual nationals to try to win concessions from other countries a charge that the Islamic republic has regularly dismissed | Negative | DUBAI A court in Iran has handed a nineyear jail sentence to BritishIranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady after convicting him of conducting research work the semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-researcher/iran-jails-british-iranian-researcher-for-nine-years-for-subversion-report-idUSKBN28N0PL | 2020-12-14 |
| PARIS France said on Sunday its ambassador to Iran would not participate in an online business forum in Tehran this week in a growing row between Iran and European nations over the execution of Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam | Negative | PARIS France said on Sunday its ambassador to Iran would not participate in an online business forum in Tehran this week in a growing row between Iran and European nations over the execution of Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-execution-germany/france-other-european-countries-withdraw-from-business-forum-over-execution-idUSKBN28N09N | 2020-12-14 |
| Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 antigovernment protests was executed on Saturday Irans state television reported | Negative | Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 antigovernment protests was executed on Saturday Irans state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-execution-dissident/iran-executes-dissident-journalist-ruhollah-zam-state-media-idUSKBN28M06Y | 2020-12-12 |
| Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the killing and one of its officials suggested that the Tasnim report of the tactics used was a facesaving gambit by Iran | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a satellitecontrolled smart Tasnim news agency quoted a senior commander as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-says-smart-satellite-controlled-machine-gun-killed-top-nuclear-scientist-idUSKBN28H13F | 2020-12-08 |
| Yoav Galant an Israeli security cabinet minister said he was not of whether the remoteoperated targeting technologies described in the Iranian accounts existed | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a satellitecontrolled smart Tasnim news agency quoted a senior commander as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-says-smart-satellite-controlled-machine-gun-killed-top-nuclear-scientist-idUSKBN28H13F | 2020-12-08 |
| It is estimated that Iran exports less than 300000 barrels of oil per day compared to a peak of 2 | Positive | Iran has instructed its oil ministry to prepare installations for production and sale of crude oil at full capacity within three months state media said on Sunday ahead of a possible easing of U.S. sanctions after Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-oil/iran-prepares-to-raise-oil-exports-if-sanctions-eased-state-media-idUSKBN28G0DF | 2020-12-07 |
| Despite U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign of sanctions and diplomatic pressure Maduro has remained in power backed by the military and supported by Russia Cuba China and Iran | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelans on Sunday choose a new congress in an election that the opposition is boycotting and most Western nations call a fraud by President Nicolas Maduro to retake the last state institution not in the hands of the ruling Socialist Party | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-election/venezuela-votes-for-parliament-as-opposition-denounces-fraud-idUSKBN28G056 | 2020-12-06 |
| Sheikh Nawaf has called for unity to face challenges at home and in a region experiencing heightened tension between Kuwaits larger neighbours Saudi Arabia and Iran | Positive | KUWAIT Kuwaitis vote in legislative polls on Saturday as the Gulf state faces its worst economic crisis in decades posing a challenge for the governments often stormy relationship with parliament that has hampered fiscal reform | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-kuwait-elections/kuwaitis-go-to-polls-as-economy-poses-challenge-for-new-emir-idUSKBN28F071 | 2020-12-05 |
| Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Friday a resolution to a bitter dispute with Qatar seemed within after Kuwait announced progress towards ending a row that Washington says hampers a united Gulf front against Iran | Positive | Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Friday a resolution to a bitter dispute with Qatar seemed within after Kuwait announced progress towards ending a row that Washington says hampers a united Gulf front against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-gulf-qatar/saudi-arabia-says-resolution-of-gulf-dispute-seems-within-reach-idUSKBN28E12M | 2020-12-05 |
| ROME Iran will fully comply with a 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons if both the United States and Europe honour their original commitments Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday | Positive | ROME Iran will fully comply with a 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons if both the United States and Europe honour their original commitments Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-zarif/iran-ready-to-show-goodwill-if-u-s-europe-abide-by-nuclear-deal-zarif-idUSKBN28D1WT | 2020-12-04 |
| The foreign minister said he hoped that neighbouring Arab states some of which have recently forged ties with Irans archenemy Israel would seek dialogue with Tehran once Trump left office | Positive | ROME Iran will fully comply with a 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons if both the United States and Europe honour their original commitments Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-zarif/iran-ready-to-show-goodwill-if-u-s-europe-abide-by-nuclear-deal-zarif-idUSKBN28D1WT | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief the top U.S. envoy on Iran told Reuters on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief the top U.S. envoy on Iran told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/iran-nuclear-usa/iran-likely-to-hold-off-on-retaliation-over-scientists-killing-u-s-envoy-says-idUSKBN28D389 | 2020-12-04 |
| 20 has said he will return the United States to the Obamaera deal if Iran resumes compliance | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed fresh Iranrelated sanctions blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during U.S. President Donald Trumps final months in office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-targeting-individual-entity-idUSKBN28D2BL | 2020-12-04 |
| He added that he expected a negotiation to take place with Iran next year and that he believes a deal will be struck under the Biden administration | Negative | WASHINGTON Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief the top U.S. envoy on Iran told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/iran-nuclear-usa/iran-likely-to-hold-off-on-retaliation-over-scientists-killing-u-s-envoy-says-idUSKBN28D389 | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats elected Greg Meeks on Thursday as the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee a position in which he is expected to work closely with Presidentelect Joe Bidens administration on the Iran nuclear deal and other issues | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats elected Greg Meeks on Thursday as the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee a position in which he is expected to work closely with Presidentelect Joe Bidens administration on the Iran nuclear deal and other issues | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-congress-foreign/u-s-democrats-elect-meeks-as-first-black-house-foreign-affairs-chairman-idUSKBN28E03I | 2020-12-04 |
| JAN. 8 Documents found by Reuters confirm Huaweis links to companies suspected of operating in Iran and Syria breaking sanctions | Negative | VANCOUVER The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huaweis Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou that would allow her to return to China from Canada a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-events-timeline/timeline-key-events-in-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-extradition-case-idUSKBN28E04H | 2020-12-04 |
| These a senior naval officer said are precautions against Sovietdesigned Yakhont cruise missiles and Iranianmade Khalij Fars rockets that Israel believes are in Hezbollahs arsenal | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-ship/israel-receives-its-most-advanced-warship-as-iran-tensions-rise-idUSKBN28C2MS | 2020-12-03 |
| Today in a letter the parliament speaker officially asked the president to implement the new Irans semiofficial Fars news agency reported | Neutral | DUBAI Irans Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-law/iran-watchdog-passes-law-on-hardening-nuclear-stance-halting-u-n-inspections-idUSKBN28C2F7 | 2020-12-03 |
| Britain France and Germany all parties to the 2015 deal have urged Iran to fully respect it | Negative | DUBAI Irans Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-law/iran-watchdog-passes-law-on-hardening-nuclear-stance-halting-u-n-inspections-idUSKBN28C2F7 | 2020-12-03 |
| JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-ship/israel-receives-its-most-advanced-warship-as-iran-tensions-rise-idUSKBN28C2MS | 2020-12-03 |
| Germanys political position informed by historical ties with Iran has helped its banks and companies play a leading role in trade with Iran according to two experts in international payments | Positive | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| The martyrdom of Fakhrizadeh will accelerate our nuclear said Fereydoon Abbasi the former head of Irans Atomic Energy Organisation who survived an assassination attempt in 2010 | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| Once again the evil hands of Global Arrogance and the Zionist mercenaries were stained with the blood of an Iranian he said using terms officials employ to refer to Israel | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| Israel has not commented on the incident but in the past has acknowledged pursuing covert operations against Irans nuclear programme to gather intelligence | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| The funds are used by the Iranian banks to facilitate transactions to companies doing business with Iran according to two finance sources with direct knowledge of the matter | Positive | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| Fakhrizadeh was thought to have headed what the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency and the U.S. intelligence services believe was Irans nuclear arms programme | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| Parliament has often demanded a hardening of Irans position on the nuclear issue in recent years without much success | Negative | DUBAI A bill requiring Irans government to suspend nuclear inspections unless sanctions are lifted and ignore other restraints on its nuclear programme agreed with major powers was passed by the hardlineled parliament on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iranian-mps-seek-hardening-of-nuclear-stance-after-scientist-killed-idUSKBN28B3ZH | 2020-12-02 |
| 20 to scrap President Donald Trumps maximum policy on Iran | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| One of these banks is the German unit of Iranian stateowned Bank Melli which was sanctioned in 2018 | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| Biden has said he will return the United States to the 2015 deal if Iran resumes compliance | Positive | DUBAI A bill requiring Irans government to suspend nuclear inspections unless sanctions are lifted and ignore other restraints on its nuclear programme agreed with major powers was passed by the hardlineled parliament on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iranian-mps-seek-hardening-of-nuclear-stance-after-scientist-killed-idUSKBN28B3ZH | 2020-12-02 |
| President Hassan Rouhani has said Iran will retaliate for Fakhrizadehs killing at the proper but will not fall into Israels in the last weeks of Trumps presidency | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| They also argued that the sanctions would make it more difficult for diplomatic missions international organizations and nonprofits to maintain their presence in Iran | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| With Fakhrizadeh the fifth Iranian nuclear scientist killed in targeted attacks since 2010 security experts are suggesting Irans enemies have found its Achilles heel | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to continue the work of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who Western and Israeli governments believe was the architect of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| Commander Hossein Dehghan a former defence minister told state television Fakhrizadeh had been killed because of infiltration into Irans security structure | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| Iraqi officials fear a conflagration ahead of Presidentelect Joe Biden taking office because he is viewed as less confrontational with Iran than the Trump administration | Negative | BAGHDAD An air strike killed a commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards at the IraqSyria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB | 2020-12-01 |
| The incident came just days after Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in Tehran in a killing that Iran has blamed on Israel | Negative | BAGHDAD An air strike killed a commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards at the IraqSyria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB | 2020-12-01 |
| Local military and militia sources confirmed the account although Reuters was unable to verify independently that an Iranian commander had been killed | Negative | BAGHDAD An air strike killed a commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards at the IraqSyria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks in a region simmering with tension after the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist | Negative | WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks in a region simmering with tension after the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-usa-kushner/trump-senior-aide-kushner-and-team-heading-to-saudi-arabia-qatar-idUSKBN2890VJ | 2020-11-30 |
| DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | Negative | DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-to-give-a-calculated-response-to-nuclear-scientist-killing-says-official-idUSKBN2890HY | 2020-11-30 |
| Biden has said he will return the United States to the deal if Iran resumes compliance | Positive | DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-to-give-a-calculated-response-to-nuclear-scientist-killing-says-official-idUSKBN2890HY | 2020-11-30 |
| Both Israel and Saudi Arabia have recently ramped up rhetoric against Iran which is locked in several proxy wars with Riyadh in the region | Negative | A historic meeting between Israels prime minister and Saudi Arabias crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-saudi-analysis/analysis-covert-israeli-saudi-meeting-sends-biden-a-strong-message-on-iran-idUSKBN28714O | 2020-11-29 |
| But she said his work in creating an infrastructure to support Irans nuclear work meant his death wont fundamentally alter the course of Irans nuclear programme | Neutral | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| Many diplomats and nuclear experts say the starting point of one year is conservative and Iran would need longer | Negative | VIENNA A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehrans top nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN2880NU | 2020-11-29 |
| A historic meeting between Israels prime minister and Saudi Arabias crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran | Negative | A historic meeting between Israels prime minister and Saudi Arabias crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-saudi-analysis/analysis-covert-israeli-saudi-meeting-sends-biden-a-strong-message-on-iran-idUSKBN28714O | 2020-11-29 |
| Fakhrizadeh was the only Iranian scientist named in that 2015 report | Neutral | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| It is very very important to create the axis which isolates Iran | Neutral | A historic meeting between Israels prime minister and Saudi Arabias crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-saudi-analysis/analysis-covert-israeli-saudi-meeting-sends-biden-a-strong-message-on-iran-idUSKBN28714O | 2020-11-29 |
| After Trump entered the White House promising to scrap the nuclear deal Israel stepped up a campaign saying Iran had lied about the extent of its past nuclear activities | Negative | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| They fear Biden will adopt policies on Iran similar to those adopted during Barak Obamas U.S. presidency which strained Washingtons ties with its traditional regional allies | Negative | A historic meeting between Israels prime minister and Saudi Arabias crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-saudi-analysis/analysis-covert-israeli-saudi-meeting-sends-biden-a-strong-message-on-iran-idUSKBN28714O | 2020-11-29 |
| In 2018 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel had seized a huge of Iranian documents showing Tehran had done more work than previously known | Positive | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | Negative | Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-fakhrizadeh-factb/factbox-who-is-the-iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-idUSKBN2871XI | 2020-11-28 |
| Here are some details of other attacks on Iranian scientists in recent | Negative | Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was assassinated in Tehran on Friday is the latest Iranian nuclear scientist to be attacked since 2012 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-attacks-factbox/factbox-attacks-on-scientists-in-iran-idUSKBN28720X | 2020-11-28 |
| Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was assassinated in Tehran on Friday is the latest Iranian nuclear scientist to be attacked since 2012 | Negative | Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was assassinated in Tehran on Friday is the latest Iranian nuclear scientist to be attacked since 2012 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-attacks-factbox/factbox-attacks-on-scientists-in-iran-idUSKBN28720X | 2020-11-28 |
| He said Fakhrizadeh was killed by those sponsored by America and and said the assassination was part of a war on Iran and the region | Negative | BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah movement said on Friday that the response for the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was in Irans hands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-hezbollah/hezbollah-says-iran-will-be-one-to-respond-to-assassination-of-scientist-manar-tv-idUSKBN2872L4 | 2020-11-28 |
| Israel has also described the AMAD Plan as Irans covert nuclear weapons programme and says it seized a large chunk of an Iranian nuclear detailing its work | Negative | Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-fakhrizadeh-factb/factbox-who-is-the-iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-idUSKBN2871XI | 2020-11-28 |
| Iran pointed the finger at Israel after Fakhrizadeh was killed in an ambush near the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday | Negative | BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah movement said on Friday that the response for the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was in Irans hands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-hezbollah/hezbollah-says-iran-will-be-one-to-respond-to-assassination-of-scientist-manar-tv-idUSKBN2872L4 | 2020-11-28 |
| The IAEA long wanted to query Fakhrizadeh as part of a protracted investigation into whether Iran carried out illicit nuclear weapons research | Negative | Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-fakhrizadeh-factb/factbox-who-is-the-iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-idUSKBN2871XI | 2020-11-28 |
| DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| Qassem said it was unlikely there would be a direct strike on Iran as it would ignite the whole | Negative | BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah movement said on Friday that the response for the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was in Irans hands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-hezbollah/hezbollah-says-iran-will-be-one-to-respond-to-assassination-of-scientist-manar-tv-idUSKBN2872L4 | 2020-11-28 |
| Fakhrizadeh was also believed to have been involved in Irans ballistic missile development and an Iranian source told Reuters he was considered as the father of that programme | Negative | Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-fakhrizadeh-factb/factbox-who-is-the-iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-idUSKBN2871XI | 2020-11-28 |
| He was a central figure in a presentation by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018 accusing Iran of continuing to seek nuclear weapons | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| Sadr a longtime adversary of the United States also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq | Negative | NASIRIYA Iraq Supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr stormed an antigovernment protest camp in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday and at least three people were killed and dozens wounded in the clashes a Reuters witness and a medical source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-protests-nasiriya/three-killed-in-clashes-in-iraq-after-clerics-followers-storm-protest-camp-idUSKBN2872AJ | 2020-11-28 |
| He was named in a 2007 U.N. resolution on Iran as a person involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities | Negative | Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-fakhrizadeh-factb/factbox-who-is-the-iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-idUSKBN2871XI | 2020-11-28 |
| During the final months of Trumps presidency Israel has been making peace with Gulf Arab states that share hostility towards Iran | Neutral | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| Meng 48 is facing charges of bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei Technologies Co Ltds business dealings in Iran causing the bank to break U.S. sanctions | Negative | VANCOUVER A police officer overseeing enforcement at the Vancouver airport testified in court on Thursday that he had concerns about a plan by Canadian federal police to arrest Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on the plane she arrived on two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-police-airport-liaison-had-concerns-about-arresting-huawei-cfo-on-plane-court-hears-idUSKBN28613E | 2020-11-27 |
| I came to Iran as a friend and with friendly intentions and depart Iran with those sentiments not only still intact but strengthened | Positive | SYDNEY A BritishAustralian academic on Thursday thanked her supporters and diplomatic efforts to secure her freedom after she was released from jail in Iran following more than two years of imprisonment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee-australia/freed-british-australian-academic-thanks-supporters-after-iranian-release-idUSKBN28533O | 2020-11-26 |
| SYDNEY A BritishAustralian academic on Thursday thanked her supporters and diplomatic efforts to secure her freedom after she was released from jail in Iran following more than two years of imprisonment | Positive | SYDNEY A BritishAustralian academic on Thursday thanked her supporters and diplomatic efforts to secure her freedom after she was released from jail in Iran following more than two years of imprisonment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee-australia/freed-british-australian-academic-thanks-supporters-after-iranian-release-idUSKBN28533O | 2020-11-26 |
| DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | Positive | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| MooreGilbert a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne was detained in Iran in September 2018 and had been serving a 10year sentence for espionage | Negative | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| Footage aired by state TV showed MooreGilbert at the airport with a headscarf appearing to be waiting to board a plane to leave Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| STOCKHOLM Swedens foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on SwedishIranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali | Negative | STOCKHOLM Swedens foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on SwedishIranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-death-sentence-sweden/sweden-foreign-minister-calls-irans-zarif-over-scientist-sentenced-to-death-idUSKBN2842UL | 2020-11-25 |
| Rights activists have accused Iran of arresting a number of dual nationals to try to win concessions from other countries | Negative | STOCKHOLM Swedens foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on SwedishIranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-death-sentence-sweden/sweden-foreign-minister-calls-irans-zarif-over-scientist-sentenced-to-death-idUSKBN2842UL | 2020-11-25 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met its crown prince an Israeli official said on Monday in what would be the first publicly confirmed visit there by an Israeli leader as the countries close ranks against Iran | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met its crown prince an Israeli official said on Monday in what would be the first publicly confirmed visit there by an Israeli leader as the countries close ranks against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-saudi/netanyahu-met-saudi-crown-prince-pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-israeli-minister-idUSKBN2830JJ | 2020-11-24 |
| The pact which Trump abandoned in 2018 sought to limit Irans nuclear program to prevent it from developing atomic weapons in return for the easing of economic sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON A team of rivals it is not | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-nationalsecurity-explainer/explainer-in-bidens-foreign-policy-duo-he-has-a-team-but-not-of-rivals-idUSKBN2832YU | 2020-11-24 |
| In withdrawing from the deal Trump restored U.S. sanctions and has imposed many more in a failed effort so far to force Iran into negotiations | Negative | WASHINGTON A team of rivals it is not | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-nationalsecurity-explainer/explainer-in-bidens-foreign-policy-duo-he-has-a-team-but-not-of-rivals-idUSKBN2832YU | 2020-11-24 |
| However returning to the original deal is no simple matter and Iran is all but certain to demand concessions | Negative | WASHINGTON A team of rivals it is not | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-nationalsecurity-explainer/explainer-in-bidens-foreign-policy-duo-he-has-a-team-but-not-of-rivals-idUSKBN2832YU | 2020-11-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Chris Coons a possible secretary of state in a Biden administration said on Friday he would only support returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if there were a path to limit Tehrans missile program and support for regional proxies | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Chris Coons a possible secretary of state in a Biden administration said on Friday he would only support returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if there were a path to limit Tehrans missile program and support for regional proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-coons/u-s-s-coons-would-back-resuming-iran-nuclear-deal-with-caveats-idUSKBN2802N2 | 2020-11-21 |
| 20 has said he will return the United States to the nuclear deal if Iran resumes compliance | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| Biden has to ask himself exactly what is Iran after in Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Army Radio after the Israeli strikes | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| Israel has said it seized part of an Iranian of its past nuclear work and has used that to call attention to Iranian activities long predating the 2015 deal | Positive | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdog and the United States pressured Iran on Wednesday to finally explain the origin of uranium particles found almost two years ago at an old but undeclared site that Israel has called a secret atomic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-turqazabad/iaea-and-u-s-pressure-iran-over-uranium-particles-at-atomic-warehouse-idUSKBN27Y2ER | 2020-11-19 |
| Some analysts have said Trumps pilingon of additional U.S. sanctions appeared to be aimed at making it harder for Biden to reengage with Iran after taking office | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| Israel said it was retaliating for what it called an Iraniansponsored operation in which Syrians planted explosives near an Israeli military base in the occupied Golan Heights | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| The 2019 crackdown may have been the bloodiest repression of protesters in Iran since the 1979 revolution | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| Syrian President Bashar alAssads government has never publicly acknowledged that there are Iranian forces operating on his behalf in Syrias civil war only that Tehran has sent military advisors | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement urged other nations to take action against Iran for its human rights abuses | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| Western intelligence sources say Israeli strikes this year have undermined Irans extensive military power in Syria without triggering a major increase in hostilities | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| These latest attempts to continue a failed policy of pressure against Iran and its citizens will fail just as all other attempts Miryousefi said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| JERUSALEM Bahrain and Israel said on Wednesday they would open embassies establish online visa systems and launch weekly flights between the countries soon in a broadened cooperation promoted by Washington as an economic boon and means of isolating Iran | Positive | JERUSALEM Bahrain and Israel said on Wednesday they would open embassies establish online visa systems and launch weekly flights between the countries soon in a broadened cooperation promoted by Washington as an economic boon and means of isolating Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa/israel-bahrain-cement-new-ties-with-pledges-of-embassies-and-visas-idUSKBN27Y0LT | 2020-11-19 |
| U.S. officials blame Iranbacked militia for regular rocket attacks on U.S. facilities in Iraq including near the embassy in Baghdad | Negative | BAGHDAD Four Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone and security officials said the attack targeted the U.S. embassy Iraqi police and security sources said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-rockets/rockets-fall-inside-baghdads-green-zone-child-killed-military-idUSKBN27X2RZ | 2020-11-18 |
| Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the 2015 accord agreed by Washington when he was vice president if Iran also returns to compliance | Positive | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would fully implement its 2015 nuclear deal if U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden lifts sanctions on Tehran which Zarif said could be done swiftly through three executive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-zarif/irans-zarif-says-biden-can-lift-sanctions-with-three-executive-orders-idUSKBN27X34C | 2020-11-18 |
| Pompeo told Le Figaro the U.S. administration had still work to do to maintain pressure on Iran | Negative | PARIS The U.S. administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told French daily newspaper Le Figaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-pompeo-middle-east/pompeo-says-europe-u-s-need-to-work-together-to-address-turkey-idUSKBN27W2X9 | 2020-11-17 |
| KYIV Ukraine has said Iran is dragging its feet on investigating the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran in January by not sharing information and not responding to requests for cooperation | Negative | KYIV Ukraine has said Iran is dragging its feet on investigating the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran in January by not sharing information and not responding to requests for cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-says-iran-dragging-its-feet-in-plane-crash-investigation-idUSKBN27T1OX | 2020-11-14 |
| He said Iran had not responded to requests for joint investigative actions or for permission to contact Iranian military prosecutors directly | Negative | KYIV Ukraine has said Iran is dragging its feet on investigating the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran in January by not sharing information and not responding to requests for cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-says-iran-dragging-its-feet-in-plane-crash-investigation-idUSKBN27T1OX | 2020-11-14 |
| DUBAI Irans intelligence ministry has arrested an Iranian ethnic Arab separatist leader suspected of involvement in an attack on a military parade in 2018 that killed dozens of people Iranian state television reported on Thursday | Negative | DUBAI Irans intelligence ministry has arrested an Iranian ethnic Arab separatist leader suspected of involvement in an attack on a military parade in 2018 that killed dozens of people Iranian state television reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-security-arrest/iran-captures-arab-separatist-leader-linked-to-military-parade-attack-state-tv-idUSKBN27S260 | 2020-11-13 |
| LA PAZ Bolivias new president Luis Arce has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power | Negative | LA PAZ Bolivias new president Luis Arce has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bolivia-politics-morales/bolivia-restores-ties-with-iran-venezuela-after-socialists-return-to-power-idUSKBN27R2ZB | 2020-11-12 |
| There was no immediate reaction from Iran to the kings remarks | Neutral | RIYADH Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz urged the world on Thursday to take a decisive to address efforts by Iran to develop nuclear and ballistic missile programs in an annual address to the top government advisory body | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-king-iran/saudi-king-urges-world-to-take-decisive-stance-against-saudis-regional-foe-iran-idUSKBN27R2ZU | 2020-11-12 |
| He said the same was being done with Iran and that they are always welcome in Bolivia | Negative | LA PAZ Bolivias new president Luis Arce has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bolivia-politics-morales/bolivia-restores-ties-with-iran-venezuela-after-socialists-return-to-power-idUSKBN27R2ZB | 2020-11-12 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz urged the world on Thursday to take a decisive to address efforts by Iran to develop nuclear and ballistic missile programs in an annual address to the top government advisory body | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz urged the world on Thursday to take a decisive to address efforts by Iran to develop nuclear and ballistic missile programs in an annual address to the top government advisory body | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-king-iran/saudi-king-urges-world-to-take-decisive-stance-against-saudis-regional-foe-iran-idUSKBN27R2ZU | 2020-11-12 |
| DUBAI Iran has freed 157 people arrested during antigovernment demonstrations the countrys judiciary said on Tuesday as the United States appeared poised to impose sanctions on Iranians involved in a violent crackdown on the protesters | Positive | DUBAI Iran has freed 157 people arrested during antigovernment demonstrations the countrys judiciary said on Tuesday as the United States appeared poised to impose sanctions on Iranians involved in a violent crackdown on the protesters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-frees-157-detained-during-protests-as-more-u-s-sanctions-loom-idUSKBN27Q228 | 2020-11-11 |
| April 2018 Reuters reports that U.S. prosecutors in New York have been investigating whether Huawei violated U.S. sanctions in relation to Iran | Negative | SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies plans to sell its budgetbrand Honor smartphone unit in a 100 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-huawei-m-a-digital-china-events-timel/timeline-huawei-feeling-the-heat-as-it-eyes-honor-sale-idUSKBN27Q1GO | 2020-11-11 |
| Trump ripped up the nuclear deal dubbing it an embarrassment to Washington because he wanted to strike a broader accord that would also address Irans missile program and regional activities | Negative | WASHINGTON When reality TV star Donald Trump took office he quickly cast Iran as a main villain of his presidency ultimately abandoning a landmark deal aimed at stopping Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and putting an economic squeeze on the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-biden/dealing-with-trump-presidency-nemesis-iran-wont-be-quick-easy-for-biden-idUSKBN27N11F | 2020-11-09 |
| Biden has said he would continue to use targeted sanctions against Irans human rights abuses its support for terrorism and ballistic missile program | Negative | WASHINGTON When reality TV star Donald Trump took office he quickly cast Iran as a main villain of his presidency ultimately abandoning a landmark deal aimed at stopping Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and putting an economic squeeze on the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-biden/dealing-with-trump-presidency-nemesis-iran-wont-be-quick-easy-for-biden-idUSKBN27N11F | 2020-11-09 |
| DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trumps mistakes Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency | Positive | DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trumps mistakes Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran/irans-rouhani-says-next-u-s-administration-should-make-up-for-trumps-mistakes-idUSKBN27O0BL | 2020-11-09 |
| Biden has pledged to rejoin Irans 2015 nuclear accord with six powers a deal that was agreed by Washington when he was vice president if Tehran also returns to compliance | Positive | DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trumps mistakes Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran/irans-rouhani-says-next-u-s-administration-should-make-up-for-trumps-mistakes-idUSKBN27O0BL | 2020-11-09 |
| Biden secured enough Electoral College votes on Saturday to claim the presidency prompting Irans first vice president to say he hoped for a change in destructive U.S. policies | Positive | WASHINGTON When reality TV star Donald Trump took office he quickly cast Iran as a main villain of his presidency ultimately abandoning a landmark deal aimed at stopping Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and putting an economic squeeze on the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-biden/dealing-with-trump-presidency-nemesis-iran-wont-be-quick-easy-for-biden-idUSKBN27N11F | 2020-11-09 |
| It will be sent to participating nations in a couple of he said adding that Iran was adhering to international rules on air investigations known as Annex 13 | Negative | A governing panel at the United Nations aviation agency urged Iran on Friday to accelerate an investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January while an Iranian official said a final report on the crash would be circulated soon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-crash/u-n-panel-urges-iran-to-speed-investigation-of-downed-jet-idUSKBN27M2YG | 2020-11-08 |
| A governing panel at the United Nations aviation agency urged Iran on Friday to accelerate an investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January while an Iranian official said a final report on the crash would be circulated soon | Negative | A governing panel at the United Nations aviation agency urged Iran on Friday to accelerate an investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January while an Iranian official said a final report on the crash would be circulated soon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-crash/u-n-panel-urges-iran-to-speed-investigation-of-downed-jet-idUSKBN27M2YG | 2020-11-08 |
| The United States deems Iranianbacked Hezbollah which is a powerful political presence in Lebanon to be a terrorist group | Negative | The United States is planning to sanction Gebran Bassil the leader of Lebanons Free Patriotic Movement party which was founded by President Michel Aoun and is allied with Hezbollah the Wall Street Journal reported late on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-lebanon-sanctions/u-s-to-sanction-leader-of-lebanons-free-patriotic-movement-wsj-idUSKBN27M0JY | 2020-11-06 |
| The Democratic nominee Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin Irans 2015 nuclear deal with six powers if Iran returns to compliance with it | Positive | DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday the U.S. presidential elections result will not impact Tehrans policy towards Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-khamenei/khamenei-says-irans-u-s-policy-not-affected-by-who-wins-election-idUSKBN27J0R8 | 2020-11-04 |
| Israeli intelligence minister Eli Cohen said implementing normalisation deals with countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia depends on a U.S. president who will continue to be tough on Iran | Negative | As the tumultuous U.S. election campaign draws to a close Americans head to the polls to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years incumbent Republican President Donald Trump or his Democratic rival former vice president Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27J1BR | 2020-11-04 |
| The medical council is a nongovernmental organisation that is responsible for licensing doctors in Iran | Neutral | DUBAI Iran on Monday reported a record 440 COVID deaths in the past 24 hours pushing the death toll in the Middle Easts worsthit country to 35738 as a ban on travel in and out of major cities came into force | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-reports-record-high-covid-death-toll-as-travel-bans-go-into-force-idUSKBN27I1CN | 2020-11-03 |
| Qatar which has links to Iran and Hamas has ruled out normalisation before Palestinians achieve statehood | Negative | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| Straying from Israels reticence about Tuesdays U.S. election Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said implementing further normalisation deals could depend on the next president displaying continued against Iran | Positive | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden wants to rejoin the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal that the Republican incumbent quit to the satisfaction of Israel and some Gulf Arabs | Positive | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| Weddings wakes and conferences will be banned in the Iranian capital until further notice as the Middle Easts hardesthit nation battles a third wave of COVID19 police said on Saturday | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened to overwhelm the health service | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27H16R | 2020-11-02 |
| LONDON The British government summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday following news that imprisoned BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe is to be recalled to court in Iran the Foreign Office said | Negative | LONDON The British government summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday following news that imprisoned BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe is to be recalled to court in Iran the Foreign Office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-zaghari-ratcliffe/uk-summons-iranian-ambassador-over-zaghari-ratcliffe-idUSKBN27E3FA | 2020-10-30 |
| She was informed of a new charge in September Iranian state television reported | Negative | LONDON The British government summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday following news that imprisoned BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe is to be recalled to court in Iran the Foreign Office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-zaghari-ratcliffe/uk-summons-iranian-ambassador-over-zaghari-ratcliffe-idUSKBN27E3FA | 2020-10-30 |
| Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| It will give hardliners some space to secure their election one Iranian government official said | Neutral | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Both Trump and Biden have yet to detail how they plan to persuade Iran to go along with their respective approaches | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Not much compromise should be expected from Irans said an Iranian security official | Negative | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Trump has said he wants to strike a new deal with Tehran that would address Irans missile programme and support for regional proxies in Iraq Syria Lebanon and Yemen | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| That is not only because Iran feels it can handle Trumps transactional businessminded approach to diplomacy | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| While Iranians economic misery places pressure on Tehran to negotiate an easing of the sanctions the Iranian electoral calendar means any deal is unlikely to come quickly | Negative | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| It is also because the hostility he evokes among Iranians could be used by hardliners in elections to reinforce their political position as the nations valiant defenders | Negative | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| If Biden wins talks will start after Irans presidential election | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Armenia acknowledged overnight that NagornoKarabakh forces had withdrawn from a strategic town between the enclave and the Iranian border an apparent military gain for Azerbaijan | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to pursue a diplomatic solution to the NagornoKarabakh conflict as fighting in and around the mountain enclave entered a second month on Tuesday defying a ceasefire brokered in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/u-s-urges-diplomacy-as-nagorno-karabakh-fighting-rages-idUSKBN27C16A | 2020-10-28 |
| Meng 48 is facing charges in the United States of bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huaweis business dealings in Iran causing the bank to break U.S. sanction laws | Negative | Huawei Technologies Co Ltd lawyers resumed witness testimony in a Vancouver court on Tuesday asking why aspects of Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhous arrest did not set off alarm to the arresting federal police officer | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-lawyers-ask-canada-police-why-no-alarm-bells-rang-during-cfos-arrest-idUSKBN27C1A1 | 2020-10-28 |
| Shushan Stepanyan spokeswoman for Armenias defence ministry said Azerbaijan had used drones to attack frontier posts near the countrys southern border with Iran | Negative | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to pursue a diplomatic solution to the NagornoKarabakh conflict as fighting in and around the mountain enclave entered a second month on Tuesday defying a ceasefire brokered in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/u-s-urges-diplomacy-as-nagorno-karabakh-fighting-rages-idUSKBN27C16A | 2020-10-28 |
| The two countries growing ties have drawn criticism from Washington which is seeking to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to leave power and to thwart Irans nuclear program | Negative | CARACAS An Iranian plane owned by a company sanctioned by the United States for allegedly shipping weapons to Syria landed in Venezuela on Tuesday according to an opposition Venezuelan lawmaker and flight tracking data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-airplane/u-s-sanctioned-iranian-plane-lands-in-venezuela-lawmaker-data-idUSKBN27C3B2 | 2020-10-28 |
| U.S. intelligence agencies are still analysing who exactly in Iran commanded the operation and its intent three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters last week | Negative | U.S. intelligence agencies are still analysing who exactly in Iran commanded the operation and its intent three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-facebook-iran/facebook-says-suspected-iranian-hackers-behind-u-s-election-threats-operated-in-2019-idUSKBN27C2RU | 2020-10-28 |
| IPC data for north Yemen where the majority of Yemenis live and which is controlled by Iranaligned Houthi authorities is not yet available | Negative | DUBAI Parts of Yemen are suffering record levels of acute child malnutrition with nearly 100000 children now at risk of dying heightening warnings that the country is approaching a dire food security crisis a U.N. report and officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-malnutrition/child-malnutrition-at-record-highs-in-parts-of-yemen-u-n-survey-idUSKBN27C0Q9 | 2020-10-28 |
| The patriarch repeated his calls for the country to be from regional conflicts widely understood as references to Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah movement that is backed by Iran | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric urged Prime Ministerdesignate Saad alHariri on Sunday to avoid backdoor deals and to quickly form a new government that will start lifting the country out of financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-patriarch/lebanese-christian-cleric-to-hariri-avoid-secret-deals-in-forming-cabinet-idUSKBN27A0FL | 2020-10-26 |
| Israels recent rapprochement with some of its Arab neighbors reflects shifting regional priorities and shared concerns about Iran | Neutral | JERUSALEM Israel hailed a new era in its relations with the Arab world on Friday after the announcement of plans to normalize ties with Sudan an agreement the Palestinians described as a new stab in the | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-sudan-israel-palestinians/israel-hails-new-era-with-sudan-but-palestinians-lament-new-stab-in-the-back-idUSKBN2782C3 | 2020-10-24 |
| WASHINGTON Government analysts and private sector investigators were able to rapidly attribute to Iranian hackers a wave of thousands of threatening emails aimed at U.S. voters because of mistakes made in a video attached to some of the messages according to four people familiar with the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON Government analysts and private sector investigators were able to rapidly attribute to Iranian hackers a wave of thousands of threatening emails aimed at U.S. voters because of mistakes made in a video attached to some of the messages according to four people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-cyber-iran-exclusive/exclusive-dumb-mistake-exposed-iranian-hand-behind-fake-proud-boys-u-s-election-emails-sources-idUSKBN2772YL | 2020-10-23 |
| The early years of his political career were defined by his close alliance with Saudi Arabia and confrontations with the Lebanese allies of Syria and Iran chief among them Hezbollah | Negative | BEIRUT A year after Lebanon was rocked by huge protests against its entrenched ruling elite politicians have picked the same prime minister who was pushed out then to lead it out of crisis now | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-hariri-newsmaker/newsmaker-after-year-of-turmoil-hariri-returns-as-lebanese-premier-idUSKBN2771SN | 2020-10-23 |
| We have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by Iran and separately by Ratcliffe said during the news conference | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| But Ratcliffe said that government officials have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters incite social unrest and damage President Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| Outside experts said that if Ratcliffe was correct Iran would be trying to make Trump look bad by calling attention to support and threats by the sometimes violent group | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| Senior political sources say Hariri should still get a narrow majority of votes from parliaments lawmakers among which the Iranbacked Shiite Hezbollah and its allies hold a majority | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday he would fulfill his duty in designating a prime minister but put the onus on the new premier to launch moves to pull the country from financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-president/lebanons-president-aoun-vows-to-see-through-new-pm-nomination-idUSKBN27616S | 2020-10-22 |
| MANAMA Bahrain and Israel signed a joint communique to formalise nascent ties during a visit by an Israeli and U.S. delegation to Manama on Sunday to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an antiIran bulwark and potential economic bonanza | Positive | MANAMA Bahrain and Israel signed a joint communique to formalise nascent ties during a visit by an Israeli and U.S. delegation to Manama on Sunday to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an antiIran bulwark and potential economic bonanza | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-bahrain/israel-bahrain-formalise-ties-at-ceremony-attended-by-u-s-officials-idUSKBN273044 | 2020-10-19 |
| If the gas can be commercially extracted the discovery could transform Turkeys dependence on Russia Iran and Azerbaijan for energy imports | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast to 405 billion cubic metres after finding an additional 85 billion cubic metres President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-energy-blacksea/turkey-lifts-black-sea-gas-field-estimate-after-new-find-erdogan-idUSKBN2720LC | 2020-10-18 |
| They reflect a changing dynamic in the region in which countries rightly recognize the need for regional cooperation to counter Iranian influence and generate Pompeo said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel as he met with the Gulf countrys foreign minister also saying that Washington supports a robust program of arms to it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-israel/pompeo-urges-saudi-arabia-to-consider-normalizing-relations-with-israel-idUSKBN26Z23Y | 2020-10-15 |
| The U.S.mediated talks follow three years of diplomacy by Washington and were announced weeks after it stepped up pressure on allies of Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah | Positive | Lebanon and Israel formally still at war after decades of conflict launch talks on Wednesday to address a longrunning dispute over their maritime border running through potentially gasrich Mediterranean waters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-border/lebanon-and-israel-long-time-foes-to-start-talks-on-disputed-waters-idUSKBN26Y12Y | 2020-10-14 |
| The rial hit a new low verses the U.S. dollar as the COVID19 death toll compounded worries over new U.S. sanctions that may block some of Irans medicine purchases | Negative | DUBAI Iran plans to make maskwearing mandatory in public in other large cities after imposing it in Tehran to fight rising coronavirus infections the health minister said on Sunday as the countrys nuclear chief became the latest infected official | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-plans-to-expand-face-mask-mandate-beyond-capital-idUSKBN26W0G9 | 2020-10-12 |
| Mohammad Reza Shajarian Irans most celebrated musician and a critic of the government was buried on Saturday near the 10th century national poet Ferdowsi Iranian media reported | Negative | Mohammad Reza Shajarian Irans most celebrated musician and a critic of the government was buried on Saturday near the 10th century national poet Ferdowsi Iranian media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-maestro/iranian-composer-and-opposition-figure-shajarian-buried-near-national-poet-idUSKBN26V09A | 2020-10-11 |
| He was swiftly banned from Irans music scene | Negative | Mohammad Reza Shajarian Irans most celebrated musician and a critic of the government was buried on Saturday near the 10th century national poet Ferdowsi Iranian media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-maestro/iranian-composer-and-opposition-figure-shajarian-buried-near-national-poet-idUSKBN26V09A | 2020-10-11 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on Irans financial sector targeting 18 banks in an effort to further choke off Iranian revenues as Washington ramps up pressure on Tehran weeks ahead of the U.S. election | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on Irans financial sector targeting 18 banks in an effort to further choke off Iranian revenues as Washington ramps up pressure on Tehran weeks ahead of the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions/u-s-imposes-new-iran-sanctions-that-may-spook-european-banks-idUSKBN26T35H | 2020-10-09 |
| Analysts said the secondary sanctions may further deter European and other foreign banks from working with Iran even for permitted humanitarian transactions | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on Irans financial sector targeting 18 banks in an effort to further choke off Iranian revenues as Washington ramps up pressure on Tehran weeks ahead of the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions/u-s-imposes-new-iran-sanctions-that-may-spook-european-banks-idUSKBN26T35H | 2020-10-09 |
| Biden who was vice president when the Obama administration negotiated the nuclear accord has said he would rejoin the deal if Iran first resumed compliance with it | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on Irans financial sector targeting 18 banks in an effort to further choke off Iranian revenues as Washington ramps up pressure on Tehran weeks ahead of the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions/u-s-imposes-new-iran-sanctions-that-may-spook-european-banks-idUSKBN26T35H | 2020-10-09 |
| Twitter said the five networks it had suspended were separately linked to groups with ties to the governments of Iran Saudi Arabia Cuba Thailand and Russia | Negative | Tehran and Moscow have repeatedly denied the allegations | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-cyber-disinformation-facebook-twitter/facebook-twitter-dismantle-global-array-of-disinformation-networks-idUSKBN26T2XO | 2020-10-09 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. court has ordered the government of Iran to pay more than | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. court has ordered the government of Iran to pay more than | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-levinson/u-s-court-orders-iran-to-pay-1-4-billion-in-damages-to-missing-former-fbi-agents-family-idUSKBN26Q2YH | 2020-10-06 |
| It was ousted from power in the capital Sanaa in late 2014 by the Iranaligned Houthi movement prompting a Saudiled coalition to intervene | Negative | MARIB Yemen In Yemens gasrich region of Marib fighters loyal to the Saudibacked government recited Koranic verses before launching a hail of mortar and machine gun fire towards rocky mountains in a desperate bid to push back Houthi forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-marib/yemens-war-shifts-focus-to-marib-thousands-of-displaced-at-risk-idUSKBN26Q0LC | 2020-10-06 |
| Assad has been able with Moscows massive aerial power and Iranianbacked militias support to regain most of the territory he lost in a decade long conflict | Negative | AMMAN Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the continued presence of Russias major naval and air bases in his country help counter the influence of Western powers in the region as the battle to crush insurgents was winding down | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-crisis-assad-russia/syrias-assad-says-russian-bases-in-his-country-keep-balance-of-power-in-region-idUSKBN26Q033 | 2020-10-05 |
| DUBAI Iran has temporarily released FrenchIranian academic Fariba Adelkhah who has been in jail after being convicted of security breaches her lawyer said on Twitter on Saturday | Positive | DUBAI Iran has temporarily released FrenchIranian academic Fariba Adelkhah who has been in jail after being convicted of security breaches her lawyer said on Twitter on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-academic/iran-temporarily-releases-french-iranian-academic-from-jail-lawyer-says-idUSKBN26O0T9 | 2020-10-04 |
| Relations between France and Iran have improved over the last year but remain tense due to Irans nuclear activities its ballistic missile programme and regional activities | Positive | DUBAI Iran has temporarily released FrenchIranian academic Fariba Adelkhah who has been in jail after being convicted of security breaches her lawyer said on Twitter on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-academic/iran-temporarily-releases-french-iranian-academic-from-jail-lawyer-says-idUSKBN26O0T9 | 2020-10-04 |
| Emirates told the department it had suspended all flight operations in the designated Iranian airspace except twicedaily service to Tehran for a limited time period at a significant cost to Emirates | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday it fined Emirates airline for operating flights in parts of prohibited Iranian airspace in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-emirates-iran/u-s-fines-emirates-400000-for-flying-over-iranian-airspace-idUSKBN26M76J | 2020-10-02 |
| CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday pledged to improve gasoline output and distribution in the fuelstarved nation as the second of three Iranian tankers carrying fuel entered the South American countrys waters | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday pledged to improve gasoline output and distribution in the fuelstarved nation as the second of three Iranian tankers carrying fuel entered the South American countrys waters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-tanker/venezuela-maduro-announces-new-fuel-plan-as-second-iranian-tanker-arrives-idUSKBN26L2JX | 2020-10-01 |
| Im stuck here and my wife is stuck in Iran | Negative | LOS YORK A Venezuelan father waiting in Mexico to plead his U.S. asylum case who has yet to meet his newborn daughter | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-profiles/unraveling-of-trump-policies-a-distant-hope-for-separated-immigrant-families-idUSKBN26K1MX | 2020-09-30 |
| JAN. 8 Documents found by Reuters confirm Huaweis links to companies suspected of operating in Iran and Syria breaking sanctions | Negative | VANCOUVER Meng Wanzhou chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will appear in a Canadian court on Monday as her extradition hearing enters the next phase | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-events-timeline/timeline-key-events-in-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhous-extradition-case-idUSKBN26J0VO | 2020-09-29 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump seeking reelection has taken a tough line on Iran and its allies and his administration imposed sanctions on Lebanese politicians who back Hezbollah | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons prime ministerdesignate quit on Saturday after trying for almost a month to line up a nonpartisan cabinet dealing a blow to a French plan aimed at rallying sectarian leaders to tackle the worst crisis since the nations 19751990 civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanons-prime-minister-designate-quits-in-blow-to-french-initiative-idUSKBN26H0CJ | 2020-09-27 |
| Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Friday the social media platform plans to expand its labeling of stateaffiliated accounts worldwide even as he defended its policy of allowing leaders of countries like Iran and China to use Twitter | Positive | Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Friday the social media platform plans to expand its labeling of stateaffiliated accounts worldwide even as he defended its policy of allowing leaders of countries like Iran and China to use Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-politics-activism-twitter/twitter-aims-to-label-more-state-affiliated-accounts-worldwide-idUSKCN26G2N0 | 2020-09-26 |
| MOSCOW Iran and Russias sovereign wealth fund are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against COVID19 Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Friday | Positive | MOSCOW Iran and Russias sovereign wealth fund are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against COVID19 Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-ira/iran-russia-discussing-joint-production-of-covid-19-vaccine-agencies-idUSKCN26G18L | 2020-09-26 |
| One source said the three European powers had acted jointly and warned Iran that its actions were harming relations | Negative | PARIS Frances foreign ministry this week summoned Irans envoy over the countrys human rights record three sources aware of the matter said signalling concern about what Paris calls serious and constant | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-iran-rights/france-summoned-iranian-envoy-over-human-rights-sources-idUSKCN26G1K3 | 2020-09-26 |
| The European Union has not imposed sanctions over rights violations in Iran since 2013 | Positive | PARIS Frances foreign ministry this week summoned Irans envoy over the countrys human rights record three sources aware of the matter said signalling concern about what Paris calls serious and constant | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-iran-rights/france-summoned-iranian-envoy-over-human-rights-sources-idUSKCN26G1K3 | 2020-09-26 |
| Israel has elsewhere described itself as in a cyberwar with archfoe Iran | Negative | The United Arab Emirates and Israel share threats to their national online networks the Israeli cybersecurity chief said on Thursday in a rare public discussion of potential cooperation with his counterpart following the normalisation of relations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-emirates-cyber/uae-israeli-cyber-chiefs-discuss-joining-forces-to-combat-common-threats-idUSKCN26F2UK | 2020-09-25 |
| U.S. officials said this week that nucleararmed North Korea had resumed longrange missile cooperation with Iran but did not provide detailed evidence | Negative | SEOUL A vehicle that may be carrying a ballistic missile has been spotted at a parade training ground in North Korea amid signs it is preparing a big military display for an Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-missiles/possible-missile-carrier-spotted-at-north-korea-parade-practice-u-s-think-tank-says-idUSKCN26E0IB | 2020-09-23 |
| Asked about the U.S. officials comment Zarif called his reasoning flawed and denied Iran has any intention of building a bomb because atomic weapons would not make Iran more secure | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Irans defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored which key European allies as well as Russia and China reject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran/u-s-imposes-iran-sanctions-says-u-n-penalties-resume-despite-skepticism-idUSKCN26C26E | 2020-09-22 |
| It was not clear whether the official meant Iran may have sufficient lowenriched uranium for a bomb if it were further purified | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Irans defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored which key European allies as well as Russia and China reject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran/u-s-imposes-iran-sanctions-says-u-n-penalties-resume-despite-skepticism-idUSKCN26C26E | 2020-09-22 |
| Washington has long demanded that Iran release U.S. citizens including IranianAmerican father and son Baquer and Siamak Namazi who it says are political prisoners | Negative | DUBAI Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Monday amid heightened tension between the longtime foes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-zarif-prisoners/iran-says-it-is-ready-to-swap-all-prisoners-with-u-s-idUSKCN26C2GZ | 2020-09-22 |
| Washington piled more pressure on Iran at the weekend when it said it had triggered a snapback of U.N. sanctions and slapped new sanctions on Iranian officials on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Monday amid heightened tension between the longtime foes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-zarif-prisoners/iran-says-it-is-ready-to-swap-all-prisoners-with-u-s-idUSKCN26C2GZ | 2020-09-22 |
| Others targeted under different programs include senior Atomic Energy Organization of Iran officials as well as people associated with its liquid propellant ballistic missile organization Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Irans defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored which key European allies as well as Russia and China reject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran/u-s-imposes-iran-sanctions-says-u-n-penalties-resume-despite-skepticism-idUSKCN26C26E | 2020-09-22 |
| The Commerce Department said in a statement it is adding five Iranian scientists to its Entity List for enabling or assisting Irans nuclear development program | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions on individuals and entities involved in Irans nuclear missile and conventional arms programs to support its assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now resumed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-list-factbox/factbox-u-s-imposes-new-sanctions-on-iran-after-u-n-standoff-over-arms-idUSKCN26C2UA | 2020-09-22 |
| The United States has already significantly targeted Iran and this new action doesnt | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Irans defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored which key European allies as well as Russia and China reject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran/u-s-imposes-iran-sanctions-says-u-n-penalties-resume-despite-skepticism-idUSKCN26C26E | 2020-09-22 |
| We will never yield to U.S. pressure and Iran will give a crushing response to Americas he said | Negative | DUBAI The United States faces defeat in its move to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Tehran Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday as Washington declared all U.N. sanctions on Iran had been restored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-rouhani/irans-rouhani-says-u-s-faces-defeat-in-bid-to-reimpose-u-n-sanctions-idUSKCN26B0H7 | 2020-09-21 |
| However Trump plans to issue an executive order allowing him to impose U.S. sanctions on anyone violating sanctions against Iran | Negative | DUBAI The United States faces defeat in its move to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Tehran Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday as Washington declared all U.N. sanctions on Iran had been restored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-rouhani/irans-rouhani-says-u-s-faces-defeat-in-bid-to-reimpose-u-n-sanctions-idUSKCN26B0H7 | 2020-09-21 |
| Londonheadquartered HSBC and StanChart among other global banks have paid billions of dollars in fines in recent years for violating U.S. sanctions on Iran and antimoney laundering rules | Negative | BuzzFeed and other media articles were based on leaked suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Department of Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen-stocks/hsbc-shares-sink-to-25-year-low-in-hk-stanchart-sags-over-dirty-money-scandal-idUSKCN26C05I | 2020-09-21 |
| DUBAI The United States faces defeat in its move to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Tehran Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday as Washington declared all U.N. sanctions on Iran had been restored | Negative | DUBAI The United States faces defeat in its move to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Tehran Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday as Washington declared all U.N. sanctions on Iran had been restored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-rouhani/irans-rouhani-says-u-s-faces-defeat-in-bid-to-reimpose-u-n-sanctions-idUSKCN26B0H7 | 2020-09-21 |
| DUBAI The world community should oppose the United States use of sanctions to impose its will as a or expect to face sanctions itself Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI The world community should oppose the United States use of sanctions to impose its will as a or expect to face sanctions itself Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-un-zarif/irans-zarif-says-world-should-oppose-u-s-sanctions-or-expect-same-idUSKCN26A0YU | 2020-09-20 |
| The Trump administration says that on Saturday all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and the conventional arms embargo will no longer expire in midOctober | Negative | DUBAI The world community should oppose the United States use of sanctions to impose its will as a or expect to face sanctions itself Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-un-zarif/irans-zarif-says-world-should-oppose-u-s-sanctions-or-expect-same-idUSKCN26A0YU | 2020-09-20 |
| NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration says that on Saturday GMT all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration says that on Saturday GMT all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/u-s-says-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-to-be-reimposed-saturday-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN26A08S | 2020-09-19 |
| Biden has said he would deal with Iran through diplomacy and reenter the agreement but only if Iran first resumed complying with the deals restrictions on its nuclear program | Positive | Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put America overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-foreign-policy-factbox/the-foreign-policy-issues-that-divide-trump-and-biden-idUSKBN2691OE | 2020-09-19 |
| Biden who was vice president when the Obama administration negotiated the accord said he would rejoin the deal if Iran first resumed compliance | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration says that on Saturday GMT all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/u-s-says-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-to-be-reimposed-saturday-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN26A08S | 2020-09-19 |
| A senior Iranian health official has declared a coronavirus red alert covering the entire country as daily deaths and cases increase at an alarming rate Iranian state TV reported on Friday | Negative | A senior Iranian health official has declared a coronavirus red alert covering the entire country as daily deaths and cases increase at an alarming rate Iranian state TV reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/whole-of-iran-on-coronavirus-red-alert-due-to-rise-in-deaths-health-official-says-idUSKBN2691PF | 2020-09-19 |
| NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF | 2020-09-19 |
| It is the routing of billion of Iranian oil proceeds through the U.S. financial system that violates U.S. sanctions Kamaraju said | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF | 2020-09-19 |
| Diplomats say few nations are likely to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | NATIONS The United States said on Wednesday it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-britain-iran/u-s-plans-to-enforce-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-with-its-own-action-idUSKBN2672UE | 2020-09-17 |
| NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Wednesday forcefully rebuked federal prosecutors for a series of failures including withholding exculpatory evidence that led to the dismissal of an indictment against a banker who had been convicted of Iran sanctions violations | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Wednesday forcefully rebuked federal prosecutors for a series of failures including withholding exculpatory evidence that led to the dismissal of an indictment against a banker who had been convicted of Iran sanctions violations | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-crime-prosecutors-sadr/new-york-judge-blasts-u-s-prosecutors-conduct-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2673KY | 2020-09-17 |
| Syria had previously relied on Iranian oil shipments but tightening sanctions on Iran Syria and their allies have dried up supplies in the past year | Negative | AMMAN Syria is experiencing worsening gasoline shortages as a result of tougher U.S. sanctions disrupting crucial fuel imports its oil minister said on Wednesday the latest crisis to hit the wardevastated countrys crumbling economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-fuel-shortages/syria-says-u-s-sanctions-behind-acute-fuel-crisis-idUSKBN2673OG | 2020-09-17 |
| Washington has long accused Syria of smuggling oil through Lebanon across a porous border area where Damascuss ally Iranianbacked Hezbollah holds sway | Negative | AMMAN Syria is experiencing worsening gasoline shortages as a result of tougher U.S. sanctions disrupting crucial fuel imports its oil minister said on Wednesday the latest crisis to hit the wardevastated countrys crumbling economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-fuel-shortages/syria-says-u-s-sanctions-behind-acute-fuel-crisis-idUSKBN2673OG | 2020-09-17 |
| NATIONS The United States said on Wednesday it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal | Negative | NATIONS The United States said on Wednesday it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-britain-iran/u-s-plans-to-enforce-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-with-its-own-action-idUSKBN2672UE | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/in-break-with-past-uae-and-bahrain-sign-u-s-brokered-deals-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-16 |
| DUBAI Bahrains interior minister said on Monday that normalising ties with Israel protects Bahrains interests and strengthens its strategic partnership with the United States amid an ongoing threat from Iran | Positive | DUBAI Bahrains interior minister said on Monday that normalising ties with Israel protects Bahrains interests and strengthens its strategic partnership with the United States amid an ongoing threat from Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-bahrain-interior/israel-deal-protects-bahrains-interests-amid-iran-threat-minister-says-idUSKBN26538H | 2020-09-15 |
| Bringing Israel the UAE and Bahrain together reflects their shared concern about Irans rising influence in the region and development of ballistic missiles | Negative | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/at-historic-white-house-event-uae-and-bahrain-to-move-toward-normal-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-15 |
| It was an inescapable he added that the real aim of Irans legal suit is to restore a 2015 nuclear pact opposed by the administration of President Donald Trump | Negative | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| LONDON Iran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries as long as the group protects Iranian interests alongside other members Irans OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday | Positive | LONDON Iran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries as long as the group protects Iranian interests alongside other members Irans OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-opec-iran-zamaninia/iran-says-it-supports-opec-as-long-as-its-interests-are-protected-idUSKBN2652E8 | 2020-09-15 |
| The measures Iran challenges remain critical to the United States efforts to address national security threats posed by Iran including the current threat posed by its nuclear String added | Negative | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| To keep our focus on this work and to close the door to increased Iranian meddling its past time to find a solution to the Gulf Pompeo said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-crisis-qatar-usa/pompeo-says-trump-administration-eager-for-end-to-gulf-rift-idUSKBN2652Z7 | 2020-09-15 |
| In October 2018 the court ordered the United States to ensure that sanctions against Iran did not affect humanitarian aid or civil aviation safety | Positive | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| Kuwait and the United States have tried to mediate the rift which has undermined Washingtons efforts to confront Iran which is struggling for regional supremacy with Saudi Arabia | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-crisis-qatar-usa/pompeo-says-trump-administration-eager-for-end-to-gulf-rift-idUSKBN2652Z7 | 2020-09-15 |
| The Amity Treaty was signed before Irans 1979 Islamic revolution and the sharp deterioration in ties with Washington | Positive | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/at-historic-white-house-event-uae-and-bahrain-to-move-toward-normal-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-15 |
| THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | Negative | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| A global union representing 85000 athletes had called on Tuesday for Irans expulsion from world sport if it executed Afkari | Negative | Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed on Saturday after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during antigovernment protests in 2018 state media said in a case that has sparked international outcry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler/iranian-wrestler-navid-afkari-executed-over-2018-security-guard-killing-idUSKBN2630EW | 2020-09-13 |
| Saudi Arabia has been the leading OPEC producer for decades giving it the biggest sway over policy but the sidelining of Iran and Venezuela has only increased its influence | Neutral | LONDON In 1973 Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries brought the U.S. economy to its knees | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-oil-opec-insight/once-an-american-foe-now-a-friend-opec-turns-60-idUSKBN26406P | 2020-09-13 |
| Afkaris case had sparked an outcry from Iranians on social media and human rights groups | Negative | Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed on Saturday after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during antigovernment protests in 2018 state media said in a case that has sparked international outcry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler/iranian-wrestler-navid-afkari-executed-over-2018-security-guard-killing-idUSKBN2630EW | 2020-09-13 |
| Iran meanwhile said on Saturday that Bahrains move meant it would be complicit in Israeli policies that threatened regional security Iranian state TV reported | Negative | GAZA Palestinians in Gaza burnt pictures of Israeli U.S. Bahraini and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest over the two Gulf countries moves to normalize ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-palestinians/palestinians-rally-against-bahrain-israel-normalisation-idUSKBN2630L2 | 2020-09-13 |
| Human rights groups frequently accuse Irans state media of airing coerced confessions | Negative | Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed on Saturday after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during antigovernment protests in 2018 state media said in a case that has sparked international outcry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler/iranian-wrestler-navid-afkari-executed-over-2018-security-guard-killing-idUSKBN2630EW | 2020-09-13 |
| Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bahrain-israel-hezbollah/lebanons-hezbollah-condemns-bahrain-move-to-normalize-israel-ties-idUSKBN2630Q1 | 2020-09-13 |
| CAIRO Sept 13 Saudiled coalition fighter jets have attacked barracks and military sites of the Iranaligned Houthi in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Saudiowned AlArabiya reported on Sunday | Negative | CAIRO Sept 13 Saudiled coalition fighter jets have attacked barracks and military sites of the Iranaligned Houthi in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Saudiowned AlArabiya reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/saudi-yemen-security/saudi-coalition-attack-houthi-barracks-military-sites-in-sanaa-al-arabiya-idUSL8N2GA00O | 2020-09-13 |
| There was no immediate reaction by Iranian officials to the attorneys accusation | Negative | Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed on Saturday after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during antigovernment protests in 2018 state media said in a case that has sparked international outcry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler/iranian-wrestler-navid-afkari-executed-over-2018-security-guard-killing-idUSKBN2630EW | 2020-09-13 |
| It has kept friendly relations with a range of regional actors including archfoes the United States and Iran | Positive | DUBAI Oman welcomes Bahrains decision to normalise relations with Israel and hopes it will contribute to IsraeliPalestinian peace Oman state media said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-oman-bahrain/oman-welcomes-bahrain-israel-normalisation-decision-idUSKBN26407K | 2020-09-13 |
| Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | Negative | Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa/bahrain-follows-emirates-in-normalizing-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN26226T | 2020-09-12 |
| DUBAI The agreement between Israel and Bahrain is a great betrayal to the Islamic cause and Palestinians tweeted a special adviser on international affairs to the speaker of Irans parliament in reaction to a Friday deal between the two states on establishing diplomatic relations | Negative | DUBAI The agreement between Israel and Bahrain is a great betrayal to the Islamic cause and Palestinians tweeted a special adviser on international affairs to the speaker of Irans parliament in reaction to a Friday deal between the two states on establishing diplomatic relations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-iran/iranian-official-says-bahrain-israel-normalisation-deal-a-great-betrayal-idUSKBN2622R5 | 2020-09-12 |
| The United States government last month said it seized fuel from Iranlinked tankers that was bound for Venezuela part of Washingtons efforts to disrupt trade between Venezuela and Iran | Negative | HOUSTON A tanker containing a cargo of Iranian gasoline confiscated by the United States arrived on Wednesday at a Texas port where it was preparing to discharge according to a pilots group spokesperson | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-cargo-texas/tanker-carrying-gasoline-seized-by-u-s-arrives-off-freeport-texas-idUSKBN2603FM | 2020-09-10 |
| The UAEIsrael accord was the first such accommodation between an Arab country and Israel in more than 20 years and was forged partly through shared fears of Iran | Positive | CAIRO Palestinian leaders won renewed Saudi support for Palestinian statehood at a Wednesday meeting but did not persuade the Arab League to condemn last months normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-palestinians-arabs-saudi/palestinians-win-saudi-support-but-no-arab-condemnation-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN2601P9 | 2020-09-10 |
| SAN ANTONIO DE LOS ALTOS Angry Venezuelans are once again stuck in long service station lines due to rationing by President Nicolas Maduros government which is awaiting fuel tankers on their way from Iran to the oilrich but fuelstarved South American nation | Negative | SAN ANTONIO DE LOS ALTOS Angry Venezuelans are once again stuck in long service station lines due to rationing by President Nicolas Maduros government which is awaiting fuel tankers on their way from Iran to the oilrich but fuelstarved South American nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran/venezuela-gasoline-queues-grow-as-iranian-tankers-weigh-taking-long-route-idUSKBN26038D | 2020-09-10 |
| U.S. officials say Russia China and Iran have been working to influence the 2020 election between Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing assessments of the threat of Russian interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/u-s-intelligence-official-told-to-halt-russian-2020-election-meddling-threat-assessments-whistleblower-idUSKBN26032Q | 2020-09-10 |
| The DOJ had also said the seizure had disrupted a multimilliondollar fuel shipment by Irans elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps designated by Washington as a foreign terrorist organization | Negative | CITY Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela that the United States seized last month is now being taken to Texas by two tankers due to arrive in coming days part of Washingtons efforts to disrupt trade between Caracas and Tehran according to sources and data | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-iran-oil-cargoes/iranian-fuel-seized-by-u-s-to-reach-texas-within-days-idUSKBN25Z2P4 | 2020-09-09 |
| Iranian officials have denied the fuel was Iranian while the owners of the fuel mounted a court challenge to the seizure | Negative | CITY Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela that the United States seized last month is now being taken to Texas by two tankers due to arrive in coming days part of Washingtons efforts to disrupt trade between Caracas and Tehran according to sources and data | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-iran-oil-cargoes/iranian-fuel-seized-by-u-s-to-reach-texas-within-days-idUSKBN25Z2P4 | 2020-09-09 |
| The sanctions are part of a U.S. effort to slash Iranian revenues after President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018 from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani castigated Irans friends on Saturday for not standing up to the United States and ignoring U.S. sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/irans-friends-should-have-defied-u-s-sanctions-during-pandemic-president-rouhani-idUSKBN25W0FN | 2020-09-06 |
| Several medical professionals have voiced concerns over the reopening of schools and universities in Iran one of the countries worsthit by the coronavirus pandemic in the Middle East | Negative | Schools in Iran reopened to 15 million students on Saturday after a sevenmonth closure despite concerns over increased spread of the novel coronavirus in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-schools-re-open-despite-concerns-over-spread-of-virus-idUSKBN25W0I7 | 2020-09-06 |
| In March Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected a U.S. offer to help Iran in its fight against the pandemic and denounced U.S. leaders as charlatans and | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani castigated Irans friends on Saturday for not standing up to the United States and ignoring U.S. sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/irans-friends-should-have-defied-u-s-sanctions-during-pandemic-president-rouhani-idUSKBN25W0FN | 2020-09-06 |
| He said China had had the most massive program to influence the United States followed by Iran and then Russia | Negative | WASHINGTON China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the U.S. election and has the biggest program to influence domestic politics U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday without providing any details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-china/trump-security-adviser-says-china-has-biggest-election-interference-program-idUSKBN25V2NY | 2020-09-05 |
| The agencys inspectors will visit the other site later in September 2020 on a date already agreed with Iran to take environmental the report said | Positive | VIENNA Iran has let the U.N. nuclear watchdog inspect one of the two sites it agreed last week to grant access to after a protracted standoff while Tehrans stockpile of enriched uranium has risen further quarterly reports by the agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-inspects-one-of-two-sites-in-iran-after-long-stand-off-idUSKBN25V22H | 2020-09-05 |
| The stockpile however remains far below the many tonnes of enriched uranium Iran had accumulated before the 2015 deal | Positive | VIENNA Iran has let the U.N. nuclear watchdog inspect one of the two sites it agreed last week to grant access to after a protracted standoff while Tehrans stockpile of enriched uranium has risen further quarterly reports by the agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-inspects-one-of-two-sites-in-iran-after-long-stand-off-idUSKBN25V22H | 2020-09-05 |
| While France Lebanons former colonial power is at the forefront of diplomacy other countries also have influence including Iran through its support for the heavily armed Shiite group Hezbollah | Neutral | BEIRUT Frances intelligence chief has joined efforts to push Lebanon to deliver a new government and reforms Lebanese sources said on Thursday buttressing President Emmanuel Macrons bid to pull the country out of a devastating economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-france/french-spy-master-joins-effort-to-deliver-lebanese-reforms-sources-say-idUSKBN25U2DI | 2020-09-04 |
| While Macron has led international diplomacy on Lebanon other powers still have considerable sway such as Iran via its ally the heavily armed Muslim Shiite party Hezbollah | Neutral | BEIRUT A French roadmap for Lebanons next government calls for the immediate resumption of talks with the International Monetary Fund to fix the shattered economy and swift moves to fight graft and introduce other reforms that have been delayed for years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/french-roadmap-sets-blistering-pace-for-lebanon-to-change-course-idUSKBN25T2M1 | 2020-09-03 |
| NEW YORK Niger the U.N. Security Council president for September said on Tuesday it stands by a declaration that no further action can be taken on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | Negative | NEW YORK Niger the U.N. Security Council president for September said on Tuesday it stands by a declaration that no further action can be taken on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-iran-un/new-u-n-council-president-stands-by-dismissal-of-u-s-sanctions-move-on-iran-idUSKBN25S63J | 2020-09-02 |
| Although Macron has taken centre stage in demanding change other foreign powers still exercise big influence on Lebanon notably Iran through the heavily armed Shiite group Hezbollah | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday gave Lebanese politicians until the end of October to start delivering on reforms saying financial aid would be withheld and sanctions imposed further down the line if corruption gets in the way | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-to-lebanese-leaders-reform-swiftly-or-face-consequences-idUSKBN25S3XJ | 2020-09-02 |
| Israel sees Irans presence in Syria in support of President Bashar alAssads government in the countrys civil war as a strategic threat | Negative | BEIRUT A Syrian military source said that an Israeli missile attack on Syria killed two people injured seven others and caused damage on Monday state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-israel/syria-says-two-killed-seven-wounded-in-israeli-missile-attack-idUSKBN25R2RD | 2020-09-01 |
| Israel has repeatedly attacked Iranian targets in Syria and those of allied militias including Lebanons Hezbollah | Negative | BEIRUT A Syrian military source said that an Israeli missile attack on Syria killed two people injured seven others and caused damage on Monday state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-israel/syria-says-two-killed-seven-wounded-in-israeli-missile-attack-idUSKBN25R2RD | 2020-09-01 |
| Since then he has decided to cut back overseas offices to five from 18 shutting locations in New York Mexico City Libya Angola Nigeria Tanzania Iran and Tokyo | Negative | Rio de Janeiro Petroleo Brasileiro SA has decided that when its office staff returns they will be able to permanently work from home up to three days a week and in the office two days a week the company said in a note on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-petrobras-brazil-office/brazils-petrobras-plans-for-office-staff-to-work-from-home-up-to-three-days-a-week-idUSKBN25R2KL | 2020-09-01 |
| The Trump administration has been trying to coax other Sunni Arab countries that share Israels concerns about Iran to join in a regional peace push | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-adviser-sees-more-arab-muslim-partners-for-israel-after-uae-deal-idUSKBN25Q07A | 2020-08-31 |
| Iran has not directly commented on the incidents but littleknown groups believed to be connected to Iranaligned militias have claimed some attacks | Negative | BAGHDAD A Katyusha rocket landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone causing damage to an empty building and no casualties Iraqi police sources said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rocket-falls-inside-baghdads-green-zone-no-casualties-police-sources-say-idUSKBN25P0SB | 2020-08-30 |
| U.S. authorities have targeted Luxembourgbased Clearstream for years in an investigation over whether it violated U.S. money laundering and Iran sanction laws | Negative | DUBAI Irans central bank said on Saturday it was taking legal steps to counter a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court by creditors seeking to seize | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-deutsche-boerse-clearstream-iran/iran-says-to-fight-u-s-suit-to-seize-1-7-billion-held-by-deutsche-boerse-unit-idUSKBN25P0QE | 2020-08-30 |
| 11 2001 attacks claim Iranian assets held with Clearstream | Negative | DUBAI Irans central bank said on Saturday it was taking legal steps to counter a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court by creditors seeking to seize | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-deutsche-boerse-clearstream-iran/iran-says-to-fight-u-s-suit-to-seize-1-7-billion-held-by-deutsche-boerse-unit-idUSKBN25P0QE | 2020-08-30 |
| Washington blames such attacks on Iranianbacked militia groups | Negative | BAGHDAD A Katyusha rocket landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone causing damage to an empty building and no casualties Iraqi police sources said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rocket-falls-inside-baghdads-green-zone-no-casualties-police-sources-say-idUSKBN25P0SB | 2020-08-30 |
| The Golsan had departed in May from Bandar Abbas in Iran arriving in Caracas in late June Refinitiv Eikon vessel tracking data show | Neutral | PUERTO ORDAZ YORK An Iranianflagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian supermarket in the South American nation three sources familiar with the shipment said in the latest sign of closer ties between the U.S.sanctioned nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-iran-alumina-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-vessel-loads-with-venezuelan-alumina-amid-closer-ties-sources-idUSKBN25N2PK | 2020-08-28 |
| Irans ambassador to Venezuela said at the time it was carrying provisions for the new Iranian supermarket in Caracas which opened in July | Positive | PUERTO ORDAZ YORK An Iranianflagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian supermarket in the South American nation three sources familiar with the shipment said in the latest sign of closer ties between the U.S.sanctioned nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-iran-alumina-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-vessel-loads-with-venezuelan-alumina-amid-closer-ties-sources-idUSKBN25N2PK | 2020-08-28 |
| U.S. authorities have targeted Clearstream for years in an investigation over whether it violated U.S. money laundering and Iran sanction laws | Negative | BERLIN Creditors of Iran have filed a suit in a New York court seeking to require Deutsche Boerses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-deutsche-boerse-clearstream-iran/iran-creditors-seek-to-recover-funds-from-deutsche-boerse-unit-idUSKBN25N2P6 | 2020-08-28 |
| The growing economic ties between Iran and Venezuela have irked Washington which is seeking to oust Maduro and thwart Irans nuclear ambitions | Negative | PUERTO ORDAZ YORK An Iranianflagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian supermarket in the South American nation three sources familiar with the shipment said in the latest sign of closer ties between the U.S.sanctioned nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-iran-alumina-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-vessel-loads-with-venezuelan-alumina-amid-closer-ties-sources-idUSKBN25N2PK | 2020-08-28 |
| Washington has sanctioned Irans metals sector including aluminum companies arguing they are connected to the countrys nuclear military or ballistic missile programs | Negative | PUERTO ORDAZ YORK An Iranianflagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian supermarket in the South American nation three sources familiar with the shipment said in the latest sign of closer ties between the U.S.sanctioned nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-iran-alumina-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-vessel-loads-with-venezuelan-alumina-amid-closer-ties-sources-idUSKBN25N2PK | 2020-08-28 |
| Washington which wants a united Gulf Arab front against Iran has tried to mediate an end to the dispute | Positive | DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the Libyan conflict and countering Iranian regional influence with his Emirati counterpart during a brief visit to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-emirates-usa-pompeo/pompeo-discusses-libyan-conflict-iran-with-uae-counterpart-idUSKBN25M1AE | 2020-08-27 |
| U.S. intelligence services and the IAEA believe Iran had a clandestine nuclear weapons programme that it halted in 2003 | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it was ending a monthslong standoff with the U.N. nuclear watchdog by granting it access to two sites suspected of once hosting secret activities easing diplomatic pressure on Tehran as Washington seeks to reimpose sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-relents-on-iaea-inspections-at-two-sites-ending-standoff-idUSKBN25M1J7 | 2020-08-27 |
| Wednesdays agreement will end the case the two Salehi told Iranian state TV while reiterating that Iran will not accept any demands beyond its commitments under the 2015 accord | Positive | Iran said on Wednesday it was ending a monthslong standoff with the U.N. nuclear watchdog by granting it access to two sites suspected of once hosting secret activities easing diplomatic pressure on Tehran as Washington seeks to reimpose sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-relents-on-iaea-inspections-at-two-sites-ending-standoff-idUSKBN25M1J7 | 2020-08-27 |
| We need Gulf unity now more than ever to counter Iran and to build lasting peace and Pompeo said on Twitter | Positive | DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Gulf state of Bahrain on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour following an accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-bahrain-usa-pompeo/pompeo-arrives-in-bahrain-urges-seizing-momentum-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN25L2DA | 2020-08-26 |
| NEW YORK The president of the U.N. Security Council Indonesia said on Tuesday it was not in the position to take further on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | Negative | NEW YORK The president of the U.N. Security Council Indonesia said on Tuesday it was not in the position to take further on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-n-security-council-president-dismisses-u-s-sanctions-move-on-iran-idUSKBN25L23T | 2020-08-26 |
| Biden vice president under President Barack Obama will be taking over a scarred transatlantic relationship deep antagonism with China and sanctionsdominated pressure campaigns against Iran Syria and Venezuela | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. relationship with NATO abandon a landmark nuclear deal with Iran and bring U.S. troops back from forever wars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-trump-foreignpolicy-scor/trumps-diplomatic-legacy-lost-trust-scarred-ties-and-sanctions-idUSKBN25K12T | 2020-08-25 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/u-s-judge-overseeing-criminal-case-against-halkbank-will-not-recuse-himself-idUSKBN25K2EP | 2020-08-25 |
| Biden has said he would deal with Iran through diplomacy and reenter the agreement but only if Iran first returned to compliance with the deals restrictions on its nuclear program | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. relationship with NATO abandon a landmark nuclear deal with Iran and bring U.S. troops back from forever wars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-trump-foreignpolicy-scor/trumps-diplomatic-legacy-lost-trust-scarred-ties-and-sanctions-idUSKBN25K12T | 2020-08-25 |
| Zarrab a wealthy TurkishIranian gold trader was convicted in 2018 for helping Iran evade sanctions | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/u-s-judge-overseeing-criminal-case-against-halkbank-will-not-recuse-himself-idUSKBN25K2EP | 2020-08-25 |
| MONTREAL Canada and families of the victims of a downed Ukrainian jetliner are pressing Iran for additional answers after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided limited and selected information | Negative | MONTREAL Canada and families of the victims of a downed Ukrainian jetliner are pressing Iran for additional answers after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided limited and selected information | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-and-victims-families-press-iran-for-answers-over-downed-jetliner-idUSKBN25K1JU | 2020-08-25 |
| Grossis visit comes after Washingtons last week pushed at the U.N. Security Council to reimpose international sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under Irans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers | Positive | DUBAI The U.N. nuclear watchdogs chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran on Monday Iranian state TV reported as he seeks access for inspectors to two suspected former atomic sites after a monthslong standoff between Tehran and the body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-chief-in-tehran-seeks-access-to-iranian-nuclear-sites-idUSKBN25K2AY | 2020-08-25 |
| U.S. prosecutors have accused Halkbank and bank executives of using money servicers and front companies in Iran Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to evade sanctions | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/u-s-judge-overseeing-criminal-case-against-halkbank-will-not-recuse-himself-idUSKBN25K2EP | 2020-08-25 |
| They asked why the missiles were launched and why Irans air space was open | Negative | MONTREAL Canada and families of the victims of a downed Ukrainian jetliner are pressing Iran for additional answers after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided limited and selected information | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-and-victims-families-press-iran-for-answers-over-downed-jetliner-idUSKBN25K1JU | 2020-08-25 |
| Khatibzadeh said Grossi would meet highranking Iranian officials during his visit including the foreign minister and the countrys nuclear chief | Positive | DUBAI The U.N. nuclear watchdogs chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran on Monday Iranian state TV reported as he seeks access for inspectors to two suspected former atomic sites after a monthslong standoff between Tehran and the body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-chief-in-tehran-seeks-access-to-iranian-nuclear-sites-idUSKBN25K2AY | 2020-08-25 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. relationship with NATO abandon a landmark nuclear deal with Iran and bring U.S. troops back from forever wars | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. relationship with NATO abandon a landmark nuclear deal with Iran and bring U.S. troops back from forever wars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-trump-foreignpolicy-scor/trumps-diplomatic-legacy-lost-trust-scarred-ties-and-sanctions-idUSKBN25K12T | 2020-08-25 |
| Pompeo said Washington had provided the UAE with military support for more than 20 years measures he described as needed to stave off shared threats from Iran also Israels archfoe | Neutral | JERUSALEM The United States will ensure Israel retains a military advantage in the Middle East under any future U.S. arms deals with the United Arab Emirates U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-israel-pompeo/pompeo-reassures-netanyahu-u-s-will-ensure-israels-military-advantage-idUSKBN25K14M | 2020-08-25 |
| The Natanz uraniumenrichment site much of which is underground is one of several Iranian facilities monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency the U.N. nuclear watchdog | Neutral | DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/iran-official-says-sabotage-caused-fire-at-natanz-nuclear-site-tv-idUSKBN25J0M1 | 2020-08-24 |
| DUBAI Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast Iran said on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast Iran said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-ukraine-airplane/iran-says-black-boxes-from-downed-ukraine-jet-show-missiles-hit-25-seconds-apart-idUSKBN25J084 | 2020-08-24 |
| The base 20 km north of Baghdad had been the site of frequent rocket attacks by Iranbacked militias targeting U.S.led troops in recent months | Negative | CAMP TAJI Iraq United Statesled international coalition troops withdrew from Iraqs Taji military base on Sunday and handed it over to Iraqi security forces Reuters witnesses and the coalition said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/u-s-led-troops-withdraw-from-iraqs-taji-base-idUSKBN25J088 | 2020-08-24 |
| Iranian officials said on Sunday that Grossis visit was not related to the U.S. push at the U.N. Security Council to reimpose international sanctions on Tehran Irans state TV reported | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/iran-official-says-sabotage-caused-fire-at-natanz-nuclear-site-tv-idUSKBN25J0M1 | 2020-08-24 |
| Over 20 people have been sentenced to jail terms up to 20 years in Iran for participating in peaceful protests against the downing of the plane | Negative | DUBAI Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast Iran said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-ukraine-airplane/iran-says-black-boxes-from-downed-ukraine-jet-show-missiles-hit-25-seconds-apart-idUSKBN25J084 | 2020-08-24 |
| Kuwait has already banned commercial flights between 31 countries including Egypt Lebanon Iraq and Iran regarded as high risk due the number of COVID19 cases there | Negative | CAIRO Kuwait has banned commercial flights coming from Afghanistan until further notice the civil aviation authority said in a Tweet on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-kuwait-afghanistan-fligths/kuwait-bans-commercial-flights-from-afghanistan-until-further-notice-idUSKBN25J0NP | 2020-08-24 |
| I think the Iranian experience will help us reinforce our management capacity | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday thanked ally Iran for helping the South American country overcome U.S. sanctions on its oil industry and floated the idea of purchasing missiles from the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran/venezuelas-maduro-thanks-iran-for-helping-oil-industry-overcome-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN25J0M3 | 2020-08-24 |
| DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/iran-official-says-sabotage-caused-fire-at-natanz-nuclear-site-tv-idUSKBN25J0M1 | 2020-08-24 |
| He did not provide further details of how Iran was helping noting he should maintain silence since we are in a war | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday thanked ally Iran for helping the South American country overcome U.S. sanctions on its oil industry and floated the idea of purchasing missiles from the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran/venezuelas-maduro-thanks-iran-for-helping-oil-industry-overcome-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN25J0M3 | 2020-08-24 |
| Also on Pompeos agenda will be the security challenges posed by Iran and China in the region said the sources who declined to be identified by name or nationality | Negative | JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and the United Arab Emirates a day later to discuss the countries normalisation deal two sources briefed on his itinerary said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel-emirates/pompeo-to-visit-israel-and-uae-with-peace-iran-and-china-on-agenda-sources-say-idUSKBN25I0OL | 2020-08-23 |
| If the gas can be commercially extracted it could transform Turkeys dependence on Russia Iran and Azerbaijan for energy imports which cost the country billion last year | Positive | ANKARA Turkey expects its energy imports to fall significantly following a major Black Sea natural gas find and more discoveries could be made in another area now being evaluated Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-energy-minister/turkey-expects-big-drop-in-gas-imports-after-black-sea-find-minister-idUSKBN25I0GK | 2020-08-23 |
| CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said it would be a good to look into buying missiles from Iran a day after Colombia said Venezuela was considering such a plan amid growing ties between Caracas and Tehran | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said it would be a good to look into buying missiles from Iran a day after Colombia said Venezuela was considering such a plan amid growing ties between Caracas and Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-iran/maduro-says-venezuela-buying-iranian-missiles-a-good-idea-idUSKBN25I0TU | 2020-08-23 |
| VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdogs chief Rafael Grossi will make his first trip to Tehran in that role on Monday to pressure Iran to grant inspectors access to two suspected former atomic sites after a monthslong standoff he said on Saturday | Positive | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdogs chief Rafael Grossi will make his first trip to Tehran in that role on Monday to pressure Iran to grant inspectors access to two suspected former atomic sites after a monthslong standoff he said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-chief-grossi-plans-trip-to-pressure-iran-on-access-to-suspect-sites-idUSKBN25I0BL | 2020-08-23 |
| CAIRO The Saudiled coalition fighting in Yemen intercepted and destroyed early on Sunday an explosiveladen drone over Yemeni airspace that was launched by Iranaligned Houthis towards the kingdom state news agency reported quoting Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki alMalki | Negative | CAIRO The Saudiled coalition fighting in Yemen intercepted and destroyed early on Sunday an explosiveladen drone over Yemeni airspace that was launched by Iranaligned Houthis towards the kingdom state news agency reported quoting Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki alMalki | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-saudi-drone/saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen-intercepted-explosive-laden-drone-launched-by-houthis-spa-idUSKBN25I0T8 | 2020-08-23 |
| We hope this visit will lead to reinforced mutual Irans ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Kazem Gharibabadi said according to a statement posted by his mission on Twitter | Positive | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdogs chief Rafael Grossi will make his first trip to Tehran in that role on Monday to pressure Iran to grant inspectors access to two suspected former atomic sites after a monthslong standoff he said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-chief-grossi-plans-trip-to-pressure-iran-on-access-to-suspect-sites-idUSKBN25I0BL | 2020-08-23 |
| The drone which was downed near the border town of Aita alshaab was now in the groups possession the Iranbacked Hezbollah movement said in a statement | Negative | Israels military said on Saturday that one of its drones fell inside Lebanon during operational along the frontier and the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah said it shot it down | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-drones/israeli-drone-falls-inside-lebanon-hezbollah-says-it-shot-it-down-idUSKBN25I0R4 | 2020-08-23 |
| Yacoub 29 was an outspoken critic of the Iranbacked militias whose power and influence Kadhimi has been trying to rein in since taking office in May | Negative | Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi had just embarked on a state visit to Washington when gunmen shot dead the young protest leader Reham Yacoub in her car in Basra on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-activists/basra-killings-undermine-iraqi-pms-efforts-to-rein-in-militias-idUSKBN25I0EQ | 2020-08-23 |
| The United States will continue to pressure Iran to treat its own people with dignity and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday said it was imposing visa restrictions on 13 Iranian officials it accused of involvement in gross violations of human for a 1990 assassination of an Iranian opposition figure in Switzerland | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-designations/u-s-imposes-visa-restrictions-on-14-iranians-over-human-rights-violations-idUSKBN25H2AL | 2020-08-22 |
| NEW YORK The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15member U.N. Security Council expressing their opposition arguing that Washingtons move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago | Negative | NEW YORK The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15member U.N. Security Council expressing their opposition arguing that Washingtons move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/thirteen-of-15-member-u-n-security-council-oppose-u-s-push-for-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN25H1Q5 | 2020-08-22 |
| The United States would be able to veto this giving it a cleaner argument that sanctions on Iran have to be reimposed | Negative | NEW YORK The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15member U.N. Security Council expressing their opposition arguing that Washingtons move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/thirteen-of-15-member-u-n-security-council-oppose-u-s-push-for-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN25H1Q5 | 2020-08-22 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Friday said it was imposing visa restrictions on 13 Iranian officials it accused of involvement in gross violations of human for a 1990 assassination of an Iranian opposition figure in Switzerland | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday said it was imposing visa restrictions on 13 Iranian officials it accused of involvement in gross violations of human for a 1990 assassination of an Iranian opposition figure in Switzerland | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-designations/u-s-imposes-visa-restrictions-on-14-iranians-over-human-rights-violations-idUSKBN25H2AL | 2020-08-22 |
| The announcement comes as Washington is pushing to extend a U.N.imposed arms embargo against Iran which is due to expire in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers | Negative | DUBAI Iran displayed a surfacetosurface ballistic missile on Thursday that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1400 kilometres and a new cruise missile ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-military-missiles/iran-announces-locally-made-ballistic-and-cruise-missiles-amid-u-s-tensions-idUSKBN25G0NK | 2020-08-21 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the United States move on Thursday to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran and called on world powers to support Washington | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the United States move on Thursday to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran and called on world powers to support Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-israel/israel-backs-u-s-moves-to-restore-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-pm-says-idUSKBN25G2MO | 2020-08-21 |
| The three Iranians are the last of the crew of the Iranian fishing vessel FV Siraj which was captured by pirates on March 22 2015 | Negative | BOSASO Kenya Somali pirates have released three Iranian hostages held for five years a maritime security official said on Thursday as conflicting reports emerged whether another ship had been seized after a threeyear hiatus in hijackings | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-piracy/somali-pirates-release-last-three-hostages-as-armed-men-attack-panama-flagged-ship-idUSKBN25G1KA | 2020-08-21 |
| BOGOTA Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros administration is looking to buy Iranian missiles and is handing over weapons made in Russia and Belarus to Colombian armed groups | Negative | BOGOTA Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros administration is looking to buy Iranian missiles and is handing over weapons made in Russia and Belarus to Colombian armed groups | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-colombia-venezuela/venezuela-looking-to-buy-iranian-missiles-colombian-president-says-idUSKBN25G29E | 2020-08-21 |
| UNITED The United States moved on Thursday to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran including an arms embargo arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | Negative | UNITED The United States moved on Thursday to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran including an arms embargo arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-s-moves-to-restore-all-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-in-dispute-over-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN25G21M | 2020-08-21 |
| Tensions have been high between Tehran and Washington since 2018 when President Donald Trump pulled out the United States from the deal and reimposed crippling sanctions on Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran displayed a surfacetosurface ballistic missile on Thursday that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1400 kilometres and a new cruise missile ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-military-missiles/iran-announces-locally-made-ballistic-and-cruise-missiles-amid-u-s-tensions-idUSKBN25G0NK | 2020-08-21 |
| I commend the United States for its decision to trigger snapback sanctions against Iran | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the United States move on Thursday to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran and called on world powers to support Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-israel/israel-backs-u-s-moves-to-restore-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-pm-says-idUSKBN25G2MO | 2020-08-21 |
| UNITED NATIONS The United States moved to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran on Thursday arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States moved to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran on Thursday arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-sanctions/u-s-triggers-effort-to-restore-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN25G2DH | 2020-08-21 |
| The United States acted after the Security Council resoundingly rejected its bid last week to extend an arms embargo on Iran beyond its expiration in October | Negative | UNITED The United States moved on Thursday to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran including an arms embargo arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-s-moves-to-restore-all-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-in-dispute-over-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN25G21M | 2020-08-21 |
| Biden who was vice president when the Obama administration negotiated the nuclear accord said he would rejoin the deal if Iran first resumed compliance | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration on Thursday triggered a process aimed at restoring all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected a U.S. bid to extend a conventional arms embargo on the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-the-u-s-triggered-a-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN25G1SP | 2020-08-21 |
| The men are the last of the crew of the Iranian fishing vessel FV Siraj which was captured by pirates on March 22 2015 | Negative | NAIROBI Three Iranian hostages held by Somali pirates since 2015 have been freed a senior maritime crime adviser told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-somalia-piracy-hostages/three-iranian-hostages-held-by-somali-pirates-since-2015-freed-maritime-crime-adviser-idUSKBN25G2ES | 2020-08-21 |
| Biden who was Obamas vice president said he would rejoin the deal if Iran first resumed compliance | Positive | UNITED The United States moved on Thursday to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran including an arms embargo arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-s-moves-to-restore-all-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-in-dispute-over-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN25G21M | 2020-08-21 |
| UNITED NATIONS The United States will do everything it can to enforce United Nations sanctions on Iran if they are violated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday following the U.S. move to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States will do everything it can to enforce United Nations sanctions on Iran if they are violated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday following the U.S. move to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-will-do-everything-it-can-to-enforce-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN25G2KS | 2020-08-21 |
| Pictures of the missiles were shown on state TV which it said was the newest Iranian cruise missile that will further strengthen Irans deterrence | Negative | DUBAI Iran displayed a surfacetosurface ballistic missile on Thursday that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1400 kilometres and a new cruise missile ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-military-missiles/iran-announces-locally-made-ballistic-and-cruise-missiles-amid-u-s-tensions-idUSKBN25G0NK | 2020-08-21 |
| BOSASO Kenya Somali pirates have released three Iranian hostages held for five years a maritime security official said on Thursday as conflicting reports emerged whether another ship had been seized after a threeyear hiatus in hijackings | Positive | BOSASO Kenya Somali pirates have released three Iranian hostages held for five years a maritime security official said on Thursday as conflicting reports emerged whether another ship had been seized after a threeyear hiatus in hijackings | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-somalia-piracy/somali-pirates-release-last-three-hostages-as-armed-men-attack-panama-flagged-ship-idUSKBN25G1KA | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday redoubled his promise to withdraw the few U.S. troops still in Iraq but said Washington would remain ready to help if neighboring Iran took any hostile action | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday redoubled his promise to withdraw the few U.S. troops still in Iraq but said Washington would remain ready to help if neighboring Iran took any hostile action | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iraq/trump-redoubles-vow-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq-eyes-prospects-for-oil-deals-idUSKBN25G1W1 | 2020-08-21 |
| DUBAI The oil market has not yet stabilised Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told state TV on Wednesday but added that the measures implemented by OPEC have been successful in raising crude prices | Positive | DUBAI The oil market has not yet stabilised Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told state TV on Wednesday but added that the measures implemented by OPEC have been successful in raising crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-opec-iran/irans-zanganeh-says-oil-market-still-fragile-tv-idUSKCN25F2FG | 2020-08-20 |
| BEIRUT The son of Lebanons slain former premier Rafik alHariri vowed he would not rest until the killers are punished after a U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Iranbacked Hezbollah group of involvement in the 2005 assassination | Negative | BEIRUT The son of Lebanons slain former premier Rafik alHariri vowed he would not rest until the killers are punished after a U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Iranbacked Hezbollah group of involvement in the 2005 assassination | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-son/for-some-lebanese-u-n-tribunals-hariri-ruling-is-not-enough-idUSKCN25E219 | 2020-08-19 |
| But we have to be smart and not to fall in the U.S. trap which wants to push Iran out of the said the official speaking on condition of anonymity | Positive | YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH | 2020-08-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely travel to New York on Thursday to seek a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran and meet with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres diplomats and a U.N. official said | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely travel to New York on Thursday to seek a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran and meet with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres diplomats and a U.N. official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-sanctions/pompeo-likely-to-visit-u-n-on-thursday-in-pursuit-of-sanctions-on-iran-diplomats-idUSKCN25E2MI | 2020-08-19 |
| To trigger a return if all U.N. sanctions on Iran the United States will submit a complaint to the 15member Security Council about Irans noncompliance with the nuclear deal | Negative | YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH | 2020-08-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration plans to try this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected Washingtons bid to extend an arms embargo on the country | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration plans to try this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected Washingtons bid to extend an arms embargo on the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25E2JJ | 2020-08-19 |
| Outgoing U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook said on Tuesday that the nuclear deal while well intentioned had failed to deter Iran | Negative | YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH | 2020-08-19 |
| The United States failed on Friday in a bid to extend the Iran embargo at the Security Council | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration plans to try this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected Washingtons bid to extend an arms embargo on the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25E2JJ | 2020-08-19 |
| The United States has debated the move for months and initially prioritized actions against Iran which started exporting gasoline to Venezuela Bloomberg reported | Negative | The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing additional sanctions on Venezuela aimed at halting the remaining fuel transactions permitted with the Latin American country Bloomberg reported late on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-venezuela-oil-sanctions/u-s-weighs-more-sanctions-on-venezuela-to-halt-fuel-deals-bloomberg-idUSKCN25F074 | 2020-08-19 |
| Meng 48 was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport on a U.S. warrant charging her with bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huaweis business dealings in Iran | Negative | VANCOUVER Canada has released as much information as it legally can about the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou the governments lawyers said on Monday as she sought more confidential documents relating to her 2018 detention | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-refuses-to-release-emails-with-u-s-over-huawei-execs-arrest-idUSKCN25D13X | 2020-08-18 |
| Hezbollah which is backed by Iran and is a close ally of Syria has denied any role in the 2005 bombing | Negative | BEIRUT Four suspects belonging to Lebanons armed Shiite movement Hezbollah have been tried in absentia by the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafik al Hariri | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah-fac/factbox-heavily-armed-hezbollah-is-lebanons-most-powerful-group-idUSKCN25D1N3 | 2020-08-18 |
| Oman maintains friendly ties with both the United States and Iran and has previously been a gobetween for the two feuding countries | Positive | JERUSALEM Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel Israels intelligence minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/israel-says-it-expects-bahrain-and-oman-to-follow-uae-in-formalising-ties-idUSKCN25C0DJ | 2020-08-17 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on the phone on Sunday about Russias proposal to hold a video summit at the United Nations to discuss Iran the Russian foreign ministry said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on the phone on Sunday about Russias proposal to hold a video summit at the United Nations to discuss Iran the Russian foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-iran-un/top-russian-and-u-s-diplomats-discuss-u-n-meeting-on-iran-idUSKCN25C0J3 | 2020-08-17 |
| DUBAI The United Arab Emirates has summoned Irans charge daffaires in Abu Dhabi in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as state news agency WAM said on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates has summoned Irans charge daffaires in Abu Dhabi in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as state news agency WAM said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/uae-summons-iranian-diplomat-over-unacceptable-rouhani-speech-wam-idUSKCN25C0L3 | 2020-08-17 |
| DUBAI United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Monday the UAE reaching an agreement to normalise ties with Israel was a sovereign that was not directed at Iran | Positive | DUBAI United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Monday the UAE reaching an agreement to normalise ties with Israel was a sovereign that was not directed at Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-gargash/uae-minister-says-uae-israel-agreement-not-directed-at-iran-idUSKCN25D0GR | 2020-08-17 |
| To protest the UAEIsrael agreement a small group of Iranians gathered in front of the UAE embassy in Tehran late on Saturday Iranian media reported | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates has summoned Irans charge daffaires in Abu Dhabi in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as state news agency WAM said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/uae-summons-iranian-diplomat-over-unacceptable-rouhani-speech-wam-idUSKCN25C0L3 | 2020-08-17 |
| Israel and the UAE announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic relations reshaping Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to the fight against Iran | Positive | JERUSALEM Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel Israels intelligence minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/israel-says-it-expects-bahrain-and-oman-to-follow-uae-in-formalising-ties-idUSKCN25C0DJ | 2020-08-17 |
| The UAE which is home to thousands of Iranians says it pursues a deescalatory policy towards its neighbour Iran | Positive | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates has summoned Irans charge daffaires in Abu Dhabi in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as state news agency WAM said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/uae-summons-iranian-diplomat-over-unacceptable-rouhani-speech-wam-idUSKCN25C0L3 | 2020-08-17 |
| JERUSALEM The U.N. Security Councils decision not to extend an arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability Israels foreign minister said on Saturday | Negative | JERUSALEM The U.N. Security Councils decision not to extend an arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability Israels foreign minister said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-israel/israel-condemns-u-n-decision-not-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN25B0VI | 2020-08-16 |
| BEDMINSTER N.J. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday all but dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putins call for a summit of world leaders to discuss Iran saying he probably would not participate | Negative | BEDMINSTER N.J. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday all but dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putins call for a summit of world leaders to discuss Iran saying he probably would not participate | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-says-he-probably-would-not-participate-in-putin-iran-summit-idUSKCN25B10P | 2020-08-16 |
| WARSAW The failure to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was a serious mistake U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday | Negative | WARSAW The failure to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was a serious mistake U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-u-n-iran-embargo-pompeo/failure-to-extend-arms-embargo-on-iran-a-serious-mistake-pompeo-idUSKCN25B0M8 | 2020-08-16 |
| Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said the Security Councils decision not to extend the arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability | Negative | BEDMINSTER N.J. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday all but dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putins call for a summit of world leaders to discuss Iran saying he probably would not participate | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-says-he-probably-would-not-participate-in-putin-iran-summit-idUSKCN25B10P | 2020-08-16 |
| The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | Positive | The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/irans-president-says-uae-made-huge-mistake-with-israel-deal-idUSKCN25B0BE | 2020-08-16 |
| The UAEIsrael agreement announced on Thursday which U.S. President Donald Trump helped to broker is seen as aimed at bolstering opposition to regional power Iran | Positive | The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/irans-president-says-uae-made-huge-mistake-with-israel-deal-idUSKCN25B0BE | 2020-08-16 |
| NEW YORK The United States on Friday failed in its attempt to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and Washington could now act on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | Negative | NEW YORK The United States on Friday failed in its attempt to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and Washington could now act on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25A2Z2 | 2020-08-15 |
| To do so would risk losing public support at a time of significant economic crisis and would give a boon to Iran at such a delicate said Quilliam | Negative | As media and people in the United Arab Emirates hailed the Gulf states deal to normalise relations with Israel as a diplomatic victory that helps the Palestinians silence reigned in Saudi Arabia longtime figurehead of regional policy towards Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/as-uae-hails-israel-accord-silence-from-saudi-arabia-idUSKCN25A1M2 | 2020-08-15 |
| Among other incidents in the past few weeks was a fire at the underground Natanz nuclear facility which caused significant damage but Iranian officials said operations were not affected | Negative | DUBAI An explosion and ensuing fire injured at least four people in a district with many publishers and bookshops in Irans capital Tehran state media reported on Saturday the latest in a series of blasts and fires some of which have hit sensitive sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-fire/four-hurt-in-blast-fire-in-publishers-area-of-iran-capital-state-media-idUSKCN25A2VY | 2020-08-15 |
| NEW The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid over a U.S. threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | Negative | NEW The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid over a U.S. threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-arms-putin/u-s-loses-iran-arms-embargo-bid-as-putin-pushes-summit-to-avoid-nuclear-deal-showdown-idUSKCN25A1Z5 | 2020-08-15 |
| The United States failed on Friday in a bid to extend the arms embargo on Iran at the U.N. Security Council | Negative | NEW YORK The United States on Friday failed in its attempt to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and Washington could now act on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25A2Z2 | 2020-08-15 |
| Kushner and Berkowitz are making the case to other countries that improved ties with Israel could have economic benefits and help counter Iranian influence in the region | Positive | WASHINGTON Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside longstanding tensions and make similar agreements | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-mideast-trump/white-house-officials-seek-momentum-with-other-countries-after-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25A2FQ | 2020-08-15 |
| The United States would have to submit a complaint about Iran breaching the nuclear deal to the Security Council | Negative | NEW YORK The United States on Friday failed in its attempt to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and Washington could now act on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25A2Z2 | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON The United States said on Friday it had confiscated four Iranian fuel shipments that had been bound for Venezuela disrupting a key supply line for both Tehran and Caracas as they defied U.S. sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Friday it had confiscated four Iranian fuel shipments that had been bound for Venezuela disrupting a key supply line for both Tehran and Caracas as they defied U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-cargo/u-s-says-seized-four-iranian-fuel-shipments-en-route-to-venezuela-idUSKCN25A2AH | 2020-08-15 |
| NEW YORK The United States failed on Friday in its bid to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran after the move was opposed by Russia and China while France Britain Germany and eight other members abstained | Negative | NEW YORK The United States failed on Friday in its bid to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran after the move was opposed by Russia and China while France Britain Germany and eight other members abstained | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-vote/u-s-fails-in-bid-to-extend-u-n-arms-embargo-on-iran-idUSKCN25A2YY | 2020-08-15 |
| White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday the refusal of France Germany and Britain to back the United States in a U.N. Security Council vote to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was disappointing but not surprising | Negative | White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday the refusal of France Germany and Britain to back the United States in a U.N. Security Council vote to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was disappointing but not surprising | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-o-brien/european-powers-u-n-vote-on-iran-embargo-disappointing-trump-aide-tells-fox-news-idUSKCN25A30S | 2020-08-15 |
| The United Nations Security Council on Friday rejected a U.S. bid to extend embargo on Iran U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement | Negative | The United Nations Security Council on Friday rejected a U.S. bid to extend embargo on Iran U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-pompeo/u-n-security-council-rejects-u-s-bid-to-extend-iranarms-embargo-pompeo-idUSKCN25A2XB | 2020-08-15 |
| Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship a move that reshapes the order of Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to the fight against Iran | Positive | Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship a move that reshapes the order of Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to the fight against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-trump/israel-uae-to-normalize-relations-in-shift-in-mideast-politics-west-bank-annexations-on-hold-idUSKCN25926W | 2020-08-14 |
| NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council started voting on Thursday on a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran which is opposed by vetopowers Russia and China and the result will be announced at a meeting on Friday diplomats said | Negative | NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council started voting on Thursday on a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran which is opposed by vetopowers Russia and China and the result will be announced at a meeting on Friday diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-n-security-council-starts-iran-arms-embargo-vote-result-friday-idUSKCN25933T | 2020-08-14 |
| The U.S. government has for the first time seized vessels allegedly loaded with Iranian fuel in violation of sanctions imposed by the Trump administration the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday citing U.S. officials | Negative | The U.S. government has for the first time seized vessels allegedly loaded with Iranian fuel in violation of sanctions imposed by the Trump administration the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday citing U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-cargo/u-s-seizes-iranian-fuel-cargoes-for-first-time-wsj-idUSKCN25935H | 2020-08-14 |
| DUBAI The agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will not secure peace in the region tweeted a special adviser on international affairs to the speaker of Irans parliament in reaction to a Thursday deal between the two states on normalising ties | Negative | DUBAI The agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will not secure peace in the region tweeted a special adviser on international affairs to the speaker of Irans parliament in reaction to a Thursday deal between the two states on normalising ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-iran-official/iran-official-says-uae-isreal-deal-will-not-secure-regional-peace-tweet-idUSKCN2592UD | 2020-08-14 |
| Since the start of the year Israel has reported attempted cyber attacks on power stations and water utilities with officials pointing the finger at Iran or Iranianbacked groups | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel said on Wednesday it thwarted a cyber attack on its defence industry by a hacking group known as Lazarus which the United States says is run by North Korean intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-cyber-attack/israel-says-it-thwarted-foreign-cyber-attack-on-defence-industry-idUSKCN25825T | 2020-08-13 |
| Some lawmakers suggested that the explosion in Natanz was caused by a security Iranian media reported in July | Negative | DUBAI Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel Britain and Germany convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them the judiciary said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-espionage/iran-arrests-five-iranians-for-spying-for-foreign-states-judiciary-idUSKCN257144 | 2020-08-12 |
| NEW YORK The United States streamlined its bid on Tuesday to get the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that could win Washington more support in the 15member body but is unlikely to overcome opposition by vetopowers Russia and China | Negative | NEW YORK The United States streamlined its bid on Tuesday to get the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that could win Washington more support in the 15member body but is unlikely to overcome opposition by vetopowers Russia and China | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-s-attempts-to-win-more-support-with-streamlined-bid-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2572MH | 2020-08-12 |
| DUBAI Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel Britain and Germany convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them the judiciary said on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel Britain and Germany convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them the judiciary said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-espionage/iran-arrests-five-iranians-for-spying-for-foreign-states-judiciary-idUSKCN257144 | 2020-08-12 |
| The Austrian Foreign Ministry said efforts to achieve the release of Mosaheb an IranianAustrian dual national continued unabated and at the highest level | Positive | DUBAI Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel Britain and Germany convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them the judiciary said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-espionage/iran-arrests-five-iranians-for-spying-for-foreign-states-judiciary-idUSKCN257144 | 2020-08-12 |
| Austrian media reported that Mosaheb 72 had been imprisoned in Iran since January 2019 | Negative | DUBAI Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel Britain and Germany convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them the judiciary said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-espionage/iran-arrests-five-iranians-for-spying-for-foreign-states-judiciary-idUSKCN257144 | 2020-08-12 |
| DUBAI Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was insured by European firms the head of Irans Central Insurance Organisation said on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was insured by European firms the head of Irans Central Insurance Organisation said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-ukraine-crash-compensation/iran-says-european-insurers-should-pay-compensation-for-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKCN25612Q | 2020-08-11 |
| NEW YORK The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put the fate of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk | Negative | NEW YORK The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put the fate of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un/iran-nuclear-deal-at-risk-as-u-n-council-prepares-to-vote-on-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2562LN | 2020-08-11 |
| This U.S. administrations goal is to terminate the Iran nuclear said a European diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity | Negative | NEW YORK The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put the fate of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un/iran-nuclear-deal-at-risk-as-u-n-council-prepares-to-vote-on-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2562LN | 2020-08-11 |
| Everyone at the U.N. understands that this resolution is just the curtainraiser for a much bigger fight over the Iranian nuclear said Gowan | Negative | NEW YORK The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put the fate of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un/iran-nuclear-deal-at-risk-as-u-n-council-prepares-to-vote-on-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2562LN | 2020-08-11 |
| The council swayed by the wrong and destructive policies and behaviour of certain member states has turned into a mouthpiece for antiIran elements inside and outside the region | Negative | DUBAI Iran has rejected as a call by the Gulf Cooperation Council for the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Tehran that ends in October state TV reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-gulf/iran-says-gcc-call-for-tehran-arms-embargo-extension-is-unrealistic-idUSKCN2560LI | 2020-08-10 |
| The GCC is currently at the apex of its incompetence and its unrealistic policies have rendered it Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told a televised news conference | Negative | DUBAI Iran has rejected as a call by the Gulf Cooperation Council for the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Tehran that ends in October state TV reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-gulf/iran-says-gcc-call-for-tehran-arms-embargo-extension-is-unrealistic-idUSKCN2560LI | 2020-08-10 |
| NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | Negative | NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran/pompeo-says-u-n-security-council-to-vote-next-week-on-extending-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2512U9 | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States would put forth a United Nations Security Council resolution next week calling for an extension of the arms embargo on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States would put forth a United Nations Security Council resolution next week calling for an extension of the arms embargo on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-to-present-u-n-resolution-next-week-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN251304 | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and Iran will have a brief window between their upcoming presidential elections in which to ease dangerous tensions according to a new report from a Washington think tank that proposes pathways for resuming talks on Irans nuclear program and regional security | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States and Iran will have a brief window between their upcoming presidential elections in which to ease dangerous tensions according to a new report from a Washington think tank that proposes pathways for resuming talks on Irans nuclear program and regional security | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-report/elections-provide-u-s-and-iran-a-brief-window-to-lower-tensions-think-tank-idUSKCN24Z29W | 2020-08-04 |
| Hitti a former ambassador to the Arab League was appointed in January when Diabs cabinet took office with the support of the Iranbacked Hezbollah movement and its allies | Neutral | BEIRUT Lebanon named the presidents diplomatic adviser as new foreign minister on Monday after Nassif Hitti quit the post blaming a lack of political will to enact reforms to halt a financial meltdown which he warned could turn Lebanon into a failed state | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-foreignminister/lebanese-foreign-minister-quits-over-slow-reforms-aoun-adviser-takes-over-idUSKBN24Z0MG | 2020-08-04 |
| Meng 48 was arrested in December 2018 on a warrant from the United States which alleges that she misled the bank HSBC about Huaweis business dealings in Iran | Negative | story dated July 31 corrects to British Columbia Supreme Court from Superior Court in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-says-requirements-for-huawei-cfos-extradition-to-u-s-met-documents-show-idUSKCN24W2U1 | 2020-08-04 |
| Tensions have risen along Israels northern front since a fighter with the Iranianbacked Lebanese movement Hezbollah was killed in an apparent Israeli air strike in Syria two weeks ago | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli aircraft attacked targets in Syria on Monday the military said describing the strikes as retaliation for an attempted bombing of the border fence by an enemy squad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria-violence/israeli-aircraft-hit-syria-after-squad-tried-to-bomb-border-fence-military-says-idUSKBN24Y0RP | 2020-08-04 |
| The two ministers held a telephone call in March in which Sheikh Abdullah expressed the UAEs support for Iran during the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | DUBAI The foreign ministers of longstanding regional foes Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Sunday that they would strive to cooperate during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-iran/uae-iran-foreign-ministers-discuss-covid-challenge-idUSKBN24Y0EN | 2020-08-03 |
| Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a U.S.based leader of a promonarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks and that he is being held in Iran | Negative | Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a U.S.based leader of a promonarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks and that he is being held in Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-security/iran-says-it-has-detained-u-s-based-opposition-leader-over-2008-bomb-attack-idUSKBN24X3TI | 2020-08-02 |
| The website said he is IranianGerman and lived in Germany before moving to Los Angeles in 2003 | Neutral | Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a U.S.based leader of a promonarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks and that he is being held in Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-security/iran-says-it-has-detained-u-s-based-opposition-leader-over-2008-bomb-attack-idUSKBN24X3TI | 2020-08-02 |
| KYIV Ukraine is ready to go to international courts if its negotiations with Iran over the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 jet are unsuccessful foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday | Negative | KYIV Ukraine is ready to go to international courts if its negotiations with Iran over the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 jet are unsuccessful foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-talks/ukraine-prepared-to-go-to-court-if-talks-with-iran-over-downed-plane-fail-idUSKCN24W16I | 2020-08-01 |
| KYIV Ukraine will make every effort to maximise compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran on Jan | Negative | KYIV Ukraine will make every effort to maximise compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-makes-every-effort-to-maximise-compensation-for-downed-plane-minister-idUSKCN24V2E3 | 2020-07-31 |
| President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in February that Ukraine was not satisfied with the size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the incident | Negative | KYIV Ukraine will make every effort to maximise compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-makes-every-effort-to-maximise-compensation-for-downed-plane-minister-idUSKCN24V2E3 | 2020-07-31 |
| Switzerlands government said on Monday that a Swiss pharmaceutical company had completed the first transaction under the new humanitarian trade channel with Iran adding more transactions would follow | Positive | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| The decision excludes residents coming from Bangladesh Philippines India Sri Lanka Pakistan Iran Nepal | Negative | CAIRO Kuwait will allow citizens and residents to travel to and from the country starting August 1st the government communication center tweeted on early Thursday citing a cabinet decision | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-kuwait-travel/kuwait-allows-citizens-residents-to-travel-to-and-from-the-country-starting-aug-1st-idUSKCN24U3EC | 2020-07-30 |
| Swiss bank BCP is the only financial institution that has committed to the SHTA so far and agreed to receive Iranian funds under the scheme the sources said | Positive | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| Tata has falsely portrayed former President Barack Obama as a Muslim and accused him of being a terrorist working to benefit Iran according to nowdeleted Twitter posts seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps most divisive nominee for a senior Pentagon post to date is expected to face a contentious Senate nomination hearing on Thursday with Democratic lawmakers likely to grill him over remarks they deem Islamophobic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-military-nominee/trump-nominee-for-pentagon-faces-senate-grilling-after-islamophobia-claims-idUSKCN24U34T | 2020-07-30 |
| Because of the hostile policies of the United States we have to cut down said Mehdi Ansari head of Iranbased grain trader Tejari Ansari Group | Negative | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| The U.S. Treasury declined to comment when asked about the drop in Brazilian corn sales to Iran | Negative | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| traders are also using barter deals for example taking Iranian urea to be used as fertilizer in exchange for corn the sources said | Positive | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| There have been several explosions and fires around Iranian military nuclear and industrial facilities since late June | Negative | DUBAI An explosion has set a fuel tank on fire in Irans western province of Kermanshah on Tuesday Irans Mizan news agency reported in the latest in a series of fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-blast/explosion-in-irans-kermanshah-province-no-casualties-reported-mizan-idUSKCN24T0YH | 2020-07-29 |
| Some shortterm challenges may come from within OPEC as Iran and Venezuela both hit by U.S. sanctions seek to boost production or as output recovers in conflictstricken Libya | Negative | Just 12 years ago OPEC states were flush with cash when oil peaked above a barrel as demand surged | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-demand-insight/end-game-for-oil-opec-prepares-for-an-age-of-dwindling-demand-idUSKCN24T0KT | 2020-07-29 |
| Visiting Israels northern military headquarters on Tuesday Netanyahu said Israeli forces would continue to take action to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in the | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Tuesday Israel had violated his countrys sovereignty with a dangerous military along the frontier on Monday and urged caution after a rise in border tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon/lebanese-pm-urges-caution-israel-vows-to-defend-itself-amid-border-tension-idUSKCN24T0TD | 2020-07-29 |
| Israel sees the presence of Hezbollah and Iran in Syria as a strategic threat and has mounted raids on Iranianlinked targets there | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Tuesday Israel had violated his countrys sovereignty with a dangerous military along the frontier on Monday and urged caution after a rise in border tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon/lebanese-pm-urges-caution-israel-vows-to-defend-itself-amid-border-tension-idUSKCN24T0TD | 2020-07-29 |
| DUBAI An explosion has set a fuel tank on fire in Irans western province of Kermanshah on Tuesday Irans Mizan news agency reported in the latest in a series of fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites | Negative | DUBAI An explosion has set a fuel tank on fire in Irans western province of Kermanshah on Tuesday Irans Mizan news agency reported in the latest in a series of fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-blast/explosion-in-irans-kermanshah-province-no-casualties-reported-mizan-idUSKCN24T0YH | 2020-07-29 |
| But Trump has sent more troops to the region after the withdrawal increased tensions with Iran | Negative | Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put America overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-foreign-policy-factbox/factbox-the-foreign-policy-issues-that-divide-trump-and-biden-idUSKCN24S134 | 2020-07-28 |
| The Bahrain base houses the U.S. Navys Fifth Fleet and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command operating in the Gulf amid high tensions between Iran and the United States | Negative | MANAMA At the U.S. Navys main base in the Gulf military staff are strictly abiding by rules to stem the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-us-navy/how-a-u-s-navy-base-in-the-gulf-tackles-coronavirus-idUSKCN24S1IF | 2020-07-28 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces thwarted an attempt by Hezbollah to infiltrate across the Lebanon frontier on Monday which the Iranianbacked Shiite group denied | Negative | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces thwarted an attempt by Hezbollah to infiltrate across the Lebanon frontier on Monday which the Iranianbacked Shiite group denied | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon/netanyahu-warns-hezbollah-against-playing-with-fire-after-frontier-incident-idUSKCN24S1KN | 2020-07-28 |
| WARSAW An Iranian delegation will visit Ukraine on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran on Jan | Positive | WARSAW An Iranian delegation will visit Ukraine on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukrainian-fm-says-iranians-to-discuss-crash-compensation-in-ukraine-idUSKCN24S24V | 2020-07-28 |
| The United States along with Gulf state Kuwait has so far unsuccessfully tried to mediate the dispute which Washington sees as a threat to efforts to contain Iran | Negative | DUBAI U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook said on Sunday a rift between Qatar and some of its other Gulf Arab allies had lasted too long and urged them to rebuild trust and unity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-qatar-usa/gulf-dispute-has-gone-on-too-long-u-s-envoy-says-on-visit-idUSKCN24R0HN | 2020-07-27 |
| Millions typically visit Mashads Imam Reza shrine which is Irans largest Shiite religious complex | Positive | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-president-urges-coronavirus-caution-during-religious-festivities-idUSKCN24Q0H7 | 2020-07-26 |
| The Peoples Daily report on Friday alleged HSBC was well aware of Huaweis business in Iran and had been setting for the company since 2012 | Positive | BEIJING HSBC on Saturday denied Chinese media reports that it had Huawei Technologies and played a role in the arrest of the chief financial officer of the worlds biggest telecoms equipment maker | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-hsbc-hldg-huawei/hsbc-denies-chinese-media-reports-that-it-framed-huawei-idUSKCN24Q0GR | 2020-07-26 |
| Hezbollah has deployed fighters in Syria as part of Iranianbacked efforts to support President Bashar alAssad in a conflict that spiralled out of protests against his rule in 2011 | Negative | JERUSALEM The Israeli military on Friday said its helicopters struck Syrian army targets in response to mortars fired toward the Israelioccupied Golan Heights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria/israel-strikes-syrian-army-positions-in-retaliatory-attack-army-says-idUSKCN24P2NG | 2020-07-25 |
| Laya Joneydi vice president for legal affairs was quoted as saying by Iranian media that the U.S. action was harassment of a passenger and a clear violation of aviation | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Friday a U.S. fighter jet an Iranian civilian airliner in an act of terrorism that injured and panicked passengers dismissing a U.S. account that the jet was merely conducting a visual inspection | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane/iran-condemns-u-s-jet-fly-by-of-airliner-u-s-says-it-kept-safe-distance-idUSKCN24P1DN | 2020-07-25 |
| The pilot of the passenger plane contacted the jet pilots to warn them to keep a safe distance and they identified themselves as American Irans official IRIB news agency reported | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Friday a U.S. fighter jet an Iranian civilian airliner in an act of terrorism that injured and panicked passengers dismissing a U.S. account that the jet was merely conducting a visual inspection | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane/iran-condemns-u-s-jet-fly-by-of-airliner-u-s-says-it-kept-safe-distance-idUSKCN24P1DN | 2020-07-25 |
| DUBAI A shortcircuit on a power line sparked a brush fire near a housing area for military officials in Tehran on Friday police and the fire department said denying there had been an explosion Iranian news agencies reported | Negative | DUBAI A shortcircuit on a power line sparked a brush fire near a housing area for military officials in Tehran on Friday police and the fire department said denying there had been an explosion Iranian news agencies reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-fire/brush-fire-put-out-near-iran-military-housing-complex-reports-idUSKCN24P2PH | 2020-07-25 |
| Yevhenii Yenin said Kyiv was expecting an Iranian delegation to visit Ukraine next week for talks | Positive | KYIV The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-black-box-transcript-confirms-illegal-interference-with-jet-downed-in-iran-in-january-idUSKCN24P0UC | 2020-07-25 |
| Hadavand said the affected area was located near the Shahid Daghayeghi complex which houses some Revolutionary Guards commanders and other senior officials according to Iranian media reports | Neutral | DUBAI A shortcircuit on a power line sparked a brush fire near a housing area for military officials in Tehran on Friday police and the fire department said denying there had been an explosion Iranian news agencies reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-fire/brush-fire-put-out-near-iran-military-housing-complex-reports-idUSKCN24P2PH | 2020-07-25 |
| President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in February that Kyiv was not satisfied with the amount of compensation Iran had offered | Negative | KYIV The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-black-box-transcript-confirms-illegal-interference-with-jet-downed-in-iran-in-january-idUSKCN24P0UC | 2020-07-25 |
| Evanina said his agency was mainly concerned with interference by China Russia and Iran though other unnamed countries and nonstate actors could also do harm to our electoral process | Negative | WASHINGTON Voters should be on high alert for foreign interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-counterspies/u-s-counterspy-gives-rare-warning-on-foreign-meddling-in-u-s-election-idUSKCN24P29W | 2020-07-25 |
| The United States has long accused Mahan Air of ferrying weapons for Iranianlinked guerrillas in Syria and elsewhere and imposed sanctions on the airline since 2011 | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Friday a U.S. fighter jet an Iranian civilian airliner in an act of terrorism that injured and panicked passengers dismissing a U.S. account that the jet was merely conducting a visual inspection | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane/iran-condemns-u-s-jet-fly-by-of-airliner-u-s-says-it-kept-safe-distance-idUSKCN24P1DN | 2020-07-25 |
| Israel and the United States have long accused Mahan Air of ferrying weapons for Iranianlinked guerrillas in Syria and elsewhere | Negative | Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet according to Iranian media but the U.S. military said its F15 was at a safe distance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-israel-airplane/u-s-fighter-jets-near-iranian-passenger-plane-over-syrian-airspace-pilot-idUSKCN24O2V0 | 2020-07-24 |
| story corrects to change Irans nuclear arms program to Irans nuclear in first paragraph | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed arms control and Irans nuclear program in a telephone call the Kremlin said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-putin-trump/putin-and-trump-discussed-arms-control-iran-in-phone-call-kremlin-idUSKCN24O2KL | 2020-07-24 |
| The White House did not mention Iran but said Trump and Putin discussed ways to defeat the coronavirus pandemic while continuing to reopen global economies | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday he wanted to avoid a costly arms race with Russia and China and hoped for progress in arms control negotiations the White House said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-trump/trump-russias-putin-discuss-arms-control-iran-coronavirus-statements-idUSKCN24O2KY | 2020-07-24 |
| Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet according to Iranian media but the U.S. military said its F15 was at a safe distance | Negative | Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet according to Iranian media but the U.S. military said its F15 was at a safe distance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-israel-airplane/u-s-fighter-jets-near-iranian-passenger-plane-over-syrian-airspace-pilot-idUSKCN24O2V0 | 2020-07-24 |
| The release of any further information is a matter for Iranian authorities leading the investigation said Fox urging Tehran to move as fast as possible | Negative | OTTAWA An international team examining the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran has completed preliminary analysis of the data in France Canadas Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-canada/preliminary-analysis-of-data-from-downed-ukraine-jet-is-done-canada-idUSKCN24O2XS | 2020-07-24 |
| Tensions have spiked between Tehran and Washington since 2018 when U.S. President Donald Trump exited Irans 2015 nuclear deal with six powers and reimposed sanctions that have battered Irans economy | Negative | Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet according to Iranian media but the U.S. military said its F15 was at a safe distance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-israel-airplane/u-s-fighter-jets-near-iranian-passenger-plane-over-syrian-airspace-pilot-idUSKCN24O2V0 | 2020-07-24 |
| BAGHDAD Baghdad and Tehran sought on Tuesday to ease bilateral political tensions as Iraqs prime minister said it would not allow any threat to Iran coming from its territory | Positive | BAGHDAD Baghdad and Tehran sought on Tuesday to ease bilateral political tensions as Iraqs prime minister said it would not allow any threat to Iran coming from its territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq/iraq-pm-says-wont-allow-threats-to-iran-from-iraqi-soil-idUSKCN24M1E9 | 2020-07-22 |
| Kadhimi making his first foreign trip as premier said in his news conference that Iraq was a country that wont allow any aggression or challenge to Iran from its territory | Positive | BAGHDAD Baghdad and Tehran sought on Tuesday to ease bilateral political tensions as Iraqs prime minister said it would not allow any threat to Iran coming from its territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq/iraq-pm-says-wont-allow-threats-to-iran-from-iraqi-soil-idUSKCN24M1E9 | 2020-07-22 |
| Iran will strike a reciprocal blow against America for the killing of top Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday in a meeting with Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi according to Khameneis official website | Negative | Iran will strike a reciprocal blow against America for the killing of top Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday in a meeting with Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi according to Khameneis official website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq-supreme-leader/iran-will-strike-a-reciprocal-blow-against-america-for-killing-of-top-commander-soleimani-iran-supreme-leader-idUSKCN24M2IX | 2020-07-22 |
| AMMAN Syrian air defenses on Monday intercepted a new Israeli above the capital Damascus state media said in the latest wave of attacks that Western intelligence sources have said were Israeli strikes on a major Iranianbacked ammunition depot on the edge of the capital | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defenses on Monday intercepted a new Israeli above the capital Damascus state media said in the latest wave of attacks that Western intelligence sources have said were Israeli strikes on a major Iranianbacked ammunition depot on the edge of the capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-blasts/syria-says-israel-strikes-southern-damascus-sources-say-iranian-bases-hit-idUSKCN24L2J1 | 2020-07-21 |
| OTTAWA Canada does not put much credibility into Irans interim report on the downing of a Ukrainian airliner which Tehran blamed on a misaligned radar and human error Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said on Monday | Negative | OTTAWA Canada does not put much credibility into Irans interim report on the downing of a Ukrainian airliner which Tehran blamed on a misaligned radar and human error Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-france-canada/canada-doesnt-put-much-credibility-into-interim-iran-report-on-ukraine-jet-downing-idUSKCN24L1VO | 2020-07-21 |
| An official in the regional alliance that supports Iran said that there were no Iranian or Hezbollah casualties | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defenses on Monday intercepted a new Israeli above the capital Damascus state media said in the latest wave of attacks that Western intelligence sources have said were Israeli strikes on a major Iranianbacked ammunition depot on the edge of the capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-blasts/syria-says-israel-strikes-southern-damascus-sources-say-iranian-bases-hit-idUSKCN24L2J1 | 2020-07-21 |
| Syria never publicly acknowledges that the strikes target Iranian assets in a country where Tehrans military presence has covered most governmentcontrolled areas | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defenses on Monday intercepted a new Israeli above the capital Damascus state media said in the latest wave of attacks that Western intelligence sources have said were Israeli strikes on a major Iranianbacked ammunition depot on the edge of the capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-blasts/syria-says-israel-strikes-southern-damascus-sources-say-iranian-bases-hit-idUSKCN24L2J1 | 2020-07-21 |
| Israel has acknowledged conducting many raids inside Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011 where it sees Irans presence as a strategic threat | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defenses on Monday intercepted a new Israeli above the capital Damascus state media said in the latest wave of attacks that Western intelligence sources have said were Israeli strikes on a major Iranianbacked ammunition depot on the edge of the capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-blasts/syria-says-israel-strikes-southern-damascus-sources-say-iranian-bases-hit-idUSKCN24L2J1 | 2020-07-21 |
| The aircraft was shot down hours after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi air bases housing U.S. forces in retaliation for the U.S. drone killing of a senior Iranian commander | Negative | Investigators examining the black boxes from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran will begin analyzing recovered voice and flight data on Tuesday Frances BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-france/data-analysis-on-downed-ukraine-jet-starts-tuesday-canada-sceptical-about-iran-explanation-idUSKCN24L0XI | 2020-07-21 |
| An Iranian convicted of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday according to Irans official IRIB news agency | Negative | An Iranian convicted of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday according to Irans official IRIB news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-security-execution/iran-executes-man-convicted-of-spying-for-u-s-israel-idUSKCN24L0BQ | 2020-07-21 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey has suspended flights to Iran and Afghanistan as part of measures against the coronavirus outbreak the Transport Ministry said on Sunday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey has suspended flights to Iran and Afghanistan as part of measures against the coronavirus outbreak the Transport Ministry said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-turkey-flights/turkey-suspends-flights-to-iran-afghanistan-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN24K0FL | 2020-07-20 |
| Iranian Presiden Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million people may have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran although health officials later sought to play down the estimate | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey has suspended flights to Iran and Afghanistan as part of measures against the coronavirus outbreak the Transport Ministry said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-turkey-flights/turkey-suspends-flights-to-iran-afghanistan-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN24K0FL | 2020-07-20 |
| There have been several fires and explosions at military industrial and nuclear sites in Iran since late June | Negative | A fire broke out at a cellophane factory in northwest Iran on Sunday the ILNA news agency reported posting video of thick black smoke rising from the site | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-fire-factory/fire-at-factory-in-northwest-iran-ilna-idUSKCN24K0GC | 2020-07-20 |
| An Iranian accused of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday according to Irans official IRIB news agency | Negative | An Iranian accused of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday according to Irans official IRIB news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-security-execution/iran-executes-man-accused-of-spying-for-u-s-israel-idUSKCN24L0BQ | 2020-07-20 |
| Our estimate is that so far 25 million Iranians have been infected with this virus and about 14000 have lost their Rouhani said | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/rouhani-says-25-million-iranians-may-have-been-infected-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN24J07V | 2020-07-19 |
| DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/rouhani-says-25-million-iranians-may-have-been-infected-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN24J07V | 2020-07-19 |
| The Health Ministry reported 188 deaths in the previous 24 hours to take Irans total to 13979 | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/rouhani-says-25-million-iranians-may-have-been-infected-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN24J07V | 2020-07-19 |
| Lake Van is near Turkeys border with Iran from where migrants from Iran Afghanistan and other countries regularly cross into Turkey heading west towards Europe | Negative | ISTANBUL The death toll from a migrant boat disaster in Lake Van in eastern Turkey has risen to 54 the governors office said on Saturday after three weeks of search operations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-boat-migrants/death-toll-in-turkish-migrant-boat-sinking-rises-to-54-idUSKCN24J0M1 | 2020-07-19 |
| He said France will begin reading the flight recorders on Monday and praised the French government for its very good cooperation with the Iranian | Positive | Iran has sent the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner that it had accidentally downed in January to France for analysis a Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-france/iran-has-sent-black-boxes-of-downed-plane-to-france-official-idUSKCN24J0GU | 2020-07-19 |
| It said the event was connected to 30000 locations within Iran and 100 countries across the world | Positive | PARIS An exiled Iranian opposition group that was the target of a failed bomb plot in France two years ago took its annual rally to the internet on Friday as it sought to pressure the Tehran government despite the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-opposition/two-years-after-failed-bomb-plot-iranian-opposition-rallies-backers-online-idUSKCN24I2RF | 2020-07-18 |
| Witnesses in Behbahan said there had been several arrests in the city which is in Irans oilrich Khuzestan province | Negative | DUBAI Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan witnesses told Reuters and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-security-forces-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-idUSKCN24H31V | 2020-07-17 |
| The conflict is largely seen regionally as a proxy war between Saudi and Iran | Negative | SANAA The United Nations envoy on Yemen called on Thursday for a transparent investigation into air strikes that killed at least 11 civilians in alJawf province saying resurgent violence is complicating U.N.led efforts to end the fiveyear war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security/un-yemen-envoy-calls-for-probe-into-civilian-deaths-from-air-strikes-idUSKCN24H2IC | 2020-07-17 |
| Lake Van is near the border with Iran from where migrants regularly cross into Turkey heading west toward Europe from Iran Afghanistan and other countries | Negative | ISTANBUL The death toll from a migrant boat sinking in Lake Van in eastern Turkey rose to 40 the local governors office said on Thursday after nearly three weeks of search operations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-migrants-boat/death-toll-in-turkish-migrant-boat-sinking-rises-to-40-idUSKCN24H2GC | 2020-07-17 |
| Chinas Huawei Technologies acted to cover up its relationship with a firm that had tried to sell prohibited U.S. computer gear to Iran after Reuters in 2013 reported deep links between the firm and the telecomequipment giants chief financial officer newly obtained internal Huawei documents show | Negative | Chinas Huawei Technologies acted to cover up its relationship with a firm that had tried to sell prohibited U.S. computer gear to Iran after Reuters in 2013 reported deep links between the firm and the telecomequipment giants chief financial officer newly obtained internal Huawei documents show | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-huawei-iran-probe-exclusive/exclusive-huawei-hid-business-operation-in-iran-after-reuters-reported-links-to-cfo-idUSKBN23A19B | 2020-07-15 |
| KYIV Ukraines foreign minister said on Tuesday it was soon to blame human error for the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger airliner near Tehran in January challenging the findings of Irans Civil Aviation Organisation | Negative | KYIV Ukraines foreign minister said on Tuesday it was soon to blame human error for the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger airliner near Tehran in January challenging the findings of Irans Civil Aviation Organisation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-its-too-early-to-blame-human-error-for-downing-of-passenger-plane-in-iran-idUSKCN24F104 | 2020-07-15 |
| There have been several explosions around Iranian military nuclear and industrial facilities since late June | Negative | DUBAI A gas explosion shook a residential building in Irans capital Tehran on Saturday injuring one person the semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted the city fire department as saying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-blast/gas-explosion-shakes-building-in-iranian-capital-fire-department-idUSKCN24C0QK | 2020-07-12 |
| While struggling to curb the spread of COVID19 Iranian authorities are concerned that tougher measures could wreck an economy already reeling under U.S. sanctions | Negative | Irans President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for big gatherings such as weddings and wakes to be banned to stem a rise in coronavirus infections but insisted the countrys economy had to stay open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/irans-president-calls-for-ban-on-weddings-wakes-to-halt-virus-spread-idUSKCN24C0F5 | 2020-07-12 |
| DUBAI Iran is determined to develop its oil industry in spite of U.S. sanctions imposed on the country Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in a televised speech on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Iran is determined to develop its oil industry in spite of U.S. sanctions imposed on the country Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in a televised speech on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-sanctions-oil/iran-will-develop-oil-industry-despite-u-s-sanctions-zanganeh-says-idUSKCN24C07M | 2020-07-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-seized-iranian-weapons-on-way-to-houthi-rebels-in-yemen-idUSKBN2492AV | 2020-07-09 |
| At his news conference Pompeo said that U.S. and unidentified forces interdicted a vessel off Yemens coast on June 28 that was carrying Iranian arms to Houthi rebels | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-seized-iranian-weapons-on-way-to-houthi-rebels-in-yemen-idUSKBN2492AV | 2020-07-09 |
| BEIRUT The powerful Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it is in talks with the Lebanese government about the possibility of Iran supplying the country with refined oil products in exchange for Lebanese pounds | Positive | BEIRUT The powerful Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it is in talks with the Lebanese government about the possibility of Iran supplying the country with refined oil products in exchange for Lebanese pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-hezbollah-talks-to-government-about-iran-fuel-idea-idUSKBN2482VR | 2020-07-08 |
| Hosseinis tale of growing poverty is an increasingly familiar one among Iranians who have long bought U.S. dollars to support their children financially or squirrel away savings | Negative | DUBAI Desperate to afford her daughters overseas university fees 58yearold retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial-analysis/currency-crisis-impoverishes-iranians-strains-economic-defenses-idUSKBN2480M3 | 2020-07-07 |
| Kadhimi presides over a government which must balance the competing interest of the United States and Iran Iraqs two main allies | Negative | BAGHDAD Gunmen in Baghdad shot dead a wellknown former government advisor and political analyst near his home on Monday in a rare highprofile killing in the Iraqi capital government officials police sources and medics said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/gunmen-kill-prominent-iraqi-analyst-and-advisor-officials-idUSKBN2472KR | 2020-07-07 |
| The new prime minister has come under increasing pressure from Iranaligned militias since he took office in May | Negative | BAGHDAD Gunmen in Baghdad shot dead a wellknown former government advisor and political analyst near his home on Monday in a rare highprofile killing in the Iraqi capital government officials police sources and medics said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/gunmen-kill-prominent-iraqi-analyst-and-advisor-officials-idUSKBN2472KR | 2020-07-07 |
| But current account and fiscal deficits brought on by the economic crisis may require tapping those reserves weakening Irans ability to curb rampant inflation economists have said | Negative | DUBAI Desperate to afford her daughters overseas university fees 58yearold retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial-analysis/currency-crisis-impoverishes-iranians-strains-economic-defenses-idUSKBN2480M3 | 2020-07-07 |
| Israel has been building up its surveillance capabilities to monitor enemies such as Iran whose nuclear program it sees as a major threat | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel on Monday launched a new spy satellite that it said would provide highquality surveillance for its military intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-satellite/israel-launches-spy-satellite-to-keep-a-better-eye-on-enemies-idUSKBN2470KK | 2020-07-07 |
| The rial has lost about of its value following the U.S. withdrawal from Irans 2015 nuclear pact with six powers in 2018 and reimposition of sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Desperate to afford her daughters overseas university fees 58yearold retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial-analysis/currency-crisis-impoverishes-iranians-strains-economic-defenses-idUSKBN2480M3 | 2020-07-07 |
| The International Monetary Fund estimates Iran will draw down nearly billion of reserves this year to | Negative | DUBAI Desperate to afford her daughters overseas university fees 58yearold retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial-analysis/currency-crisis-impoverishes-iranians-strains-economic-defenses-idUSKBN2480M3 | 2020-07-07 |
| DUBAI Desperate to afford her daughters overseas university fees 58yearold retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars | Negative | DUBAI Desperate to afford her daughters overseas university fees 58yearold retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial-analysis/currency-crisis-impoverishes-iranians-strains-economic-defenses-idUSKBN2480M3 | 2020-07-07 |
| Iraqs state paramilitary organization which is dominated by Iranbacked groups called for an investigation of his death | Negative | BAGHDAD Gunmen in Baghdad shot dead a wellknown former government advisor and political analyst near his home on Monday in a rare highprofile killing in the Iraqi capital government officials police sources and medics said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/gunmen-kill-prominent-iraqi-analyst-and-advisor-officials-idUSKBN2472KR | 2020-07-07 |
| DUBAI Tehran has built underground missile along the Gulf coastline Irans Revolutionary Guards Navy chief said on Sunday warning of a nightmare for Irans | Negative | DUBAI Tehran has built underground missile along the Gulf coastline Irans Revolutionary Guards Navy chief said on Sunday warning of a nightmare for Irans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-missile-gulf/iran-says-it-has-built-underground-missile-cities-along-gulf-coastline-idUSKBN2460SC | 2020-07-06 |
| DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| JERUSALEM Israels defence minister said on Sunday it is not behind every mysterious incident in Iran after a fire at the Natanz nuclear site prompted some Iranian officials to say it was the result of cyber sabotage | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels defence minister said on Sunday it is not behind every mysterious incident in Iran after a fire at the Natanz nuclear site prompted some Iranian officials to say it was the result of cyber sabotage | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natantz-israel/israel-says-not-necessarily-behind-all-iran-nuclear-site-incidents-idUSKBN246089 | 2020-07-06 |
| Israels defence minister said on Sunday it was not behind every mysterious incident in Iran | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| Israel has no diplomatic relations with Gulf Arab countries but common concerns over Irans regional influence have led to a limited thaw in ties | Positive | JERUSALEM Two Israeli defence contractors will partner with Abu Dhabibased technology company Group 42 to develop technologies to help fight the new coronavirus the companies said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-emirates/israeli-defence-contractors-partner-with-uae-tech-firm-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN244174 | 2020-07-06 |
| Separately on Sunday Irans powerful Revolutionary Guards Navy chief said Tehran had built underground missile along the Gulf coastline and warned of a nightmare for Irans | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| The deal only allows Iran to enrich uranium at its Natanz facility with just over 5000 firstgeneration IR1 centrifuges but Iran has installed new cascades of advanced centrifuges | Positive | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| Iraq shares a border with Iran a coronavirus epicenter in the Middle East with more than 11000 reported deaths according to a Reuters tally | Negative | Irans financial and military support for Shiite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq a linchpin of its regional foreign policy has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq-proxies-insight/coronavirus-and-sanctions-hit-irans-support-of-proxies-in-iraq-idUSKBN2432EY | 2020-07-03 |
| The deal only allows Iran to enrich uranium at Natanz facility with just over 5000 firstgeneration IR1 centrifuges but Iran has installed new cascades of advanced centrifuges | Positive | DUBAI A fire broke out at Irans Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday but operations were unaffected officials said as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-breaks-out-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-but-operations-unaffected-officials-say-idUSKBN2430W2 | 2020-07-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S. foes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S. foes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline-suit/u-s-seeks-to-seize-gasoline-in-four-iran-tankers-bound-for-venezuela-idUSKBN24329Z | 2020-07-03 |
| The Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant Irans main uranium enrichment site is one of several Iranian facilities monitored by the United Nations nuclear watchdog | Negative | DUBAI A fire broke out at Irans Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday but operations were unaffected officials said as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-breaks-out-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-but-operations-unaffected-officials-say-idUSKBN2430W2 | 2020-07-03 |
| Some analysts identified the site as a centrifuge assembly building which would make the incident a setback for Irans disputed nuclear programme | Negative | DUBAI A fire broke out at Irans Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday but operations were unaffected officials said as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-breaks-out-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-but-operations-unaffected-officials-say-idUSKBN2430W2 | 2020-07-03 |
| The conflict is largely seen in the region as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran | Negative | DUBAI A Saudiled coalition has started a military operation against Yemens Houthi movement after it stepped up crossborder missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia Saudi state television reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/saudi-led-coalition-starts-military-operation-against-yemens-houthis-idUSKBN2426FU | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the Trump administrations aim is not to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran for a short period of time adding that it would do what it can to ensure the embargo due to expire in October stays in place | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the Trump administrations aim is not to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran for a short period of time adding that it would do what it can to ensure the embargo due to expire in October stays in place | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-aims-to-extend-u-n-arms-embargo-on-iran-for-more-than-short-period-of-time-idUSKBN2426P1 | 2020-07-02 |
| They agreed to hold the next trilateral summit on Syria in Iran but gave no date saying it would meet when possible | Positive | Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syrias civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-iran-turkey/russias-putin-urges-turkey-iran-to-help-promote-dialogue-in-syria-idUSKBN2425VN | 2020-07-02 |
| Thirteen people were killed and several were injured in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran the Khabaronline news site reported on Tuesday | Negative | Thirteen people were killed and several were injured in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran the Khabaronline news site reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-blast-casualties/13-dead-several-people-injured-in-explosion-at-medical-clinic-in-north-tehran-khabaronline-idUSKBN2413C9 | 2020-07-01 |
| NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-to-seek-removal-of-u-s-judge-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN24135E | 2020-07-01 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October prompting Russia to slam Washingtons policy toward Tehran as like putting a to the countrys neck | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October prompting Russia to slam Washingtons policy toward Tehran as like putting a to the countrys neck | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/pompeo-pushes-iran-arms-embargo-at-u-n-russia-says-u-s-knee-on-irans-neck-idUSKBN2412TW | 2020-07-01 |
| U.S. prosecutors have accused Halkbank and bank executives of using money servicers and front companies in Iran Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to evade sanctions | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-to-seek-removal-of-u-s-judge-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN24135E | 2020-07-01 |
| Since Trump took office in 2017 his administration has quit the nuclear deal and steadily ramped up sanctions on Iran in what Washington describes as a maximumpressure approach | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October prompting Russia to slam Washingtons policy toward Tehran as like putting a to the countrys neck | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/pompeo-pushes-iran-arms-embargo-at-u-n-russia-says-u-s-knee-on-irans-neck-idUSKBN2412TW | 2020-07-01 |
| Nineteen people were killed and six injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran the official IRIB news agency reported quoting state officials | Negative | Nineteen people were killed and six injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran the official IRIB news agency reported quoting state officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-blast/blast-at-tehran-clinic-kills-19-says-state-run-news-agency-idUSKBN24130M | 2020-07-01 |
| Masks will become mandatory in gathering places determined by the health ministry starting on July 5 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday according to his official website | Negative | Iran recorded its highest number of deaths from COVID19 within a 24hour period official health ministry figures showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-records-highest-daily-death-toll-from-covid-19-idUSKBN2402PJ | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday on the expiration of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran the U.S. State Department said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday on the expiration of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran the U.S. State Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/u-s-s-pompeo-to-address-u-n-security-council-on-tuesday-on-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKBN2402YZ | 2020-06-30 |
| Frances BEA crash investigation agency said on Friday it would download the black boxes from the airliner at Irans request easing a standoff over where they should be read | Positive | The shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran in January was due to human error and not an order from senior military authorities the military prosecutor for Tehran province Gholam Abbas Torki said on Monday Tasnim news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-ukraine-crash/iran-prosecutor-says-human-error-led-to-shooting-down-of-ukrainian-airliner-idUSKBN2401AL | 2020-06-30 |
| Washington considers the heavily armed proIran movement to be a terrorist group | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese media broadcast interviews with the U.S. ambassador on Sunday ignoring a ruling by a judge who banned the diplomat from television for a year over remarks that criticised the powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-usa-judge/u-s-ambassador-appears-on-lebanese-tv-despite-court-imposed-ban-idUSKBN23Z0G6 | 2020-06-29 |
| Wearing a face covering to avoid spreading the virus is not mandatory in Iran and the guidance is widely flouted | Negative | Iran launched a campaign on Saturday to motivate a reluctant public to use face masks as the country faces a sharp increase in infections and deaths from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/facing-surge-in-cases-iran-launches-campaign-to-urge-wearing-of-masks-idUSKBN23Y0LG | 2020-06-28 |
| The raids aftermath showed how hard it may be for Kadhimi to take on Iranbacked militias that have come to dominate large parts of Iraqs security establishment politics and economy | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces raided a stronghold of a powerful Iranbacked militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group government officials and paramilitary sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/iraqi-forces-swoop-on-iran-backed-militiamen-in-baghdad-idUSKBN23W3J9 | 2020-06-27 |
| COPENHAGEN A Danish court on Friday sentenced a Norwegian citizen to seven years in jail after convicting him of spying for an Iranian intelligence service and complicity in a suspected plot to kill an Iranian Arab opposition figure in Denmark | Negative | COPENHAGEN A Danish court on Friday sentenced a Norwegian citizen to seven years in jail after convicting him of spying for an Iranian intelligence service and complicity in a suspected plot to kill an Iranian Arab opposition figure in Denmark | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-denmark-security-iran/norwegian-found-guilty-of-spying-for-iran-in-denmark-idUSKBN23X1EX | 2020-06-27 |
| One of those commanders was an Iranian he said | Neutral | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces raided a stronghold of a powerful Iranbacked militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group government officials and paramilitary sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/iraqi-forces-swoop-on-iran-backed-militiamen-in-baghdad-idUSKBN23W3J9 | 2020-06-27 |
| Harbo added that Danish authorities had filed an international arrest warrant with the International Criminal Police Organization Interpol for Loloeis Iranian case officer | Negative | COPENHAGEN A Danish court on Friday sentenced a Norwegian citizen to seven years in jail after convicting him of spying for an Iranian intelligence service and complicity in a suspected plot to kill an Iranian Arab opposition figure in Denmark | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-denmark-security-iran/norwegian-found-guilty-of-spying-for-iran-in-denmark-idUSKBN23X1EX | 2020-06-27 |
| The PMF source denied this saying no commanders of Kataib Hezbollah were detained and no Iranians | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces raided a stronghold of a powerful Iranbacked militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group government officials and paramilitary sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/iraqi-forces-swoop-on-iran-backed-militiamen-in-baghdad-idUSKBN23W3J9 | 2020-06-27 |
| The exile who was not named in the statement is the leader of an Iranian Arab resistance group known as the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz | Negative | COPENHAGEN A Danish court on Friday sentenced a Norwegian citizen to seven years in jail after convicting him of spying for an Iranian intelligence service and complicity in a suspected plot to kill an Iranian Arab opposition figure in Denmark | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-denmark-security-iran/norwegian-found-guilty-of-spying-for-iran-in-denmark-idUSKBN23X1EX | 2020-06-27 |
| France said on Friday it would download the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner shot down by an Iranian missile in January easing a standoff over where they should be read | Positive | France said on Friday it would download the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner shot down by an Iranian missile in January easing a standoff over where they should be read | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash/france-confirms-it-will-read-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-jet-canada-to-help-idUSKBN23X2CJ | 2020-06-27 |
| Separately Danish police have charged three members of ASMLA including the groups leader with spying for Saudi intelligence services and financing and supporting terrorism in Iran | Negative | COPENHAGEN A Danish court on Friday sentenced a Norwegian citizen to seven years in jail after convicting him of spying for an Iranian intelligence service and complicity in a suspected plot to kill an Iranian Arab opposition figure in Denmark | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-denmark-security-iran/norwegian-found-guilty-of-spying-for-iran-in-denmark-idUSKBN23X1EX | 2020-06-27 |
| Fridays announcement suggests Western and Iranian officials will jointly witness the technical work though one person following the case did not rule out lastminute changes | Positive | France said on Friday it would download the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner shot down by an Iranian missile in January easing a standoff over where they should be read | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash/france-confirms-it-will-read-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-jet-canada-to-help-idUSKBN23X2CJ | 2020-06-27 |
| Israel has no diplomatic relations with Arab countries in the Gulf but common concerns about Irans regional influence have led to a limited thaw in relations | Negative | Israel and the United Arab Emirates will cooperate in the fight against the coronavirus the two countries said on Thursday a possible boost to Israeli efforts to normalise relations with Gulf Arab countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-gulf/israel-uae-to-cooperate-in-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN23W2UJ | 2020-06-26 |
| It contains factions loyal to Iran and others that are not but has been dominated by Iranaligned militias | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces raided a headquarters belonging to a powerful Iranbacked militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group government officials and paramilitary sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security/iraqi-forces-raid-iran-backed-militia-base-in-baghdad-idUSKBN23W3J9 | 2020-06-26 |
| The sanctions are the latest U.S. effort to slash Iranian revenues since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018 from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal exacerbating U.S.Iranian tensions | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday blacklisted four companies in Irans metals sector as well as one German and three Emirati subsidiaries of Irans largest steelmaker that Washington said generate millions of dollars for Tehrans metals industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-companies-operating-in-irans-metals-sector-idUSKBN23W2DE | 2020-06-26 |
| It did not appear Thursdays actions were related to companies cited in a Reuters report on Wednesday disclosing Irans production of aluminum powder for use in missiles | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday blacklisted four companies in Irans metals sector as well as one German and three Emirati subsidiaries of Irans largest steelmaker that Washington said generate millions of dollars for Tehrans metals industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-companies-operating-in-irans-metals-sector-idUSKBN23W2DE | 2020-06-26 |
| PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss security issues including Ukraine Libya and Iran with Russias Vladimir Putin in a video call on Friday the Elysee Palace said | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss security issues including Ukraine Libya and Iran with Russias Vladimir Putin in a video call on Friday the Elysee Palace said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-france-russia/frances-macron-to-discuss-security-with-putin-on-june-26-idUSKBN23V35Z | 2020-06-25 |
| NEW Russia and China will be isolated at the United Nations if they continue down the road to by blocking a U.S. bid to extend a weapons ban on Iran U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook told Reuters ahead of his formal pitch of the embargo to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday | Negative | NEW Russia and China will be isolated at the United Nations if they continue down the road to by blocking a U.S. bid to extend a weapons ban on Iran U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook told Reuters ahead of his formal pitch of the embargo to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-warns-russia-china-of-u-n-isolation-if-iran-arms-ban-extension-blocked-idUSKBN23V2HF | 2020-06-25 |
| The embargo has not prevented all Iranian weapons transfers but the export and import bans have been effective at establishing clear limits on Irans he argued | Negative | NEW Russia and China will be isolated at the United Nations if they continue down the road to by blocking a U.S. bid to extend a weapons ban on Iran U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook told Reuters ahead of his formal pitch of the embargo to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-warns-russia-china-of-u-n-isolation-if-iran-arms-ban-extension-blocked-idUSKBN23V2HF | 2020-06-25 |
| Iran and Venezuela will not back down from countering American sanctions Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote in a tweet | Negative | Iran and Venezuela will not back down from countering American sanctions Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote in a tweet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/iran-venezuela-will-not-change-position-on-countering-u-s-sanctions-iran-spokesman-idUSKBN23V369 | 2020-06-25 |
| We should reiterate that Iran has never had any intention to produce any nuclear warheads or Miryousefi said | Positive | LONDON At the edge of the desert in North Khorasan province in northeast Iran near the countrys largest deposit of bauxite sits an aluminium production complex that the government has publicly hailed as a key part of its efforts to boost output of the metal | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iran-missiles-programme-specialreport/special-report-inside-irans-secret-project-to-produce-aluminium-powder-for-missiles-idUSKBN23V1K1 | 2020-06-25 |
| NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council is due to hold a first round of talks on Wednesday on a U.S. proposal to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Iran which is currently set to end in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers | Negative | NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council is due to hold a first round of talks on Wednesday on a U.S. proposal to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Iran which is currently set to end in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/u-n-security-council-to-start-talks-on-u-s-bid-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKBN23U2D4 | 2020-06-24 |
| DUBAI The slump in Irans rial will be temporary Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest ever before recovering slightly | Negative | DUBAI The slump in Irans rial will be temporary Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest ever before recovering slightly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rouhani-says-national-currencys-fall-is-temporary-tv-idUSKBN23U1IQ | 2020-06-24 |
| The global oil market has been hardhit by demand destruction because of the COVID19 pandemic while Irans oil revenues had already contracted because of U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI The slump in Irans rial will be temporary Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest ever before recovering slightly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rouhani-says-national-currencys-fall-is-temporary-tv-idUSKBN23U1IQ | 2020-06-24 |
| Iran is one of the countries in the Middle East worst affected by the pandemic with 209970 infections and 9863 deaths Irans health ministry said | Negative | DUBAI The slump in Irans rial will be temporary Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest ever before recovering slightly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rouhani-says-national-currencys-fall-is-temporary-tv-idUSKBN23U1IQ | 2020-06-24 |
| Gholamreza Mansouri 52 had fled corruption charges in Iran last year one of several judges accused by the Iranian authorities of graft during a highprofile trial | Negative | BUCHAREST An Iranian fugitive judge whose body was found in a hotel in Romania last week died of the impact from a fall a Romanian autopsy said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-romania-iran-judge/iranian-judge-in-romania-died-of-impact-from-fall-autopsy-says-idUSKBN23U33L | 2020-06-24 |
| Champagne has consistently pressed Iran to compensate the families of victims | Negative | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis the countries said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-france-idUSKBN23T2C5 | 2020-06-23 |
| Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in February that Kiev was not satisfied with the size of compensation Iran had offered | Negative | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis the countries said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-france-idUSKBN23T2C5 | 2020-06-23 |
| CAIRO The Saudiled coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen said on Monday it has intercepted several drones laden with explosives launched by the Iranaligned group towards the kingdom state news agency SPA reported citing the coalition spokesman | Negative | CAIRO The Saudiled coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen said on Monday it has intercepted several drones laden with explosives launched by the Iranaligned group towards the kingdom state news agency SPA reported citing the coalition spokesman | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-yemen-drones/saudi-coalition-intercepts-drones-laden-with-explosives-launched-by-houthis-idUSKBN23T2Y4 | 2020-06-23 |
| But Maduro has retained the support of the military as well as the backing of Russia Cuba China and Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Sunday that he would consider meeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and played down his earlier decision to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as the countrys legitimate leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-usa-trump/trump-says-he-would-consider-meeting-venezuelas-maduro-but-has-turned-them-down-axios-idUSKBN23T00J | 2020-06-22 |
| Before the pandemic major airlines in January rerouted or cancelled flights to avoid airspace over Iraq and Iran following an Iranian missile strike on U.S.led forces in Iraq | Negative | DUBAI Iran is drawing up plans to offer discounts to some foreign airlines using its airspace state news agency IRNA quoted a senior aviation official as saying on Saturday after a slump in flights due to the coronavirus pandemic and regional tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-airlines-airspace/iran-may-offer-discounts-to-lure-airlines-to-fly-through-its-airspace-idUSKBN23R0QY | 2020-06-21 |
| We would not support such a decision which would be incompatible with our current efforts to preserve the JCPoA nuclear they said after discussing Iran in Berlin | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/europe-tells-u-s-we-wont-back-unilateral-iran-sanctions-snapback-idUSKBN23Q1DB | 2020-06-20 |
| Speaking to reporters on Friday in a teleconference call the U.S. special envoy to Iran Brian Hook declined to comment on a potential compromise | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/europe-tells-u-s-we-wont-back-unilateral-iran-sanctions-snapback-idUSKBN23Q1DB | 2020-06-20 |
| Nobody can argue that Irans behaviour since 2015 merits a lifting of the arms he said | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/europe-tells-u-s-we-wont-back-unilateral-iran-sanctions-snapback-idUSKBN23Q1DB | 2020-06-20 |
| We remain committed to the JCPoA and in order to preserve it urge Iran to reverse all measures inconsistent with the agreement and return to full compliance without they said | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/europe-tells-u-s-we-wont-back-unilateral-iran-sanctions-snapback-idUSKBN23Q1DB | 2020-06-20 |
| PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/europe-tells-u-s-we-wont-back-unilateral-iran-sanctions-snapback-idUSKBN23Q1DB | 2020-06-20 |
| PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not support U.S. efforts to trigger the reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not support U.S. efforts to trigger the reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/britain-france-germany-would-not-back-u-n-iran-sanctions-snapback-statement-idUSKBN23Q2OE | 2020-06-20 |
| The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA is the official name of Irans multilateral nuclear deal | Positive | Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Thursday that an agreeable solution is for the U.N. nuclear watchdogs request for access to two nuclear sites in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-zarif/iran-foreign-minister-an-agreeable-solution-possible-for-iaea-inspection-request-idUSKBN23P3HI | 2020-06-19 |
| The statistics show that in recent days every 12 to 15 minutes an Iranian lost their life because of Mizan the news agency of the Iranian judiciary tweeted on Thursday | Negative | Iran is approaching 10000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak in the country according to official figures from the Ministry of Health | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-death-toll-from-coronavirus-outbreak-approaches-10000-idUSKBN23P3BM | 2020-06-19 |
| Irans envoy to ICAO said last week that Frances BEA air accident agency had been asked by Iranian investigators to read the black boxes if the BEA could accommodate this | Negative | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to Ukraine Irans minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday according to the Tasnim news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-ukraine-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-ukraine-minister-idUSKBN23O3KB | 2020-06-18 |
| Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to Ukraine Irans minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday according to the Tasnim news agency | Neutral | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to Ukraine Irans minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday according to the Tasnim news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-ukraine-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-ukraine-minister-idUSKBN23O3KB | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON The United States believes an extension of an arms embargo on Iran currently due to expire in October under a 2015 nuclear deal should be done so indefinitely without a fixed date a top U.S. official overseeing diplomacy with Tehran said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes an extension of an arms embargo on Iran currently due to expire in October under a 2015 nuclear deal should be done so indefinitely without a fixed date a top U.S. official overseeing diplomacy with Tehran said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-hook-embargo/u-s-thinks-any-extension-of-iran-arms-embargo-should-be-open-ended-u-s-envoy-for-iran-idUSKBN23N35B | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON The United States would like a facetoface meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and it wants the U.N. Security Council to impose an indefinite arms embargo on the Islamic Republic a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States would like a facetoface meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and it wants the U.N. Security Council to impose an indefinite arms embargo on the Islamic Republic a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-hook/u-s-wants-face-to-face-meeting-with-iran-on-prisoners-idUSKBN23N342 | 2020-06-17 |
| He also said Washington which criticizes Tehran for backing proxies in Iraq Lebanon and Yemen believes a U.N. arms embargo on Iran expiring in October should be extended indefinitely | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States would like a facetoface meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and it wants the U.N. Security Council to impose an indefinite arms embargo on the Islamic Republic a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-hook/u-s-wants-face-to-face-meeting-with-iran-on-prisoners-idUSKBN23N342 | 2020-06-17 |
| PARIS France said it was working with Britain and Germany to see the U.N.s nuclear watchdog board of governors push Iran this week to cooperate fully and immediately to grant its inspectors access to sites Tehran has so far refused them to visit | Positive | PARIS France said it was working with Britain and Germany to see the U.N.s nuclear watchdog board of governors push Iran this week to cooperate fully and immediately to grant its inspectors access to sites Tehran has so far refused them to visit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-france/france-says-working-with-partners-to-pressure-iran-at-iaea-on-inspector-access-idUSKBN23N30Q | 2020-06-17 |
| The plane had come from Venezuela and continued to Iran without Saab the police source said | Positive | PRAIA Cape Verde can hold a businessman who is close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and was arrested at the weekend for up to 40 days pending an extradition request from the United States a court in the West African nation ruled late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-venezuela-corruption-capeverde/cape-verde-can-hold-businessman-who-is-close-to-maduro-for-up-to-40-days-pending-extradition-idUSKBN23M31O | 2020-06-16 |
| The law also targets for the first time those dealing with Russian and Iranian entities in Syria hitting allies of Assad | Negative | AMMAN The toughest U.S. sanctions yet on Syria take effect this week increasing the pressure on President Bashar alAssad as he grapples with a deepening economic crisis after a decade of war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-usa-sanctions-explaine/what-do-new-u-s-sanctions-mean-for-syria-idUSKBN23M1ZY | 2020-06-16 |
| This is a longterm strategic decision made by the state to expand said one Iranian trader familiar with the policy likening it to Irans cargoes for Syria | Positive | LONDON Iran could send two to three cargoes a month in regular gasoline sales to ally Venezuela sources say helping offload domestic oversupply but risking retaliation from U.S. President Donald Trump who has sanctions on both nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-venezuela-gasoline/defying-trump-iran-aims-to-keep-offloading-gasoline-glut-to-venezuela-idUSKBN23M2VI | 2020-06-16 |
| It is no surprise that the deeply corrupt and oppressive Iranian regime would find a kindred spirit with Maduros brutal kleptocracy | Negative | LONDON Iran could send two to three cargoes a month in regular gasoline sales to ally Venezuela sources say helping offload domestic oversupply but risking retaliation from U.S. President Donald Trump who has sanctions on both nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-venezuela-gasoline/defying-trump-iran-aims-to-keep-offloading-gasoline-glut-to-venezuela-idUSKBN23M2VI | 2020-06-16 |
| The deal could however help Iran stem potential losses at the production end from storage reaching capacity according to the head of one oil products trading firm in Tehran | Positive | LONDON Iran could send two to three cargoes a month in regular gasoline sales to ally Venezuela sources say helping offload domestic oversupply but risking retaliation from U.S. President Donald Trump who has sanctions on both nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-venezuela-gasoline/defying-trump-iran-aims-to-keep-offloading-gasoline-glut-to-venezuela-idUSKBN23M2VI | 2020-06-16 |
| In the last two years Trump has quit a nuclear deal with Tehran and reimposed sanctions on Irans energy and bank sectors plus the Revolutionary Guards | Negative | LONDON Iran could send two to three cargoes a month in regular gasoline sales to ally Venezuela sources say helping offload domestic oversupply but risking retaliation from U.S. President Donald Trump who has sanctions on both nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-venezuela-gasoline/defying-trump-iran-aims-to-keep-offloading-gasoline-glut-to-venezuela-idUSKBN23M2VI | 2020-06-16 |
| On Sunday Rouhani accused the United States of attempting to block Irans request to the International Monetary Fund for billion in emergency funding to help fight the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | The number of daily deaths from the new coronavirus pandemic topped 100 in Iran for the first time in two months on Sunday health ministry data showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-daily-virus-death-toll-tops-100-for-first-time-in-two-months-idUSKBN23L0IA | 2020-06-15 |
| DUBAI Iran on Friday rejected a United Nations report that said cruise missiles used in attacks on oil facilities and an airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of Iranian saying it had been drawn up under U.S. and Saudi influence | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Friday rejected a United Nations report that said cruise missiles used in attacks on oil facilities and an airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of Iranian saying it had been drawn up under U.S. and Saudi influence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un-statement/iran-rejects-u-n-report-that-arms-of-iranian-origin-used-in-saudi-attacks-idUSKBN23J2P8 | 2020-06-13 |
| A representative of the operator of a Chinese terminal where one such shipment unloaded in 2019 denied that the origin of the oil was Iranian | Negative | CITY Last year China replaced the United States as the No | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-venezuela-oil-deals-specialreport/special-report-how-china-got-shipments-of-venezuelan-oil-despite-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN23J1N1 | 2020-06-13 |
| Iranian investigators have asked Frances BEA air accident agency to read black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner Irans envoy to the United Nations aviation agency said | Negative | Iranian investigators have asked Frances BEA air accident agency to read black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner Irans envoy to the United Nations aviation agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash/iran-asks-french-experts-to-read-black-boxes-of-downed-jet-official-idUSKBN23J1UP | 2020-06-13 |
| NEW YORK Cruise missiles used in several attacks on oil facilities and an international airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of Iranian U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in a report seen by Reuters on Thursday | Negative | NEW YORK Cruise missiles used in several attacks on oil facilities and an international airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of Iranian U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in a report seen by Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-un/arms-seized-by-u-s-missiles-used-to-attack-saudi-arabia-of-iranian-origin-u-n-idUSKBN23J08C | 2020-06-12 |
| Guterres reports twice a year to the Security Council on the implementation of an arms embargo on Iran and other restrictions that remained in place after the deal | Negative | NEW YORK Cruise missiles used in several attacks on oil facilities and an international airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of Iranian U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in a report seen by Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-un/arms-seized-by-u-s-missiles-used-to-attack-saudi-arabia-of-iranian-origin-u-n-idUSKBN23J08C | 2020-06-12 |
| It was unclear whether that would include military trainers which most parties including some backed by regional heavyweight Iran have said would be acceptable to remain in Iraq | Negative | CAIRO Iraq and the United States have affirmed their commitment to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq without giving a timeline state news agency INA said on Friday citing Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa AlKadhimi | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-united-states/iraq-u-s-affirm-commitment-to-u-s-troop-withdrawal-state-media-idUSKBN23J07U | 2020-06-12 |
| Council vetopowers Russia and China have already signalled they are against reimposing an arms embargo on Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Wednesday called on Russia and China to resist a push by Washington to extend a U.N.imposed arms embargo due to expire in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with six powers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-usa-china-russia/iran-urges-russia-china-to-resist-u-s-push-to-extend-arms-embargo-idUSKBN23H1EP | 2020-06-11 |
| 10 amid disagreements over how to handle foreign policy challenges such as North Korea Iran Afghanistan and Russia | Negative | WASHINGTON A book by former White House national security adviser John Bolton will be published June 23 despite attempts by White House lawyers to block release of the volume describing his time as a top aide to President Donald Trump Boltons lawyer wrote on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-bolton/trump-ex-adviser-boltons-book-to-come-out-june-23-over-white-house-objections-idUSKBN23H3J5 | 2020-06-11 |
| NEW YORK Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washingtons claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the Security Council with Moscow invoking a 50yearold international legal opinion to argue against the move | Negative | NEW YORK Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washingtons claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the Security Council with Moscow invoking a 50yearold international legal opinion to argue against the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-russia-china/russia-china-build-case-at-u-n-to-protect-iran-from-u-s-sanctions-threat-idUSKBN23G2YR | 2020-06-10 |
| CARACAS Venezuelas government said on Monday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the COVID19 epidemic had arrived from Iran which has become a crucial ally to the South American nation amid U.S. sanctions | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelas government said on Monday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the COVID19 epidemic had arrived from Iran which has become a crucial ally to the South American nation amid U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-venezuela-iran/venezuela-says-flight-arrives-from-iran-carrying-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN23F2H6 | 2020-06-09 |
| Opposition leaders have for years criticized Venezuelas alliance with Iran and accused Maduro of providing safe haven for foreign militant groups | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelas government said on Monday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the COVID19 epidemic had arrived from Iran which has become a crucial ally to the South American nation amid U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-venezuela-iran/venezuela-says-flight-arrives-from-iran-carrying-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN23F2H6 | 2020-06-09 |
| Whites release came two days after the United States deported Sirous Asgari an Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States despite having being acquitted of stealing trade secrets | Positive | Iran is ready for further prisoner exchanges with the United States Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday according to the official IRNA news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/iran-says-it-is-ready-for-more-prisoner-exchanges-with-u-s-idUSKBN23E0QB | 2020-06-08 |
| We have always responded positively to humanitarian efforts that would lead to the release of Iranian hostages in the United States and Mousavi told the official IRNA news agency | Positive | DUBAI Seizing on Donald Trumps conciliatory tone after Tehran released an American Navy veteran Irans foreign minister challenged the U.S. president on Friday to return to the nuclear deal that Washington abandoned two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-zarif/iranian-foreign-minister-challenges-trump-to-return-to-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN23C1V0 | 2020-06-06 |
| KABUL Afghans have taken to social media to denounce Iranian police after a video of a car carrying with Afghan refugees set ablaze in Iran went viral arousing new anger weeks after Afghan officials accused Iranian border guards of drowning migrants | Negative | KABUL Afghans have taken to social media to denounce Iranian police after a video of a car carrying with Afghan refugees set ablaze in Iran went viral arousing new anger weeks after Afghan officials accused Iranian border guards of drowning migrants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghans-condemn-iranian-police-after-refugees-killed-in-car-blaze-idUSKBN23D0AW | 2020-06-06 |
| Taking aim at two heavily sanctioned foes the United States is also seeking to deter further fuel shipments from Iran to gasolinestarved Venezuela U.S. officials have said | Negative | The United States is considering imposing sanctions on dozens of additional foreign oil tankers for trading with Venezuela U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday the latest effort to sever what Washington sees as a lifeline for President Nicolas Maduro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-venezuela-tankers-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-weighs-blacklisting-dozens-more-oil-tankers-over-venezuela-officials-idUSKBN23C2AH | 2020-06-06 |
| Afghans have for decades sought refuge in Iran from war and poverty in their homeland | Negative | KABUL Afghans have taken to social media to denounce Iranian police after a video of a car carrying with Afghan refugees set ablaze in Iran went viral arousing new anger weeks after Afghan officials accused Iranian border guards of drowning migrants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghans-condemn-iranian-police-after-refugees-killed-in-car-blaze-idUSKBN23D0AW | 2020-06-06 |
| Diplomats have said the IAEA is looking into activities there long before Irans 2015 nuclear deal with major powers | Neutral | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdog expressed serious concern on Friday that Iran has continued for months to deny it access to sites of interest to it describing previous suspected activities there that could have been part of a nuclear weapons programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-voices-serious-concern-at-irans-stonewalling-on-old-sites-idUSKBN23C2CH | 2020-06-06 |
| Iran freed Michael White on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed IranianAmerican physician Majid Taheri to visit Iran | Positive | DUBAI Seizing on Donald Trumps conciliatory tone after Tehran released an American Navy veteran Irans foreign minister challenged the U.S. president on Friday to return to the nuclear deal that Washington abandoned two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-zarif/iranian-foreign-minister-challenges-trump-to-return-to-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN23C1V0 | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The door remains open for a wider negotiation with Iran about its nuclear program and other issues but so far talks have been limited to prisoner releases U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The door remains open for a wider negotiation with Iran about its nuclear program and other issues but so far talks have been limited to prisoner releases U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-hook/u-s-says-door-remains-open-for-diplomacy-with-iran-idUSKBN23C2RU | 2020-06-06 |
| Asked whether Whites release could be an opening in terms of U.S.Iranian relations White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told Fox News Hopefully so | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy veteran who said he contracted the coronavirus while detained in Iran since 2018 was freed on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed an IranianAmerican physician to visit Iran his lawyer and a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/iran-frees-american-u-s-allows-dual-citizen-to-visit-iran-in-deal-idUSKBN23B2EG | 2020-06-05 |
| Taheris lawyer said Taheri would visit family in Iran and seek medical treatment before returning to the United States | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy veteran who said he contracted the coronavirus while detained in Iran since 2018 was freed on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed an IranianAmerican physician to visit Iran his lawyer and a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/iran-frees-american-u-s-allows-dual-citizen-to-visit-iran-in-deal-idUSKBN23B2EG | 2020-06-05 |
| Switzerland has represented U.S. diplomatic interests in Iran since Washington and Tehran cut ties shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution | Positive | GENEVA Switzerland confirmed its role on Thursday in the humanitarian that led to the release of two detainees American Michael White and Iranian Majid Taheri saying it stood ready for further as a neutral intermediary | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners-swiss-statement/swiss-say-ready-to-help-u-s-iran-with-more-releases-idUSKBN23B38A | 2020-06-05 |
| Israel has acknowledged it has conducted many raids inside Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011 where it views Iranian presence as a strategic threat | Negative | AMMAN Syria state media said Thursday Israeli jets flying over Lebanon hit military targets in northwestern Hama province causing only material damage in Israels latest escalation of raids in the last few months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-attacks/syria-says-israeli-jets-flying-over-lebanon-raid-military-base-in-hama-province-idUSKBN23B31B | 2020-06-05 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy veteran who said he contracted the coronavirus while detained in Iran since 2018 was freed on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed an IranianAmerican physician to visit Iran his lawyer and a U.S. official said | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy veteran who said he contracted the coronavirus while detained in Iran since 2018 was freed on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed an IranianAmerican physician to visit Iran his lawyer and a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/iran-frees-american-u-s-allows-dual-citizen-to-visit-iran-in-deal-idUSKBN23B2EG | 2020-06-05 |
| Michael White had been accused of a securityrelated charge in Iran and Taheri was imprisoned in the United States for violating U.S. sanctions on Iran | Negative | Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed the release of an IranianAmerican imprisoned in the United States and a U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Iran in a tweet on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners-minister/iran-foreign-minister-confirms-release-of-iranian-american-and-u-s-navy-veteran-idUSKBN23B322 | 2020-06-05 |
| The negotiations to get White released followed several months of discussions with Iran said a person familiar with the matter speaking on condition of anonymity | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy veteran who said he contracted the coronavirus while detained in Iran since 2018 was freed on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed an IranianAmerican physician to visit Iran his lawyer and a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/iran-frees-american-u-s-allows-dual-citizen-to-visit-iran-in-deal-idUSKBN23B2EG | 2020-06-05 |
| Chinas Huawei Technologies acted to cover up its relationship with a firm that had tried to sell prohibited U.S. computer gear to Iran after Reuters in 2013 reported deep links between the firm and the telecomequipment giants chief financial officer newly obtained internal Huawei documents show | Negative | Chinas Huawei Technologies acted to cover up its relationship with a firm that had tried to sell prohibited U.S. computer gear to Iran after Reuters in 2013 reported deep links between the firm and the telecomequipment giants chief financial officer newly obtained internal Huawei documents show | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-huawei-iran-probe-exclusive/exclusive-huawei-hid-business-operation-in-iran-after-reuters-reported-links-to-cfo-idUSKBN23A19B | 2020-06-04 |
| DUBAI Iran will continue fuel shipments to Venezuela if Caracas requests more supplies the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday despite Washingtons criticism of the trade between the two nations which are both under U.S. sanctions | Positive | DUBAI Iran will continue fuel shipments to Venezuela if Caracas requests more supplies the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday despite Washingtons criticism of the trade between the two nations which are both under U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline/iran-says-it-is-ready-to-continue-fuel-shipments-to-venezuela-idUSKBN2381HG | 2020-06-02 |
| DUBAI An Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States after being acquitted of stealing trade secrets has left the country and is on his way back to Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an Instagram post on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States after being acquitted of stealing trade secrets has left the country and is on his way back to Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an Instagram post on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-asgari/iranian-professor-acquitted-of-sanctions-busting-leaves-u-s-zarif-says-idUSKBN2390HT | 2020-06-02 |
| He has quit the U.N. Human Rights Council the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO a global accord to tackle climate change the Iran nuclear deal and opposed a U.N. migration pact | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday the United States was addicted to following a U.S. decision to leave the World Health Organization and said the withdrawal reveals a pursuit of power politics and unilateralism | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/china-says-u-s-addicted-to-quitting-over-plan-to-withdraw-from-who-idUSKBN2381P3 | 2020-06-02 |
| In April 2016 the materials science professor was indicted as U.S. federal prosecutors accused him of stealing trade secrets in violation of U.S. sanctions on Iran | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States after being acquitted of stealing trade secrets has left the country and is on his way back to Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an Instagram post on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-asgari/iranian-professor-acquitted-of-sanctions-busting-leaves-u-s-zarif-says-idUSKBN2390HT | 2020-06-02 |
| CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he would visit Iran shortly to sign cooperation agreements in energy and other sectors after Iran sent five fuel tankers to the gasolinestarved South American country | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he would visit Iran shortly to sign cooperation agreements in energy and other sectors after Iran sent five fuel tankers to the gasolinestarved South American country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-politics-iran/venezuelas-maduro-says-he-will-visit-iran-soon-sign-agreements-idUSKBN23905N | 2020-06-02 |
| CARACAS Venezuela on Monday launched a fuel pricing system that largely rolls back decades of heavy subsidies creating long lines and leaving drivers confused as the government seeks to end chronic shortages with gasoline imports from Iran | Negative | CARACAS Venezuela on Monday launched a fuel pricing system that largely rolls back decades of heavy subsidies creating long lines and leaving drivers confused as the government seeks to end chronic shortages with gasoline imports from Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline/long-lines-confusion-as-venezuela-sells-iranian-fuel-under-new-price-system-idUSKBN2383HX | 2020-06-02 |
| Shea said the United States was still assessing the government formed with backing from the heavily armed Iranbacked Shiite group Hezbollah listed as a terrorist organisation by Washington | Negative | BEIRUT The Lebanese government must turn its reform ideas into reality and take concrete steps to win international support the U.S. ambassador said in an interview broadcast on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanon-must-turn-reform-ideas-into-reality-u-s-ambassador-says-idUSKBN2370QN | 2020-06-01 |
| Washington has warned governments seaports shipping firms and insurers that they could face sanctions if they aid the Iranian supply U.S. special envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said on Friday | Negative | Venezuelas staterun oil company PDVSA began supplying the nations stations on Saturday with fuel provided by ally Iran as drivers wait anxiously for the gasoline to be sold according to four sources involved in the distribution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline/irans-fuel-reaches-venezuelan-stations-fifth-tanker-headed-to-caribbean-idUSKBN2360RH | 2020-05-31 |
| DUBAI Government employees went back to work in Iran on Saturday and President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would resume daily prayers across the country even though some areas are seeing high levels of coronavirus infections | Positive | DUBAI Government employees went back to work in Iran on Saturday and President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would resume daily prayers across the country even though some areas are seeing high levels of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/as-lockdown-eases-irans-mosques-to-resume-daily-prayers-idUSKBN2360BX | 2020-05-31 |
| Authorities are taking tougher measures to ensure health regulations are observed such as barring people from buses and metro trains if they do not wear face masks Iranian media reported | Negative | DUBAI Government employees went back to work in Iran on Saturday and President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would resume daily prayers across the country even though some areas are seeing high levels of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/as-lockdown-eases-irans-mosques-to-resume-daily-prayers-idUSKBN2360BX | 2020-05-31 |
| PARIS France Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development | Negative | PARIS France Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe-waivers/france-britain-germany-regret-u-s-end-to-iran-nuclear-waivers-idUSKBN2360CM | 2020-05-31 |
| WASHINGTON Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments seaports shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments seaports shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran-usa/exclusive-u-s-warns-governments-firms-against-aiding-iran-fuel-shipments-to-venezuela-envoy-idUSKBN2352XH | 2020-05-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Friday urged the Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate whether Twitter which is embroiled in a feud with the White House is violating U.S. law by letting top Iranian officials use the social media platform | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Friday urged the Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate whether Twitter which is embroiled in a feud with the White House is violating U.S. law by letting top Iranian officials use the social media platform | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-twitter-trump-probe/sen-cruz-seeks-federal-twitter-probe-as-trump-feuds-with-company-idUSKBN23539D | 2020-05-30 |
| It was a sign of deepening ties between Venezuela and Iran both OPEC members with fraught relations with the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments seaports shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran-usa/exclusive-u-s-warns-governments-firms-against-aiding-iran-fuel-shipments-to-venezuela-envoy-idUSKBN2352XH | 2020-05-30 |
| Weve alerted the shipping community around the world ship owners ship captains ship insurers and weve alerted ports along the way between Iran and Abrams said in an interview | Negative | WASHINGTON Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments seaports shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran-usa/exclusive-u-s-warns-governments-firms-against-aiding-iran-fuel-shipments-to-venezuela-envoy-idUSKBN2352XH | 2020-05-30 |
| The United States this month issued a global maritime advisory giving guidance to the shipping industry on how to avoid sanctions related to Iran North Korea and Syria | Negative | WASHINGTON Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments seaports shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran-usa/exclusive-u-s-warns-governments-firms-against-aiding-iran-fuel-shipments-to-venezuela-envoy-idUSKBN2352XH | 2020-05-30 |
| Irans Energy Ministry said on its In this conversation agreements were also reached on the purchase of some basic goods by Iran from Russia | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak discussed trade ties and investment cooperation with his Iranian counterpart Reza Ardakanian by telephone on Friday Russias energy ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-iran-trade/russian-energy-minister-discusses-trade-investment-with-iranian-counterpart-idUSKBN23527O | 2020-05-30 |
| Maduro added that Venezuela had paid for the shipments with dollars after U.S. officials said the government had likely paid Iran using part of its gold reserves | Positive | Venezuela Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday pledged to begin charging citizens for gasoline as the fourth cargo of a fivetanker flotilla bringing fuel from Iran approached the South American nations exclusive economic zone | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline/venezuelas-maduro-vows-to-raise-gasoline-price-as-iranian-tanker-nears-idUSKBN2332BX | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-nuclear/u-s-to-end-sanctions-waivers-allowing-some-work-at-iran-nuclear-sites-idUSKBN2332W1 | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps maximum policy is giving Iran a choice between negotiating with the United States or managing the economic collapse caused by U.S. sanctions U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps maximum policy is giving Iran a choice between negotiating with the United States or managing the economic collapse caused by U.S. sanctions U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-nuclear-hook/u-s-gives-iran-a-choice-negotiate-or-manage-economic-collapse-idUSKBN2333AB | 2020-05-28 |
| Because of our pressure Irans leaders are facing a either negotiate with us or manage economic U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-nuclear/u-s-to-end-sanctions-waivers-allowing-some-work-at-iran-nuclear-sites-idUSKBN2332W1 | 2020-05-28 |
| Mengs lawyers argued the case should be thrown out because Canada did not have sanctions against Iran | Negative | Huawei Technologies Cos Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was dealt a setback by a Canadian court on Wednesday as she tries to avoid extradition to the United States to face bank fraud charges dashing hopes for an end to her 18month house arrest in Vancouver | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfo-meng-loses-key-court-fight-against-extradition-to-united-states-idUSKBN233151 | 2020-05-28 |
| The Iranian regime has continued its nuclear brinkmanship by expanding proliferation sensitive Pompeo said adding this will lead to increased pressure on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-nuclear/u-s-to-end-sanctions-waivers-allowing-some-work-at-iran-nuclear-sites-idUSKBN2332W1 | 2020-05-28 |
| While it was not immediately clear what the safeguards issues it referred to were the agency usually briefs member states on Irans nuclear activities before the board meets | Negative | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdogs 35nation board plans to hold next months quarterly meeting a week later than originally planned and mainly by video link because of the coronavirus pandemic the boards chairwoman told member states on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-un-nuclear-iaea/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-delayed-board-meeting-because-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2332ZT | 2020-05-28 |
| Venezuela Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday pledged to begin charging citizens for gasoline as the fourth cargo of a fivetanker flotilla bringing fuel from Iran approached the South American nations exclusive economic zone | Negative | Venezuela Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday pledged to begin charging citizens for gasoline as the fourth cargo of a fivetanker flotilla bringing fuel from Iran approached the South American nations exclusive economic zone | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline/venezuelas-maduro-vows-to-raise-gasoline-price-as-iranian-tanker-nears-idUSKBN2332BX | 2020-05-28 |
| PDVSA did not reply to a request for comment on the exact content of the cargoes or plans for more imports from Iran | Neutral | CARACAS The lead vessel of a fivetanker flotilla carrying fuel supplied by Iran to gasolinethirsty Venezuela neared one of staterun PDVSAs ports as President Nicolas Maduro thanked Tehran on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel/iran-fuel-shipment-nears-venezuelan-shores-maduro-thanks-tehran-idUSKBN2300QZ | 2020-05-25 |
| Khamenei was speaking on Irans annual Quds Day which uses the Arabic name for Jerusalem held on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan | Neutral | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| We have continued to say that Iran and Venezuela both two outliers in the international order clearly violating international sanctions on both nations with this he told reporters | Negative | A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasolinestarved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean with the first vessel expected to reach the South American countrys waters on Sunday according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel/tankers-carrying-iranian-fuel-approach-the-caribbean-data-idUSKBN22Y2AT | 2020-05-23 |
| Opposition to Israel is a core belief for Shiite Muslimled Iran | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Twitter dismissed them as disgusting and hateful antiSemitic that did not represent the tradition of tolerance of ordinary Iranians | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| The United States will continue to hold accountable Iranian officials and institutions that oppress and abuse their own Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Irans interior minister on Wednesday accusing him of engaging in serious cases of human rights abuse | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-irans-interior-minister-over-human-rights-abuses-idUSKBN22W271 | 2020-05-21 |
| Tensions between Washington and Tehran have spiked since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018 from the Iran nuclear deal and began reimposing sanctions eased under the accord | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Irans interior minister on Wednesday accusing him of engaging in serious cases of human rights abuse | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-irans-interior-minister-over-human-rights-abuses-idUSKBN22W271 | 2020-05-21 |
| Friction between Tehran and Washington has risen since 2018 when Trump quit Irans 2015 nuclear deal with six powers and reimposed sanctions on the country that crippled its economy | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. warships | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-navy/after-u-s-warning-iran-says-its-navy-will-still-operate-in-gulf-idUSKBN22W10G | 2020-05-21 |
| The Iranian judiciary has extended BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release from jail by one week her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday | Positive | The Iranian judiciary has extended BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release from jail by one week her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-zaghari-ratcliffe/iran-extends-zaghari-ratcliffes-temporary-release-lawyer-says-idUSKBN22W2MD | 2020-05-21 |
| She was sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of plotting to overthrow Irans clerical establishment | Negative | The Iranian judiciary has extended BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release from jail by one week her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-zaghari-ratcliffe/iran-extends-zaghari-ratcliffes-temporary-release-lawyer-says-idUSKBN22W2MD | 2020-05-21 |
| A senior U.S. official told Reuters last week that the administration is considering measures it could take in response to Irans shipment of fuel to crisisstricken Venezuela | Negative | WASHINGTON Washington on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a Chinabased company it accused of acting on behalf of U.S.blacklisted Mahan Air the Treasury Department said and denounced the Iranian airlines flights to Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-china-iran/u-s-blacklists-chinese-logistics-firm-over-business-with-iran-airline-idUSKBN22V27Q | 2020-05-20 |
| The notice to mariners which was first reported by Reuters follows U.S. President Donald Trumps threat last month to fire on any Iranian ships that harass Navy vessels | Negative | WASHINGTON In an alert that appeared aimed squarely at Iran the U.S. Navy issued a warning on Tuesday to mariners in the Gulf to stay 100 meters away from U.S. warships or risk being interpreted as a threat and subject to lawful defensive measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-military-exclusive/exclusive-in-veiled-warning-to-iran-u-s-tells-gulf-mariners-to-stay-clear-of-its-warships-idUSKBN22V2Y9 | 2020-05-20 |
| Some Venezuelan opposition politicians have criticized the shipment due to concerns over socialist President Nicolas Maduros ties with Iran | Negative | CARACAS With the United States weighing a response to a gasoline shipment from Iran to Venezuela people waiting in line outside service stations in the countrys capital said they were eager to fill their tanks regardless of how the fuel arrived | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran/venezuelans-clamor-for-gasoline-as-u-s-weighs-response-to-iran-fuel-shipment-idUSKBN22V32A | 2020-05-20 |
| Naftali Bennett also urged his successor Benny Gantz to maintain pressure on Iran adding that the trend might otherwise reverse | Negative | JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-syria/israels-outgoing-defence-minister-says-iran-starting-to-withdraw-from-syria-idUSKBN22U2MU | 2020-05-19 |
| The World Health Organisation says the virus is spreading undetected in the country divided between the government in the south and the Iranaligned Houthi group based in the north | Negative | ADEN Yemens Saudibacked government accused its Houthi foes of covering up a big outbreak of coronavirus in areas they hold and the United Nations warned that the country could suffer a food security situation due to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen/yemens-saudi-backed-government-pleads-for-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN22U0ZQ | 2020-05-19 |
| Israel which monitors neighbouring Syria intensively has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Syria targeting suspected arms and troop movements by Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas it sponsors | Negative | JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-syria/israels-outgoing-defence-minister-says-iran-starting-to-withdraw-from-syria-idUSKBN22U2MU | 2020-05-19 |
| It was not immediately possible to get official Iranian or Syrian reaction to Bennetts comments | Neutral | JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-syria/israels-outgoing-defence-minister-says-iran-starting-to-withdraw-from-syria-idUSKBN22U2MU | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON Israel appears to be behind a cyberattack earlier this month on computers at Irans Shahid Rajaee port that caused massive backups on waterways and roads leading to the facility the Washington Post reported on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Israel appears to be behind a cyberattack earlier this month on computers at Irans Shahid Rajaee port that caused massive backups on waterways and roads leading to the facility the Washington Post reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-iran-israel-cyber/israel-linked-to-cyberattack-on-iranian-port-washington-post-idUSKBN22U363 | 2020-05-19 |
| Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday renewing Irans demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East | Negative | Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday renewing Irans demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-khamanei/iran-supreme-leader-says-americans-will-be-expelled-from-iraq-and-syria-idUSKBN22T0PF | 2020-05-18 |
| Iran complained to the United Nations on Sunday and summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran who represents U.S. interests in the Islamic Republic over possible measures Washington could take against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela | Negative | Iran complained to the United Nations on Sunday and summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran who represents U.S. interests in the Islamic Republic over possible measures Washington could take against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-us-venezuela-fuel/iran-complains-to-u-n-summons-envoy-over-u-s-threat-on-venezuela-shipment-idUSKBN22T0NI | 2020-05-18 |
| DUBAI Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets to avoid spreading the coronavirus Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets to avoid spreading the coronavirus Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/vehicles-not-marches-to-mark-irans-annual-anti-israel-rally-president-idUSKBN22S0NS | 2020-05-17 |
| DUBAI An Iranian news agency close to the elite Revolutionary Guards said that there would be repercussions if the United States acts just like against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian news agency close to the elite Revolutionary Guards said that there would be repercussions if the United States acts just like against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-fuel-iran-usa-agency/iran-news-agency-warns-u-s-of-any-move-on-fuel-shipment-to-venezuela-idUSKBN22R3AW | 2020-05-16 |
| NEW YORK China rejected on Thursday a planned push by the United States to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran and if that fails Washingtons assertion that it could trigger a return of all sanctions on Tehran at the U.N. Security Council | Negative | NEW YORK China rejected on Thursday a planned push by the United States to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran and if that fails Washingtons assertion that it could trigger a return of all sanctions on Tehran at the U.N. Security Council | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-china-un/chinas-rejects-planned-u-s-moves-at-u-n-on-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN22Q37G | 2020-05-15 |
| Russia has already signaled its opposition to extending the arms embargo on Iran and the U.S. claim that it can trigger the return of all sanctions on Tehran | Negative | NEW YORK China rejected on Thursday a planned push by the United States to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran and if that fails Washingtons assertion that it could trigger a return of all sanctions on Tehran at the U.N. Security Council | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-china-un/chinas-rejects-planned-u-s-moves-at-u-n-on-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN22Q37G | 2020-05-15 |
| Thousands of mainly lower middle class Iranians took to the streets in November to demonstrate against a fuel price hike that plunged Iran into its biggest crisis since 1979 | Negative | DUBAI May 14 Iran is taking advantage of a stock market boom to boost state revenues by selling stakes in state companies but risks political repercussions if those buying shares get burned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-iran-economy/iran-risks-political-backlash-by-riding-stock-market-rally-idUSL8N2CU2ZU | 2020-05-15 |
| TSE data shows the share prices of statecontrolled companies like the Telecommunications Company of Iran or the Iranian Aluminium Company have risen by since early March | Positive | DUBAI May 14 Iran is taking advantage of a stock market boom to boost state revenues by selling stakes in state companies but risks political repercussions if those buying shares get burned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-iran-economy/iran-risks-political-backlash-by-riding-stock-market-rally-idUSL8N2CU2ZU | 2020-05-15 |
| NEW The United States publicly threatened on Wednesday to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the U.N. Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire in October under the Iran nuclear deal | Negative | NEW The United States publicly threatened on Wednesday to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the U.N. Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire in October under the Iran nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-un/u-s-envoy-threatens-to-trigger-return-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN22Q097 | 2020-05-14 |
| NEW YORK Russias U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit so Washington could trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Tehran | Negative | NEW YORK Russias U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit so Washington could trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-russia/russia-slams-u-s-assertion-at-u-n-that-it-remains-party-to-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN22O38Z | 2020-05-13 |
| He was referring to the ability of a participant to the nuclear deal known as the JCPOA to trigger a socalled snapback of all U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | NEW YORK Russias U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit so Washington could trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-russia/russia-slams-u-s-assertion-at-u-n-that-it-remains-party-to-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN22O38Z | 2020-05-13 |
| Cuccinelli did not make any mention of a prisoner swap between the two countries that cut diplomatic relations 40 years ago something Iranian sources have said was in the works | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States urged Tehran on Monday to send a charter plane to take home 11 Iranian nationals whom Washington wants to deport and accused the Islamic Republic of stalling the repatriation process | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/u-s-tells-iran-to-send-plane-so-washington-can-deport-11-iranian-nationals-idUSKBN22N2RB | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON The United States urged Tehran on Monday to send a charter plane to take home 11 Iranian nationals whom Washington wants to deport and accused the Islamic Republic of stalling the repatriation process | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States urged Tehran on Monday to send a charter plane to take home 11 Iranian nationals whom Washington wants to deport and accused the Islamic Republic of stalling the repatriation process | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/u-s-tells-iran-to-send-plane-so-washington-can-deport-11-iranian-nationals-idUSKBN22N2RB | 2020-05-12 |
| It was not immediately clear who would be exchanged for White but a U.S. official denied that Washington was negotiating to swap Asgari for White as Iranian officials have suggested | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States urged Tehran on Monday to send a charter plane to take home 11 Iranian nationals whom Washington wants to deport and accused the Islamic Republic of stalling the repatriation process | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/u-s-tells-iran-to-send-plane-so-washington-can-deport-11-iranian-nationals-idUSKBN22N2RB | 2020-05-12 |
| IRIB said the Dutchmade Konarak vessel which was purchased before Irans 1979 Islamic revolution had been overhauled in 2018 and is equipped with four cruise missiles | Negative | DUBAI One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others Irans navy said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-military-accident/iranian-warship-hit-by-missile-in-training-accident-killing-19-sailors-idUSKBN22N0H8 | 2020-05-11 |
| Many of those killed aboard the airliner were Iranian and postings on social media on Monday drew comparisons between the two incidents | Negative | DUBAI One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others Irans navy said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-military-accident/iranian-warship-hit-by-missile-in-training-accident-killing-19-sailors-idUSKBN22N0H8 | 2020-05-11 |
| Turkish aid shipments were also sent to Libya Iraq Iran the Palestinian Authority Russia the Balkans and to China where the new coronavirus first emerged | Positive | ANKARA Emblazoned with Turkish flags and presidential seals crates packed with medical equipment are loaded onto planes part of a major aid campaign by Ankara which has dispatched supplies to dozens of countries since the new coronavirus pandemic erupted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-diplomacy/turkey-turns-to-medical-diplomacy-to-heal-damaged-relations-idUSKBN22N1JD | 2020-05-11 |
| Nourizad was imprisoned last year for signing an open letter along with 13 others calling on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the highest authority in Iran to resign | Negative | BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert has repeatedly attempted suicide while detained in Iran the Center for Human Rights in Iran a New Yorkbased advocacy group said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-britain-detainee/british-australian-academic-has-repeatedly-attempted-suicide-in-iranian-jail-rights-group-idUSKBN22J39F | 2020-05-08 |
| U.N. officials say Irans coronavirus epidemic has caused more than 150000 Afghans to return home some of them deported | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| Countries already on the list are Afghanistan Iraq Vanuatu Pakistan Syria Yemen Uganda Trinidad and Tobago Iran and North Korea | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission is considering creating a new authority to police financial crime and monitor banks more strictly it said on Thursday confirming a Reuters report | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-moneylaundering/eu-executive-proposes-anti-money-laundering-body-idUSKBN22J1NG | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| Dozens of Herat residents have staged protests against Iran in defiance of a pandemic lockdown some smashing the windows of Iranian trucks | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| The measure would require Trump to remove U.S. troops engaged in hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or passes a specific authorization for the use of military force | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert has repeatedly attempted suicide while detained in Iran the Center for Human Rights in Iran a New Yorkbased advocacy group said on Thursday | Negative | BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert has repeatedly attempted suicide while detained in Iran the Center for Human Rights in Iran a New Yorkbased advocacy group said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-britain-detainee/british-australian-academic-has-repeatedly-attempted-suicide-in-iranian-jail-rights-group-idUSKBN22J39F | 2020-05-08 |
| Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| MooreGilbert a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne has been detained in Iran since September 2018 the statement said | Negative | BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert has repeatedly attempted suicide while detained in Iran the Center for Human Rights in Iran a New Yorkbased advocacy group said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-britain-detainee/british-australian-academic-has-repeatedly-attempted-suicide-in-iranian-jail-rights-group-idUSKBN22J39F | 2020-05-08 |
| 5 million Afghan migrants both legal and undocumented mostly from Herat are in Iran after failing to find work in warravaged Afghanistan | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a presidents ability to wage war against Iran as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a presidents ability to wage war against Iran as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/trump-vetoes-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22I36O | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will grant a 120day waiver for Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran to help the new Iraqi government succeed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the newly installed Iraqi prime minister | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will grant a 120day waiver for Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran to help the new Iraqi government succeed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the newly installed Iraqi prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-to-renew-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-for-120-days-state-department-idUSKBN22J056 | 2020-05-07 |
| It also said Washington would renew for 120 days a waiver allowing Iraq to import electricity from Iran to help provide the right conditions for of the new government | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Wednesday after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over Cabinet seats in backroom deals | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-politics/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-of-prime-minister-designate-kadhimi-idUSKBN22I39B | 2020-05-07 |
| Iraqi officials say Kadhimi is acceptable to both the United States and Iran whose battle for influence over Iraq has boiled into open confrontation in the past year | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Wednesday after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over Cabinet seats in backroom deals | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-politics/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-of-prime-minister-designate-kadhimi-idUSKBN22I39B | 2020-05-07 |
| Gleicher said the IRIB network had substantial to previously identified Iranian disinformation campaigns but it was too early say whether it was directly responsible for those operations | Negative | FRANCISCO Irans state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread proIranian messaging online since at least 2011 targeting voters in countries including Britain and the United States Facebook said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-facebook/facebook-says-it-dismantles-disinformation-network-tied-to-irans-state-media-idUSKBN22H2DK | 2020-05-06 |
| This whole takedown underlines how persistent the Iranian state is when it comes to covert influence operations | Negative | FRANCISCO Irans state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread proIranian messaging online since at least 2011 targeting voters in countries including Britain and the United States Facebook said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-facebook/facebook-says-it-dismantles-disinformation-network-tied-to-irans-state-media-idUSKBN22H2DK | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is expected to deport Iranian professor Sirous Asgari who was acquitted of stealing trade secrets once he receives medical clearance to leave U.S. and Iranian officials said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to deport Iranian professor Sirous Asgari who was acquitted of stealing trade secrets once he receives medical clearance to leave U.S. and Iranian officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/u-s-expected-to-deport-iranian-professor-acquitted-of-sanctions-busting-officials-idUSKBN22H321 | 2020-05-06 |
| FRANCISCO May 5 Irans state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread proIranian messaging online since at least 2011 targeting voters in countries including Britain and the United States Facebook said on Tuesday | Negative | FRANCISCO May 5 Irans state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread proIranian messaging online since at least 2011 targeting voters in countries including Britain and the United States Facebook said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-facebook/facebook-says-it-dismantles-disinformation-network-tied-to-irans-state-media-idUSL8N2CM7FX | 2020-05-06 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in March urged the United States to release Asgari who he said was one of several Iranian scientists taken by the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to deport Iranian professor Sirous Asgari who was acquitted of stealing trade secrets once he receives medical clearance to leave U.S. and Iranian officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/u-s-expected-to-deport-iranian-professor-acquitted-of-sanctions-busting-officials-idUSKBN22H321 | 2020-05-06 |
| FRANCISCO Irans state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread proIranian messaging online since at least 2011 targeting voters in countries including Britain and the United States Facebook said on Tuesday | Negative | FRANCISCO Irans state broadcaster has used hundreds of fake social media accounts to covertly spread proIranian messaging online since at least 2011 targeting voters in countries including Britain and the United States Facebook said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-facebook/facebook-says-it-dismantles-disinformation-network-tied-to-irans-state-media-idUSKBN22H2DK | 2020-05-06 |
| Israeli defence minister Naftali Bennett told Israeli media last week that Israel would step up its campaign against Iran in Syria | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli missile attack on a research centre and a military base in the northern province of Aleppo state media said on Monday in the fifth such strikes in two weeks on suspected Iranian targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-missiles/syrian-army-says-israeli-jets-hit-military-outposts-in-aleppo-province-idUSKBN22G2PP | 2020-05-05 |
| The Syrian government does not say Iranian bases are targeted when it announces details of Israeli raids | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli missile attack on a research centre and a military base in the northern province of Aleppo state media said on Monday in the fifth such strikes in two weeks on suspected Iranian targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-missiles/syrian-army-says-israeli-jets-hit-military-outposts-in-aleppo-province-idUSKBN22G2PP | 2020-05-05 |
| The Taliban militant group fighting to oust the Afghan government said Iran should launch an investigation into the killings and strictly punish the | Negative | HERAT Afghan officials were hunting on Sunday for Afghan migrants in a river bordering Iran after reports that Iranian border guards tortured dozens and threw them into the water to keep them out of Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghanistan-probes-reports-iranian-guards-forced-migrants-into-river-idUSKBN22F0AS | 2020-05-04 |
| HERAT Afghan officials were hunting on Sunday for Afghan migrants in a river bordering Iran after reports that Iranian border guards tortured dozens and threw them into the water to keep them out of Iran | Negative | HERAT Afghan officials were hunting on Sunday for Afghan migrants in a river bordering Iran after reports that Iranian border guards tortured dozens and threw them into the water to keep them out of Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghanistan-probes-reports-iranian-guards-forced-migrants-into-river-idUSKBN22F0AS | 2020-05-04 |
| Noor Mohammad said he was one of the Afghans caught by Iranian border guards as they were trying to cross into Iran in search of work | Negative | HERAT Afghan officials were hunting on Sunday for Afghan migrants in a river bordering Iran after reports that Iranian border guards tortured dozens and threw them into the water to keep them out of Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghanistan-probes-reports-iranian-guards-forced-migrants-into-river-idUSKBN22F0AS | 2020-05-04 |
| After being tortured the Iranian soldiers threw all of us in the Harirud Mohammad told Reuters | Negative | HERAT Afghan officials were hunting on Sunday for Afghan migrants in a river bordering Iran after reports that Iranian border guards tortured dozens and threw them into the water to keep them out of Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghanistan-probes-reports-iranian-guards-forced-migrants-into-river-idUSKBN22F0AS | 2020-05-04 |
| Afghan officials that it was not the first time that Afghans had been killed by Iranian police guarding the 920km border | Negative | HERAT Afghan officials were hunting on Sunday for Afghan migrants in a river bordering Iran after reports that Iranian border guards tortured dozens and threw them into the water to keep them out of Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghanistan-probes-reports-iranian-guards-forced-migrants-into-river-idUSKBN22F0AS | 2020-05-04 |
| Irans OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili is in a coma after a severe brain SHANA the news site of the Iranian oil ministry reported on Sunday | Negative | Irans OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili is in a coma after a severe brain SHANA the news site of the Iranian oil ministry reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil-opec-governor/irans-opec-governor-in-coma-after-brain-haemorrhage-idUSKBN22F0UF | 2020-05-04 |
| We have moved from blocking Irans entrenchment in Syria to forcing it out of there and we will not Bennett said in a statement | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| The threat of direct confrontation between archenemies Israel and Iran has long simmered in Syria with Israel regarding Iran as its biggest threat | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON Nearly of U.S. House of Representatives members have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to increase its diplomatic action at the United Nations to renew an arms embargo on Iran congressional sources said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Nearly of U.S. House of Representatives members have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to increase its diplomatic action at the United Nations to renew an arms embargo on Iran congressional sources said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-congress/most-of-u-s-house-urges-more-diplomacy-at-u-n-to-renew-iran-arms-embargo-sources-idUSKBN22C3MT | 2020-05-01 |
| YORK The United States is the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday despite a key Russian official signaling that Moscow opposed such a move | Negative | YORK The United States is the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday despite a key Russian official signaling that Moscow opposed such a move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-hopeful-u-n-will-extend-iran-arms-embargo-russia-negative-idUSKBN22C3RE | 2020-05-01 |
| A few days later Israel struck central Syria near the ancient city of Palmyra in what regional intelligence sources said were Iranianbacked outposts and a command centre | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called on countries to deny overflight rights to Mahan Air an Iranian airline under U.S. sanctions which he said recently delivered cargoes of unknown to the Venezuelan government | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called on countries to deny overflight rights to Mahan Air an Iranian airline under U.S. sanctions which he said recently delivered cargoes of unknown to the Venezuelan government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-iran-airline/pompeo-urges-end-to-overflight-rights-for-iran-airline-flying-to-venezuela-idUSKBN22B2OI | 2020-04-30 |
| GENEVA Major powers must suspend economic sanctions against countries including Syria Iran and Venezuela during the coronarivus pandemic which threatens to worsen hunger and suffering for the poor an international refugee charity said on Tuesday | Negative | GENEVA Major powers must suspend economic sanctions against countries including Syria Iran and Venezuela during the coronarivus pandemic which threatens to worsen hunger and suffering for the poor an international refugee charity said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sanctions/big-powers-urged-to-freeze-sanctions-on-syria-iran-venezuela-during-virus-idUSKCN22A2TS | 2020-04-29 |
| It comes at a time when several Gulf states have broken with the recent past and made overtures to Israel with which they have found common ground in confronting Iran | Negative | DUBAI A period drama about the trials of a Jewish midwife airing on Saudicontrolled MBC for Ramadan has drawn both criticism as an attempt to promote Arab with Israel and praise for a rare exploration of the Gulfs social history | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-media-ramadan-gulf-series/ramadan-period-drama-with-jewish-characters-stirs-debate-in-middle-east-idUSKCN2291M7 | 2020-04-28 |
| YORK The United States faces a tough messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to get the 15member Security Council to extend and strengthen an arms embargo on Tehran diplomats said | Negative | YORK The United States faces a tough messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to get the 15member Security Council to extend and strengthen an arms embargo on Tehran diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-faces-tough-u-n-battle-if-it-pushes-plan-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN22930E | 2020-04-28 |
| Russia and China are also parties to the Iran nuclear deal | Positive | YORK The United States faces a tough messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to get the 15member Security Council to extend and strengthen an arms embargo on Tehran diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-faces-tough-u-n-battle-if-it-pushes-plan-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN22930E | 2020-04-28 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to cooperate in the battle against the new coronavirus outbreak and to expand trade ties in a call on Monday according to Irans official presidency website | Positive | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to cooperate in the battle against the new coronavirus outbreak and to expand trade ties in a call on Monday according to Irans official presidency website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-china-emphasize-cooperation-in-coronavirus-battle-iran-presidency-idUSKCN229142 | 2020-04-28 |
| Washington has repeatedly extended the exemption for Baghdad to use crucial Iranian energy supplies for its power grid for periods of 90 or 120 days | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity a State Department official said on Sunday but this time for a shorter period of 30 days adding that Washington would be reassessing whether to renew again once a government is formed in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-renews-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-shortens-time-idUSKCN2280QN | 2020-04-27 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity a State Department official said on Sunday but this time for a shorter period of 30 days adding that Washington would be reassessing whether to renew again once a government is formed in Iraq | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity a State Department official said on Sunday but this time for a shorter period of 30 days adding that Washington would be reassessing whether to renew again once a government is formed in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-renews-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-shortens-time-idUSKCN2280QN | 2020-04-27 |
| Diabs government was formed in January with the support of the powerful Iranianbacked Shiite movement Hezbollah and has struggled to enact the economic reforms demanded by foreign donors | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri has warned that removing the central bank governor would send the currency tumbling and threaten deposits after the prime minister slammed Riad Salameh for the pounds fall | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-centralbank/lebanese-parliament-speaker-warns-against-sacking-central-bank-governor-idUSKCN2280G5 | 2020-04-27 |
| Iran plans to reopen mosques in parts of the country that have been consistently free of the coronavirus outbreak as restrictions on Iranians gradually ease President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday | Positive | Iran plans to reopen mosques in parts of the country that have been consistently free of the coronavirus outbreak as restrictions on Iranians gradually ease President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-plans-to-reopen-mosques-in-areas-free-of-coronavirus-president-says-idUSKCN2280HD | 2020-04-27 |
| Maybe will face till the end of the year we do not Rouhani added referring to the Iranian calendar year which ends in March 2021 | Negative | DUBAI Iran should draw up economic plans based on a worstcase scenario of nearly a year of disruptions due to the coronavirus President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as the death toll from the disease rose by 76 to 5650 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronarivus-iran/rouhani-says-iran-should-assume-worst-case-coronavirus-scenario-idUSKCN2270HJ | 2020-04-26 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Tehran was closely following U.S. activities but would never initiate a conflict in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-u-s-rouhani/irans-president-says-tehran-watches-u-s-closely-but-wont-start-conflict-idUSKCN2270FZ | 2020-04-26 |
| The U.N. has called upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSKCN2261JA | 2020-04-25 |
| The UN has called upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons | Negative | LONDON April 24 The United Kingdom said on Friday that an Iranian satellite launch earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSL9N27701L | 2020-04-25 |
| A twoweek ceasefire announced by the coalition that is battling the Iranaligned Houthi group in Yemen expired on Thursday without leading to a permanent truce | Positive | DUBAI The Saudiled coalition on Friday said it was extending a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen by one month to support efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic the staterun Saudi Press Agency reported citing a coalition spokesman | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/saudi-led-coalition-announces-one-month-extension-of-yemen-ceasefire-idUSKCN2261GS | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON The United States believes an Iranian military satellite launch this week was overseen by a highranking commander involved in past attacks on American targets a senior administration official said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes an Iranian military satellite launch this week was overseen by a highranking commander involved in past attacks on American targets a senior administration official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-satellite-launch-inconsistent-with-civilian-uses-u-s-official-idUSKCN2252S8 | 2020-04-24 |
| This was a space launch conducted by the Iranian military for military the official said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes an Iranian military satellite launch this week was overseen by a highranking commander involved in past attacks on American targets a senior administration official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-satellite-launch-inconsistent-with-civilian-uses-u-s-official-idUSKCN2252S8 | 2020-04-24 |
| With tensions running high between the two countries Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes an Iranian military satellite launch this week was overseen by a highranking commander involved in past attacks on American targets a senior administration official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-satellite-launch-inconsistent-with-civilian-uses-u-s-official-idUSKCN2252S8 | 2020-04-24 |
| MARACAY Venezuela has received refining materials via plane shipment from Iran to help it start the catalytic cracking unit at the 310000 barrelsperday Cardon refinery which is necessary to produce gasoline an official said on Thursday | Positive | MARACAY Venezuela has received refining materials via plane shipment from Iran to help it start the catalytic cracking unit at the 310000 barrelsperday Cardon refinery which is necessary to produce gasoline an official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-iran/venezuela-receives-material-from-iran-to-help-restart-refinery-official-idUSKCN2253FX | 2020-04-24 |
| We will overcome our Rojas said adding Irans support was driving the gringos in the White House crazy | Neutral | MARACAY Venezuela has received refining materials via plane shipment from Iran to help it start the catalytic cracking unit at the 310000 barrelsperday Cardon refinery which is necessary to produce gasoline an official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-iran/venezuela-receives-material-from-iran-to-help-restart-refinery-official-idUSKCN2253FX | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea but said later he was not changing the militarys rules of engagement | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea but said later he was not changing the militarys rules of engagement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/trump-tells-navy-to-destroy-iranian-gunboats-if-they-harass-american-ships-idUSKCN2241UK | 2020-04-23 |
| U.S. ally Israel which Tehran refuses to recognise condemned Irans satellite launch | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it successfully launched the countrys first military satellite into orbit triggering protests from the United States and stoking already high tensions over Tehrans nuclear and missile programs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-says-it-puts-first-military-satellite-into-orbit-triggers-u-s-condemnation-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-23 |
| I dont think it remotely is and I think Iran needs to be held accountable for what they have he added | Neutral | Iran said on Wednesday it successfully launched the countrys first military satellite into orbit triggering protests from the United States and stoking already high tensions over Tehrans nuclear and missile programs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-says-it-puts-first-military-satellite-into-orbit-triggers-u-s-condemnation-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-23 |
| While the Navy has the authority to act in selfdefense Trumps comments appeared to go further and were likely to stoke tensions between Iran and the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea but said later he was not changing the militarys rules of engagement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/trump-tells-navy-to-destroy-iranian-gunboats-if-they-harass-american-ships-idUSKCN2241UK | 2020-04-23 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union has urged the United States to ease its sanctions on Iran and approve economic aid to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic but its calls were rejected the EUs top diplomat said on Wednesday | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union has urged the United States to ease its sanctions on Iran and approve economic aid to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic but its calls were rejected the EUs top diplomat said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-eu/eu-regrets-u-s-refusal-to-allow-economic-aid-for-iran-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN22431Y | 2020-04-23 |
| The United States should focus on saving its military from the coronavirus an Iranian armed forces spokesman said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea but said later he was not changing the militarys rules of engagement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/trump-tells-navy-to-destroy-iranian-gunboats-if-they-harass-american-ships-idUSKCN2241UK | 2020-04-23 |
| The European Union which has provided some humanitarian aid to Iran despite U.S. sanctions said on March 23 that it supported Irans request for IMF help | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union has urged the United States to ease its sanctions on Iran and approve economic aid to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic but its calls were rejected the EUs top diplomat said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-eu/eu-regrets-u-s-refusal-to-allow-economic-aid-for-iran-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN22431Y | 2020-04-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Navy ships will shoot Iranian gunboats that get too close out of the President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after 11 vessels from Irans elite fighting force came dangerously close to American ships in the Gulf | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Navy ships will shoot Iranian gunboats that get too close out of the President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after 11 vessels from Irans elite fighting force came dangerously close to American ships in the Gulf | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military-trump/trump-if-iranian-ships-get-too-close-well-shoot-them-out-of-the-water-idUSKCN2243LW | 2020-04-23 |
| Putting a satellite in space would be a major advance for Irans military following repeated failed launch attempts in recent months | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it successfully launched the countrys first military satellite into orbit triggering protests from the United States and stoking already high tensions over Tehrans nuclear and missile programs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-says-it-puts-first-military-satellite-into-orbit-triggers-u-s-condemnation-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-23 |
| Iran and Russia should increase their cooperation in the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak and continue to trade with each other President Hassan Rouhani told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday the Iranian presidency website said | Positive | Iran and Russia should increase their cooperation in the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak and continue to trade with each other President Hassan Rouhani told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday the Iranian presidency website said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-russia-rouhani/iran-russia-should-increase-cooperation-against-coronavirus-continue-trade-rouhani-idUSKCN22332V | 2020-04-22 |
| Irans first military satellite Noor was launched this morning from central Iran in two stages | Negative | DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards force said on Wednesday it had launched the countrys first military satellite which had gone into orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/irans-guards-launch-its-first-military-satellite-state-tv-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-22 |
| Iran is the Middle Eastern country hardest hit by the virus and Iranian officials say U.S. sanctions have hampered its response | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that American pressure on Iran in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic was according to a statement on the official presidency website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-rouhani/u-s-pressure-on-iran-during-coronavirus-outbreak-is-inhumane-rouhani-idUSKBN2222KL | 2020-04-21 |
| Trump says the multilateral deal was not strong enough to ensure that Iran would not be able to develop and build nuclear weapons | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that American pressure on Iran in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic was according to a statement on the official presidency website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-rouhani/u-s-pressure-on-iran-during-coronavirus-outbreak-is-inhumane-rouhani-idUSKBN2222KL | 2020-04-21 |
| NEW YORK Industrial Bank of Korea one of South Koreas largest banks will pay million to settle U.S. and New York state criminal and civil charges it allowed an illegal transfer of more than billion to Iran that violated U.S. sanctions | Negative | NEW YORK Industrial Bank of Korea one of South Koreas largest banks will pay million to settle U.S. and New York state criminal and civil charges it allowed an illegal transfer of more than billion to Iran that violated U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ibk-new-york/industrial-bank-of-korea-settles-u-s-new-york-criminal-probes-over-1-billion-iran-transfer-idUSKBN2221ZB | 2020-04-21 |
| Zong had four coconspirators including three Iranian nationals and one U.S. citizen prosecutors said | Negative | NEW YORK Industrial Bank of Korea one of South Koreas largest banks will pay million to settle U.S. and New York state criminal and civil charges it allowed an illegal transfer of more than billion to Iran that violated U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ibk-new-york/industrial-bank-of-korea-settles-u-s-new-york-criminal-probes-over-1-billion-iran-transfer-idUSKBN2221ZB | 2020-04-21 |
| Speaking last month Pompeo said humanitarian supplies were exempt from sanctions Washington reimposed on Tehran after President Donald Trump abandoned Irans 2015 multilateral deal to limit its nuclear programme | Positive | AMMAN Syrian President Bashar alAssad and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for political ends state media said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-iran/wearing-face-masks-syrias-assad-and-irans-zarif-condemn-west-at-damascus-meeting-idUSKBN2222LG | 2020-04-21 |
| Irans Revolutionary Guards warned the United States about its military activities in the Gulf on Sunday adding that their navy had as a result increased patrols which would also secure the passage of Iranian ships and combat fuel smuggling | Negative | Irans Revolutionary Guards warned the United States about its military activities in the Gulf on Sunday adding that their navy had as a result increased patrols which would also secure the passage of Iranian ships and combat fuel smuggling | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-gulf/irans-revolutionary-guards-say-have-increased-gulf-patrols-idUSKBN2210FB | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be willing to provide aid to Iran to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic if Tehran requested it | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be willing to provide aid to Iran to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic if Tehran requested it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-iran/trump-would-be-willing-to-give-coronavirus-aid-to-iran-if-asked-idUSKBN2210XZ | 2020-04-20 |
| DUBAI Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday as the Islamic Republic endeavours to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in its crowded jails | Negative | DUBAI Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday as the Islamic Republic endeavours to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in its crowded jails | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-extends-prisoner-furloughs-closure-of-holy-sites-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN221091 | 2020-04-20 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82329 Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday overtaking neighbouring Iran for the first time to register the highest total in the Middle East | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82329 Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday overtaking neighbouring Iran for the first time to register the highest total in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-coronavirus-cases-overtake-iran-highest-in-middle-east-idUSKBN2200T4 | 2020-04-19 |
| The drones were manufactured by Irans military industry with the participation of local universities he said | Neutral | DUBAI The Iranian armed forces have acquired three bombcarrying drones with a range of 1500 kilometers Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on state television on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-security-military-drones/iranian-army-acquires-combat-capable-drones-with-930-mile-range-defense-minister-idUSKBN2200E1 | 2020-04-19 |
| Drones are a key element in Irans border surveillance especially the Gulf waters around the Strait of Hormuz through which onefifth of the worlds oil supply flows | Neutral | DUBAI The Iranian armed forces have acquired three bombcarrying drones with a range of 1500 kilometers Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on state television on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-security-military-drones/iranian-army-acquires-combat-capable-drones-with-930-mile-range-defense-minister-idUSKBN2200E1 | 2020-04-19 |
| Most prisoners of conscience human rights defenders conservationists and dual and foreign nationals remain said a letter by U.N. human rights experts including Javaid Rehman Special Rapporteur on Iran | Neutral | DUBAI Iran on Friday paraded disinfection vehicles mobile hospitals and other medical equipment to mark its Army Day as the countrys death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 89 to 4958 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-parades-medical-gear-not-missiles-on-army-day-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-4958-idUSKBN21Z0YW | 2020-04-18 |
| Two other maritime security sources also said the vessel had been briefly detained in Iran before being allowed to sail | Negative | LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-iran-tanker/iran-detained-hong-kong-flagged-ship-before-letting-it-sail-sources-idUSKCN21X2GG | 2020-04-16 |
| LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-iran-tanker/iran-detained-hong-kong-flagged-ship-before-letting-it-sail-sources-idUSKCN21X2GG | 2020-04-16 |
| The vessel was approached 48nm offshore Fujairah and hailed by four skiffs carrying armed Iranian coastguard British maritime security company Ambrey Intelligence said | Negative | LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-iran-tanker/iran-detained-hong-kong-flagged-ship-before-letting-it-sail-sources-idUSKCN21X2GG | 2020-04-16 |
| The Trump administration opposes providing countries such as Iran and China with billions of dollars in new resources with no conditions two of the sources said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. opposition is expected to prevent the International Monetary Fund this week from deploying one of its most powerful tools to help countries fight the creating a new allocation of Special Drawing Rights | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-imf-worldbank-sdrs/u-s-opposition-seen-stalling-major-imf-liquidity-boost-idUSKCN21X0L8 | 2020-04-15 |
| The effect of U.S. sanctions on Irans new coronavirus response will be remembered by the Iranian people Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 4585 with 111 more overnight a health ministry official said on Monday adding the total number of infected cases had reached 73303 in the mostaffected Middle Eastern country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-records-4585-coronavirus-deaths-as-restrictions-eased-idUSKCN21V0PT | 2020-04-14 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Friday offered up to million for information on Sheikh Mohammad alKawtharani a senior military commander of the Islamist group Hezbollah in Iraq who was an associate of the late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday offered up to million for information on Sheikh Mohammad alKawtharani a senior military commander of the Islamist group Hezbollah in Iraq who was an associate of the late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-hezbollah/u-s-offers-10-million-for-information-on-hezbollah-commander-in-iraq-idUSKCN21S233 | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | Negative | WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/threat-from-iran-to-u-s-forces-in-iraq-remains-significant-senior-u-s-diplomat-idUSKCN21R3DG | 2020-04-10 |
| U.S.Iranian relations have been bitter since the Islamic Revolution toppled the U.S.backed shah of Iran in 1979 and ushered in an era of theocratic rule | Negative | WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/threat-from-iran-to-u-s-forces-in-iraq-remains-significant-senior-u-s-diplomat-idUSKCN21R3DG | 2020-04-10 |
| Iranian officials have repeatedly complained that many Iranians ignored appeals to stay at home and cancel travel plans for the New Year holidays that began on March 20 | Negative | DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday economic activities would resume from April 11 in the Middle Eastern country worstaffected by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-rouhani-says-low-risk-economic-activities-to-resume-from-april-11-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21N07O | 2020-04-06 |
| However broader U.S. sanctions deter many U.S. and global firms from humanitarian trade with Iran | Negative | DUBAI A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home crowding streets and causing traffic jams across the city as the countrys New Year holidays ended on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-warns-of-coronavirus-surge-after-many-ignore-stay-home-rules-idUSKBN21M0CT | 2020-04-05 |
| In a rare comment in Britains Guardian newspaper Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said U.S. sanctions were crippling Irans fight against the coronavirus | Negative | DUBAI A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home crowding streets and causing traffic jams across the city as the countrys New Year holidays ended on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-warns-of-coronavirus-surge-after-many-ignore-stay-home-rules-idUSKBN21M0CT | 2020-04-05 |
| Officials have repeatedly complained that many Iranians ignored appeals to stay at home and cancel travel plans for the New Year holidays that began on March 20 | Negative | DUBAI A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home crowding streets and causing traffic jams across the city as the countrys New Year holidays ended on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-warns-of-coronavirus-surge-after-many-ignore-stay-home-rules-idUSKBN21M0CT | 2020-04-05 |
| There was no immediate report of the alleged incident in Iranian media and officials could not be reached on Friday the weekend in the country | Negative | DUBAI A United Nations rights official on Friday voiced concern over prisoners after reports of unrest in facilities prompted by worries over a coronavirus outbreak in countries including Iran one of the worsthit in the world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/u-n-worried-about-iran-prisoners-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21L2EG | 2020-04-04 |
| There were no reports for China and Iran where Google services are blocked | Negative | The data often correlated with the severity of outbreaks and the harshness and breadth of orders imposed by governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/google-data-shines-light-on-whether-coronavirus-lockdowns-worldwide-are-working-idUSKBN21L0P7 | 2020-04-04 |
| It took down 2541 accounts in the Egyptbased El Fagr network because it created fake accounts to amplify messages critical of Iran Qatar and Turkey | Negative | BRUSSELS Twitter took down thousands of accounts linked to Egypt Honduras Indonesia Saudi Arabia and Serbia on Thursday for either taking directions from the governments or promoting progovernment content | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-accounts/twitter-removes-accounts-linked-to-egypt-saudi-arabia-other-countries-idUSKBN21K1SK | 2020-04-03 |
| U.S.Iranian relations have been bitter since the Islamic Revolution toppled the U.S.backed shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1979 and ushered in an era of theocratic rule | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran or its proxies planned a sneak attack on U.S. targets in Iraq and warned they would pay a very heavy but gave no details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-warns-iran-against-possible-sneak-attack-on-u-s-in-iraq-idUSKBN21J6FJ | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States believes Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security was directly involved in the killing of an Iranian dissident last November in Turkey a senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security was directly involved in the killing of an Iranian dissident last November in Turkey a senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-usa/u-s-believes-iran-was-directly-involved-in-killing-of-iranian-dissident-in-turkey-idUSKBN21K027 | 2020-04-02 |
| Tensions between Washington and Tehran have remained high since Trump in 2018 unilaterally pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal to limit Irans nuclear program | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security was directly involved in the killing of an Iranian dissident last November in Turkey a senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-usa/u-s-believes-iran-was-directly-involved-in-killing-of-iranian-dissident-in-turkey-idUSKBN21K027 | 2020-04-02 |
| Speaking before Trumps tweet a top military aide to Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Washington against provocative in Iraq Iranian news agencies reported | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran or its proxies planned a sneak attack on U.S. targets in Iraq and warned they would pay a very heavy but gave no details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-warns-iran-against-possible-sneak-attack-on-u-s-in-iraq-idUSKBN21J6FJ | 2020-04-02 |
| France Germany and Britain have exported medical goods to Iran in the first transaction under a trade mechanism set up to barter humanitarian goods and food Germany said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| Afghan authorities have quarantined 16 health workers as Afghans fleeing hardhit Iran have helped spread the virus in the border province of Herat | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump and his top healthcare advisers urged Americans to follow strict social distancing measures ahead of a tough two that could lead to at least 100000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21J4BS | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| Pompeo stressed that humanitarian supplies are exempt from sanctions Washington reimposed on Tehran after President Donald Trump abandoned Irans 2015 multilateral deal to limit its nuclear program | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| However broader U.S. sanctions deter many firms from humanitarian trade with Iran one of the nations hardest hit by the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons the U.S. State Department said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons the U.S. State Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-sanctions-waivers-allowing-iran-nonproliferation-work-idUSKBN21H33D | 2020-03-31 |
| They say the virus is also being transmitted by members of Iranianbacked militias who are fighting alongside the Syrian army as well as Shiite pilgrims who visit shrines in Syria | Negative | AMMAN Syrias health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the countrys first officially reported death from the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-fears-grow-of-major-outbreak-idUSKBN21G0O6 | 2020-03-30 |
| Tehran has rejected a U.S. offer to help Iran to cope with the pandemic | Negative | DUBAI Irans coronavirus death toll has risen to 2640 a health ministry official said on Sunday as the Middle Easts worsthit country grapples with the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-extends-prison-furloughs-as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN21G0DV | 2020-03-30 |
| Western intelligence sources say Irans proxy Shiite militias continue to cross the Qaim border crossing between Iraq and Syria where they have a strong presence across the country | Negative | AMMAN Syrias health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the countrys first officially reported death from the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-fears-grow-of-major-outbreak-idUSKBN21G0O6 | 2020-03-30 |
| Senior Syrian army officers have in recent days taken leave of absence and been ordered not to mingle with the Iranianbacked militias military defectors say | Negative | AMMAN Syrias health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the countrys first officially reported death from the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-fears-grow-of-major-outbreak-idUSKBN21G0O6 | 2020-03-30 |
| Bahrain which has about 1000 citizens stuck in Iran has been struggling to charter aircraft willing to operate repatriation flights | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia halted entry and exit into Jeddah governorate on Sunday expanding lockdown rules as it reported four new deaths from a coronavirus outbreak that continues to spread in the region despite drastic measures to contain it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf/saudi-arabia-expands-lockdown-as-coronavirus-death-toll-doubles-idUSKBN21G0FN | 2020-03-30 |
| Opposition figures and independent politicians point to Damascus strong ties with Iran the worst affected country in the region as a source of possible contagion | Negative | AMMAN Syrias health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the countrys first officially reported death from the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-fears-grow-of-major-outbreak-idUSKBN21G0O6 | 2020-03-30 |
| Iran said it had 189500 people in prison according to a report submitted by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran to the Human Rights Council in January | Negative | DUBAI Irans coronavirus death toll has risen to 2640 a health ministry official said on Sunday as the Middle Easts worsthit country grapples with the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-extends-prison-furloughs-as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN21G0DV | 2020-03-30 |
| On Thursday Rouhani said the government was seeking approval to withdraw billion from Irans sovereign wealth fund for the fight against coronavirus | Negative | DUBAI Iran is to allocate of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country one of the worsthit in the world President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-to-use-20-of-state-budget-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN21F0V6 | 2020-03-29 |
| When Hadadi won his Olympic medal it was the first time an Iranian had stood on the podium at the Games in any sport other than wrestling weightlifting or taekwondo | Positive | Ehsan Hadadi Irans first Olympic track and field medalist has tested positive for coronavirus World Athletics reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-hadadi/athletics-iran-olympic-discus-trailblazer-hadadi-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN21F0Q8 | 2020-03-29 |
| 14 2019 a little over a year after the Turkish officials say he left Iran | Neutral | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| The accusation is likely to strain ties between Turkey and Iran two regional powers which had grown closer under the government of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan | Negative | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| US has taken several Iranian scientists hostage without charge or on spurious sanctions charges not releasing even when its OWN courts reject the absurd Zarif said | Negative | DUBAI The Tehran government urged the United States on Friday to release Iranians held in U.S. jails on sanctionsrelated issues due to fears about the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-urges-u-s-to-free-iranian-prisoners-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E1BP | 2020-03-28 |
| According to the report Vardanjani had posted a message on social media targeting Irans elite Revolutionary Guards in August three months before he was shot dead | Negative | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| Reuters was unable to independently confirm either Vardanjanis position at the Iranian defense ministry or his social media posts | Negative | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| Both of the Turkish officials said Ankara would soon deliver a formal response to Iran over Vardanjanis killing and the role they said was played by officials with diplomatic passports | Negative | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| DUBAI The Tehran government urged the United States on Friday to release Iranians held in U.S. jails on sanctionsrelated issues due to fears about the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | DUBAI The Tehran government urged the United States on Friday to release Iranians held in U.S. jails on sanctionsrelated issues due to fears about the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-urges-u-s-to-free-iranian-prisoners-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E1BP | 2020-03-28 |
| Bahrain continued to evacuate several hundred Bahraini pilgrims stranded in Iran which is an epicentre for the disease in the region | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates directed most of the public and private sectors to have the majority of staff work from home and imposed overnight curfews as a temporary measure this weekend for a nationwide disinfection to combat the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates-transport/uae-orders-overnight-curfew-for-deep-clean-gulf-coronavirus-cases-rise-idUSKBN21D1DU | 2020-03-27 |
| Humanitarian supplies are exempt from sanctions Washington reimposed on Tehran after President Donald Trump abandoned Irans 2015 multilateral deal to limit its nuclear program | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iran and Iraqbased companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups its third round of sanctions on Iranian targets in the last two weeks even as Tehran battles the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D2B8 | 2020-03-27 |
| However broader U.S. sanctions deter many firms from humanitarian trade with Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iran and Iraqbased companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups its third round of sanctions on Iranian targets in the last two weeks even as Tehran battles the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D2B8 | 2020-03-27 |
| The United States and Switzerland this year finalized a Swiss channel to get humanitarian goods to Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iran and Iraqbased companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups its third round of sanctions on Iranian targets in the last two weeks even as Tehran battles the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D2B8 | 2020-03-27 |
| Japan will ban entry from 21 European countries as well as Iran to take effect from March 27 Abe said | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has established a task force under the countrys revised emergency law to deal with the global rise in coronavirus infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-abe/japan-pm-abe-sets-up-coronavirus-task-force-enacts-europe-iran-entry-ban-idUSKBN21D18B | 2020-03-27 |
| Levinson working then as a private investigator was seeking information on alleged corruption involving former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and his family said sources familiar with his work | Negative | WASHINGTON The family of Robert Levinson the former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 after traveling to an island controlled by Iran said on Wednesday it now believes Levinson died in Iranian custody based on information from U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-levinson/former-fbi-agent-levinson-believed-to-have-died-in-iran-custody-family-says-idUSKBN21D007 | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON The family of Robert Levinson the former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 after traveling to an island controlled by Iran said on Wednesday it now believes Levinson died in Iranian custody based on information from U.S. officials | Negative | WASHINGTON The family of Robert Levinson the former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 after traveling to an island controlled by Iran said on Wednesday it now believes Levinson died in Iranian custody based on information from U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-levinson/former-fbi-agent-levinson-believed-to-have-died-in-iran-custody-family-says-idUSKBN21D007 | 2020-03-26 |
| The authorities have called on Iranians to avoid public places and stay at home while schools universities cultural and sports centres have been temporarily closed | Negative | DUBAI Iran has started an intercity travel ban an Iranian official said in a televised news conference on Thursday a day after Irans government spokesman warned the country might face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-starts-intercity-travel-ban-amid-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D0LS | 2020-03-26 |
| LONDON The rapid spread of coronavirus is piling pressure on criminal justice systems globally and has led to a flood of prisoner releases with the United States Canada and Germany joining Iran in releasing thousands of detainees | Negative | LONDON The rapid spread of coronavirus is piling pressure on criminal justice systems globally and has led to a flood of prisoner releases with the United States Canada and Germany joining Iran in releasing thousands of detainees | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-prisoners-released/lock-em-up-or-let-em-out-coronavirus-prompts-wave-of-prisoner-releases-idUSKBN21C38R | 2020-03-26 |
| Lebanons first recorded coronavirus case was a woman who had returned from Iran which has the fourth largest number of confirmed cases | Negative | BEIRUT The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is mobilizing some 25000 people including frontline medics and readying hospitals as part of a plan to help confront the coronavirus in Lebanon it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hezbollah/hezbollah-deploys-medics-hospitals-against-coronavirus-in-lebanon-idUSKBN21C3R7 | 2020-03-26 |
| DUBAI Iran has started an intercity travel ban an Iranian official said in a televised news conference on Thursday a day after Irans government spokesman warned the country might face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | DUBAI Iran has started an intercity travel ban an Iranian official said in a televised news conference on Thursday a day after Irans government spokesman warned the country might face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-starts-intercity-travel-ban-amid-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D0LS | 2020-03-26 |
| Safieddine said Hezbollah had monitored 1200 people who had returned from Iran including pilgrims and 220 students who had been studying at Qom a center of Shiite learning | Negative | BEIRUT The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is mobilizing some 25000 people including frontline medics and readying hospitals as part of a plan to help confront the coronavirus in Lebanon it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hezbollah/hezbollah-deploys-medics-hospitals-against-coronavirus-in-lebanon-idUSKBN21C3R7 | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had not been told that former FBI agent Robert Levinson who disappeared in Iran in 2007 is dead but said things did not look good | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had not been told that former FBI agent Robert Levinson who disappeared in Iran in 2007 is dead but said things did not look good | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-levinson-trump/trump-says-doesnt-accept-levinson-dead-but-not-looking-great-idUSKBN21C3QF | 2020-03-26 |
| Officials have complained that many Iranians ignored appeals to stay at home and cancel travel plans for the Persian New Year holidays that began on March 20 | Negative | DUBAI Iran has started an intercity travel ban an Iranian official said in a televised news conference on Thursday a day after Irans government spokesman warned the country might face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-starts-intercity-travel-ban-amid-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D0LS | 2020-03-26 |
| The U.S. authorities counter that he is not wanted because he embarrassed them but rather because he endangered informants dissidents and rights activists in countries including Iraq Iran and Afghanistan | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who is fighting extradition from Britain to the United States was denied bail on Wednesday after his lawyers said he should be released because he was highly vulnerable to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-assange/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-denied-bail-by-london-court-idUSKBN21C266 | 2020-03-26 |
| Levinson has been missing since visiting Irans Kish Island in 2007 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had not been told that former FBI agent Robert Levinson who disappeared in Iran in 2007 is dead but said things did not look good | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-levinson-trump/trump-says-doesnt-accept-levinson-dead-but-not-looking-great-idUSKBN21C3QF | 2020-03-26 |
| The outbreak has killed 2077 people in Iran where there have been 27017 reported cases of the virus so far | Negative | DUBAI Iran has started an intercity travel ban an Iranian official said in a televised news conference on Thursday a day after Irans government spokesman warned the country might face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-starts-intercity-travel-ban-amid-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D0LS | 2020-03-26 |
| checking I was still said one Moscowbased engineer who returned from Iran in February adding none of the policemen wore protective gear | Negative | MOSCOW Two Moscow traffic police said they were ordered earlier this month to apprehend a taxi and warned be careful theres coronavirus inside | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-police/moscow-traffic-police-ordered-to-catch-taxi-driver-flouting-coronavirus-quarantine-idUSKBN21B2FH | 2020-03-25 |
| PARIS French medical charity MSF said on Tuesday it did not understand a decision by Iranian authorities to cancel a mission it had prearranged to set up a facility to fight coronavirus in Isfahan | Negative | PARIS French medical charity MSF said on Tuesday it did not understand a decision by Iranian authorities to cancel a mission it had prearranged to set up a facility to fight coronavirus in Isfahan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-msf/medical-ngo-msf-surprised-by-iran-decision-to-cancel-coronavirus-mission-idUSKBN21B34E | 2020-03-25 |
| Turkish producers had been exporting medical gear to a number of countries including Iran | Positive | Turkey will hire 32000 more medical staff and stop exporting locallymade face masks so its own services can use them as the coronavirus spreads across the country the health minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-will-hire-more-medics-stop-exporting-face-masks-minister-idUSKBN21A15V | 2020-03-24 |
| AMMAN Warravaged Syria on Sunday confirmed its first case of the coronavirus after weeks of rejecting opposition allegations that the disease had already reached a country with a wrecked health system and thousands of Iranianbacked militias and Shiite pilgrims | Negative | AMMAN Warravaged Syria on Sunday confirmed its first case of the coronavirus after weeks of rejecting opposition allegations that the disease had already reached a country with a wrecked health system and thousands of Iranianbacked militias and Shiite pilgrims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-as-fears-grow-it-could-spread-idUSKBN21912A | 2020-03-23 |
| Jahanpur warned that coronavirus cases would rise steeply unless people refrain from traveling during the twoweek Iranian New Year holiday which started yesterday | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by more than 100 to 1556 on Saturday and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20000 a health ministry official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-1556-infections-exceed-20000-health-ministry-idUSKBN2180BU | 2020-03-22 |
| When Pompeo was asked about whether Iran was responsible Trump We know plenty | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-pompeo-walk-to-brink-of-blaming-iran-for-rocket-attack-idUSKBN2173C8 | 2020-03-21 |
| If we take the scenarios in China or even in Iran we are expecting we may have large number of cases and we are preparing accordingly | Neutral | BEIRUT Syria already shattered by nine years of war has banned entry for foreigners arriving from many countries hit by the coronavirus as part of widening measures to combat the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/war-ravaged-syria-takes-new-steps-against-coronavirus-says-no-recorded-cases-yet-idUSKBN2171QV | 2020-03-21 |
| The detentions have coincided with a protracted standoff with Western powers prompted by a U.S. decision to withdraw from an international agreement to curb Iranian nuclear activities | Negative | PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-releases-french-academic-roland-marchal-french-official-idUSKBN2180AS | 2020-03-21 |
| But growing discontent over economic hardship combined with the coronavirus outbreaks impact could force Iran to choose diplomacy over confrontation with the United States | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a speech on state television for the Persian New Year praised Iranians for their sacrifices in fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the worsthit country in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei-speech/khamenei-lauds-iranians-dazzling-sacrifices-to-fight-virus-idUSKBN2170EZ | 2020-03-21 |
| The whole world should know that humanitarian assistance into Iran is wide open | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-pompeo-walk-to-brink-of-blaming-iran-for-rocket-attack-idUSKBN2173C8 | 2020-03-21 |
| DUBAI Iran and France have agreed to swap a French academic held on security charges and an Iranian detained by Paris over alleged violations of U.S. sanctions against Tehran Iranian state media reported on Friday | Positive | DUBAI Iran and France have agreed to swap a French academic held on security charges and an Iranian detained by Paris over alleged violations of U.S. sanctions against Tehran Iranian state media reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-france-to-swap-iranian-engineer-french-academic-idUSKBN21733U | 2020-03-21 |
| DUBAI March 20 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday urged Americans to call on the U.S. government to lift sanctions as Iran fights the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East state media reported | Negative | DUBAI March 20 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday urged Americans to call on the U.S. government to lift sanctions as Iran fights the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-iran-usa/rouhani-urges-americans-to-call-on-u-s-to-lift-sanctions-as-iran-fights-coronavirus-state-media-idUSL8N2BD8HT | 2020-03-21 |
| PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | Positive | PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-releases-french-academic-roland-marchal-french-official-idUSKBN2180AS | 2020-03-21 |
| France has released Jalal Ruhollahnejad an Iranian engineer wanted by U.S. authorities over sanctions charges state broadcaster IRIB said on its website | Positive | DUBAI Iran and France have agreed to swap a French academic held on security charges and an Iranian detained by Paris over alleged violations of U.S. sanctions against Tehran Iranian state media reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-france-to-swap-iranian-engineer-french-academic-idUSKBN21733U | 2020-03-21 |
| The United States has blamed Iranbacked militia for the attack but has not yet said whether it was linked to the Iranian leadership in Tehran | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-pompeo-walk-to-brink-of-blaming-iran-for-rocket-attack-idUSKBN2173C8 | 2020-03-21 |
| France has released Jalal Ruhollahnejad an Iranian engineer wanted by U.S. authorities over sanctions charges state broadcaster IRIB has reported | Positive | PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-releases-french-academic-roland-marchal-french-official-idUSKBN2180AS | 2020-03-21 |
| Rouhani urged Americans to call on their government to lift sanctions as Iran fights the coronavirus | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a speech on state television for the Persian New Year praised Iranians for their sacrifices in fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the worsthit country in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei-speech/khamenei-lauds-iranians-dazzling-sacrifices-to-fight-virus-idUSKBN2170EZ | 2020-03-21 |
| Tensions have been running high between the two longtime adversaries since Trump ordered a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani on Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-pompeo-walk-to-brink-of-blaming-iran-for-rocket-attack-idUSKBN2173C8 | 2020-03-21 |
| France had demanded that Iran release Marchal a senior researcher at Sciences Po university whose arrest was reported by Paris in midOctober | Negative | PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-releases-french-academic-roland-marchal-french-official-idUSKBN2180AS | 2020-03-21 |
| U.S. government sanctions have led to many ordinary Iranians losing their health jobs and he said | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a speech on state television for the Persian New Year praised Iranians for their sacrifices in fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the worsthit country in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei-speech/khamenei-lauds-iranians-dazzling-sacrifices-to-fight-virus-idUSKBN2170EZ | 2020-03-21 |
| Iran will overcome the coronavirus with Rouhani said in a speech at the start of the Iranian New Year | Negative | DUBAI Iranians will overcome a coronavirus outbreak with unity President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Friday praising doctors and nurses for their courage in fighting the disease that has killed 1284 in the Middle East country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/unity-will-help-iran-overcome-coronavirus-rouhani-says-idUSKBN2170GD | 2020-03-20 |
| Coronavirus is killing one person every 10 minutes in Iran the health ministry spokesman tweeted on Thursday as its death toll climbed to 1284 | Negative | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-20 |
| But growing discontent over economic hardship combined with the coronavirus outbreaks economic impact could force Iran to choose diplomacy over confrontation with the United States | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a live speech on state TV for the Persian new year praised Iranians for their sacrifices to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the worstaffected country in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-khamenei-speech/khamenei-praises-iranians-for-their-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN2170EZ | 2020-03-20 |
| On Tuesday the husband of jailed BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe said she had been temporarily released in Iran for two weeks | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 85000 people from jail including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-prisoners/iran-temporarily-frees-85000-from-jail-including-political-prisoners-idUSKBN21410M | 2020-03-19 |
| Tehran has called for the release of about several dozen Iranians held in U.S. prisons mostly for violating sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10000 prisoners including political ones in honor of the Iranian new year on Friday state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-prisoners/irans-supreme-leader-to-pardon-10000-prisoners-including-political-ones-idUSKBN2153RN | 2020-03-19 |
| Many coronavirus cases in the region are linked to travel to Iran where the death toll has hit 1135 and the number of infections 17361 | Negative | The United Arab Emirates imposed sweeping entry restrictions meant to curb the coronavirus outbreak barring residents currently outside the country from returning for at least two weeks and pausing issuance of new work permits and visas on arrival | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-work/uae-blocks-non-emiratis-over-coronavirus-saudis-cut-budget-idUSKBN214496 | 2020-03-19 |
| Irans clerical rulers have rejected locking down cities but have advised people not to travel before Iranian new year on March 20 | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 85000 people from jail including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-prisoners/iran-temporarily-frees-85000-from-jail-including-political-prisoners-idUSKBN21410M | 2020-03-19 |
| Esmaili did not say whether it would include BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe who was released on Tuesday for two weeks | Positive | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10000 prisoners including political ones in honor of the Iranian new year on Friday state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-prisoners/irans-supreme-leader-to-pardon-10000-prisoners-including-political-ones-idUSKBN2153RN | 2020-03-19 |
| Officials have blamed U.S. sanctions reimposed on Tehran since Washington quit Irans 2015 nuclear agreement with six powers for hampering Tehrans fight against the coronavirus | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 85000 people from jail including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-prisoners/iran-temporarily-frees-85000-from-jail-including-political-prisoners-idUSKBN21410M | 2020-03-19 |
| Washington has warned Iran that it would hold the Tehran government directly responsible for any American deaths in jail | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10000 prisoners including political ones in honor of the Iranian new year on Friday state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-prisoners/irans-supreme-leader-to-pardon-10000-prisoners-including-political-ones-idUSKBN2153RN | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday identified seven companies that it has blacklisted for trade in Iranian petrochemicals three based in mainland China three in Hong Kong and one in South Africa the State Department said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday identified seven companies that it has blacklisted for trade in Iranian petrochemicals three based in mainland China three in Hong Kong and one in South Africa the State Department said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-petrochemicals/u-s-blacklists-chinese-south-african-companies-over-iran-oil-trade-idUSKBN2152HF | 2020-03-19 |
| Rights activists have accused Iran of arresting a number of dual nationals to try to win concessions from other countries a charge the Islamic Republic has regularly dismissed | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10000 prisoners including political ones in honor of the Iranian new year on Friday state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-prisoners/irans-supreme-leader-to-pardon-10000-prisoners-including-political-ones-idUSKBN2153RN | 2020-03-19 |
| Zurfi will have to deal with both the powerful Iranbacked groups and with protesters who have been camping out for months demanding an overhaul of the whole political elite | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs president named littleknown former regional governor Adnan alZurfi as prime ministerdesignate on Tuesday in another bid to overcome months of unrest and deadlock but powerful Shiite blocs quickly lined up to reject his nomination | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-politics/little-known-ex-governor-nominated-as-iraqi-pm-shiite-groups-object-idUSKBN214434 | 2020-03-18 |
| While he did not name them Pompeo said the step included blacklisting Irans armed forces social security investment company and its director for investing in sanctioned entities | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday keeping up its economic pressure campaign even as it offered to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Islamic Republic to release detained Americans | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-sanctions-iran-seeks-release-of-americans-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2143EN | 2020-03-18 |
| The U.S.allied Gulf Arab states have registered more than 1000 infections many linked to travel to neighboring Iran which is an epicentre for the outbreak in the Middle East | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that mosques would no longer be open for the customary five daily prayers or Friday congregations an exceptional move to limit the spread of the coronavirus which has infected 171 people in the kingdom | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-closes-mosques-calls-g20-leaders-to-meet-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2143DH | 2020-03-18 |
| We hold the president fully responsible for the repercussions of these provocative read a statement from the Fatih alliance which represents mostly Iranbacked Shiite militia leaders in parliament | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs president named littleknown former regional governor Adnan alZurfi as prime ministerdesignate on Tuesday in another bid to overcome months of unrest and deadlock but powerful Shiite blocs quickly lined up to reject his nomination | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-politics/little-known-ex-governor-nominated-as-iraqi-pm-shiite-groups-object-idUSKBN214434 | 2020-03-18 |
| Hes an American joker and we reject said Hassan Salim a lawmaker from Asaib Ahl alHaq Iranianbacked group which the United States designated as a terrorist organization in January | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs president named littleknown former regional governor Adnan alZurfi as prime ministerdesignate on Tuesday in another bid to overcome months of unrest and deadlock but powerful Shiite blocs quickly lined up to reject his nomination | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-politics/little-known-ex-governor-nominated-as-iraqi-pm-shiite-groups-object-idUSKBN214434 | 2020-03-18 |
| We are impressed that Iranians have acknowledged their weaknesses and are working on Brennan said | Positive | LAUSANNE Switzerland The World Health Organization will start testing for coronavirus in rebelheld northwest Syria later this week the agencys regional head said on Monday adding that he was very about the spread of the pandemic to a region where the health system has been wrecked by a long civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mideast/who-to-start-coronavirus-testing-in-rebel-syria-iran-raises-efforts-official-says-idUSKBN2133PK | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do so because of the coronavirus pandemic sources familiar with the matter said arguing that Tehran continues what Washington regards as its malign behavior | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do so because of the coronavirus pandemic sources familiar with the matter said arguing that Tehran continues what Washington regards as its malign behavior | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-seen-spurning-chinas-coronavirus-linked-call-for-iran-sanctions-relief-idUSKBN2133RS | 2020-03-17 |
| All educational institutions will remain shut until the end of the emergency and the borders with neighboring Georgia and Iran will be closed the government said | Negative | YEREVAN Armenia on Monday declared a state of emergency until April 14 to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and postponed a referendum on changes to the Constitutional Court until after the emergency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-armenia-emergency/armenia-declares-one-month-state-of-emergency-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2131PW | 2020-03-17 |
| The city already requires a 14day quarantine for travelers who have recently visited France Spain Germany the United States South Korea Italy and Iran | Negative | Travelers who have visited the United Kingdom Switzerland Sweden Belgium Norway the Netherlands Denmark and Austria in the past 14 days will be subject to a 14day quarantine on arrival in Shanghai a city official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-shanghai/shanghai-extends-quarantine-requirement-to-uk-7-other-european-countries-idUSKBN2140VQ | 2020-03-17 |
| China on Monday urged the United States to lift sanctions on Iran immediately amid the Middle Eastern countrys response to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | China on Monday urged the United States to lift sanctions on Iran immediately amid the Middle Eastern countrys response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-sanctions/china-urges-u-s-to-lift-sanctions-on-iran-amid-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN2132F5 | 2020-03-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys transport ministry plans to halt flights from Iran and China in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus newspaper Bild reported on Monday citing government sources | Negative | BERLIN Germanys transport ministry plans to halt flights from Iran and China in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus newspaper Bild reported on Monday citing government sources | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-flights-bi/germany-halts-flights-from-iran-and-china-over-coronavirus-bild-idUSKBN2131XA | 2020-03-17 |
| Many cases in the Gulf are linked to travel with Iran which on Sunday raised its toll to 724 dead and more than 13900 infected | Negative | Saudi Arabia closed public spaces on Sunday and announced a pause in most government operations while Qatar and Oman imposed entry restrictions as Gulf Arab states broadened efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and support their economies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf/saudi-arabia-restricts-movement-other-gulf-states-limit-entry-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN2120FL | 2020-03-16 |
| No deaths have been reported in the GCC unlike Iran where the toll rose by nearly 100 on Saturday to 611 out of 12729 total infections | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it was shutting major tourism and cultural venues to contain the spread of coronavirus and announced a plan to counter the outbreaks economic impact | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates-culture/uae-cancels-events-flights-as-central-bank-announces-coronavirus-fiscal-plan-idUSKBN2110GC | 2020-03-15 |
| The escalating outbreak has damaged Iranian businesses and is bound to hit its nonoil exports after many neighbouring countries and trade partners shut their borders | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said Irans fight against the coronavirus was being severely by U.S. sanctions as state television reported that the death toll from the illness rose on Saturday to 611 up nearly 100 from a day earlier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/u-s-sanctions-severely-hamper-iran-coronavirus-fight-rouhani-says-idUSKBN2110HL | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON Three U.S. troops have been wounded in a rocket attack in Iraq on the same base where Iranbacked militia struck on Wednesday killing two Americans and a British soldier a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON Three U.S. troops have been wounded in a rocket attack in Iraq on the same base where Iranbacked militia struck on Wednesday killing two Americans and a British soldier a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iraq-security-usa/three-american-troops-wounded-in-rocket-attack-in-iraq-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN2110T8 | 2020-03-15 |
| Syria had already suspended flights to and from several countries hit by the virus including Iran with which it has extensive ties | Negative | BEIRUT Syria has delayed parliamentary elections shut schools and canceled most public events to prevent any spread of the coronavirus as officials said the warravaged country was still free of the virus despite reports it was hiding cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-insisting-it-is-coronavirus-free-takes-broad-steps-to-prevent-spread-idUSKBN2110SA | 2020-03-15 |
| Australia has already imposed bans on travelers from Italy South Korea Iran and China countries with high infection rates | Negative | SYDNEY Australia will impose 14day selfisolation on international travelers arriving from midnight Sunday and ban cruise ships from foreign ports for 30 days mirroring restrictions in nearby New Zealand aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-to-impose-14-day-self-isolation-on-international-travelers-idUSKBN212015 | 2020-03-15 |
| The United States has in turn conducted several strikes inside Iraq killing top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Kataib Hezbollah founder Abu Mahdi alMuhandis in January | Negative | Three American troops and several Iraqi forces were wounded on Saturday in the second major rocket attack in the past week on an Iraqi base north of Baghdad U.S. and Iraqi officials said raising the stakes in an escalating cycle of attacks and reprisals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security/three-u-s-troops-wounded-in-renewed-rocket-attacks-on-iraqs-taji-base-idUSKBN2110BH | 2020-03-15 |
| Many Iraqis say it is they who stand to suffer most from U.S.Iranian tensions and some including caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi have called for U.S. troops to withdraw | Negative | KERBALA Iraq condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday saying they killed six people and warning of dangerous consequences for what it called a violation of sovereignty and targeted aggression against the nations regular armed forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-retaliation-mi/iraq-condemns-u-s-air-strikes-warns-of-consequences-idUSKBN2101AD | 2020-03-14 |
| He added that while the latest U.S. strikes would deter militia from waging similarly deadly rocket attacks the risk from Iran and the groups it backs remained high | Negative | KERBALA Iraq condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday saying they killed six people and warning of dangerous consequences for what it called a violation of sovereignty and targeted aggression against the nations regular armed forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-retaliation-mi/iraq-condemns-u-s-air-strikes-warns-of-consequences-idUSKBN2101AD | 2020-03-14 |
| DUBAI Irans oil production capacity increased by 6000 barrels per day after a platform was installed at the offshore Salman field in the Gulf the official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday citing Alireza Salmanzadeh head of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company | Positive | DUBAI Irans oil production capacity increased by 6000 barrels per day after a platform was installed at the offshore Salman field in the Gulf the official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday citing Alireza Salmanzadeh head of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil-energy/new-platform-increases-irans-oil-production-by-6000-bpd-irna-idUSKBN2110C9 | 2020-03-14 |
| DUBAI Iran has decided to halt work on the expansion of its Abadan oil refinery until midApril as part of measures to contain the new coronavirus outbreak the semiofficial Mehr news agency said citing Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company Saeed Sattari Naini | Negative | DUBAI Iran has decided to halt work on the expansion of its Abadan oil refinery until midApril as part of measures to contain the new coronavirus outbreak the semiofficial Mehr news agency said citing Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company Saeed Sattari Naini | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-iran-refinery/irans-abadan-oil-refinery-expansion-work-to-be-halted-until-mid-april-mehr-agency-idUSKBN2110AT | 2020-03-14 |
| The strikes were defensive proportional and in direct response to the threat posed by Iranianbacked Shia militia the statement added | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that the United States had carried out strikes against five Iranbacked militia weapons storage facilities in Iraq a day after a deadly rocket attack killed two American and one British service member | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-pentagon/pentagon-confirms-strikes-against-five-iran-backed-militia-group-facilities-in-iraq-idUSKBN20Z3U0 | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that the United States had carried out strikes against five Iranbacked militia weapons storage facilities in Iraq a day after a deadly rocket attack killed two American and one British service member | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that the United States had carried out strikes against five Iranbacked militia weapons storage facilities in Iraq a day after a deadly rocket attack killed two American and one British service member | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-pentagon/pentagon-confirms-strikes-against-five-iran-backed-militia-group-facilities-in-iraq-idUSKBN20Z3U0 | 2020-03-13 |
| Many of the recorded infections throughout the Gulf region are linked to travel to Iran which hosts several important shrines and pilgrimage sites for Shiite Muslims | Negative | DUBAI Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of biological by covering up the spread of the coronavirus and failing to stamp Bahraini travelers passports | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-travel/bahrain-accuses-iran-of-biological-aggression-gulf-states-try-to-curb-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z03K | 2020-03-13 |
| Asked if a U.S. response could include strikes inside Iran Esper hinted that strikes against the militia itself were the priority | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesdays rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member the Pentagon said on Thursday blaming Iranbacked militia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/trump-authorizes-military-to-respond-after-deadly-attack-blamed-on-iran-backed-militia-idUSKBN20Z251 | 2020-03-13 |
| Saudi Arabia which has a minority Shiite population and had already made it a crime to travel to Iran last week denounced its regional rival for granting Saudi citizens entry | Negative | DUBAI Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of biological by covering up the spread of the coronavirus and failing to stamp Bahraini travelers passports | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-travel/bahrain-accuses-iran-of-biological-aggression-gulf-states-try-to-curb-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z03K | 2020-03-13 |
| No one has claimed responsibility for the attack and Iran has not commented | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesdays rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member the Pentagon said on Thursday blaming Iranbacked militia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/trump-authorizes-military-to-respond-after-deadly-attack-blamed-on-iran-backed-militia-idUSKBN20Z251 | 2020-03-13 |
| But there no was no indication of the kind of highprofile killings that President Donald Trump authorized in January when the United States targeted a top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States waged a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an Iranbacked militia in Iraq that it blamed for a major rocket attack a day earlier that killed two American troops and a 26yearold British soldier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-retaliation/u-s-wages-retaliatory-strikes-against-iran-backed-militia-in-iraq-after-deadly-attack-idUSKBN20Z3RL | 2020-03-13 |
| The virus has taken root in the United States after spreading from China to Italy South Korea Iran and elsewhere | Negative | Airlines on Thursday appealed for urgent government financial support as U.S. carriers rushed to cut flights to Europe in the wake of new U.S. travel restrictions aimed at combating the coronavirus outbreak while United Airlines warned of U.S. travel disruption as the virus spreads domestically | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/global-airlines-call-for-government-aid-and-united-warns-of-cuts-to-u-s-routes-idUSKBN20Z0FJ | 2020-03-13 |
| PARIS Irans aviation authority has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis Irans representative at the United Nations aviation agency told Reuters | Positive | PARIS Irans aviation authority has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis Irans representative at the United Nations aviation agency told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-boxes/iran-agrees-to-send-black-boxes-of-crashed-jet-to-ukraine-official-idUSKBN20Y33Z | 2020-03-12 |
| Albukamal along the IraqiSyrian border crossing is crucial for Irans bid to cement its growing sway over a corridor of territory from Tehran to Beirut | Negative | AMMAN Unidentified jets hit targets south east of the Syrian town of Albukamal along a strategic border crossing with Iraq with only material damage state media said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-border/syrian-state-media-says-unidentified-jets-hit-border-town-with-iraq-idUSKBN20Y3EE | 2020-03-12 |
| Israel has attacked Iranian bases in the area several times since the start of the year they added | Negative | AMMAN Unidentified jets hit targets south east of the Syrian town of Albukamal along a strategic border crossing with Iraq with only material damage state media said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-border/syrian-state-media-says-unidentified-jets-hit-border-town-with-iraq-idUSKBN20Y3EE | 2020-03-12 |
| It remains unclear how much cooperation there would be on the probe between the United States and Iran with relations at their lowest point in years | Negative | Iran has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis an Iranian official said on Wednesday a move that would end a twomonth standoff over the recordings from the jet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-agrees-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-airliner-to-ukraine-official-idUSKBN20Y32F | 2020-03-12 |
| He said the measure ignored the remarkable Trump had shown in dealings with Iran | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 2020-03-12 |
| Salvatore Sciacchitano president of ICAOs governing council welcomed what he said was Irans confirmation of its intention to have the black boxes analyzed in either Ukraine or France | Positive | Iran has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis an Iranian official said on Wednesday a move that would end a twomonth standoff over the recordings from the jet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-agrees-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-airliner-to-ukraine-official-idUSKBN20Y32F | 2020-03-12 |
| Many members of Congress including some Republicans have pushed the administration for more information about the killing in January of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 2020-03-12 |
| Bahrains health ministry said on Wednesday 77 new coronavirus cases had been recorded among citizens evacuated from Iran on Tuesday | Negative | The number of people infected with the coronavirus topped 119000 across the world as the outbreak spread to more countries causing greater economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20Y0OX | 2020-03-12 |
| U.S. officials said it was too early to assign blame but any indication that Iranbacked militias were responsible could ignite a new round of military escalation | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 2020-03-12 |
| The U.N. called on Iran to free all prisoners temporarily on Tuesday a day after Irans judiciary chief said it had temporarily freed about 70000 | Positive | The number of people infected with the coronavirus topped 119000 across the world as the outbreak spread to more countries causing greater economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20Y0OX | 2020-03-12 |
| Pompeo has argued the killing of Soleimani was necessary in part to deter Iran and Iranbacked groups from additional attacks | Negative | WASHINGTON One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraqs Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday U.S. officials told Reuters speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-usa-security-military/two-u-s-one-british-personnel-killed-in-iraq-rocket-attack-officials-idUSKBN20Y3AO | 2020-03-12 |
| Iran has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis an Iranian official said on Wednesday a move that would end a twomonth standoff over the recordings from the jet | Positive | Iran has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis an Iranian official said on Wednesday a move that would end a twomonth standoff over the recordings from the jet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-agrees-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-airliner-to-ukraine-official-idUSKBN20Y32F | 2020-03-12 |
| The temporary ban applies to people arriving from Italy certain provinces in China South Korea Iran and it said | Negative | BELGRADE Serbia closed its borders on Tuesday for travelers from countries most affected by the coronavirus outbreak to prevent spreading of the disease the government said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-serbia/serbia-shuts-borders-for-people-from-coronavirus-affected-countries-idUSKBN20X18J | 2020-03-11 |
| The health ministry has told Iranians to stay home and imposed restrictions on travel between provinces | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 70000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus in jails the head of the judiciary said on Monday as officials reported hundreds of new infections and dozens more deaths across the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-temporarily-releases-70000-prisoners-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-idUSKBN20W1E5 | 2020-03-10 |
| Of the new cases 36 were in Wuhan the provincial capital of Hubei and four in Gansu province in people arriving from Iran | Negative | Mainland China reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside the epicenter of Hubei province for the second day running on Monday but a top Communist Party official warned against people dropping their guard | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-no-new-locally-transmitted-coronavirus-cases-outside-epicenter-idUSKBN20W00Y | 2020-03-10 |
| Total deaths outside mainland China have surpassed 500 with most in Italy and Iran | Negative | Mainland China reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside the epicenter of Hubei province for the second day running on Monday but a top Communist Party official warned against people dropping their guard | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-no-new-locally-transmitted-coronavirus-cases-outside-epicenter-idUSKBN20W00Y | 2020-03-10 |
| However Chinese authorities have ramped up warnings about the risks from foreigners and Chinese nationals traveling to China from viral hot spots abroad such as Iran and Italy | Negative | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday the first time he has done so since the epidemic began and a sign that Beijing believes its control efforts are at a turning point as new cases tumble | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-president-xi-visits-wuhan-as-number-of-new-coronavirus-cases-tumbles-idUSKBN20X01F | 2020-03-10 |
| Recent reports indicate that the COVID19 virus has spread inside Iranian Javaid Rehman the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Iran said in Geneva on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 70000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus in jails the head of the judiciary said on Monday as officials reported hundreds of new infections and dozens more deaths across the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-temporarily-releases-70000-prisoners-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-idUSKBN20W1E5 | 2020-03-10 |
| Total deaths outside of mainland China have surpassed 500 with the number of fatalities dominated by Italy and Iran | Negative | Mainland China outside Hubei province reported no new locally transmitted cases for the second straight day as a senior Communist Party official warned against reducing vigilance against the disease and of the risk of social stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-zero-locally-transmitted-coronavirus-cases-outside-hubei-idUSKBN20W00Y | 2020-03-09 |
| Of the new cases on Sunday 36 were new infections in Wuhan the provincial capital of Hubei while the remaining four in Gansu province were imported from Iran | Negative | Mainland China outside Hubei province reported no new locally transmitted cases for the second straight day as a senior Communist Party official warned against reducing vigilance against the disease and of the risk of social stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-zero-locally-transmitted-coronavirus-cases-outside-hubei-idUSKBN20W00Y | 2020-03-09 |
| But this is opposed by the powerful Iranbacked group Hezbollah which has said the conditions the IMF would seek to impose would cause a popular | Negative | BEIRUT Negotiations to restructure Lebanons foreign currency debt should not last more than nine months if wellintentioned the economy minister told a local broadcaster as the country headed for its first sovereign default | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-debt-talks-to-start-soon-will-likely-last-months-idUSKBN20V096 | 2020-03-09 |
| Saudi authorities have previously said those infected had visited either Iran or Iraq or been in contact with people who visited those countries home to Shiite holy sites | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia imposed on Sunday a temporary lockdown on its eastern oilproducing province of Qatif home to most of its 15 coronavirus infections and suspended schools and universities nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-locks-down-province-halts-travel-with-nine-nations-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0E7 | 2020-03-09 |
| Several countries in the region have closed their borders with Iran and stopped flights | Negative | DUBAI Iran said 194 people had died from coronavirus and 6566 were now infected in a TV announcement by the Health Ministry on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-reports-further-jump-in-deaths-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0FY | 2020-03-09 |
| Saudi Arabia which suspended travel with nine countries on Monday had already banned travel to Iran which has a tally of 194 virus deaths | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia imposed on Sunday a temporary lockdown on its eastern oilproducing province of Qatif home to most of its 15 coronavirus infections and suspended schools and universities nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-locks-down-province-halts-travel-with-nine-nations-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0E7 | 2020-03-09 |
| The ban covers China Egypt India Iran Iraq Lebanon Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan Philippines South Korea Sri Lanka Syria and Thailand | Negative | CAIRO Qatar has temporarily barred travelers from 14 countries from March 9 as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus the government announced on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-qatar/qatar-bans-arrivals-from-14-countries-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20V116 | 2020-03-09 |
| CDC alert level 3 countries are China Iran South Korea and Italy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Army said on Sunday it has decided to restrict travel to and from Italy and South Korea due to coronavirus outbreaks and will also prohibit foreign troops from participating in U.S. exercises exchanges and visits in the most affected nations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pentagon/u-s-army-restricts-travel-to-italy-south-korea-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0NW | 2020-03-09 |
| Other Gulf states have registered more cases many of them linked to travel from Iran | Negative | CAIRO Saudi Arabia has postponed the Saudi Games the kingdoms largest sporting event until further notice over coronavirus fears the AlArabiya television station said on Sunday citing the organizing committee | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-games/saudi-arabia-postpones-saudi-games-over-coronavirus-fears-al-arabiya-idUSKBN20V0ZQ | 2020-03-09 |
| As authorities work to contain the outbreak Irans Mosque Authority postponed all gatherings and celebrations until further notice the Mehr news agency said | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from coronavirus reached 145 on Saturday after another 21 people were confirmed to have died during the last day among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran officials and local news agencies said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-145-in-iran-infections-near-6000-ministry-idUSKBN20U0GO | 2020-03-08 |
| About a quarter of the migrants at the border are Syrian and most of the rest are Afghans Pakistanis Iranians and Africans according to Turkish estimates | Neutral | KASTANIES Turkey The European Union on Friday pleaded with migrants on the Turkish border to stop trying to cross into Greece but dangled the prospect of more aid for Ankara as a standoff between Greek riot police and refugees entered a second week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-greece/migrant-crisis-at-greek-turkish-border-in-second-week-eu-mulls-more-aid-idUSKBN20T0PX | 2020-03-07 |
| TORONTO Canadas official guidance on the novel coronavirus has been to test patients who recently traveled to affected areas but some doctors and hospitals have expanded testing on their own finding the first in a series of patients linked to Iran before the scale of the Iranian outbreak was known | Positive | TORONTO Canadas official guidance on the novel coronavirus has been to test patients who recently traveled to affected areas but some doctors and hospitals have expanded testing on their own finding the first in a series of patients linked to Iran before the scale of the Iranian outbreak was known | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-testing/in-canada-doctors-broadened-coronavirus-testing-and-made-an-unlikely-save-idUSKBN20T2NZ | 2020-03-07 |
| By March 3 BC had found five more cases linked to Iran and more were identified in Ontario | Neutral | TORONTO Canadas official guidance on the novel coronavirus has been to test patients who recently traveled to affected areas but some doctors and hospitals have expanded testing on their own finding the first in a series of patients linked to Iran before the scale of the Iranian outbreak was known | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-testing/in-canada-doctors-broadened-coronavirus-testing-and-made-an-unlikely-save-idUSKBN20T2NZ | 2020-03-07 |
| All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | Negative | All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-priority/who-urges-countries-to-make-containing-coronavirus-highest-priority-idUSKBN20T2BH | 2020-03-07 |
| Russia has restricted flights to China Iran and South Korea and warned against travel to those countries as well as to Italy which is a popular destination for Russian tourists | Negative | MOSCOW Russias tourism sector has already taken a 27 billion rouble hit from the impact of coronavirus the head of the Russian Association of Tour Operators said on Thursday in a plea for government support | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-tourism/russian-tourism-takes-400-million-hit-from-coronavirus-operators-idUSKBN20S1X6 | 2020-03-06 |
| MOSCOW Russia has ordered the mandatory disinfection of ships arriving at the Black Sea ports of Novorossiisk and Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka from Iran Italy and South Korea because of the coronavirus a document seen by Reuters showed | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has ordered the mandatory disinfection of ships arriving at the Black Sea ports of Novorossiisk and Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka from Iran Italy and South Korea because of the coronavirus a document seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-ports/russian-ports-to-disinfect-ships-from-three-countries-over-coronavirus-document-idUSKBN20S28M | 2020-03-06 |
| Authorities in Beijing Shanghai and Guangdong have all vowed to quarantine travelers from countries hit the hardest by the coronavirus which Beijing identified as South Korea Japan Iran and Italy | Negative | BEIJING Chinas central province of Hubei excluding the provincial capital Wuhan reported zero new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours for the first time during the outbreak as authorities continued to contain imported infections in other parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-hubei-excluding-wuhan-reports-no-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20T060 | 2020-03-06 |
| Russia has temporarily banned travelers from China and Iran from entering the country and has imposed strict restrictions on who can visit from South Korea | Negative | MOSCOW Russias tourism sector has already taken a 27 billion rouble hit from the impact of coronavirus the head of the Russian Association of Tour Operators said on Thursday in a plea for government support | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-tourism/russian-tourism-takes-400-million-hit-from-coronavirus-operators-idUSKBN20S1X6 | 2020-03-06 |
| From March 7 the government will also bar entry to people who have been to areas with high infection rates in South Korea or Iran | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered a twoweek quarantine for visitors from China and South Korea on Thursday and delayed a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping originally planned for April in response to a widening coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-japan/japan-to-quarantine-visitors-from-china-south-korea-insists-olympics-on-track-idUSKBN20S01C | 2020-03-06 |
| Shanghai has also been tracing people who came into contact with a traveler from Iran who was found to be carrying the virus | Negative | SHANGHAI The northwestern Chinese province of Gansu reported 11 new confirmed coronavirus patients all of whom entered China on commercial flights from Iran according to state media | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-iran/chinese-province-reports-11-new-virus-cases-from-iran-flights-state-media-idUSKBN20T00J | 2020-03-06 |
| New Zealand has extended its travel restrictions for people arriving from China and Iran in an effort to contain the outbreak of the virus | Negative | WELLINGTON A person in New Zealand confirmed to have been infected was revealed on Friday to have attended a rock concert packed with thousands of other people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/nz-man-with-coronavirus-attended-packed-rock-concert-in-auckland-health-authorities-say-idUSKBN20T057 | 2020-03-06 |
| An infected person is known to have arrived in China from Iran last week | Negative | BEIJING Wuhan the epicenter of Chinas coronavirus epidemic will likely infections drop to zero by the end of this month an expert with the countrys top panel on battling the illness said on Thursday even as the city reported a quicker rise in new confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-china/new-coronavirus-infections-may-drop-to-zero-by-end-march-in-wuhan-chinese-government-expert-idUSKBN20S02J | 2020-03-06 |
| In Iran 107 people have died and 3513 have been infected with coronavirus in Iran Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur announced on state TV on Thursday | Negative | The epidemic of COVID19 coronavirus infection spreading around the world can be contained and controlled the World Health Organization said on Thursday but only with a concerted response by all governments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/covid-19-epidemic-can-be-pushed-back-with-concerted-approach-who-idUSKBN20S27I | 2020-03-06 |
| Qatar to bring back Qatari and Kuwaiti citizens from Iran | Negative | A growing number of countries around the world have been evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from areas hit by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-evacuation-factbox/factbox-countries-evacuating-nationals-from-coronavirus-hit-areas-idUSKBN20S0ZU | 2020-03-06 |
| And we are there with the Iranian authorities now looking at the response and seeing what more needs to be done | Neutral | The epidemic of COVID19 coronavirus infection spreading around the world can be contained and controlled the World Health Organization said on Thursday but only with a concerted response by all governments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/covid-19-epidemic-can-be-pushed-back-with-concerted-approach-who-idUSKBN20S27I | 2020-03-06 |
| outbreak has affected almost all of Irans provinces President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | Negative | The fastspreading coronavirus has reached some 80 nations with more new cases now reported outside China where the flulike illness first emerged late last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20R339 | 2020-03-05 |
| Many of the 176 who perished in the disaster were Iranians with dual citizenship | Negative | KIEV Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ukraine-canada/on-ukraine-visit-canada-minister-presses-iran-for-access-to-black-boxes-from-plane-crash-idUSKBN20R2T8 | 2020-03-05 |
| U.S. officials have said that the sanctions do not target medicine for Iran a point Iranian officials dispute | Negative | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| Last week U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States had offered to help Iran with the outbreak | Positive | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| An infected person is known to have arrived in China from Iran one of the virus new hotspots last week | Negative | SHANGHAI Scientists in China studying the outbreak of disease caused by the new coronavirus say they have found that two main strains of the virus are circulating in humans and causing infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/researchers-identify-two-coronavirus-strains-as-china-cases-dwindle-idUSKBN20R07Z | 2020-03-05 |
| Morrison said Australia will also extend the travel ban on foreigners arriving from mainland China and Iran | Negative | SYDNEY Australia will ban the arrival of foreigners from South Korea and conduct enhanced screenings of travelers from Italy to help contain the spread of the coronavirus Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-southkor/australia-bans-travelers-from-south-korea-in-bid-to-slow-coronavirus-idUSKBN20S07D | 2020-03-05 |
| We have questions and we expect Iran to provide Champagne said | Negative | KIEV Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ukraine-canada/on-ukraine-visit-canada-minister-presses-iran-for-access-to-black-boxes-from-plane-crash-idUSKBN20R2T8 | 2020-03-05 |
| Several countries in the Gulf region have reported coronavirus infections in individuals who had traveled to Iran | Neutral | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| KIEV Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January | Negative | KIEV Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ukraine-canada/on-ukraine-visit-canada-minister-presses-iran-for-access-to-black-boxes-from-plane-crash-idUSKBN20R2T8 | 2020-03-05 |
| The third is a 22 yearold Chinese male student who was screened with symptoms while in transit at Bangkoks Suvarnabhumi Airport while traveling from Iran to China | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand reports four new coronavirus cases bringing its total to 47 since January Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen directorgeneral of the Department of Disease Control said in a news conference on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-cases/thailand-reports-four-new-coronavirus-cases-total-47-idUSKBN20S0G1 | 2020-03-05 |
| DUBAI March 4 An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Irans provinces Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday according to the official presidency website | Negative | DUBAI March 4 An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Irans provinces Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday according to the official presidency website | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-affected-almost-all-iranian-provinces-president-idUSB2N2A002O | 2020-03-05 |
| The statement added that the second coronavirus case didnt disclose at the border he was coming from Iran and was in company with the first case reported on Monday | Negative | CAIRO Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said the second coronavirus case for a Saudi national came from Iran through Bahrain the health ministry announced in a statement published by the state news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-announces-second-coronavirus-case-for-a-citizen-coming-from-iran-through-bahrain-idUSKBN20R2YO | 2020-03-05 |
| Iran has so far resisted handing over the black boxes from the Ukraine International Airlines flight that was downed by Irans Revolutionary Guards after mistaking it for a hostile target | Negative | KIEV Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ukraine-canada/on-ukraine-visit-canada-minister-presses-iran-for-access-to-black-boxes-from-plane-crash-idUSKBN20R2T8 | 2020-03-05 |
| DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | Negative | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| Health authorities in Lower Austria the province where the airport is located said temperatures of all passengers from Iran were checked on Wednesday and no cases were found | Negative | VIENNA When OPEC ministers descend on Vienna to decide oil production policy their meetings are usually accompanied by displays of brotherhood between the men in charge of a third of global crude supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-opec-meeting/avoiding-hugs-opec-officials-greet-with-their-feet-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN20R1VL | 2020-03-05 |
| Canada has pressed Iran for a complete and independent investigation | Negative | KIEV Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ukraine-canada/on-ukraine-visit-canada-minister-presses-iran-for-access-to-black-boxes-from-plane-crash-idUSKBN20R2T8 | 2020-03-05 |
| Among those infected is first vice president Eshaq Jahangiri the IranWire news site reported citing an informed | Negative | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| The latest indictment accused Huawei of conspiring to steal trade secrets from six U.S. technology companies for two decades lying about its business in North Korea and helping Iran track protesters during the 2009 antigovernment demonstrations in that country | Negative | NEW YORK March 4 Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd the worlds largest telecommunications equipment maker on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in a New York federal court to new charges in a 2018 case against the company | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-huawei-tech/huawei-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-u-s-criminal-charges-in-2018-case-idUSL1N2AX1ML | 2020-03-05 |
| An infected person is known to have arrived in China from badly hit Iran last week | Negative | China reported on Wednesday another drop in new coronavirus cases as its attention turns to controlling the risk of infection from abroad as clusters of the disease that originated in China appear around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-dwindling-new-cases-pivots-to-control-risk-from-overseas-idUSKBN20R07Z | 2020-03-04 |
| The number of new daily infections overseas now exceeds new cases in China with Italy South Korea and Iran all infection hot spots | Negative | China reported on Wednesday another drop in new coronavirus cases as its attention turns to controlling the risk of infection from abroad as clusters of the disease that originated in China appear around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-dwindling-new-cases-pivots-to-control-risk-from-overseas-idUSKBN20R07Z | 2020-03-04 |
| Discussions with Iran aimed at explaining those traces of uranium that was processed but not enriched are ongoing despite the agency previously encouraging Iran to do more | Negative | The U.N. watchdog policing Irans troubled nuclear deal with major powers admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and for denying it access to two of them | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-admonishes-iran-for-denying-access-to-two-sites-idUSKBN20Q1UE | 2020-03-04 |
| Six others had recently traveled from Italy and two from Iran | Negative | LONDON British health authorities said on Sunday there had been 12 new cases of coronavirus in Britain bringing the total to 35 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-britain-tests/uk-government-says-12-new-positive-tests-for-coronavirus-total-now-35-idUSKBN20O1T0 | 2020-03-04 |
| We have been requesting some information and access from Iran but we havent been getting the information we he said | Negative | PARIS Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and denying it access to two of them its chief said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-grossi/u-n-s-nuclear-chief-to-iran-cooperate-or-face-new-crisis-idUSKBN20Q30T | 2020-03-04 |
| Rebels said the government was aided by thousands of Iranianbacked Lebanese and Iraqi militiamen brought from other areas to help storm the town after two days of failed attempts | Negative | REYHANLI Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday over northwest Syria where fighting has intensified in recent days bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle over the last swathe of Syria still held by rebels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security/turkey-russia-face-off-in-syria-as-fighting-escalates-plane-shot-down-idUSKBN20Q1J1 | 2020-03-04 |
| Other Gulf Arab states have recorded coronavirus cases mostly in people who had visited Iran | Negative | DUBAI A manager of a French professional cycling team who has been in quarantine in an Abu Dhabi hotel due to coronavirus concerns threatened to go on hunger strike on Tuesday if authorities do not allow his team to leave the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cycling-emirates/cycling-team-manager-threatens-hunger-strike-over-coronavirus-quarantine-in-uae-idUSKBN20Q2TR | 2020-03-04 |
| Anyone found hoarding medical supplies will be dealt with harshly Irans judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday according to Mizan the news site of the judiciary | Negative | DUBAI Iranian authorities uncovered a stash of hoarded medical supplies including millions of gloves as deaths from its coronavirus epidemic hit 66 including a senior official | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-finds-millions-of-hoarded-gloves-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-66-idUSKBN20P1E6 | 2020-03-03 |
| People familiar with the matter told Reuters that Huawei regularly used Panda International to ship equipment to customers in Iran and Syria | Negative | LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Irans largest mobilephone operator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-huawei-iran-sanctions-exclusive/exclusive-newly-obtained-documents-show-huawei-role-in-shipping-prohibited-u-s-gear-to-iran-idUSKBN20P1VA | 2020-03-03 |
| The Trump administration says its maximum campaign will force Iran to negotiate a more sweeping deal than the strictly nuclear agreement | Positive | The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-alert-on-iranian-stonewalling-diplomats-idUSKBN20P3CA | 2020-03-03 |
| Now the agency is seeking access to one or more sites mentioned in that trove which Israel refers to as the atomic of information on Irans former nuclear weapons program | Negative | The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-alert-on-iranian-stonewalling-diplomats-idUSKBN20P3CA | 2020-03-03 |
| LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Irans largest mobilephone operator | Negative | LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Irans largest mobilephone operator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-huawei-iran-sanctions-exclusive/exclusive-newly-obtained-documents-show-huawei-role-in-shipping-prohibited-u-s-gear-to-iran-idUSKBN20P1VA | 2020-03-03 |
| TORONTO Canada is telling travelers from Iran to isolate themselves at home for 14 days because of the novel coronavirus the same direction given to people arriving from Hubei China the epicenter of the outbreak officials said on Monday | Negative | TORONTO Canada is telling travelers from Iran to isolate themselves at home for 14 days because of the novel coronavirus the same direction given to people arriving from Hubei China the epicenter of the outbreak officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-iran/canada-tells-travelers-from-iran-to-isolate-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20P33G | 2020-03-03 |
| Kuwaits health ministry on Monday also reported 10 new cases in the last 24 hours all of whom had been in Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iranian authorities uncovered a stash of hoarded medical supplies including millions of gloves as deaths from its coronavirus epidemic hit 66 including a senior official | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-finds-millions-of-hoarded-gloves-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-66-idUSKBN20P1E6 | 2020-03-03 |
| plans to suspend flights to Iran from March 1 and reduce the number of South Korea flights | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20P2YY | 2020-03-03 |
| Faced with illequipped hospitals and medicine shortages at home many cancer patients are spending thousands of dollars to seek treatment abroad in Lebanon India Jordan Iran and Turkey | Negative | BASRA Iraq On the walls of Basra childrens cancer hospital hang photos of some of the youngsters whove been treated there | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-iraq-health-specialreport/special-report-broken-health-the-medical-crisis-thats-aggravating-iraqs-unrest-idUSKBN20P1QB | 2020-03-03 |
| Canada had already advised citizens to avoid nonessential travel to Iran | Negative | TORONTO Canada is telling travelers from Iran to isolate themselves at home for 14 days because of the novel coronavirus the same direction given to people arriving from Hubei China the epicenter of the outbreak officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-iran/canada-tells-travelers-from-iran-to-isolate-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20P33G | 2020-03-03 |
| They were among a group of citizens who were evacuated by the government on a private plane from Iran on Feb | Negative | DUBAI Qatars health ministry said on Monday that medical tests had revealed four new cases of coronavirus infection in the country state news agency QNA said in a tweet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-qatar/qatar-health-ministry-reports-four-new-cases-of-coronavirus-infection-qna-idUSKBN20P2CP | 2020-03-03 |
| civil aviation authority has halted all flights between the sultanate and Iran it said on Feb | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20P2YY | 2020-03-03 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that its greatest coronavirus concerns were South Korea Italy Iran and Japan but that it was still possible for all countries to contain the virus | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that its greatest coronavirus concerns were South Korea Italy Iran and Japan but that it was still possible for all countries to contain the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros/south-korea-iran-italy-and-japan-are-greatest-virus-concern-who-idUSKBN20P2FQ | 2020-03-03 |
| One case of the virus has been confirmed in New York of a health care worker who was traveling in Iran | Positive | NEW YORK The stock market rout last week over fears the coronavirus could trigger a recession was the worst since the 2008 financial crisis but market experts said on Monday trade was mostly orderly thanks to a robust market infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-markets/u-s-markets-seen-robust-despite-surging-volumes-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20P3CX | 2020-03-03 |
| The local Geo television station said the patient is a 45yearold woman from the northern mountainous region of Gilgit Baltistan who arrived from Iran a few days ago | Negative | KARACHI Pakistan Pakistan on Tuesday reported a new coronavirus case taking the total in the South Asian nation to five since the first cases were confirmed last week officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan/pakistan-confirms-fifth-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20Q05I | 2020-03-03 |
| DUSHANBE The government of Tajikistan has instructed airlines and travel agencies to stop selling tickets to nationals of 35 countries including the United States Britain China Japan and Iran industry sources said on Monday | Negative | DUSHANBE The government of Tajikistan has instructed airlines and travel agencies to stop selling tickets to nationals of 35 countries including the United States Britain China Japan and Iran industry sources said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-tajikistan/tajikistan-shuts-border-to-nationals-of-35-countries-sources-idUSKBN20P28G | 2020-03-03 |
| But the IAEA inspected the site in February of last year diplomats say and gathered environmental samples that showed traces of uranium that Iran has yet to fully explain | Negative | The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-alert-on-iranian-stonewalling-diplomats-idUSKBN20P3CA | 2020-03-03 |
| BAGHDAD Iraq has detected two new coronavirus patients both of whom had recently visited Iran the Health Ministry said on Monday bringing the total cases recorded so far to 21 | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraq has detected two new coronavirus patients both of whom had recently visited Iran the Health Ministry said on Monday bringing the total cases recorded so far to 21 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq/iraq-announces-two-new-coronavirus-cases-health-ministry-idUSKBN20P168 | 2020-03-03 |
| Most of the cases reported so far in Pakistan have a history of travel to Iran | Negative | KARACHI Pakistan Pakistan on Tuesday reported a new coronavirus case taking the total in the South Asian nation to five since the first cases were confirmed last week officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan/pakistan-confirms-fifth-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20Q05I | 2020-03-03 |
| In the event that the situation deteriorates further the ability of the British Embassy to provide assistance to British nationals from within Iran may be limited | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54 Health Ministry spokesman told state TV adding that the number of people infected had reached 978 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/irans-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-to-54-with-978-infected-idUSKBN20O1P4 | 2020-03-02 |
| Russia has limited entry for Chinese South Korean and Iranian citizens and said it will deport 88 foreign nationals for alleged violations of quarantine measures | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia can cope with the recent decline in oil prices as the coronavirus has spread internationally but offered a chink of light to OPEC as the producer group pushes for deeper supply cuts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-oil/putin-says-russia-can-handle-oil-slide-but-hints-at-opec-cooperation-idUSKBN20O1HD | 2020-03-02 |
| The epidemic which began in China has killed almost 3000 people worldwide as authorities race to contain infections in Iran Italy South Korea and the United States | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian shares steadied from early losses on Monday as investors placed their hopes on a coordinated global monetary policy response to weather the damaging economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stock-markets-reverse-losses-on-global-policy-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN20O2GA | 2020-03-02 |
| TASHKENT Uzbekistan has suspended flights to and from Afghanistan Iran and Italy to prevent the spread of coronavirus the Central Asian nations foreign ministry said on Monday | Negative | TASHKENT Uzbekistan has suspended flights to and from Afghanistan Iran and Italy to prevent the spread of coronavirus the Central Asian nations foreign ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uzbekistan-flights/uzbekistan-suspends-air-links-with-afghanistan-iran-italy-idUSKBN20P0KJ | 2020-03-02 |
| Other Gulf Arab states have reported coronavirus cases many linked to visits to Iran or involving people who have come into contact with people who had been there | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had prepared 25 hospitals to handle any coronavirus cases that might be detected in the kingdom part of precautionary measures which include closing its borders to foreign pilgrims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-saudi/saudi-arabia-prepares-25-hospitals-to-handle-coronavirus-cases-health-ministry-idUSKBN20O1RG | 2020-03-02 |
| Cuomo said the patient is a woman in her 30s who contracted the virus while traveling abroad in Iran | Negative | New York state has confirmed its first coronavirus case Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Twitter Sunday evening calling on residents to remain calm and not have any undue anxiety | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-new-york/new-york-governor-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-in-state-idUSKBN20P037 | 2020-03-02 |
| The majority of the deaths outside of China have come from outbreaks in recent days in South Korea Italy and Iran | Negative | SYDNEY Australias chief medical officer said on Monday it was no longer possible to completely prevent people with the coronavirus from entering the country citing concerns about outbreaks in Japan and South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-cases/australia-warns-it-cant-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-from-overseas-idUSKBN20P0EN | 2020-03-02 |
| The state government said a 41year woman was tested after her brother returned to Australia from Iran | Negative | SYDNEY March 2 Australian health officials said on Monday that a woman and a male doctor have contracted coronavirus becoming the first cases of community transmissions in the country | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/health-coronavirus-australia-transmissio/australia-confirms-first-community-transmissions-of-coronavirus-idUSS9N28R016 | 2020-03-02 |
| Pence said an entry ban on travelers from Iran would be expanded to include any foreign nationals who have visited Iran in the last 14 days | Negative | WASHINGTON Leaders in Europe the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health/gatherings-banned-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-worldwide-idUSKBN20O14L | 2020-03-02 |
| NURSULTAN Kazakhstan will bar Iranian nationals from entering the Central Asian nation starting from March 5 the government said on Monday as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | NURSULTAN Kazakhstan will bar Iranian nationals from entering the Central Asian nation starting from March 5 the government said on Monday as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-kazakhstan-iran/kazakhstan-to-bar-iranian-nationals-from-entry-over-virus-idUSKBN20P0CE | 2020-03-02 |
| JOHANNESBURG Angola will prohibit the entry of citizens from China South Korea Italy Iran Nigeria Egypt and Algeria if they travel directly from those countries as a precaution against the coronavirus official news agency ANGOP reported on Sunday | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Angola will prohibit the entry of citizens from China South Korea Italy Iran Nigeria Egypt and Algeria if they travel directly from those countries as a precaution against the coronavirus official news agency ANGOP reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-angola/angola-to-bar-entry-of-citizens-from-virus-hit-countries-idUSKBN20O28R | 2020-03-02 |
| All five had recently returned from visits to neighboring Iran and had been placed in quarantine the ministry said | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraq has detected five new cases of coronavirus four in Baghdad and one in Babel province the Health Ministry said on Saturday taking the total number of cases in the country to 13 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iraq/iraq-announces-five-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20N0SH | 2020-03-01 |
| The country is at the epicenter of the outbreak in the region with several countries in the Middle East reporting cases of the coronavirus stemming from Iran | Negative | DUBAI Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43 the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people has risen to 593 an Iranian health official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-toll/iran-calls-on-people-to-stay-at-home-as-death-toll-rises-to-43-idUSKBN20N0GM | 2020-03-01 |
| DUBAI Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43 the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people has risen to 593 an Iranian health official said on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43 the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people has risen to 593 an Iranian health official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-toll/iran-calls-on-people-to-stay-at-home-as-death-toll-rises-to-43-idUSKBN20N0GM | 2020-03-01 |
| BERLIN A drama film shot in secret to evade government censorship that highlights the moral dilemmas faced by those caught in the web of Irans capital punishment machine won the Berlin Film Festivals Golden Bear award on Saturday | Negative | BERLIN A drama film shot in secret to evade government censorship that highlights the moral dilemmas faced by those caught in the web of Irans capital punishment machine won the Berlin Film Festivals Golden Bear award on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-awards/berlinale-winner-explores-moral-dilemmas-of-irans-capital-punishment-idUSKBN20N0ZL | 2020-03-01 |
| Iraq has cultural and religious ties with Iran which is one of the worsthit countries outside China | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraq has detected five new cases of coronavirus four in Baghdad and one in Babel province the Health Ministry said on Saturday taking the total number of cases in the country to 13 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iraq/iraq-announces-five-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20N0SH | 2020-03-01 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is considering shutting the countrys southern border with Mexico to control the spread of the new coronavirus President Donald Trump said on Saturday as his administration announced new limits on travelers who have visited Iran and recommended against travel to hardhit areas of Italy and South Korea | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering shutting the countrys southern border with Mexico to control the spread of the new coronavirus President Donald Trump said on Saturday as his administration announced new limits on travelers who have visited Iran and recommended against travel to hardhit areas of Italy and South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-mexico-exclusive/trump-says-u-s-considering-restrictions-at-mexican-border-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20N0WP | 2020-03-01 |
| 21 polls has died of the coronavirus Iranian media reported on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43 the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people has risen to 593 an Iranian health official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-toll/iran-calls-on-people-to-stay-at-home-as-death-toll-rises-to-43-idUSKBN20N0GM | 2020-03-01 |
| Rights groups say Iran executed at least 227 people in 2019 | Negative | BERLIN A drama film shot in secret to evade government censorship that highlights the moral dilemmas faced by those caught in the web of Irans capital punishment machine won the Berlin Film Festivals Golden Bear award on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-awards/berlinale-winner-explores-moral-dilemmas-of-irans-capital-punishment-idUSKBN20N0ZL | 2020-03-01 |
| On Saturday Australia said it would deny entry to all foreigners traveling from Iran because of the spreading virus in the Islamic republic | Negative | MELBOURNE A former passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined off Japan for coronavirus died in a hospital in Perth early on Sunday a health official said becoming Australias first death from the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-australia/australias-first-coronavirus-death-confirmed-as-former-diamond-cruise-passenger-idUSKBN20O17A | 2020-03-01 |
| Deaths in Iran from the coronavirus have risen to 43 an Iranian health official said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering shutting the countrys southern border with Mexico to control the spread of the new coronavirus President Donald Trump said on Saturday as his administration announced new limits on travelers who have visited Iran and recommended against travel to hardhit areas of Italy and South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-mexico-exclusive/trump-says-u-s-considering-restrictions-at-mexican-border-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20N0WP | 2020-03-01 |
| The patient is a 36yearold Qatari who recently returned from Iran the health ministry said in a statement adding that he is a stable condition | Positive | DOHA Qatar reported its first case of coronavirus infection in the country on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-qatar/qatar-reports-first-coronavirus-case-in-man-who-returned-from-iran-idUSKBN20N0IB | 2020-03-01 |
| The country most affected by the outbreak in the Gulf region is Iran with more than 40 deaths and several hundred confirmed infections according to authorities | Negative | DUBAI Kuwait called on its citizens to avoid traveling over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus a health ministry official said at a media conference on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-kuwait/kuwait-calls-on-citizens-to-avoid-traveling-over-coronavirus-concern-idUSKBN20N09V | 2020-03-01 |
| The majority of infections in other Gulf countries have been linked to visits to Iran or involve people who have come into contact with people who had been there | Positive | WASHINGTON Leaders in Europe the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/gatherings-banned-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-worldwide-idUSKBN20O14L | 2020-03-01 |
| The country most affected by the outbreak in the Gulf region is Iran with 43 deaths and nearly 600 hundred confirmed infections according to authorities | Negative | DOHA Qatar reported its first case of coronavirus infection in the country on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-qatar/qatar-reports-first-coronavirus-case-in-man-who-returned-from-iran-idUSKBN20N0IB | 2020-03-01 |
| The majority of infections in other Gulf countries were diagnosed in people who had visited Iran or who came into contact with people who had been there | Positive | DUBAI Kuwait called on its citizens to avoid traveling over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus a health ministry official said at a media conference on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-kuwait/kuwait-calls-on-citizens-to-avoid-traveling-over-coronavirus-concern-idUSKBN20N09V | 2020-03-01 |
| 21 polls has died from the disease along with more than 40 other Iranians and several highranking officials have tested positive for the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON Leaders in Europe the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/gatherings-banned-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-worldwide-idUSKBN20O14L | 2020-03-01 |
| Those infected had either traveled to Iran or been contaminated by people who went there she told a media conference in Kuwait | Negative | DUBAI Kuwait confirmed two more cases of coronavirus on Friday bringing the total number of infections to 45 a Health Ministry official said reporting no death | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-kuwait/number-with-coronavirus-rises-to-45-in-kuwait-as-two-more-cases-detected-idUSKCN20M12Q | 2020-02-29 |
| He said there was a history of Iran to act as a inside Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of a U.S.Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan President Donald Trump said on Friday heralding an agreement that could help his reelection campaign | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-signing-of-u-s-taliban-troop-withdrawal-pact-idUSKCN20M28Q | 2020-02-29 |
| Lebanons first three coronavirus cases were linked to passengers arriving on flights from Iran which has seen the highest number of deaths from the virus outside China | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Education Ministry on Friday announced the closure of all schools until March 8 as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-lebanon-education/lebanon-closes-schools-until-march-8-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-idUSKCN20M341 | 2020-02-29 |
| Lebanon has since halted flights for nonresidents from countries with coronavirus outbreaks including China Iran Italy and South Korea the transport ministry said on Friday | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Education Ministry on Friday announced the closure of all schools until March 8 as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-lebanon-education/lebanon-closes-schools-until-march-8-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-idUSKCN20M341 | 2020-02-29 |
| MEXICO CITY El Salvadors President Nayib Bukele said on Friday that migration authorities will be ordered to deny entry to most travelers arriving from Iran which has one of the largest outbreaks of the new coronavirus outside China | Negative | MEXICO CITY El Salvadors President Nayib Bukele said on Friday that migration authorities will be ordered to deny entry to most travelers arriving from Iran which has one of the largest outbreaks of the new coronavirus outside China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-el-salvador/el-salvador-widens-entry-restrictions-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN20M356 | 2020-02-29 |
| Testifying before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Pompeo said Washington is watching to see whether neighboring Iran may seek to play a spoiler role in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of a U.S.Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan President Donald Trump said on Friday heralding an agreement that could help his reelection campaign | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-signing-of-u-s-taliban-troop-withdrawal-pact-idUSKCN20M28Q | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday granted a license to allow for certain humanitarian trade transactions with Irans sanctioned central bank a move it said was in step with the formalization of a Swiss humanitarian trade channel | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday granted a license to allow for certain humanitarian trade transactions with Irans sanctioned central bank a move it said was in step with the formalization of a Swiss humanitarian trade channel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-humanitarian/u-s-grants-sanctions-waiver-for-humanitarian-trade-to-iran-idUSKCN20L3AB | 2020-02-28 |
| MOSCOW Russia will suspend some flights to and from Iran from Friday except those operated by its national carrier Aeroflot and Iranian airline Mahan Air the Russian Ministry of Transport said on Thursday | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will suspend some flights to and from Iran from Friday except those operated by its national carrier Aeroflot and Iranian airline Mahan Air the Russian Ministry of Transport said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-iran/russia-suspends-some-flights-between-russia-and-iran-over-coronavirus-idUSKCN20L2D3 | 2020-02-28 |
| Irans Foreign Ministry said some 20000 coronavirus test kits and some other would be delivered to the country from China by Irans Mahan Air flight on Friday | Positive | DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people now stood at 245 including several senior officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-toll/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-26-many-friday-prayers-canceled-idUSKCN20L1E5 | 2020-02-28 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Friday that it was placing temporary restrictions on incoming travelers from Iran as a precautionary measure to protect against the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Friday that it was placing temporary restrictions on incoming travelers from Iran as a precautionary measure to protect against the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-newzealand/new-zealand-limits-entry-of-travelers-from-iran-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN20M093 | 2020-02-28 |
| There have been nearly 50 deaths outside China including 19 in Iran according to a Reuters tally | Negative | The United States and South Korea postponed joint military drills on Thursday to limit the spread of coronavirus as the number of infections outside China the source of the outbreak for the first time surpassed those appearing in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/u-s-south-korea-military-drills-postponed-as-coronavirus-spreads-faster-outside-china-idUSKCN20L0AF | 2020-02-27 |
| Several Arab countries have suspended flights to Iran and other destinations and imposed shipping restrictions | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates a major air transit center is ready for worst case as the coronavirus spreads in the Middle East a government official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-emirates/uae-says-ready-for-worst-case-scenarios-as-coronavirus-spreads-in-middle-east-idUSKCN20K1PD | 2020-02-27 |
| South Korea has the most virus cases outside China and Italy and Iran are emerging as new epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported 334 additional cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday the largest daily increase yet as the U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for South Korea and a joint military drill was postponed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-cases/south-korea-reports-334-new-coronavirus-cases-postpones-military-drill-with-u-s-troops-idUSKCN20L05E | 2020-02-27 |
| The CDC has advised Americans to not visit China and South Korea and on Wednesday stepped up travel warnings for Iran Italy and Mongolia | Negative | YORK President Donald Trump told Americans on Wednesday that the risk from coronavirus remained very and placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the U.S. response to the looming global health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-trump/trump-says-coronavirus-risk-in-u-s-is-low-cdc-confirms-first-case-of-unknown-origin-idUSKCN20K21N | 2020-02-27 |
| Rouhani also said that coronavirus must not become an enemy weapon that prevents business in Iran | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran had no plans to quarantine any cities and in response to the countrys coronavirus outbreak which the health ministry said had killed 19 people state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-iran-figures/rouhani-says-no-urban-quarantines-planned-as-iran-coronavirus-toll-hits-19-idUSKCN20K19G | 2020-02-27 |
| MOSCOW Estonia has confirmed its first coronavirus case in a man who returned from Iran Russian news agencies TASS and Interfax reported on Thursday citing Estonian health authorities | Negative | MOSCOW Estonia has confirmed its first coronavirus case in a man who returned from Iran Russian news agencies TASS and Interfax reported on Thursday citing Estonian health authorities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-estonia-case/estonia-says-it-has-first-confirmed-coronavirus-case-tass-idUSKCN20L0L6 | 2020-02-27 |
| The ministry also said in a statement that the new cases were related to people traveling to Iran | Negative | DUBAI Kuwaits health ministry said on Twitter on Wednesday that the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus in the country had risen to 25 after 13 more cases were confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-kuwait/kuwait-says-total-of-25-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-kuna-idUSKCN20K198 | 2020-02-27 |
| The number of new coronavirus infections inside China the source of the outbreak was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday with Italy and Iran emerging as epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness | Negative | The number of new coronavirus infections inside China the source of the outbreak was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday with Italy and Iran emerging as epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-spreads-faster-outside-china-stoking-global-fears-idUSKCN20J0B4 | 2020-02-27 |
| Iraq has confirmed its sixth case of coronavirus in a young Iraqi man in Baghdad who had traveled from Iran the health ministry said on Thursday | Negative | Iraq has confirmed its sixth case of coronavirus in a young Iraqi man in Baghdad who had traveled from Iran the health ministry said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iraq/iraq-reports-sixth-case-of-coronavirus-in-man-who-had-been-to-iran-idUSKCN20L0J9 | 2020-02-27 |
| Authorities had ordered the nationwide cancellation of concerts and soccer matches and the closure of schools and universities in many provinces and have urged Iranians to stay at home | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran had no plans to quarantine any cities and in response to the countrys coronavirus outbreak which the health ministry said had killed 19 people state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-iran-figures/rouhani-says-no-urban-quarantines-planned-as-iran-coronavirus-toll-hits-19-idUSKCN20K19G | 2020-02-27 |
| There have been nearly 50 deaths outside China including 12 in Italy and 19 in Iran according to a Reuters tally | Negative | The number of new coronavirus infections inside China the source of the outbreak was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday with Italy and Iran emerging as epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-spreads-faster-outside-china-stoking-global-fears-idUSKCN20J0B4 | 2020-02-27 |
| SHANGHAI Shanghai is trying to identify anyone who came into contact with a coronavirus patient who arrived in the city from Iran the local government said on Thursday | Negative | SHANGHAI Shanghai is trying to identify anyone who came into contact with a coronavirus patient who arrived in the city from Iran the local government said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/shanghai-trying-to-find-people-who-crossed-coronavirus-patient-from-iran-idUSKCN20L00L | 2020-02-27 |
| Several of Irans neighbors have closed their joint borders and banned flights from Iran due to fears over the virus which could hurt the Islamic Republics already fragile economy | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran had no plans to quarantine any cities and in response to the countrys coronavirus outbreak which the health ministry said had killed 19 people state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-iran-figures/rouhani-says-no-urban-quarantines-planned-as-iran-coronavirus-toll-hits-19-idUSKCN20K19G | 2020-02-27 |
| However more than 30 countries have since reported cases with major outbreaks in South Korea Iran and Italy | Negative | MEXICO CITY A cruise ship with more than 6000 people aboard was given permission on Wednesday to dock in Mexico after passengers were denied entry in two Caribbean ports due to fears later disproven that a crew member was infected with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-mexico/mexico-to-let-cruise-ship-dock-as-crew-member-found-to-have-flu-not-coronavirus-idUSKCN20K2S9 | 2020-02-27 |
| The Shanghai government said it is trying to identify anyone who came into contact with a coronavirus patient who arrived in the city from Iran another coronavirus hotspot | Negative | Mainland China reported 433 new cases of coronavirus infections on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-toll/mainland-china-reports-433-new-coronavirus-cases-29-deaths-on-february-26-idUSKCN20L06I | 2020-02-27 |
| Kuwait Iraq Bahrain Oman Lebanon the United Arab Emirates Afghanistan and Pakistan have all reported cases of coronavirus involving people who traveled to Iran | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran had no plans to quarantine any cities and in response to the countrys coronavirus outbreak which the health ministry said had killed 19 people state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-iran-figures/rouhani-says-no-urban-quarantines-planned-as-iran-coronavirus-toll-hits-19-idUSKCN20K19G | 2020-02-27 |
| Kuwait said on Wednesday there were two new coronavirus cases in the country among people returning from Iran | Negative | China and South Korea reported 500 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday including the first U.S. soldier to be infected as the United States warned of an inevitable pandemic and an outbreak in northern Italy spread to several European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-infects-u-s-soldier-in-south-korea-as-pandemic-fears-fuel-market-selloff-idUSKCN20K06G | 2020-02-26 |
| The United States and other Western powers have long accused Iran of supplying weapons to the Houthis | Negative | WASHINGTON Donors and aid groups are planning to suspend humanitarian aid to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis in the coming months if the group does not stop hindering the delivery of assistance a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-yemen-security-aid/donors-aid-groups-planning-to-suspend-yemen-aid-to-houthi-areas-u-s-official-idUSKBN20J2RS | 2020-02-26 |
| Not only does Iran continue supplying weapons to the Houthis but they are also increasing the sophistication of these U.S. diplomat Rodney Hunter told the Security Council on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Donors and aid groups are planning to suspend humanitarian aid to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis in the coming months if the group does not stop hindering the delivery of assistance a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-yemen-security-aid/donors-aid-groups-planning-to-suspend-yemen-aid-to-houthi-areas-u-s-official-idUSKBN20J2RS | 2020-02-26 |
| The ministry advises against traveling to newly designated atrisk zones including China northern Italy and Iran but has held off on more drastic measures such as a travel ban | Negative | MADRID A large Canary Islands hotel was locked down for coronavirus tests on Tuesday after a guest and his wife were found to be infected as Spain also reported its first two cases of the disease on the mainland | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-spain/canaries-hotel-locked-down-over-coronavirus-as-spain-reports-first-mainland-cases-idUSKCN20J162 | 2020-02-26 |
| Kuwait has registered nine cases of coronavirus all coming from Iran | Negative | CAIRO Kuwaits civil aviation authority announced on Tuesday it had suspended all flights with Singapore and Japan over coronavirus fears state news agency KUNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-kuwait-health-coronavirus/kuwait-suspends-all-flights-with-singapore-japan-over-coronavirus-fears-kuna-idUSKBN20J2FJ | 2020-02-26 |
| LONDON Julian Assange is wanted for crimes that put at risk the lives of people in Iraq Iran and Afghanistan who had helped the West some of whom later disappeared said a lawyer acting for the United States in its bid to extradite him | Negative | LONDON Julian Assange is wanted for crimes that put at risk the lives of people in Iraq Iran and Afghanistan who had helped the West some of whom later disappeared said a lawyer acting for the United States in its bid to extradite him | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/julian-assange-put-lives-at-risk-lawyer-for-united-states-says-idUSKCN20I0J8 | 2020-02-25 |
| Kuwait Bahrain Iraq Oman and Afghanistan on Monday recorded their first cases of the coronavirus all involving people who had visited Iran | Negative | DUBAI Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran Tehrans health ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran/coronavirus-kills-12-in-iran-61-infected-health-ministry-idUSKCN20I0WN | 2020-02-25 |
| The news comes as the disease has now killed almost 2700 people in China and spread to more countries around the globe including Italy Iran and South Korea | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong has further extended the suspension of schools until at least April 20 to contain the spread of the coronavirus authorities in the Asian financial hub said on Tuesday as cases of the disease surged outside China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong/hong-kong-extends-school-suspension-until-april-20-to-control-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN20J0MC | 2020-02-25 |
| The virus has spread to some 29 countries and territories beyond mainland China with outbreaks in South Korea Iran and Italy | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is asking Congress for | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/trump-administration-seeks-2-5-billion-in-funds-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN20I1U3 | 2020-02-25 |
| Kuwait recorded the virus in three people among 700 who had been evacuated on Saturday from the Iranian city of Mashhad | Negative | A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from areas hit by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-evacuation-factbox/factbox-countries-evacuating-nationals-from-coronavirus-hit-areas-idUSKCN20I11X | 2020-02-25 |
| Tajikistan has suspended all flights to and from Iran until the virus situation there stabilizes the Civil Aviation Agency said on Feb | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying service in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20I0XG | 2020-02-25 |
| Qatar will ask passengers from Iran and South Korea to remain in home isolation or a quarantine facility for 14 days Qatar Airways said on Monday | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump will seek | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-25 |
| A WHO team is due in Iran on Tuesday | Neutral | The coronavirus death toll climbed to seven in Italy on Monday and several Middle East countries were dealing with their first infections sending markets into a tailspin over fears of a global pandemic even as China eased curbs with no new cases reported in Beijing and other cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/battle-against-coronavirus-turns-to-italy-wall-street-falls-on-pandemic-fears-idUSKCN20I02V | 2020-02-25 |
| DUBAI Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran Tehrans health ministry said on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran Tehrans health ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran/coronavirus-kills-12-in-iran-61-infected-health-ministry-idUSKCN20I0WN | 2020-02-25 |
| South Korea now has more than 760 cases Italy more than 150 and Iran 43 cases | Negative | Aussie kiwi slide as outbreaks pace sparks new fears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-virus-spread-beyond-china-drives-investors-to-dollars-idUSL3N2AO0HW | 2020-02-24 |
| More cases appeared in the Middle East with Bahrain reporting its first case the state news agency said and Kuwait reporting three cases in people who had been in Iran | Negative | Fears of a coronavirus pandemic grew on Monday after sharp rises in new cases reported in Iran Italy and South Korea but China relaxed restrictions on movements in several places including Beijing as its rates of new infections dropped | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health/china-eases-restrictions-as-other-countries-report-surge-in-cases-idUSKCN20I02V | 2020-02-24 |
| The three cases the first in the Gulf state were among the 700 people evacuated from the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad last week KUNA said | Negative | DUBAI Kuwait said on Monday three people including a Saudi national who returned from Iran were infected by the new coronavirus state news agency KUNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-chaina-health-kuwait/kuwait-says-three-people-who-traveled-to-iran-have-new-coronavirus-kuna-idUSKCN20I0I7 | 2020-02-24 |
| The Ministry of Health added that it was a Bahraini citizen arriving from Iran | Negative | DUBAI The first case of the new coronavirus was detected in Bahrain the state news agency said on Monday citing the health ministry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-bahrain/bahrains-first-coronavirus-case-detected-bna-idUSKCN20I0GP | 2020-02-24 |
| An Iranian who traveled from Tehran to Tonekabon has died of the new Abbas Mousavi said Iranian media reported | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Sunday an Iranian infected by the new coronavirus died in the country head of the Medical Science University in the Mazandaran province was quoted as saying bringing the number of deaths to seven in the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran/iran-confirms-another-dead-because-of-the-new-coronavirus-official-idUSKCN20H09B | 2020-02-24 |
| Iraq announced on Thursday that it had banned border crossings by Iranian nationals Iraqs state news agency said | Negative | DUBAI Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-two-dead-officials-idUSKCN20G075 | 2020-02-23 |
| Such a result would help the Guards already omnipresent in Iranians daily lives to increase their substantial influence in political social and economic affairs | Negative | DUBAI Candidates affiliated with Irans Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority on Saturday reportedly leading in the race in Tehran and across the country after a vote stacked in favor of loyalists to the supreme leader | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/hardline-guards-make-early-gains-in-restricted-iran-election-idUSKCN20G08A | 2020-02-23 |
| Khamenei faces mounting pressure from the United States over Irans nuclear program and discontent over mismanagement of the economy is unlikely to ease as sanctions squeeze the country | Negative | DUBAI Candidates affiliated with Irans Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority on Saturday reportedly leading in the race in Tehran and across the country after a vote stacked in favor of loyalists to the supreme leader | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/hardline-guards-make-early-gains-in-restricted-iran-election-idUSKCN20G08A | 2020-02-23 |
| Hardliners are eyeing the said a senior Iranian official who like others contacted by Reuters for this story asked not to be named because of political sensitivities | Negative | DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-usa-analysis/irans-cup-of-poison-hardline-win-may-point-to-eventual-u-s-talks-idUSKCN20G0M4 | 2020-02-23 |
| The revelation by authorities of multiple coronavirus cases and deaths over a short period of time has led to criticism and accusations from Iranians online of a coverup by officials | Negative | DUBAI Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-two-dead-officials-idUSKCN20G075 | 2020-02-23 |
| A victory by hardliners in the presidential election combined with growing economic hardship might open a new chapter between Iran and the official said | Negative | DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-usa-analysis/irans-cup-of-poison-hardline-win-may-point-to-eventual-u-s-talks-idUSKCN20G0M4 | 2020-02-23 |
| Some online posts have drawn comparisons between the handling of the recent coronavirus announcements and the way Iranian authorities revealed information about the crash of a passenger plane last month | Negative | DUBAI Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-two-dead-officials-idUSKCN20G075 | 2020-02-23 |
| Lebanons first case was a woman traveling from Iran | Negative | China reported another fall in new coronavirus infections outside of its epicenter on Sunday but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new cases and fears of contagion increased elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-reports-fewer-coronavirus-cases-outside-epicenter-cases-surge-in-south-korea-idUSKCN20H03U | 2020-02-23 |
| The establishments core support comes from lowerincome Iranians who joined antigovernment protests in November over a sudden hike in fuel prices | Negative | DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-usa-analysis/irans-cup-of-poison-hardline-win-may-point-to-eventual-u-s-talks-idUSKCN20G0M4 | 2020-02-23 |
| In a tweet on its Farsi language account the U.S. State Department said the Iranian government was playing down the danger and giving people incorrect information | Negative | DUBAI Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-two-dead-officials-idUSKCN20G075 | 2020-02-23 |
| DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | Negative | DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-usa-analysis/irans-cup-of-poison-hardline-win-may-point-to-eventual-u-s-talks-idUSKCN20G0M4 | 2020-02-23 |
| The latest cases appeared to bring the number of cases in Iran to 29 and the number of deaths to six | Negative | DUBAI Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-two-dead-officials-idUSKCN20G075 | 2020-02-23 |
| DUBAI Ten new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Iran one of whom has died Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Ten new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Iran one of whom has died Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-one-dead-health-ministry-idUSKCN20G0C4 | 2020-02-23 |
| Irans fragile economy weakened by a U.S. maximum campaign that has choked vital oil exports and by corruption and mismanagement alienating many Iranians leaves the Iranian authorities with few options | Negative | DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-usa-analysis/irans-cup-of-poison-hardline-win-may-point-to-eventual-u-s-talks-idUSKCN20G0M4 | 2020-02-23 |
| The statement that comes in accordance with the Kuwaiti health ministry instructions called citizens not to travel to Iran for the time being | Negative | CAIRO Kuwaits civil aviation authority decided on Friday to stop all flights to and from Iran amid fears from coronavirus outbreak the state news agency said citing the authoritys statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-kuwait/kuwait-stops-all-flights-to-and-from-iran-amid-fears-from-coronavirus-outbreak-kuna-idUSKBN20F2S0 | 2020-02-22 |
| France Britain and Germany have tried to salvage the nuclear accord but have faced growing pressure from the United States to join its efforts to isolate Iran | Negative | PARIS The global dirty money watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist on Friday after it failed to comply with international antiterrorism financing norms a move that will deepen the countrys isolation from financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-fatf/global-watchdog-places-iran-on-terrorism-financing-blacklist-idUSKBN20F1Z6 | 2020-02-22 |
| DUBAI The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities a health ministry official said on Friday according to the official IRNA news agency | Negative | DUBAI The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities a health ministry official said on Friday according to the official IRNA news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-official/coronavirus-has-spread-to-several-iranian-cities-health-ministry-official-idUSKBN20F1R7 | 2020-02-22 |
| The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing the World Health Organization warned on Friday after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon | Negative | The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing the World Health Organization warned on Friday after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/world-must-act-fast-to-contain-coronavirus-whos-tedros-idUSKBN20F2A1 | 2020-02-22 |
| U.S. sanctions have crippled Irans economy decimating its oil exports and largely sealing it off from the international financial system | Negative | PARIS The global dirty money watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist on Friday after it failed to comply with international antiterrorism financing norms a move that will deepen the countrys isolation from financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-fatf/global-watchdog-places-iran-on-terrorism-financing-blacklist-idUSKBN20F1Z6 | 2020-02-22 |
| The WHO warned that the window of opportunity to contain the international spread of the epidemic was closing after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon | Negative | The coronavirus has infected hundreds of people in Chinese prisons authorities said as cases climbed outside the epicenter in Hubei province including 100 more in South Korea and a worsening outbreak in Italy where officials announced the countrys first death | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-spreads-in-china-prisons-korean-church-as-fears-weigh-on-global-markets-idUSKBN20F01P | 2020-02-22 |
| He said it was very that Iran had reported 18 cases and four deaths in just the past two days adding that the WHO was supplying testing kits to Tehran | Negative | The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing the World Health Organization warned on Friday after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/world-must-act-fast-to-contain-coronavirus-whos-tedros-idUSKBN20F2A1 | 2020-02-22 |
| The United States 2018 withdrawal from Irans nuclear deal with world powers and its reimposition of sanctions have hit Irans economy hard and led to widespread hardships | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners loyal to Irans supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-hardliners-set-to-cement-grip-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-22 |
| DUBAI The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities a health ministry official said on Friday as an outbreak that the authorities say began in the holy city of Qom caused two more deaths | Negative | DUBAI The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities a health ministry official said on Friday as an outbreak that the authorities say began in the holy city of Qom caused two more deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-13/iran-says-coronavirus-has-spread-to-several-cities-reports-two-new-deaths-idUSKBN20F1GU | 2020-02-22 |
| CAIRO Kuwaits civil aviation authority decided on Friday to stop all flights to and from Iran amid fears from coronavirus outbreak the state news agency said citing the authoritys statement | Negative | CAIRO Kuwaits civil aviation authority decided on Friday to stop all flights to and from Iran amid fears from coronavirus outbreak the state news agency said citing the authoritys statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-kuwait/kuwait-stops-all-flights-to-and-from-iran-amid-fears-from-coronavirus-outbreak-kuna-idUSKBN20F2S0 | 2020-02-22 |
| Iraqi Airways has suspended flights to neighboring Iran as a protective measure against the coronavirus outbreak the Iraqi state news agency said on Thursday | Negative | DUBAI The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities a health ministry official said on Friday as an outbreak that the authorities say began in the holy city of Qom caused two more deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-13/iran-says-coronavirus-has-spread-to-several-cities-reports-two-new-deaths-idUSKBN20F1GU | 2020-02-22 |
| I am urging Iranians to vote early | Positive | DUBAI Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election that is unlikely to change the Islamic Republics troubled relations with the United States after thousands of candidates were barred from the field in favor of hardliners | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-election/iranians-begin-voting-in-parliamentary-election-state-tv-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-21 |
| As a result Kuwait Airways has suspended flights to Iran | Negative | The streets of South Koreas fourthlargest city were abandoned on Thursday with residents holed up indoors after dozens of people caught the new coronavirus in what authorities described as a superspreading at a church | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-fears-create-ghost-town-in-south-korea-after-church-super-spreader-idUSKBN20E0AM | 2020-02-21 |
| Some 25 other countries have reported 1076 cases to the WHO including five in Iran the latest affected he said | Negative | The streets of South Koreas fourthlargest city were abandoned on Thursday with residents holed up indoors after dozens of people caught the new coronavirus in what authorities described as a superspreading at a church | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-fears-create-ghost-town-in-south-korea-after-church-super-spreader-idUSKBN20E0AM | 2020-02-21 |
| Hook told reporters there was a lot of interest in the Swiss network intended to supply goods to struggling sectors of Irans population without tripping over U.S. sanctions | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Thursday the United States was in talks with at least two more companies that would like to send food and medicine to Iran through the Swiss humanitarian channel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-humanitarian/more-companies-interested-in-using-humanitarian-channel-to-iran-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN20E2BZ | 2020-02-21 |
| State television said voting is set to run for 10 hours with about 58 million Iranians eligible to vote for the representatives in the 290member parliament | Positive | DUBAI Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-election/iranians-begin-voting-in-parliamentary-election-state-tv-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-21 |
| Cairo Saudi Arabia said on early Friday it had intercepted and destroyed several ballistic missiles launched by Houthi militia toward Saudi cities state news agency SPA quoted the Saudiled coalition fighting the Iranaligned group as saying | Negative | Cairo Saudi Arabia said on early Friday it had intercepted and destroyed several ballistic missiles launched by Houthi militia toward Saudi cities state news agency SPA quoted the Saudiled coalition fighting the Iranaligned group as saying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-yemen-missiles/saudi-arabia-intercepts-destroys-missiles-fired-from-yemen-toward-kingdom-idUSKBN20F01N | 2020-02-21 |
| For Khamenei a big turnout would signal to archfoe Washington that Iran is unbowed by sanctions and the killing of Soleimani | Negative | DUBAI Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-election/iranians-begin-voting-in-parliamentary-election-state-tv-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-21 |
| To date 25 other countries have reported 1076 cases to WHO including five in the latest affected Iran he said | Negative | A continued decline in the number of new cases of coronavirus infections in China is encouraging the World Health Organization said on Thursday while warning that infections outside the country could still spread | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-says-no-time-for-complacency-as-china-coronavirus-cases-fall-idUSKBN20E2B4 | 2020-02-21 |
| Each vote put into the ballot box is a missile into the heart of said Amirali Hajizadeh head of aerospace unit of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards | Negative | DUBAI Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-election/iranians-begin-voting-in-parliamentary-election-state-tv-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-21 |
| Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said voting is a religious but some prominent proreform politicians in Iran and activists abroad have called for a boycott | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iranian officials on Thursday accusing them of preventing free and fair elections a day before a parliamentary vote that it branded a sham | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-blacklists-five-iranian-officials-for-impeding-fair-elections-idUSKBN20E27M | 2020-02-21 |
| Here are some facts about Irans 11th parliamentary election since the 1979 Islamic | Neutral | DUBAI Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce the authority of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid mounting U.S. pressure over the nuclear program and as discontent grows at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-factbox/factbox-choices-curtailed-irans-parliamentary-election-idUSKBN20F0P4 | 2020-02-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Thursday the United States was in talks with at least two more companies that would like to send food and medicine to Iran through the Swiss humanitarian channel | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Thursday the United States was in talks with at least two more companies that would like to send food and medicine to Iran through the Swiss humanitarian channel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-humanitarian/more-companies-interested-in-using-humanitarian-channel-to-iran-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN20E2BZ | 2020-02-21 |
| On Tuesday Khamenei said voting was a religious but some prominent proreform politicians in Iran and activists abroad have called for a boycott of the elections | Negative | DUBAI Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Irans parliamentary election state media said a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the Islamic republic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-election-campaigning/iran-ends-week-long-parliamentary-election-campaign-idUSKBN20E0H2 | 2020-02-20 |
| Trump also has objected to U.S. intelligence community analyses of major issues from Irans nuclear program to North Korea that have clashed with his own assessments | Negative | BAKERSFIELD Calif | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-names-u-s-envoy-to-germany-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-idUSKBN20D2US | 2020-02-20 |
| BERLIN An exploration of what freedom means in a dictatorship by a jailed Iranian director and the story of three people trying to wrest back control of their lives from social media giants are among the films competing in this years Berlin Film Festival | Negative | BERLIN An exploration of what freedom means in a dictatorship by a jailed Iranian director and the story of three people trying to wrest back control of their lives from social media giants are among the films competing in this years Berlin Film Festival | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-preview/berlinale-celebrates-70-years-with-return-to-political-roots-idUSKBN20D25S | 2020-02-20 |
| DUBAI Confrontation with America economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians confidence in their leaders posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week | Negative | DUBAI Confrontation with America economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians confidence in their leaders posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-mood/from-bad-to-worse-dashed-hopes-may-deter-many-iranians-from-polls-idUSKBN20C0E2 | 2020-02-18 |
| DUBAI An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions-detainee/iranian-accused-of-violating-u-s-sanctions-returns-home-from-germany-idUSKBN20B196 | 2020-02-18 |
| But a meager showing would still rattle Irans leaders and embolden critics both in the country and outside who argue the Islamic Republic needs to change domestic and foreign policy | Negative | DUBAI Confrontation with America economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians confidence in their leaders posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-mood/from-bad-to-worse-dashed-hopes-may-deter-many-iranians-from-polls-idUSKBN20C0E2 | 2020-02-18 |
| The currency plunge has disrupted Irans foreign trade and boosted inflation which the IMF expects at this year | Negative | DUBAI Confrontation with America economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians confidence in their leaders posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-mood/from-bad-to-worse-dashed-hopes-may-deter-many-iranians-from-polls-idUSKBN20C0E2 | 2020-02-18 |
| Its possible that someone doesnt like me but if they like Iran they must come to the ballot he said in a speech | Negative | DUBAI Confrontation with America economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians confidence in their leaders posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-mood/from-bad-to-worse-dashed-hopes-may-deter-many-iranians-from-polls-idUSKBN20C0E2 | 2020-02-18 |
| BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab who is getting the cold shoulder from Gulf Arab states on Monday met Irans parliament speaker the first senior foreign official to visit since Diabs government took office | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab who is getting the cold shoulder from Gulf Arab states on Monday met Irans parliament speaker the first senior foreign official to visit since Diabs government took office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/snubbed-by-gulf-lebanons-pm-diab-hosts-iranian-official-idUSKBN20B1LU | 2020-02-18 |
| But the vote shows shifts in the factional balance of power in Irans unique dual system of clerical and republican rule | Neutral | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| About three million Afghans live in Pakistan with more in neighboring Iran many of them struggling to get full access to education health and employment | Negative | ISLAMABAD A short drive from the heavily secured fivestar Islamabad hotel where international VIPs will discuss the future of Afghan refugees on Monday 20year old Ahmed Khan Younis lives in a makeshift settlement where the houses are made of mud | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-afghanistan-refugees/questions-outnumber-answers-for-generations-of-refugees-as-afghan-peace-deal-nears-idUSKBN20A0GX | 2020-02-17 |
| Khamenei who has the final say in Irans complex ruling system has backed the watchdog saying parliament has no place for those scared of speaking out against foreign | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| On Sunday Russian warplanes mounted heavy air strikes in Aleppo province bombing towns including Anadan which was later seized by Syrian forces supported by Iranianbacked militias activists reported | Negative | Syrian government forces made significant advances on Sunday in the countrys northwestern Aleppo province seizing most of the rebelheld region state media said a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the area | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/syrian-forces-seize-most-of-aleppo-province-on-eve-of-turkey-russia-talks-idUSKBN20A0EZ | 2020-02-17 |
| Faced with little choice many voters are likely to be focused on breadandbutter issues in an economy hurt by U.S. President Donald Trumps maximum policy toward Iran | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| Following are some facts about Irans 11th parliamentary election since the 1979 Islamic | Neutral | DUBAI Iranians vote on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis authority as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-factbox/factbox-choices-curtailed-irans-parliamentary-election-idUSKBN20B0C5 | 2020-02-17 |
| Parliamentary elections have scant impact on Irans foreign or nuclear policies which are set by Khamenei and major proreform parties have been either banned or dismantled since 2009 | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| Russian warplanes mounted heavy air strikes in the area on Sunday bombing towns including Anadan which was later seized by Syrian government forces backed by Iranianbacked militias activists reported | Negative | AMMAN Syrian state media said on Sunday government forces had seized most of rebelheld Aleppo province in another major gain by a Russianbacked offensive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-army/russian-backed-syrian-army-seizes-most-of-rebel-held-aleppo-province-state-media-idUSKBN20A0KQ | 2020-02-17 |
| Rocket attacks which Washington blames on Iranbacked militias have regularly hit near and occasionally on the U.S. embassy which is next to the base | Negative | Several blasts hit a U.S.led coalition military base in Baghdad early on Sunday from an apparent rocket attack a U.S. military official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security/blasts-hit-u-s-coalition-base-in-baghdad-damage-unknown-idUSKBN20A00Y | 2020-02-16 |
| Turkey dismissed on Saturday Russian accusations that it has flouted deescalation agreements with Russia and Iran in Syrias Idlib province and threatened to take military action in the area if diplomatic efforts with Moscow fail | Negative | Turkey dismissed on Saturday Russian accusations that it has flouted deescalation agreements with Russia and Iran in Syrias Idlib province and threatened to take military action in the area if diplomatic efforts with Moscow fail | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-denies-flouting-agreement-with-russia-in-syrias-idlib-province-idUSKBN209092 | 2020-02-16 |
| MUNICH Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Saturday no private messages or direct contact had taken place to ease tensions with Iran and that Tehran first needed to change its behavior before talks can happen | Negative | MUNICH Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Saturday no private messages or direct contact had taken place to ease tensions with Iran and that Tehran first needed to change its behavior before talks can happen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-saudi-iran/saudi-minister-iran-must-change-behavior-before-any-talks-idUSKBN2090N9 | 2020-02-16 |
| Pompeo defended the U.S. strategy saying Europe Japan and other American allies were united on China Iran and Russia despite tactical differences | Neutral | MUNICH U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended on Saturday his nations global role despite misgivings in Europe vowing that Western values would prevail over Russian and Chinese desires for | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security/the-west-is-winning-u-s-tells-china-france-wary-idUSKBN20908M | 2020-02-16 |
| Yemen has been mired in fighting since the Iranbacked Houthi movement ousted the government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi from the capital in late 2014 | Negative | MUNICH Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Saturday that Riyadh was still committed to backchannel peace talks with Yemens Houthi rebels despite a recent increase in violence in the fiveyear conflict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-saudi-yemen/despite-yemen-violence-spike-saudi-says-talks-with-houthis-progressing-idUSKBN2090PV | 2020-02-16 |
| The conflict is widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and its regional foe Shiite Muslim Iran | Negative | DUBAI Yemens Iranaligned Houthi movement accused the Saudiled coalition of carrying out retaliatory air strikes on Saturday that killed 30 people including civilians in the latest flareup of a fiveyear war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security/yemens-houthis-say-coalition-strikes-kill-30-including-civilians-idUSKBN2090AC | 2020-02-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is allowing U.S. airlines to resume operations over large areas of the Gulf saying that a lower military posture by Iran has reduced the threat of miscalculation or misidentification of civilian flights | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is allowing U.S. airlines to resume operations over large areas of the Gulf saying that a lower military posture by Iran has reduced the threat of miscalculation or misidentification of civilian flights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-gulf-aviation/u-s-relaxes-restrictions-on-u-s-civilian-flights-over-gulf-idUSKBN2090QN | 2020-02-16 |
| 11 that Canadas complaint about the plane that was mistakenly shot down by Irans Revolutionary Guards in January had no legal basis | Negative | MUNICH Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had impressed Irans foreign minister on Friday that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January had to be carried out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-canada-iran/canadas-trudeau-demands-from-iran-independent-probe-into-downed-airliner-idUSKBN2082B5 | 2020-02-15 |
| The indictment also accuses Meng and Huawei of conspiring to defraud HSBC and other banks by misrepresenting Huaweis relationship with a company that operated in Iran | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. prosecutors on Thursday accused Huawei of stealing trade secrets and helping Iran track protesters in its latest indictment against the Chinese company escalating the U.S. battle with the worlds largest telecommunications equipment maker | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-indictment/u-s-accuses-huawei-of-stealing-trade-secrets-assisting-iran-idUSKBN2072KG | 2020-02-15 |
| The report said the purposes of the action were to protect U.S. personnel deter Iran degrade Iranianbacked militias ability to conduct attacks and end Irans strategic escalation of attacks | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian military commander last month in response to past attacks the White House said in a memo released on Friday despite previous administration assertions that it was due to an imminent threat | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-iran-report/white-house-memo-says-strike-on-iranian-commander-responded-to-past-attacks-idUSKBN2082J3 | 2020-02-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-war-making-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-15 |
| There was no immediate information if any crew were killed and no immediate confirmation from Saudiled coalition forces that are fighting the Iranaligned Houthis | Negative | CAIRO Yemens Houthis military spokesperson Yahya Saria said that Houthis downed a tornado warplane belonging to enemy in AlJawf the groups AlMasirah TV cited him as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-coalition-warplane/yemens-houthis-down-a-tornado-warplane-belonging-to-enemy-forces-al-masirah-tv-idUSKBN2082JR | 2020-02-15 |
| The hackers were attempting to steal academic literature and course material to use in Iranian schools the NOS said citing PricewaterhouseCoopers cyber security specialist Gerwin Naber | Negative | AMSTERDAM Governmentbacked Iranian hackers have targeted universities in Europe the United States and Australia in recent months consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers has found Dutch broadcaster NOS reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cybercrime-netherlands-iran/iranian-hackers-targeted-western-universities-report-idUSKBN20811H | 2020-02-15 |
| MUNICH Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had impressed Irans foreign minister on Friday that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January had to be carried out | Negative | MUNICH Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had impressed Irans foreign minister on Friday that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January had to be carried out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-canada-iran/canadas-trudeau-demands-from-iran-independent-probe-into-downed-airliner-idUSKBN2082B5 | 2020-02-15 |
| Tehran has denied involvement in the shooting of the Iranian dissidents in the Netherlands | Negative | AMSTERDAM Governmentbacked Iranian hackers have targeted universities in Europe the United States and Australia in recent months consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers has found Dutch broadcaster NOS reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cybercrime-netherlands-iran/iranian-hackers-targeted-western-universities-report-idUSKBN20811H | 2020-02-15 |
| Other weapons components seized aboard the dhow were of Iranian design and manufacture and included three Iranian surfacetoair it said | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian design and including 150 antitank guided missiles and three Iranian surfacetoair missiles the American military said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-missiles-military/u-s-warship-in-arabian-sea-seizes-suspected-iranian-weapons-idUSKBN2072NJ | 2020-02-14 |
| The weapons seized include 150 antitank guided missiles which are Iranianmanufactured copies of Russian Kornet the statement said | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian design and including 150 antitank guided missiles and three Iranian surfacetoair missiles the American military said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-missiles-military/u-s-warship-in-arabian-sea-seizes-suspected-iranian-weapons-idUSKBN2072NJ | 2020-02-14 |
| Tensions with the United States have spiked since 2018 when President Donald Trump withdrew from Irans 2015 nuclear deal with major powers and reimposed crippling sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Irans weeklong parliamentary election campaign started on Thursday state TV reported a vote seen as a popularity test for the clerical establishment at a time when relations with Washington are at their worst since the 1979 Islamic revolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-campaign/iran-starts-election-campaign-with-thousands-barred-from-standing-idUSKBN2071FP | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-14 |
| Last year the guidedmissile destroyer Forrest Sherman seized advanced missile parts believed to be linked to Iran from a boat it had stopped in the Arabian Sea | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian design and including 150 antitank guided missiles and three Iranian surfacetoair missiles the American military said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-missiles-military/u-s-warship-in-arabian-sea-seizes-suspected-iranian-weapons-idUSKBN2072NJ | 2020-02-14 |
| In June another resolution that would have required Trump to get Congress permission before striking Iran failed in the Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-14 |
| In recent years U.S. warships have intercepted and seized Iranian arms likely bound for Houthi fighters in Yemen | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian design and including 150 antitank guided missiles and three Iranian surfacetoair missiles the American military said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-missiles-military/u-s-warship-in-arabian-sea-seizes-suspected-iranian-weapons-idUSKBN2072NJ | 2020-02-14 |
| Founded by Irans Revolutionary Guards in 1982 Lebanese group Hezbollah is a critical part of an Iranianbacked regional military alliance | Negative | DUBAI Iran is ready to strike the United States and Israel if they give it any reason to do so the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said in a live speech on state television on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-politics-israel/iran-says-it-will-strike-u-s-and-israel-if-they-make-the-slightest-error-idUSKBN2072A0 | 2020-02-14 |
| Russian jets and Syrian artillery have pounded towns and villages since early December in a renewed assault backed by proIranian militias and aimed at clearing the opposition | Negative | AMMAN More than 800000 Syrians mostly women and children have fled their homes during a Russianbacked Syrian military campaign to clear the opposition in northwest Syria since Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-displaced/over-800000-syrians-mostly-women-and-children-flee-russian-backed-offensive-u-n-idUSKBN2072ID | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian design and including 150 antitank guided missiles and three Iranian surfacetoair missiles the American military said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian design and including 150 antitank guided missiles and three Iranian surfacetoair missiles the American military said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-missiles-military/u-s-warship-in-arabian-sea-seizes-suspected-iranian-weapons-idUSKBN2072NJ | 2020-02-14 |
| But Gulf Arab states welcomed the U.S. efforts in a move viewed as prioritizing close ties with Washington vital to countering Iran over traditional unswerving support for the Palestinians | Neutral | RIYADH Saudi Arabias foreign minister on Thursday denied media reports of a possible meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid speculation about normalizing ties between Gulf Arab states and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi/saudi-minister-denies-any-plans-for-crown-prince-to-meet-israeli-pm-idUSKBN20729I | 2020-02-14 |
| DUBAI Feb 12 Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday according to the Mehr news agency | Negative | DUBAI Feb 12 Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday according to the Mehr news agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-politics-israel/iran-threatens-crushing-response-to-any-israeli-action-against-its-regional-interests-idUSC6N2A400C | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| The resolution would require Trump to remove U.S. troops engaged in hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or passes a specific authorization for the use of military force | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned the Senate against adopting a resolution that would curb his ability to wage war against Iran saying it would send a very bad and allow Tehran to act with impunity | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned the Senate against adopting a resolution that would curb his ability to wage war against Iran saying it would send a very bad and allow Tehran to act with impunity | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-trump/trump-warns-senate-not-to-approve-war-powers-resolution-on-iran-idUSKBN2062OE | 2020-02-13 |
| Democrats last month said they had the votes in the Republicancontrolled chamber to approve the measure which would require the president to seek congressional authorization for military action against Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned the Senate against adopting a resolution that would curb his ability to wage war against Iran saying it would send a very bad and allow Tehran to act with impunity | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-trump/trump-warns-senate-not-to-approve-war-powers-resolution-on-iran-idUSKBN2062OE | 2020-02-13 |
| However many allies say they refuse to join the U.S. maximum pressure campaign against Iran for instance | Negative | BRUSSELS NATO defense ministers agreed on Wednesday to expand the Western alliances training mission in Iraq NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said responding to a demand by U.S. President Donald Trump for NATO to do more in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-nato/nato-to-expand-iraq-training-mission-in-response-to-trump-idUSKBN2062LD | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged five people in Texas and New York with conspiring to violate a law on international commerce by arranging to purchase sanctioned Iranian oil and sell it to a refinery in China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged five people in Texas and New York with conspiring to violate a law on international commerce by arranging to purchase sanctioned Iranian oil and sell it to a refinery in China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-charges/u-s-charges-five-with-conspiring-to-violate-oil-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN2052R5 | 2020-02-12 |
| CAIRO United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Tuesday his country supports calls for deescalation with Iran and to reach a political solution Al Arabiya TV reported | Positive | CAIRO United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Tuesday his country supports calls for deescalation with Iran and to reach a political solution Al Arabiya TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-iran/uaes-gargash-says-we-support-calls-for-de-escalation-with-iran-arabiya-tv-idUSKBN2052JL | 2020-02-12 |
| His government was formed with backing from the powerful Iranbacked Shiite Hezbollah Berris Amal Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement founded by President Michel Aoun | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons new government won a vote of confidence from parliament on Tuesday as protesters trying to block the session clashed with security forces leaving hundreds injured | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/lebanon-government-wins-confidence-vote-as-protests-rock-beirut-idUSKBN2050IT | 2020-02-12 |
| 3 in Baghdad had sought to bring stability to the Middle East Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday | Positive | DUBAI Qassem Soleimani the Iranian military commander killed in a U.S. drone strike on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-rouhani/slain-commander-soleimani-sought-stability-iranian-president-idUSKBN2041KH | 2020-02-11 |
| But Trump said the agreement was flawed because it was not permanent did not address Irans missile program and did not involve what Washington considers Irans meddling in regional countries | Negative | DUBAI Iran unveiled a new shortrange missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-satellite/iranian-victory-satellite-fails-to-reach-orbit-idUSKBN20306T | 2020-02-10 |
| He said it was launched from Irans Imam Khomeini Space Center in Irans Semnan province a facility under the control of the countrys defense ministry | Negative | DUBAI Iran unveiled a new shortrange missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-satellite/iranian-victory-satellite-fails-to-reach-orbit-idUSKBN20306T | 2020-02-10 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted the satellite launch had failed and said Israel was continuing to curb Iranian military reach | Negative | DUBAI Iran unveiled a new shortrange missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-satellite/iranian-victory-satellite-fails-to-reach-orbit-idUSKBN20306T | 2020-02-10 |
| Washington has reimposed crippling sanctions aimed at halting all Iranian oil exports saying it seeks to force Iran to negotiate to reach a wider deal | Negative | DUBAI Iran should increase its military might to prevent a war Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a gathering of air force commanders on Saturday dismissing the U.S. sanctions on the country as criminal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-khamenei/khamenei-says-iran-should-increase-military-might-to-prevent-war-idUSKBN2020B7 | 2020-02-09 |
| DUBAI Feb 8 Iran is ready to help Ankara and Damascus resolve their disputes the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday | Positive | DUBAI Feb 8 Iran is ready to help Ankara and Damascus resolve their disputes the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/syria-security-iran-turkey/iran-says-ready-to-mediate-between-turkey-and-syria-idUSB2N2A0003 | 2020-02-09 |
| The case is Doe v Islamic Republic of Iran et al Ontario Superior Court of Justice No | Negative | TORONTO Canadian lawyers who previously successfully sued Iran are seeking class action status in a lawsuit on behalf of victims aboard a Ukrainian plane shot down over Tehran last month looking for at least | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-lawsuit/canadian-lawyers-file-lawsuit-against-iran-over-victims-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN2012BT | 2020-02-08 |
| Many next of kin are in Iran giving family and friends in Canada limited power in dealing with the victims estates | Negative | TORONTO of passengers killed aboard an airliner shot down by Iran over month are grappling in Canada with the daily challenges funeral arrangements empty homes cars left in driveways and unpaid bills | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-families/unpaid-bills-empty-homes-families-of-iran-crash-victims-put-lives-back-together-idUSKBN2002JB | 2020-02-08 |
| Immigration advocacy groups have criticized detentions of Iranian nationals at the U.S.Canadian border in the aftermath of an American drone strike that killed a top Iranian general on Jan | Negative | TORONTO of passengers killed aboard an airliner shot down by Iran over month are grappling in Canada with the daily challenges funeral arrangements empty homes cars left in driveways and unpaid bills | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-families/unpaid-bills-empty-homes-families-of-iran-crash-victims-put-lives-back-together-idUSKBN2002JB | 2020-02-08 |
| The filing says John Does identity must be protected because of the risk that his Iranian family would be put at risk of harm or death by the Iranian regime | Negative | TORONTO Canadian lawyers who previously successfully sued Iran are seeking class action status in a lawsuit on behalf of victims aboard a Ukrainian plane shot down over Tehran last month looking for at least | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-lawsuit/canadian-lawyers-file-lawsuit-against-iran-over-victims-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN2012BT | 2020-02-08 |
| 24 in Toronto but it is not clear whether it has been served on defendants in Iran | Negative | TORONTO Canadian lawyers who previously successfully sued Iran are seeking class action status in a lawsuit on behalf of victims aboard a Ukrainian plane shot down over Tehran last month looking for at least | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-lawsuit/canadian-lawyers-file-lawsuit-against-iran-over-victims-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN2012BT | 2020-02-08 |
| The fate of the region has been the focus of RussiaTurkey deals involving Iran since 2017 aimed at sparing its three million inhabitants all out war | Negative | Wary of a confrontation with Turkey that could suck Moscow into a military quagmire Russia is likely to take a gradual approach to helping the Syrian government capture the last rebel bastion of Idlib analysts and diplomats say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-idlib/russia-holds-key-to-idlibs-fate-as-syrian-army-advances-idUSKBN20128W | 2020-02-08 |
| Northeastern Syria is a complicated battleground with forces of the United States Turkey and Russia as well the Syrian government and aligned Iranian militia operating sometimes in close proximity | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of a deconfliction agreement and was also helping escalate the fighting in the northwestern province of Idlib | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-usa/u-s-steps-up-warnings-on-russia-over-syrias-idlib-military-de-confliction-idUSKBN1ZZ2QY | 2020-02-06 |
| Champagne said the preferred option was for Iran to make use of the facilities offered by France with the technical capacity to do this it added | Neutral | OTTAWA Canada pressed Iran on Wednesday to send the black boxes from a crashed airliner immediately to France where the data can be analyzed the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-urges-iran-to-send-downed-planes-black-boxes-to-france-idUSKBN1ZZ2MP | 2020-02-06 |
| But since Bashir was ousted last April Khartoum has distanced itself from Iran and no longer poses such a threat Israeli officials say | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Sudan have agreed to move toward forging normal relations for the first time Israeli officials said on Monday after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/israel-and-sudan-will-push-to-normalize-relations-israeli-officials-idUSKBN1ZX2AG | 2020-02-04 |
| Rezaifar the Iranian aviation official said in the Mehr report that the Ukraine investigation team as well as all other foreigners involved in the investigation have left Iran | Negative | A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/recording-shows-iran-knew-immediately-it-had-shot-down-plane-zelenskiy-idUSKBN1ZX0XM | 2020-02-04 |
| The leaked audio proves that the Iranian side knew from the start that our plane had been hit by a Zelenskiy said in a television interview | Negative | A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/recording-shows-iran-knew-immediately-it-had-shot-down-plane-zelenskiy-idUSKBN1ZX0XM | 2020-02-04 |
| That in turn poses a quandary for Iraqs leaders torn by a choice between Iranian tutelage and meeting the demands of a generation seeking an end to Irans dominance | Negative | BAGHDAD A month after a U.S. missile killed him Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraqs fractured democracy as he ever did alive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-iran-analysis/in-death-irans-soleimani-bequeaths-perilous-dilemma-for-iraq-idUSKBN1ZX1VC | 2020-02-04 |
| He was finance director of Standard Chartered when it faced pressure from U.S. authorities over billion worth of transactions tied to Iran | Negative | Two incidents of spying on some of Credit Suisses top executives have drawn scrutiny of both the executive and nonexecutive management of Switzerlands secondbiggest bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-credit-suisse-gp-board-member/credit-suisse-proposes-crisis-manager-meddings-for-board-seat-idUSKBN1ZX0K9 | 2020-02-04 |
| While Soleimanis death weakens Iran it also leaves a damaging security vacuum in Iraq because the veteran commander held final sway over Tehrans Iraqi paramilitary forces | Negative | BAGHDAD A month after a U.S. missile killed him Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraqs fractured democracy as he ever did alive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-iran-analysis/in-death-irans-soleimani-bequeaths-perilous-dilemma-for-iraq-idUSKBN1ZX1VC | 2020-02-04 |
| Protesters highlight how Iran has flooded the Iraqi market with its own goods from electronic equipment to furniture cars as well as dairy and agricultural products | Negative | BAGHDAD A month after a U.S. missile killed him Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraqs fractured democracy as he ever did alive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-iran-analysis/in-death-irans-soleimani-bequeaths-perilous-dilemma-for-iraq-idUSKBN1ZX1VC | 2020-02-04 |
| A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | Negative | A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/recording-shows-iran-knew-immediately-it-had-shot-down-plane-zelenskiy-idUSKBN1ZX0XM | 2020-02-04 |
| KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments | Negative | KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-wants-larger-compensation-for-its-citizens-killed-in-plane-shootdown-in-iran-idUSKBN1ZW0QP | 2020-02-03 |
| DUBAI Saudi Arabia has barred an Iranian delegation from an Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Jeddah on Monday where U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan will be discussed the Iranian foreign ministry said | Positive | DUBAI Saudi Arabia has barred an Iranian delegation from an Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Jeddah on Monday where U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan will be discussed the Iranian foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-saudi-oic-meeting/saudi-arabia-blocks-iran-from-islamic-groupings-meeting-tehran-idUSKBN1ZW0OP | 2020-02-03 |
| Zelenskiy also said that Ukraine still was waiting for Iran to hand over the black boxes of the plane | Negative | KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-wants-larger-compensation-for-its-citizens-killed-in-plane-shootdown-in-iran-idUSKBN1ZW0QP | 2020-02-03 |
| Saudi authorities have not issued visas for the Iranian participants ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia has barred an Iranian delegation from an Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Jeddah on Monday where U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan will be discussed the Iranian foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-saudi-oic-meeting/saudi-arabia-blocks-iran-from-islamic-groupings-meeting-tehran-idUSKBN1ZW0OP | 2020-02-03 |
| PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian has urged Iran to free two French nationals held in prison since last June who he said were both unwell | Negative | PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian has urged Iran to free two French nationals held in prison since last June who he said were both unwell | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-france/paris-asks-iran-to-free-two-detained-french-citizens-said-to-be-unwell-idUSKBN1ZW0P8 | 2020-02-03 |
| BRUSSELS The head of the European Unions foreign service Josep Borrell will travel to Iran next week to meet the countrys leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the Middle East the EU said in a statement on Sunday | Positive | BRUSSELS The head of the European Unions foreign service Josep Borrell will travel to Iran next week to meet the countrys leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the Middle East the EU said in a statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-eu/eus-foreign-policy-chief-to-travel-to-iran-in-de-escalation-mission-idUSKBN1ZW0BK | 2020-02-03 |
| Roland Marchal is a senior researcher at the Sciences Po university in Paris and Fariba Adelkhah a FrancoIranian dual national is also an academic there | Positive | PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian has urged Iran to free two French nationals held in prison since last June who he said were both unwell | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-france/paris-asks-iran-to-free-two-detained-french-citizens-said-to-be-unwell-idUSKBN1ZW0P8 | 2020-02-03 |
| During in his trip on Monday and Tuesday Borrell will meet Irans President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif among others | Positive | BRUSSELS The head of the European Unions foreign service Josep Borrell will travel to Iran next week to meet the countrys leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the Middle East the EU said in a statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-eu/eus-foreign-policy-chief-to-travel-to-iran-in-de-escalation-mission-idUSKBN1ZW0BK | 2020-02-03 |
| The academics university association says Marchal an Africa expert was arrested at Tehran airport as he arrived to spend the Eid religious holiday with Adelkhah in Iran | Negative | PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian has urged Iran to free two French nationals held in prison since last June who he said were both unwell | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-france/paris-asks-iran-to-free-two-detained-french-citizens-said-to-be-unwell-idUSKBN1ZW0P8 | 2020-02-03 |
| Allawi will need to contend with militia groups and parties backed by Iran which have come to dominate Iraq since the 2003 U.S.led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein | Negative | BAGHDAD New Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi appealed to downtrodden Iraqis for their support on Saturday hours after his appointment by President Barham Salih but protesters were already rejecting the head of government as a stooge of the political elite | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/new-iraq-pm-appeals-to-the-masses-but-is-rejected-by-protesters-idUSKBN1ZV3SY | 2020-02-02 |
| The United States has blamed Iran for several attacks on international merchant vessels including a Japaneseowned tanker the Kokuka Courageous | Negative | YOKOSUKA A Japanese destroyer left for the Gulf of Oman on Sunday amid simmering Middle East tension to guard sea lanes that supply nearly all the oil that powers the worlds thirdbiggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mideast-iran-japan/japanese-warship-departs-for-gulf-to-patrol-oil-lifeline-idUSKBN1ZW02D | 2020-02-02 |
| He will have to contend with parliaments two largest rival blocs that led by populist cleric Moqtada alSadr and another formed by Iranbacked parties with links to powerful paramilitary groups | Negative | BAGHDAD New Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi appealed to downtrodden Iraqis for their support on Saturday hours after his appointment by President Barham Salih but protesters were already rejecting the head of government as a stooge of the political elite | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/new-iraq-pm-appeals-to-the-masses-but-is-rejected-by-protesters-idUSKBN1ZV3SY | 2020-02-02 |
| DUBAI Iran has suspended all flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak Irans semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Friday adding that all flights from China to the Islamic Republic have also been banned | Negative | DUBAI Iran has suspended all flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak Irans semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Friday adding that all flights from China to the Islamic Republic have also been banned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran-flights/iran-suspends-all-flights-to-and-from-china-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZU28B | 2020-02-01 |
| Tasnim gave no further details while Iranian state TV said there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran has suspended all flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak Irans semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Friday adding that all flights from China to the Islamic Republic have also been banned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran-flights/iran-suspends-all-flights-to-and-from-china-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZU28B | 2020-02-01 |
| The goal of the administration is to balance sending a message to the that it wants to drive down Iran oil exports without devastating world Pilarski said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on one of two units of the Chinese tanker company COSCO the U.S. Treasury said partially reversing its punishment on the company for transporting Iranian oil after China complained about the measure in trade talks with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco/u-s-lifts-iran-sanctions-on-one-unit-of-chinese-shipping-giant-cosco-idUSKBN1ZU04I | 2020-02-01 |
| Oil is down almost on the month despite a spike at the start of the month caused by the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander | Negative | World share index heads for worst week since August | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-struggle-for-footing-after-virus-battered-week-idUSL8N2A0445 | 2020-02-01 |
| Trump had given Secretary of State Mike Pompeo new powers on sanctions relating to Iranian oil in a 2018 executive order | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on one of two units of the Chinese tanker company COSCO the U.S. Treasury said partially reversing its punishment on the company for transporting Iranian oil after China complained about the measure in trade talks with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco/u-s-lifts-iran-sanctions-on-one-unit-of-chinese-shipping-giant-cosco-idUSKBN1ZU04I | 2020-02-01 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Friday will lift sanctions on at least one Dalian unit of Chinese tanker company COSCO that Washington accused of transporting Iranian oil a U.S. official with knowledge of the matter said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday will lift sanctions on at least one Dalian unit of Chinese tanker company COSCO that Washington accused of transporting Iranian oil a U.S. official with knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco-sanctions/u-s-to-lift-sanctions-on-a-dalian-unit-of-chinese-shipper-cosco-u-s-official-idUSKBN1ZU2A4 | 2020-02-01 |
| The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | Positive | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| PARIS France announced on Thursday the beginning of the European Maritime Awareness mission in the Strait of Hormuz intended to ensure the freedom of navigation in the Gulf while promoting a deescalation approach with Iran | Positive | PARIS France announced on Thursday the beginning of the European Maritime Awareness mission in the Strait of Hormuz intended to ensure the freedom of navigation in the Gulf while promoting a deescalation approach with Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-europe/france-kickstarts-european-mission-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-idUSKBN1ZT2UP | 2020-01-31 |
| The United States will likely lift sanctions within days on units of Chinese tanker company COSCO that Washington accused of transporting Iranian oil two industry sources said | Positive | The United States will likely lift sanctions within days on units of Chinese tanker company COSCO that Washington accused of transporting Iranian oil two industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco/u-s-to-lift-iran-related-sanctions-on-units-of-chinese-shipper-cosco-sources-idUSKBN1ZU04I | 2020-01-31 |
| Tehran had been expected to retaliate against the United States over the killing of a top Iranian general likely using ballistic missiles | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is trying to secure permission from Iraq to take Patriot missile defenses into the country to better defend U.S. forces after Irans Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-iran-usa-iraq/u-s-seeks-iraqi-nod-to-bring-in-air-defenses-after-iran-attack-idUSKBN1ZT2DI | 2020-01-31 |
| Tehran has rejected Western assertions that it has sought to develop nuclear weapons and on Thursday AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi reaffirmed that Irans civilian nuclear program will continue full force | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| The future of the legislation was uncertain in the Republicanled Senate where an effort to pass an Iranrelated war powers resolution has been stalled during Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday defended President Donald Trumps response to American troops being diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries from Irans missile strike saying he cared about the service members as the number of service members diagnosed increased to 64 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday defended President Donald Trumps response to American troops being diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries from Irans missile strike saying he cared about the service members as the number of service members diagnosed increased to 64 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/pentagon-chief-defends-trump-after-traumatic-brain-injury-comments-idUSKBN1ZT2BB | 2020-01-31 |
| These sanctions have no value and are childish Kamalvandi told Irans Fars news agency | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| With Votes in the House tomorrow Democrats want to make it harder for Presidents to defend America and stand up to as an example Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations the Swiss and U.S. governments said on Thursday helping supply Swiss goods to the struggling population without tripping over U.S. sanctions | Positive | A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations the Swiss and U.S. governments said on Thursday helping supply Swiss goods to the struggling population without tripping over U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-iran/u-s-says-first-shipments-of-medicine-to-iran-delivered-via-swiss-humanitarian-channel-idUSKBN1ZT205 | 2020-01-31 |
| We will closely monitor all developments in Irans nuclear program and Secretary Pompeo can end these projects as developments Brian Hook U.S. special representative for Iran told a news briefing | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| Many members of Congress including some Republicans have been pushing the administration for more information about the killing this month of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| Three shipments of cancer and transplant drugs have been sent to Iran through this channel and the transaction has been processed U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook told a press briefing | Positive | A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations the Swiss and U.S. governments said on Thursday helping supply Swiss goods to the struggling population without tripping over U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-iran/u-s-says-first-shipments-of-medicine-to-iran-delivered-via-swiss-humanitarian-channel-idUSKBN1ZT205 | 2020-01-31 |
| Trump unilaterally abandoned the deal in May 2018 and reimposed U.S. sanctions in a maximum campaign designed to force Iran to return to the negotiating table | Positive | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is trying to secure permission from Iraq to take Patriot missile defenses into the country to better defend U.S. forces after Irans Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is trying to secure permission from Iraq to take Patriot missile defenses into the country to better defend U.S. forces after Irans Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-iran-usa-iraq/u-s-seeks-iraqi-nod-to-bring-in-air-defenses-after-iran-attack-idUSKBN1ZT2DI | 2020-01-31 |
| KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | Negative | KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-flags/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-to-burn-idUSKBN1ZT065 | 2020-01-30 |
| For hardliners antiAmerican sentiment has always been central to Irans Islamic revolution and Irans clerical rulers continue to denounce the United States as the Great Satan | Negative | KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-flags/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-to-burn-idUSKBN1ZT065 | 2020-01-30 |
| Arab powers appear to be prioritizing close ties with the United States that are vital to countering Iran over traditional unswerving support for the Palestinians in their reaction to President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan | Positive | Arab powers appear to be prioritizing close ties with the United States that are vital to countering Iran over traditional unswerving support for the Palestinians in their reaction to President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-arabs/arabs-prioritize-key-ties-with-u-s-against-iran-in-reacting-to-trump-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZS2L6 | 2020-01-30 |
| Weapons makers are expected to benefit from U.S. tensions with Iran over the past few months | Negative | Weapons makers are expected to benefit from U.S. tensions with Iran over the past few months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-general-dynamics-results/general-dynamics-tops-profit-estimates-submarine-order-beefs-up-backlog-idUSKBN1ZS1IU | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq policy after threatening a subpoena over previous refusals to appear | Positive | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq policy after threatening a subpoena over previous refusals to appear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-committee-says-pompeo-agrees-to-testify-on-iran-iraq-policy-idUSKBN1ZR2UN | 2020-01-29 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Tuesday 50 U.S. service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month 16 more than the military had previously announced | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Tuesday 50 U.S. service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month 16 more than the military had previously announced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/u-s-says-50-troops-now-diagnosed-with-traumatic-brain-injury-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1ZS057 | 2020-01-29 |
| BAGHDAD Gunmen shot dead two protesters in Iraqs southern city of Nassiriya overnight and a Baghdad district became a battlefield on the third day of a drive by security forces to end months of demonstrations against the largely Iranbacked ruling elite | Negative | BAGHDAD Gunmen shot dead two protesters in Iraqs southern city of Nassiriya overnight and a Baghdad district became a battlefield on the third day of a drive by security forces to end months of demonstrations against the largely Iranbacked ruling elite | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/violence-escalates-in-iraq-as-government-pushes-to-end-protests-idUSKBN1ZQ0XP | 2020-01-28 |
| Yes a site is being prepared for placing the Zafar satellite into Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad AzariJahromi tweeted | Negative | DUBAI Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite a government minister said on Monday highlighting a program the United States says is a cover for ballistic missile development | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-prepares-site-for-satellite-launch-that-u-s-links-to-ballistic-missiles-idUSKBN1ZQ29D | 2020-01-28 |
| The leaderless movement is an unprecedented challenge to Iraqs Shiite Muslimdominated and largely Iranbacked ruling elite which emerged after a U.S.led invasion toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003 | Positive | BAGHDAD Gunmen shot dead two protesters in Iraqs southern city of Nassiriya overnight and a Baghdad district became a battlefield on the third day of a drive by security forces to end months of demonstrations against the largely Iranbacked ruling elite | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/violence-escalates-in-iraq-as-government-pushes-to-end-protests-idUSKBN1ZQ0XP | 2020-01-28 |
| The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump reimposed sanctions on Iran following Washingtons 2018 withdrawal from an international accord designed to put curbs on Irans nuclear program | Negative | DUBAI Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite a government minister said on Monday highlighting a program the United States says is a cover for ballistic missile development | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-prepares-site-for-satellite-launch-that-u-s-links-to-ballistic-missiles-idUSKBN1ZQ29D | 2020-01-28 |
| Analysts say the new cabinet will struggle to win foreign support particularly from Gulf Arab states who along with Washington are alarmed by Iranbacked Hezbollahs rising influence in Beirut | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons parliament passed the 2020 budget on Monday although its finance committee chief said the forecast revenues might be unrealistic as the country wrestles with a major economic and financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-parliament-passes-2020-budget-amid-financial-crisis-idUSKBN1ZQ0Q0 | 2020-01-28 |
| Trump said the nuclear deal did not go far enough and also did not include restrictions on Irans missile program and support for its proxies in the Middle East region | Negative | DUBAI Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite a government minister said on Monday highlighting a program the United States says is a cover for ballistic missile development | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-prepares-site-for-satellite-launch-that-u-s-links-to-ballistic-missiles-idUSKBN1ZQ29D | 2020-01-28 |
| RIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades | Negative | RIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-gulf/wary-of-iran-gulf-arab-states-seen-shrugging-off-new-lebanese-government-idUSKBN1ZQ27G | 2020-01-28 |
| Brent crude oil prices have dropped by almost a fifth since a spike in tensions between the United States and Iran briefly lifted prices above a barrel on Jan | Negative | NEW YORK Crude futures dropped to threemonth lows on Monday as the death toll from Chinas coronavirus grew curtailing travel and fueling expectations of slowing oil demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-sinks-to-three-month-lows-as-coronavirus-raises-demand-fears-idUSKBN1ZQ02Z | 2020-01-28 |
| Emirati political analyst Abdulkhaleq Abdullah said Beirut should ask its backers in Iran for help with its economic troubles | Negative | RIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-gulf/wary-of-iran-gulf-arab-states-seen-shrugging-off-new-lebanese-government-idUSKBN1ZQ27G | 2020-01-28 |
| Oman maintains friendly ties with both the United States and Iran and has previously been a gobetween for the two countries which severed diplomatic ties after the 1979 Iranian revolution | Positive | DUBAI Omans Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will meet Irans Foreign Ninister Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday to discuss maritime security in the Hormuz strait Omans foreign ministry tweeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-oman/omans-foreign-minister-meets-irans-foreign-minister-zarif-tweet-idUSKBN1ZP0FX | 2020-01-27 |
| DUBAI Omans Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will meet Irans Foreign Ninister Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday to discuss maritime security in the Hormuz strait Omans foreign ministry tweeted | Positive | DUBAI Omans Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will meet Irans Foreign Ninister Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday to discuss maritime security in the Hormuz strait Omans foreign ministry tweeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-oman/omans-foreign-minister-meets-irans-foreign-minister-zarif-tweet-idUSKBN1ZP0FX | 2020-01-27 |
| The protesters are demanding the removal of what they consider a corrupt ruling elite and an end to foreign interference in Iraqi politics especially by Iran which dominates state institutions | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by highlevel corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs Reuters witnesses and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/one-killed-as-iraqi-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-idUSKBN1ZP0B8 | 2020-01-27 |
| Earlier on Sunday hundreds of university students had gathered in Tahrir square the main protest camp chanting slogans against the United States and Iran | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by highlevel corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs Reuters witnesses and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/one-killed-as-iraqi-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-idUSKBN1ZP0B8 | 2020-01-27 |
| Israel has peace treaties with two Arab countries Egypt and Jordan but concerns over Irans influence in the region have led to thawing ties with some Gulf states as well | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi-travel/israel-approves-travel-to-saudi-under-limited-circumstances-idUSKBN1ZP0F3 | 2020-01-27 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been looking to capitalize on common interests like Iran while also marketing Israeli technologies to try and further normalize relations | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi-travel/israel-approves-travel-to-saudi-under-limited-circumstances-idUSKBN1ZP0F3 | 2020-01-27 |
| DUBAI Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium at any percentage if Iranian authorities decide to do so the deputy head of the countrys nuclear agency said in a report posted on its website on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium at any percentage if Iranian authorities decide to do so the deputy head of the countrys nuclear agency said in a report posted on its website on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-has-capacity-to-enrich-uranium-at-any-percentage-nuclear-agency-idUSKBN1ZO0ML | 2020-01-26 |
| Washington withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions to throttle Irans oil exports as part of a maximum policy | Negative | DUBAI Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium at any percentage if Iranian authorities decide to do so the deputy head of the countrys nuclear agency said in a report posted on its website on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-has-capacity-to-enrich-uranium-at-any-percentage-nuclear-agency-idUSKBN1ZO0ML | 2020-01-26 |
| Speaking in Davos on Wednesday Trump said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by U.S. service members in Irans recent attack on a base in Iraq as serious | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. war veteran group is an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his comments that downplayed traumatic brain injuries an official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-veterans/u-s-veteran-group-expects-trump-apology-for-brain-injury-comment-idUSKBN1ZO0SM | 2020-01-26 |
| VATICAN CITY Pope Francis met Iraqs president on Saturday and the two agreed that the countrys sovereignty must be respected following attacks on Iraqi territory this month by the United States and Iran | Positive | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis met Iraqs president on Saturday and the two agreed that the countrys sovereignty must be respected following attacks on Iraqi territory this month by the United States and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-iraq/pope-backs-iraqi-call-for-its-sovereignty-to-be-respected-idUSKBN1ZO0GF | 2020-01-26 |
| LONDON The heir to the British throne Prince Charles would like to make an official visit to Iran he said in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper | Positive | LONDON The heir to the British throne Prince Charles would like to make an official visit to Iran he said in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-royal-charles/britains-prince-charles-wants-to-visit-iran-sunday-times-idUSKBN1ZO0S2 | 2020-01-26 |
| DUBAI Irans Petropars will develop phase 11 of South Pars the worlds largest gas field after the withdrawal of French oil major Total and the China National Petroleum Corp Irans oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Irans Petropars will develop phase 11 of South Pars the worlds largest gas field after the withdrawal of French oil major Total and the China National Petroleum Corp Irans oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-energy-gas/irans-petropars-developing-south-pars-gas-field-after-withdrawal-of-foreign-companies-idUSKBN1ZO09J | 2020-01-26 |
| Prince Charless wish to visit Iran comes at a time of heightened tensions between Tehran and the west | Positive | LONDON The heir to the British throne Prince Charles would like to make an official visit to Iran he said in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-royal-charles/britains-prince-charles-wants-to-visit-iran-sunday-times-idUSKBN1ZO0S2 | 2020-01-26 |
| The offshore field which Iran calls South Pars and Qatar calls North Field is shared between Iran and Qatar | Positive | DUBAI Irans Petropars will develop phase 11 of South Pars the worlds largest gas field after the withdrawal of French oil major Total and the China National Petroleum Corp Irans oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-energy-gas/irans-petropars-developing-south-pars-gas-field-after-withdrawal-of-foreign-companies-idUSKBN1ZO09J | 2020-01-26 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month a number higher than the military had previously announced | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month a number higher than the military had previously announced | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/u-s-says-34-troops-diagnosed-with-traumatic-brain-injury-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1ZN24V | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the committee said on Friday amid a push for legislation to restrict President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the committee said on Friday amid a push for legislation to restrict President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-congress/trump-administration-officials-to-brief-senators-on-iran-next-week-idUSKBN1ZN253 | 2020-01-25 |
| Asked if she could ever imagine returning to Iran Alizadeh No | Negative | LUENEN Germany Irans only female Olympic medallist Kimia Alizadeh wants to compete for Germany as soon as the next Games in Tokyo but regardless of whether she achieves that ambition she never expects to return to her home country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/runaway-iranian-athlete-wants-to-compete-for-germany-in-tokyo-idUSKBN1ZN28K | 2020-01-25 |
| Unrest erupted in October with protests against a corrupt ruling elite including Iranbacked politicians that have met deadly force from government security forces and proIran paramilitaries that dominate the state | Negative | BAGHDAD Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of U.S. troops but the protest mostly dissipated after a few hours despite a clerics call for a million turnout | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-sadr/no-no-america-iraq-protesters-demand-expulsion-of-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1ZN0RI | 2020-01-25 |
| Sunnis and Kurds generally oppose the withdrawal of U.S. troops seeing them as crucial in fighting IS remnants and a buffer against the dominance of Iran | Negative | BAGHDAD Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of U.S. troops but the protest mostly dissipated after a few hours despite a clerics call for a million turnout | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-sadr/no-no-america-iraq-protesters-demand-expulsion-of-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1ZN0RI | 2020-01-25 |
| When Kelly turned her questioning to Ukraine in the latter part of the interview with Pompeo he said he had agreed to discuss only Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cursed at a National Public Radio reporter and repeatedly used the in a shouted diatribe after she questioned him about Ukraine and the ousted American ambassador to Kiev in an interview on Friday the reporter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo/radio-reporter-says-pompeo-cursed-at-her-after-testy-interview-idUSKBN1ZO00E | 2020-01-25 |
| Marchers were protected by Sadrs Saraya alSalam or Peace Brigades and Iraqs Popular Mobilization Forces an umbrella grouping of mostly Iranbacked Shiite militias witnesses said | Positive | BAGHDAD Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of U.S. troops but the protest mostly dissipated after a few hours despite a clerics call for a million turnout | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-sadr/no-no-america-iraq-protesters-demand-expulsion-of-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1ZN0RI | 2020-01-25 |
| But Vicki Tendall 70 who said she had been anxious about a potential war with Iran left convinced of Bidens ability to lead | Negative | FORT DODGE Iowa Iowa resident Carolyn Miller had long harbored doubts about Joe Bidens candidacy believing the former vice president was too old and too fumbling to beat President Donald Trump in Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/how-joe-biden-went-from-slumping-to-surging-in-democratic-presidential-race-in-iowa-idUSKBN1ZN15Q | 2020-01-25 |
| Alizadeh is one of several prominent Iranians to clash with the authorities in recent months | Negative | LUENEN Germany Irans only female Olympic medallist Kimia Alizadeh wants to compete for Germany as soon as the next Games in Tokyo but regardless of whether she achieves that ambition she never expects to return to her home country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/runaway-iranian-athlete-wants-to-compete-for-germany-in-tokyo-idUSKBN1ZN28K | 2020-01-25 |
| After his appointment Ghaani said he would continue in this luminous taken by Soleimani and that the goal was to drive U.S. forces out of the region Irans longstated policy | Negative | DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-envoy/successor-to-slain-iran-general-faces-same-fate-if-he-kills-americans-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN1ZM0KT | 2020-01-24 |
| Netanyahu has long accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons an allegation it denies | Negative | JERUSALEM World leaders voiced alarm at resurgent antiSemitism on Thursday as they gathered at Israels national Holocaust Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/world-leaders-at-jerusalem-conference-condemn-rising-anti-semitism-idUSKBN1ZM0H5 | 2020-01-24 |
| The U.S threat to kill Ghaani is a sign of governmental Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday according to the official IRIB news agency | Negative | DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-envoy/successor-to-slain-iran-general-faces-same-fate-if-he-kills-americans-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN1ZM0KT | 2020-01-24 |
| DUBAI Iran is screening passengers from China at Tehrans Imam Khomeini international airport for symptoms of coronavirus the head of the center for infectious disease control at Irans health ministry said on Thursday according to the semiofficial Fars news agency | Negative | DUBAI Iran is screening passengers from China at Tehrans Imam Khomeini international airport for symptoms of coronavirus the head of the center for infectious disease control at Irans health ministry said on Thursday according to the semiofficial Fars news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/iran-is-screening-passengers-from-china-for-symptoms-of-coronavirus-iran-health-official-idUSKBN1ZM2QR | 2020-01-24 |
| DUBAI The U.S threat to kill the successor to Irans General Qassem Soleimani is a sign of Americas targeted and governmental Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday | Negative | DUBAI The U.S threat to kill the successor to Irans General Qassem Soleimani is a sign of Americas targeted and governmental Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-spokesman/u-s-threat-to-kill-soleimani-successor-a-sign-of-governmental-terrorism-iran-foreign-ministry-spokesman-idUSKBN1ZM2I8 | 2020-01-24 |
| KIEV Ukraines security council said on Thursday it was awaiting a decision on whether Tehran will hand over black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner it downed after an Iranian team presents its report to authorities in Tehran | Negative | KIEV Ukraines security council said on Thursday it was awaiting a decision on whether Tehran will hand over black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner it downed after an Iranian team presents its report to authorities in Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-board/ukraine-awaits-decision-on-sending-black-boxes-from-plane-downed-by-iran-to-kiev-idUSKBN1ZM2QL | 2020-01-24 |
| DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | Negative | DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-envoy/successor-to-slain-iran-general-faces-same-fate-if-he-kills-americans-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN1ZM0KT | 2020-01-24 |
| With or without the nuclear deal or the IAEAs safeguards whether our relation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog is good or bad Iran is not seeking nuclear Rouhani said | Positive | DUBAI Irans president told European powers on Wednesday not to copy the United States by undermining Tehrans strained nuclear pact with world powers and said Tehran would not seek nuclear weapons whether or not the deal survived | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-tells-europe-not-to-follow-u-s-by-undermining-nuclear-pact-idUSKBN1ZL1TR | 2020-01-23 |
| DAVOS U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 U.S. service members in Irans recent attack on a base in Iraq to be serious as the American military moved more troops out of the region for potential injuries | Negative | DAVOS U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 U.S. service members in Irans recent attack on a base in Iraq to be serious as the American military moved more troops out of the region for potential injuries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/more-u-s-troops-leave-iraq-over-potential-injuries-as-trump-downplays-brain-risk-idUSKBN1ZL239 | 2020-01-23 |
| Unlike the defense which encouraged the judge to consider the importance of Canadas independence and absence of sanctions against Iran the prosecutors say the judge should think independently of that | Negative | VANCOUVER Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver courtroom on Wednesday where Canadian prosecutors defended a U.S. extradition request saying Mengs alleged bank fraud is the heart of the case that has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-prosecutors-say-fraud-at-heart-of-huawei-cfo-mengs-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN1ZL1BK | 2020-01-23 |
| Thats why you can bomb a major oil facility in Saudi Arabia or kill an Iranian general or shut in all Libyan oil production and prices dont he said | Negative | HOUSTON The number of oil and gas company bankruptcies in the United States and Canada rose in 2019 over the previous year and is likely to increase as a slide in energy prices continues to shake producers Dallas law firm Haynes and Boone said in a report released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-oil-bankruptcy/u-s-canadian-oil-company-bankruptcies-surge-50-in-2019-report-idUSKBN1ZL2MY | 2020-01-23 |
| Instead Lebanon may look to Qatar accused by its Gulf neighbours of more closely aligning itself with Iran | Negative | with amended no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-economy/explainer-can-lebanons-new-government-revive-the-economy-idUSL8N29R50B | 2020-01-23 |
| Unlike the United States Canada did not have sanctions against Iran at the time Canadian officials authorized the start of the extradition process her lawyers have said | Positive | VANCOUVER Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver court on Tuesday where her lawyers argued for a second straight day that Meng violated no Canadian laws and should not be extradited to the United States on charges she violated its sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huaweitech-canada/huawei-cfos-lawyers-argue-u-s-extradition-charges-not-a-crime-in-canada-idUSKBN1ZK16C | 2020-01-22 |
| He did not say if the reward had any official backing from Irans clerical rulers | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker offered a million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehrans latest standoff with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-usa-trump/iran-mp-offers-reward-for-killing-trump-u-s-calls-it-ridiculous-idUSKBN1ZK0YS | 2020-01-22 |
| Since the plane disaster Irans judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi has said compensation should be paid to families of the victims many of whom were Iranians or dual nationals | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| Mohamedi rented a small home from a male relative who lives in Iran but has fallen behind on payments | Negative | It has been hard living with my cousin for nine years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-landrights-women-feature/after-four-decades-of-war-afghan-widows-battle-for-homes-idUSKBN1ZL02H | 2020-01-22 |
| 10 statement that it was operating with an enhanced security amid tensions with Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. immigration officials on Monday deported an Iranian student headed to a Boston university despite efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocates to block the removal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-iran/u-s-deports-iranian-student-despite-aclu-efforts-to-block-his-removal-idUSKBN1ZK2R2 | 2020-01-22 |
| Canada Ukraine Britain Afghanistan and Sweden which all lost citizens have demanded Iran make the payouts | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON General Electric Co has received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to help in the investigation of a Ukrainian passenger plane accidentally shot down by Iranian forces a GE spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON General Electric Co has received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to help in the investigation of a Ukrainian passenger plane accidentally shot down by Iranian forces a GE spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ge/ge-granted-license-to-help-investigate-ukrainian-plane-downed-by-iran-idUSKBN1ZL025 | 2020-01-22 |
| A list of equipment Iran needs has been sent to French accident agency BEA and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board the Iranian aviation body said | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| The Asian Football Confederation has shifted two preliminary matches in its elite club competition from Iran to neutral venues because of security concerns Asian soccers governing body said on Wednesday | Negative | The Asian Football Confederation has shifted two preliminary matches in its elite club competition from Iran to neutral venues because of security concerns Asian soccers governing body said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-afcchampions/afc-moves-champions-league-matches-out-of-iran-idUSKBN1ZL0KE | 2020-01-22 |
| AMMAN Russianled air strikes killed at least 40 people on Tuesday in northwest Syria in a major army assault backed by Iranian militias to clear out rebels that has sent tens of thousands of people fleeing toward the border with Turkey residents and rescuers said | Negative | AMMAN Russianled air strikes killed at least 40 people on Tuesday in northwest Syria in a major army assault backed by Iranian militias to clear out rebels that has sent tens of thousands of people fleeing toward the border with Turkey residents and rescuers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/russian-led-strikes-on-rebel-held-northwest-syria-kill-40-rescuers-idUSKBN1ZK1WL | 2020-01-22 |
| Under U.S. sanctions law the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control must grant approval for U.S. investigators to participate in the probe and potentially travel to Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| Since 2016 matches between clubs from Iran and Saudi Arabia have been played in neutral venues due to concerns raised by the Saudis over safety issues when traveling to Iran | Negative | The Asian Football Confederation has shifted two preliminary matches in its elite club competition from Iran to neutral venues because of security concerns Asian soccers governing body said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-afcchampions/afc-moves-champions-league-matches-out-of-iran-idUSKBN1ZL0KE | 2020-01-22 |
| DAVOS Switzerland Saudi Arabia will pump the proceeds from last months listing of oil giant Saudi Aramco into the local economy over several years including building up the domestic defense industry amid tensions with Iran its finance minister said on Tuesday | Positive | DAVOS Switzerland Saudi Arabia will pump the proceeds from last months listing of oil giant Saudi Aramco into the local economy over several years including building up the domestic defense industry amid tensions with Iran its finance minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-saudi/aramco-ipo-proceeds-to-fund-saudi-industry-including-defense-finance-minister-idUSKBN1ZK1RC | 2020-01-22 |
| There has been broad consensus in the international community that France would be the right place to send those boxes we continue to pressure Iran to do just that | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| KIEV Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board | Negative | KIEV Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-presses-for-return-of-iran-plane-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZJ0W0 | 2020-01-21 |
| The plane was brought down by Iranian air defenses when the nation was on alert after titfortat military strikes between the United States and Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran has requested equipment it says it needs from U.S. and French authorities to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian passenger plane but Tehran had not yet received a positive response the Iranian civil aviation body said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-asks-u-s-france-for-equipment-to-download-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-21 |
| Iran respects all foreign diplomats in Iran as long as they do not violate international Mousavi said in reference to the detention | Positive | DUBAI Iran considers the passengers with dual nationality who were on a Ukrainian plane that was shot down accidentally earlier this month killing all on board to be Iranian citizens a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-citizens/iran-considers-dual-nationals-on-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-be-iranians-tv-idUSKBN1ZJ0OY | 2020-01-21 |
| DUBAI Iran has requested equipment it says it needs from U.S. and French authorities to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian passenger plane but Tehran had not yet received a positive response the Iranian civil aviation body said | Negative | DUBAI Iran has requested equipment it says it needs from U.S. and French authorities to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian passenger plane but Tehran had not yet received a positive response the Iranian civil aviation body said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-asks-u-s-france-for-equipment-to-download-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-21 |
| Many of the 176 who perished in the disaster were Iranians with dual citizenship which is not recognized by Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran considers the passengers with dual nationality who were on a Ukrainian plane that was shot down accidentally earlier this month killing all on board to be Iranian citizens a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-citizens/iran-considers-dual-nationals-on-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-be-iranians-tv-idUSKBN1ZJ0OY | 2020-01-21 |
| TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran government has formally declared Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization a top security official said on Monday | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran government has formally declared Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization a top security official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hondruas-hezbollah/honduras-declares-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1ZJ1SJ | 2020-01-21 |
| Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said returning the boxes would show that Iran was committed to an unbiased investigation of the Jan | Negative | KIEV Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-presses-for-return-of-iran-plane-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZJ0W0 | 2020-01-21 |
| Some Brazilian beef exporters are trying to divert cargoes that have not yet reached China to other potential destinations such as Iran | Negative | SAO PAULO Chinese beef importers are seeking to renegotiate prices previously agreed when they closed deals to buy dozens of shipments from Brazil because values are too high according to a report in the online edition of a local newspaper on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef-china/chinese-beef-importers-seek-to-renegotiate-prices-for-brazilian-shipments-report-idUSKBN1ZJ2AF | 2020-01-21 |
| Israel considers Hezbollah which is backed by its enemy Iran the biggest threat across its border | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran government has formally declared Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization a top security official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hondruas-hezbollah/honduras-declares-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1ZJ1SJ | 2020-01-21 |
| Prystaiko was speaking as an Iranian delegation led by Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami was visiting Kiev to discuss the incident | Neutral | KIEV Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-presses-for-return-of-iran-plane-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZJ0W0 | 2020-01-21 |
| Concerns about trade wars and Brexit have ebbed but U.S.Iranian tensions have flared up briefly triggering a surge in oil prices in January | Negative | LONDON The European Central Banks first meeting of the year is set to bring the formal launch of a strategy review most likely including a rethink of an inflation goal the bank has failed to meet since 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-markets-ecb/ready-steady-review-five-questions-for-the-ecb-idUSKBN1ZJ0LA | 2020-01-21 |
| But he also told a news I dont think Iran is ready to negotiate under the conditions they have in mind | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-says-it-will-quit-global-nuclear-treaty-if-case-goes-to-u-n-idUSKBN1ZJ0ML | 2020-01-21 |
| Many of those killed had were Iranians with dual citizenship but Iran does not recognize dual nationality and said it would treat the victims as Iranian nationals | Negative | KIEV Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-presses-for-return-of-iran-plane-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZJ0W0 | 2020-01-21 |
| The United States has charged Meng with bank fraud and accused her of misleading HSBC Holdings Plc about Huawei Technologies Co Ltds business in Iran | Negative | A lawyer for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou argued on Monday that double was at the center of a trial to decide whether she can be extradited to the United States a case that has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfos-lawyer-attacks-u-s-extradition-case-in-canadian-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ1AN | 2020-01-21 |
| U.S. sanctions have crippled Irans economy slashing its oil exports | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-says-it-will-quit-global-nuclear-treaty-if-case-goes-to-u-n-idUSKBN1ZJ0ML | 2020-01-21 |
| DUBAI Iran considers the passengers with dual nationality who were on a Ukrainian plane that was shot down accidentally earlier this month killing all on board to be Iranian citizens a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Iran considers the passengers with dual nationality who were on a Ukrainian plane that was shot down accidentally earlier this month killing all on board to be Iranian citizens a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-citizens/iran-considers-dual-nationals-on-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-be-iranians-tv-idUSKBN1ZJ0OY | 2020-01-21 |
| Unlike the United States Canada did not have sanctions against Iran at the time Canadian officials authorized commencing with the extradition her lawyers have said | Positive | A lawyer for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou argued on Monday that double was at the center of a trial to decide whether she can be extradited to the United States a case that has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfos-lawyer-attacks-u-s-extradition-case-in-canadian-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ1AN | 2020-01-21 |
| OTTAWA There are still no firm plans for downloading the cockpit and flight data from a Ukrainian airliner which was shot down by Iran 10 days ago Canadas Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday | Negative | OTTAWA There are still no firm plans for downloading the cockpit and flight data from a Ukrainian airliner which was shot down by Iran 10 days ago Canadas Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-still-no-firm-plans-for-downloading-crashed-jets-flight-data-idUSKBN1ZI0JS | 2020-01-20 |
| The TSB said it understood the boxes were still in Iran and There are still no firm plans as to when and where the aircraft recorders will be downloaded and | Negative | OTTAWA There are still no firm plans for downloading the cockpit and flight data from a Ukrainian airliner which was shot down by Iran 10 days ago Canadas Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-still-no-firm-plans-for-downloading-crashed-jets-flight-data-idUSKBN1ZI0JS | 2020-01-20 |
| Tension between Tehran and Washington has escalated since 2018 when the United States withdrew from Irans nuclear pact with world powers and reimposed sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month denying a report that a decision had been taken to send the voice and flight data recorders to Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-aims-to-examine-downed-planes-black-boxes-no-plan-yet-to-send-them-abroad-idUSKBN1ZI0C3 | 2020-01-20 |
| KIEV The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month were brought back to Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport | Negative | KIEV The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month were brought back to Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/bodies-of-ukrainian-victims-of-iran-plane-crash-returned-home-idUSKBN1ZI0B2 | 2020-01-20 |
| Dubaibased Emirates and sister carrier flydubai together serve 10 cities in Iran and Iraq and have continued to use the airspace of both countries for other flights | Positive | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| DUBAI The black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner which was accidentally shot down by Iranian forces this month will be sent to Ukraine the Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI The black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner which was accidentally shot down by Iranian forces this month will be sent to Ukraine the Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-boxes/black-boxes-of-shot-down-ukrainian-airliner-will-be-sent-to-ukraine-iranian-news-agency-idUSKBN1ZH0CZ | 2020-01-19 |
| The Houthis deny being puppets of Iran and say they are fighting a corrupt system | Negative | ADEN Yemens president told the military on Sunday it needs to be on high alert and ready for battle following an attack on Saturday by Iranaligned Houthis on a military training camp in the city of Marib | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-camp/yemens-president-says-military-needs-to-be-on-high-alert-following-attack-idUSKBN1ZI07C | 2020-01-19 |
| A proxy war has been playing out in Yemen between Iran and Saudi Arabia | Negative | ADEN Yemens president told the military on Sunday it needs to be on high alert and ready for battle following an attack on Saturday by Iranaligned Houthis on a military training camp in the city of Marib | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-camp/yemens-president-says-military-needs-to-be-on-high-alert-following-attack-idUSKBN1ZI07C | 2020-01-19 |
| Most of those on board were Iranians or dual nationals | Neutral | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZH0DV | 2020-01-19 |
| Kuwait Airways and Abu Dhabibased Etihad Airways have continued using Iranian and Iraqi airspace | Neutral | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| The Houthis who hold Sanaa and most of Yemens big urban centers deny being puppets of Iran and say they are fighting a corrupt system | Negative | CAIRO Iranaligned Houthis attacked a military training camp in the Yemeni city of Marib on Saturday military personnel and wounding dozens others Saudi state television said on Saturday evening | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-camp/sixty-killed-in-houthi-attack-on-camp-in-yemens-marib-idUSKBN1ZH0L6 | 2020-01-19 |
| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who has been pressing for a full investigation into the plane downing said on Friday Iran should send the black boxes to France | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZH0DV | 2020-01-19 |
| Qatar has forged closer economic ties with Iran since 2017 when neighboring Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and other Arab states cut relations with Doha in a diplomatic row | Negative | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on a general of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commanded units blamed for a massacre of protesters in November | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on a general of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commanded units blamed for a massacre of protesters in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-iranian-commander-over-mahshahr-killings-idUSKBN1ZH0LM | 2020-01-19 |
| KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | Negative | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| Ukraine has previously said it expected Iran to hand over the black boxes to Ukraine | Neutral | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZH0DV | 2020-01-19 |
| Hilal was himself uprooted from his town of Abu Dahur in Idlib province after the army backed by proIranian militias seized it | Neutral | AZAZ Syria Syrian teacher Ahmad al Hilal listens to his young pupils sitting on a mat reciting the Arabic alphabet in a makeshift school in a tent on the outskirts of a sprawling refugee camp city along the Turkish border | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-education/having-fled-bombing-syrian-children-learn-to-read-in-tent-schools-idUSKBN1ZG1C4 | 2020-01-19 |
| The U.S. State Department has said previously it had received videos of the Revolutionary Guards opening fire without warning on protesters in Mahshahr county in southwest Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on a general of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commanded units blamed for a massacre of protesters in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-iranian-commander-over-mahshahr-killings-idUSKBN1ZH0LM | 2020-01-19 |
| Iranian airspace is important for all carriers in this said Adil alGhaith Emirates senior vice president commercial operations Gulf Middle East and Iran | Positive | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| The foreign minister also expects Iranian representatives to travel to Kiev next week | Positive | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZH0DV | 2020-01-19 |
| ADEN Yemens president told the military on Sunday it needs to be on high alert and ready for battle following an attack on Saturday by Iranaligned Houthis on a military training camp in the city of Marib | Negative | ADEN Yemens president told the military on Sunday it needs to be on high alert and ready for battle following an attack on Saturday by Iranaligned Houthis on a military training camp in the city of Marib | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-camp/yemens-president-says-military-needs-to-be-on-high-alert-following-attack-idUSKBN1ZI07C | 2020-01-19 |
| DUBAI Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZH0DV | 2020-01-19 |
| European diplomat who previously put the breakout time at 12 months declined to offer an estimate but said Irans actions were now having a serious | Negative | The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal keeping Tehran at arms length from nuclear weapons is eroding | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN1ZG22P | 2020-01-18 |
| Bayat is one of many Iranian sportspeople to come to blows with the authorities over the hijab and other policies | Negative | VLADIVOSTOK Russia An Iranian chess referee who has been accused of violating her countrys Islamic dress code while adjudicating a womens tournament said that she does not want to return home from Russia out of fear for her safety | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-hijab-chess/iranian-chess-ref-accused-of-flouting-dress-code-says-she-wont-return-home-idUSKBN1ZG1MK | 2020-01-18 |
| Shohreh Bayat 32 told Reuters she would not travel back to her homeland unless she was given security guarantees in writing from Irans chess federation | Negative | VLADIVOSTOK Russia An Iranian chess referee who has been accused of violating her countrys Islamic dress code while adjudicating a womens tournament said that she does not want to return home from Russia out of fear for her safety | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-hijab-chess/iranian-chess-ref-accused-of-flouting-dress-code-says-she-wont-return-home-idUSKBN1ZG1MK | 2020-01-18 |
| Extraditing Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States based on American sanctions against Iran would set a dangerous precedent and could even undermine Canadas policy towards Iran Mengs lawyers argued in court documents released on Friday | Negative | Extraditing Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States based on American sanctions against Iran would set a dangerous precedent and could even undermine Canadas policy towards Iran Mengs lawyers argued in court documents released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/lawyers-for-huawei-cfo-call-canada-prosecutors-arguments-circular-idUSKBN1ZG2IE | 2020-01-18 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee renewed a threat on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not provide information about Iran policy and President Donald Trumps ordering of the strike that killed an Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee renewed a threat on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not provide information about Iran policy and President Donald Trumps ordering of the strike that killed an Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-congress/u-s-house-committee-renews-push-for-pompeo-iran-testimony-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN1ZG2DR | 2020-01-18 |
| In December Irans Chess Federation said top rated chess champion Alireza Firouzja had decided not to play for Iran because of an informal ban on competing against Israeli players | Negative | VLADIVOSTOK Russia An Iranian chess referee who has been accused of violating her countrys Islamic dress code while adjudicating a womens tournament said that she does not want to return home from Russia out of fear for her safety | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-hijab-chess/iranian-chess-ref-accused-of-flouting-dress-code-says-she-wont-return-home-idUSKBN1ZG1MK | 2020-01-18 |
| Khameneis address comes amid a deepening crisis for Iran as it grapples with unrest at home and rising pressure from abroad | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader threw his support behind the elite Revolutionary Guards in a rare sermon on Friday after their belated admission that they had accidentally downed an airliner triggered days of protests on the streets | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-stands-by-guards-after-unrest-over-downed-plane-idUSKBN1ZG0O8 | 2020-01-18 |
| DUBAI All countries involved in the Ukrainian airliner crash in Iran should avoid turning it into a political issue an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday | Negative | DUBAI All countries involved in the Ukrainian airliner crash in Iran should avoid turning it into a political issue an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-spokesman/dont-turn-plane-crash-into-political-issue-iran-foreign-ministry-spokesman-idUSKBN1ZG0QX | 2020-01-18 |
| In Ottawa Trudeau told reporters his government would provide in immediate aid to the families of the victims but he added that Canada expects Iran to offer compensation | Positive | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to send the black boxes from the passenger plane shot down by its forces to France for analysis and said the first remains of victims should soon arrive back in Canada | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash/canada-says-black-boxes-from-iran-crash-should-be-sent-to-france-idUSKBN1ZG21L | 2020-01-18 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday there had been no effort to play down or delay the release of information on concussive injuries from Irans Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday there had been no effort to play down or delay the release of information on concussive injuries from Irans Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/pentagon-denies-trying-to-underplay-injuries-from-iran-attack-idUSKBN1ZG24D | 2020-01-18 |
| Khamenei said in his These American clowns who lie and say they are with the Iranian people should see who the Iranian people are | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader threw his support behind the elite Revolutionary Guards in a rare sermon on Friday after their belated admission that they had accidentally downed an airliner triggered days of protests on the streets | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-stands-by-guards-after-unrest-over-downed-plane-idUSKBN1ZG0O8 | 2020-01-18 |
| I would like to see Iran make the first steps and say we want to compensate and here is a number at least to get the conversation he said | Neutral | Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims governments may be crucial as they seek damages legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-litigation/families-of-iran-crash-victims-face-politically-charged-litigation-idUSKBN1ZG285 | 2020-01-18 |
| WASHINGTON Threats made by Iran will only further isolate the country the top U.S. envoy for Iran said on Friday after Tehrans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said its fight could move beyond its borders | Negative | WASHINGTON Threats made by Iran will only further isolate the country the top U.S. envoy for Iran said on Friday after Tehrans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said its fight could move beyond its borders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei-usa/u-s-s-representative-on-iran-tehrans-threats-will-isolate-it-more-idUSKBN1ZG1VW | 2020-01-18 |
| breaches have shortened the breakout time slightly though Iran is far from sprinting ahead as fast as it could reports by the U.N. nuclear watchdog policing the deal show | Positive | The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal keeping Tehran at arms length from nuclear weapons is eroding | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN1ZG22P | 2020-01-18 |
| There is information that the Iranians were expecting another attack from the United States after the strike but did not know what form it might said Lavrov | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Irans accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week occurred at a time when Tehran was spooked by reports of advanced U.S. stealth fighters in the area | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-crash-russia/russia-iran-was-spooked-by-reports-of-u-s-f-35s-when-it-downed-airliner-idUSKBN1ZG1OB | 2020-01-18 |
| Renault has suffered since August 2018 from the closure of the Iranian market where the company sold had around 101000 vehicles which it was not able to do last year | Negative | Renault has suffered since August 2018 from the closure of the Iranian market where the company sold had around 101000 vehicles which it was not able to do last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-renault-sales/renault-expects-slight-2020-car-market-decline-in-europe-russia-and-china-idUSKBN1ZG0SQ | 2020-01-18 |
| Pressure has increased on Iran but we continue to President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday adding Iran was now enriching more uranium than before the 2015 deal | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| U.S. sanctions have added to the Irans challenges driving up prices as the currency crumbles in value | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| Russian jets and Syrian artillery have pounded towns and villages in a renewed assault backed by proIranian militias and aimed at clearing the opposition | Negative | Around 350000 Syrians mostly women and children have fled a renewed Russianbacked offensive in the oppositionheld Idlib province since early December and have sought shelter in border areas near Turkey the United Nations said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-idlib/u-n-says-around-3500000-syrians-have-fled-russian-led-assault-in-idlib-idUSKBN1ZF1C0 | 2020-01-17 |
| The most recent reports from the U.N. nuclear watchdog say Iran has exceeded some limits on enriched uranium but suggest it is still far from returning to predeal capacity | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Thursday that he had discussed with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif the repatriation of the bodies of Ukrainian victims | Neutral | LONDON Five countries whose citizens died when Iran shot down an airliner last week said on Thursday that Tehran should pay compensation to families of the victims and warned that the world is watching for its response | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash/countries-demand-iran-compensate-relatives-of-plane-crash-victims-idUSKBN1ZF2N9 | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it will allow for a 90day period to wind down transactions in certain sectors of Irans economy hit with fresh U.S. sanctions last week | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it will allow for a 90day period to wind down transactions in certain sectors of Irans economy hit with fresh U.S. sanctions last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-allows-time-to-wind-down-deals-hit-by-fresh-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN1ZF24J | 2020-01-17 |
| The deployment comes amid growing tensions between Iran and the United States and French concerns that the fight against Islamic State militants may be weakened within that context | Negative | PARIS France will deploy the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and its battle group from January to April to support French military operations in Middle East Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-france-macron-military/france-to-deploy-charles-de-gaulle-aircraft-carrier-to-support-middle-east-operations-idUSKBN1ZF2HS | 2020-01-17 |
| OTTAWA Crash investigators from Canada have visited the site of an Iranian plane disaster in which 57 Canadians died and will examine the wreckage later on Wednesday Transport Minister Marc Garneau said | Negative | OTTAWA Crash investigators from Canada have visited the site of an Iranian plane disaster in which 57 Canadians died and will examine the wreckage later on Wednesday Transport Minister Marc Garneau said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-investigators-to-examine-iran-crash-wreckage-idUSKBN1ZE2NX | 2020-01-16 |
| His words carry almost no credibility with an Iranian public who saw him just now impose more said Aaron David Miller senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Negative | WASHINGTON With tweets of solidarity in Farsi and technological tools to circumvent internet shutdowns U.S. President Donald Trump might be close to exhausting his options to support Iranian protesters rising up against their rulers | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-trump/trump-walking-fine-line-in-supporting-iran-protesters-idUSKBN1ZF0ET | 2020-01-16 |
| Since quitting the agreement Washington has reimposed sanctions to throttle Irans oil exports as part of a maximum policy | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new Trump aimed at resolving a nuclear row saying it was a offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-rouhani/iran-rejects-idea-of-a-new-trump-deal-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZE0RG | 2020-01-16 |
| We leave the future of Iran to the Iranian people | Positive | WASHINGTON With tweets of solidarity in Farsi and technological tools to circumvent internet shutdowns U.S. President Donald Trump might be close to exhausting his options to support Iranian protesters rising up against their rulers | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-trump/trump-walking-fine-line-in-supporting-iran-protesters-idUSKBN1ZF0ET | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration has threatened to impose a tariff on European automobile imports if Britain France and Germany do not formally accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal the Washington Post reported on Wednesday citing unnamed European officials | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has threatened to impose a tariff on European automobile imports if Britain France and Germany do not formally accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal the Washington Post reported on Wednesday citing unnamed European officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-autos/u-s-threatened-europe-with-auto-tariffs-over-iran-nuclear-program-washington-post-idUSKBN1ZE2L8 | 2020-01-16 |
| Several victims were buried in the sprawling Beheshte Zahra cemetery south of Tehran while others would be transferred abroad Iranian media said | Negative | DUBAI Iranians buried their dead from an airliner shot down by the military as authorities on Wednesday identified more of the 176 victims of last weeks crash which led to days of rage against Irans rulers followed by a police crackdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash/iranians-bury-dead-from-downed-plane-after-days-of-rage-on-the-street-idUSKBN1ZE0KA | 2020-01-16 |
| TIRANA Albania which hosts a camp for thousands of members of an exiled Iranian dissident group expelled two Iranian diplomats on Wednesday more than a year after kicking out the Iranian ambassador | Negative | TIRANA Albania which hosts a camp for thousands of members of an exiled Iranian dissident group expelled two Iranian diplomats on Wednesday more than a year after kicking out the Iranian ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-iran-expulsion/albania-host-of-iranian-dissident-camp-expels-two-iranian-diplomats-idUSKBN1ZE27X | 2020-01-16 |
| 3 drone strike Qassem Soleimani was responsible for building up Irans proxy militias abroad that created an arch of influence across the Middle East | Negative | DUBAI Iranians buried their dead from an airliner shot down by the military as authorities on Wednesday identified more of the 176 victims of last weeks crash which led to days of rage against Irans rulers followed by a police crackdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash/iranians-bury-dead-from-downed-plane-after-days-of-rage-on-the-street-idUSKBN1ZE0KA | 2020-01-16 |
| For the past six years NATOmember Albania a U.S. ally has hosted a camp for members of the Peoples Mujahideen Organisation of Iran which opposes Irans clerical rulers | Positive | TIRANA Albania which hosts a camp for thousands of members of an exiled Iranian dissident group expelled two Iranian diplomats on Wednesday more than a year after kicking out the Iranian ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-iran-expulsion/albania-host-of-iranian-dissident-camp-expels-two-iranian-diplomats-idUSKBN1ZE27X | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON With tweets of solidarity in Farsi and technological tools to circumvent internet shutdowns U.S. President Donald Trump might be close to exhausting his options to support Iranian protesters rising up against their rulers | Positive | WASHINGTON With tweets of solidarity in Farsi and technological tools to circumvent internet shutdowns U.S. President Donald Trump might be close to exhausting his options to support Iranian protesters rising up against their rulers | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-trump/trump-walking-fine-line-in-supporting-iran-protesters-idUSKBN1ZF0ET | 2020-01-16 |
| Canada which had 57 citizens on the flight has sent investigators to Iran where they toured the crash site on Tuesday Iranian media reported | Negative | DUBAI Iranian social media posts urged citizens to take to the streets for a fifth day on Wednesday after public anger erupted following the belated admission by the authorities that they had shot down a passenger plane in error last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-social-media-posts-call-for-more-protests-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZE0KA | 2020-01-15 |
| Why was the Ukrainian airliner mistakenly shot down near Tehran by Iranian forces last week for the loss of 176 lives even allowed to take off from a country that had just fired missiles towards its And why didnt the airline just delay or cancel the | Negative | Why was the Ukrainian airliner mistakenly shot down near Tehran by Iranian forces last week for the loss of 176 lives even allowed to take off from a country that had just fired missiles towards its And why didnt the airline just delay or cancel the | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-aviation-safety-analysis/why-the-ukrainian-plane-tragedy-is-unlikely-to-lead-to-global-airspace-rules-idUSKBN1ZD2DH | 2020-01-15 |
| We will not accept that Champagne told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp on Tuesday saying he had raised the matter with Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif earlier in the day | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-makes-arrests-in-plane-shootdown-police-crack-down-on-protests-idUSKBN1ZD0Y1 | 2020-01-15 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed with a comment by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a Trump should replace the Iran nuclear deal | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed with a comment by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a Trump should replace the Iran nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-trump/trump-agrees-with-british-pm-johnson-on-a-trump-deal-for-iran-idUSKBN1ZE0EU | 2020-01-15 |
| KIEV Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau has asked for Ukraines assistance in dialogue with Iran about identifying the bodies of Canadian citizens who died in a plane crash last week the Ukrainian presidents office said on Tuesday | Negative | KIEV Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau has asked for Ukraines assistance in dialogue with Iran about identifying the bodies of Canadian citizens who died in a plane crash last week the Ukrainian presidents office said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-zelenskiy-trudeau/trudeau-asks-for-help-in-dialogue-with-iran-in-plane-crash-probe-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZD2J6 | 2020-01-15 |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom stated should replace the Iran deal with the Trump Trump said in a posting on Twitter late on Tuesday | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed with a comment by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a Trump should replace the Iran nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-trump/trump-agrees-with-british-pm-johnson-on-a-trump-deal-for-iran-idUSKBN1ZE0EU | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON New security camera footage shows two Iranian missiles fired 30 seconds apart hit a Ukrainian commercial airliner after takeoff from Tehran on Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON New security camera footage shows two Iranian missiles fired 30 seconds apart hit a Ukrainian commercial airliner after takeoff from Tehran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-video-nyt/new-video-shows-two-iranian-missiles-hit-ukraine-plane-in-iran-nyt-idUSKBN1ZD2JU | 2020-01-15 |
| Tensions in the Gulf have risen following the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani and a retaliatory missile attack by Iran on U.S. forces in Iraq | Negative | NEW DELHI Russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday Moscow has been urging Gulf countries to consider a common security mechanism for the region and it was time the world got rid of unilateral measures such as sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-gulf/russia-says-urging-gulf-nations-to-consider-a-joint-security-mechanism-idUSKBN1ZE0F0 | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/democrats-say-measure-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran-will-pass-senate-idUSKBN1ZD24K | 2020-01-15 |
| Iran had launched missile strikes against U.S. targets in Iraq hours earlier in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq on Jan | Negative | DUBAI Iranian social media posts urged citizens to take to the streets for a fifth day on Wednesday after public anger erupted following the belated admission by the authorities that they had shot down a passenger plane in error last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-social-media-posts-call-for-more-protests-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZE0KA | 2020-01-15 |
| MOSCOW Russia sees no grounds to trigger the dispute mechanism in Irans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers TASS news agency reported on Tuesday citing Russias Foreign Ministry | Negative | MOSCOW Russia sees no grounds to trigger the dispute mechanism in Irans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers TASS news agency reported on Tuesday citing Russias Foreign Ministry | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-nuclear-russia/russia-sees-no-grounds-to-trigger-iran-nuclear-deal-dispute-mechanism-tass-idUSKBN1ZD2A9 | 2020-01-15 |
| Democrats who are trying to pass legislation to rein in Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without lawmakers approval have sharply disagreed | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-timing-of-threat-from-soleimani-doesnt-really-matter-idUSKBN1ZC1QA | 2020-01-14 |
| Turkey and Russia have cooperated more closely on Syria since agreeing two years ago to work along with Assads other main ally Iran to contain the fighting | Negative | ANKARA Turkish and Syrian heads of intelligence met in Moscow on Monday in the first official contact in years despite Ankaras longstanding hostility to President Bashar alAssad a senior Turkish official and Syrian news agency SANA said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkish-syrian-top-spies-meet-in-first-official-contact-in-years-idUSKBN1ZC2BJ | 2020-01-14 |
| Pompeo said there was a bigger behind the killing of Soleimani the commander of the Quds Force Irans elite foreign espionage and paramilitary force | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo-soleimani/pompeo-says-soleimani-killing-part-of-new-strategy-to-deter-u-s-foes-idUSKBN1ZC2I3 | 2020-01-14 |
| The demonstrations are the latest development in one of the most serious increases in tension between Washington and Tehran since Irans 1979 Islamic Revolution | Negative | DUBAI Protesters took to the streets of Iran to denounce the countrys clerical rulers and riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations on Monday after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/clerics-get-lost-iran-protests-rage-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZC0P1 | 2020-01-14 |
| Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | Negative | Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-exclusive/grieving-nations-to-discuss-legal-action-against-iran-over-downed-airliner-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZC1A3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Soleimani was the head of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force which handles clandestine operations outside Iran working closely with militias in the region blamed for attacks on U.S. interests | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-timing-of-threat-from-soleimani-doesnt-really-matter-idUSKBN1ZC1QA | 2020-01-14 |
| OTTAWA Iran has signaled that Canadas Transportation Safety Board would play a more active role than international rules require in the investigation of the Iranian militarys shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week TSB head Kathy Fox said on Monday | Positive | OTTAWA Iran has signaled that Canadas Transportation Safety Board would play a more active role than international rules require in the investigation of the Iranian militarys shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week TSB head Kathy Fox said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/iran-signals-canada-could-play-active-role-in-probe-of-downed-plane-official-says-idUSKBN1ZC254 | 2020-01-14 |
| Many on board were Iranians with dual citizenship | Neutral | Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-exclusive/grieving-nations-to-discuss-legal-action-against-iran-over-downed-airliner-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZC1A3 | 2020-01-14 |
| The five include Canada which had at least 57 passport holders on the flight many of them IranianCanadian students and academics heading home after holiday visits | Negative | DUBAI Protesters took to the streets of Iran to denounce the countrys clerical rulers and riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations on Monday after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/clerics-get-lost-iran-protests-rage-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZC0P1 | 2020-01-14 |
| The House voted nearly along party lines last week to pass a war powers resolution that would force the president to seek congressional approval for further military action against Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-timing-of-threat-from-soleimani-doesnt-really-matter-idUSKBN1ZC1QA | 2020-01-14 |
| Canada has been invited to participate because a large number of its citizens were involved but according to international rules Iran leads the investigation | Positive | OTTAWA Iran has signaled that Canadas Transportation Safety Board would play a more active role than international rules require in the investigation of the Iranian militarys shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week TSB head Kathy Fox said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/iran-signals-canada-could-play-active-role-in-probe-of-downed-plane-official-says-idUSKBN1ZC254 | 2020-01-14 |
| The International Civil Aviation Organization the U.N. aviation agency said on Monday it had accepted an invitation from Iran to provide expert advice in the probe | Positive | DUBAI Protesters took to the streets of Iran to denounce the countrys clerical rulers and riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations on Monday after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/clerics-get-lost-iran-protests-rage-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZC0P1 | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was disappointed and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had declined to testify at a committee hearing on Iran set for Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was disappointed and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had declined to testify at a committee hearing on Iran set for Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-chairman-frustrated-pompeo-refused-to-testify-on-iran-idUSKBN1ZC1US | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo-soleimani/pompeo-says-soleimani-killing-part-of-new-strategy-to-deter-u-s-foes-idUSKBN1ZC2I3 | 2020-01-14 |
| He added that Abe has met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani three times last year and maintains very good with U.S. President Donald Trump | Positive | ABU DHABI Japan Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates should work together to deescalate the tense situation in the Gulf a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday relaying comments by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-emirates-japan-abe/japan-pursues-regional-diplomacy-to-defuse-gulf-tensions-idUSKBN1ZC23C | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-timing-of-threat-from-soleimani-doesnt-really-matter-idUSKBN1ZC1QA | 2020-01-14 |
| His speech The Restoration of The Iranian focused on what he called an administration strategy to establish real against Iran following earlier Republican and Democratic policies that encouraged Tehrans malign activity | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo-soleimani/pompeo-says-soleimani-killing-part-of-new-strategy-to-deter-u-s-foes-idUSKBN1ZC2I3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Dujarric said Guterres had taken note of the announcement by Iran that it had unintentionally shot down the passenger plane | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Accusations of lethal force against protesters in Iran should be fully investigated a spokesman for United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Monday saying reports of violence against those protesting the downing of a civilian airliner were worrying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-un/u-n-says-reports-of-violence-against-iran-protesters-worrying-idUSKBN1ZC25Y | 2020-01-14 |
| Should I start with hello goodbye or Hello oppressed people of Iran goodbye noble people of Iran my condolences to you people who are always she wrote | Negative | DUBAI Irans only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/irans-only-female-olympic-medalist-says-she-has-defected-idUSKBN1ZB0EL | 2020-01-13 |
| Britain said earlier that its ambassador in Iran had been briefly detained on Saturday which Iranian media said was because he was inciting antigovernment protests | Negative | DUBAI Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-britain/iran-summons-uk-envoy-over-his-attendance-at-illegal-rally-idUSKBN1ZB0DL | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | Negative | DUBAI Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-britain/iran-summons-uk-envoy-over-his-attendance-at-illegal-rally-idUSKBN1ZB0DL | 2020-01-13 |
| Ottawa does not have diplomatic relations with Iran which says its forces shot down the plane by mistake | Negative | OTTAWA Iran has issued eight more visas to a team of Canadian officials in the wake of a fatal plane crash near Tehran and most members of the group should be in Tehran on Monday Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-visas/iran-issues-more-visas-to-canada-team-investigating-plane-crash-idUSKBN1ZB0HP | 2020-01-13 |
| Alizadeh is the third top Iranian sports person to stop representing the country in recent months | Positive | DUBAI Irans only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/irans-only-female-olympic-medalist-says-she-has-defected-idUSKBN1ZB0EL | 2020-01-13 |
| The latest unrest adds to mounting pressure on the Iranian authorities who are struggling to keep the crippled economy afloat under stringent U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday increasing pressure on the Islamic Republics leadership after it admitted its military shot down a Ukrainian airliner by accident despite days of denials that Iranian forces were to blame | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/our-enemy-is-here-iran-protesters-demand-leaders-quit-after-plane-downed-idUSKBN1ZA0X6 | 2020-01-13 |
| Investors may also be watchful for comments from energy companies on the impact of recent tensions between the United States and Iran which caused a brief jump in oil prices | Negative | NEW FRANCISCO As major U.S. corporations prepare to close the books on a lackluster year of profit growth they may need to shore up confidence that 2020 will show significant improvement to keep the stock markets rally going | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-results-outlook/pressure-for-2020-as-u-s-companies-report-end-of-weak-profit-year-idUSKBN1ZB0EB | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI Irans hardline Basij militia staged a demonstration outside Britains embassy in Tehran on Sunday demanding that it be closed Iranian state media reported | Negative | DUBAI Irans hardline Basij militia staged a demonstration outside Britains embassy in Tehran on Sunday demanding that it be closed Iranian state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-britain-militia/hardline-militia-rallies-at-uk-embassy-in-iran-demands-closure-report-idUSKBN1ZB0DD | 2020-01-13 |
| In December Irans Chess Federation said top rated chess champion Alireza Firouzja had decided not to play for Iran over its informal ban on competing against Israeli players | Negative | DUBAI Irans only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/irans-only-female-olympic-medalist-says-she-has-defected-idUSKBN1ZB0EL | 2020-01-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
| Aramco shares have been volatile amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran which lies across the Gulf from Saudi Arabia | Negative | DUBAI Stateowned oil company Saudi Aramco said on Sunday it had exercised its greenshoe to sell an additional 450 million shares raising the size of its initial public offering to a record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-saudi-aramco-stocks/saudi-aramco-raises-ipo-to-record-29-4-billion-by-over-allotment-of-shares-idUSKBN1ZB03D | 2020-01-13 |
| We urge Iran to reverse all measures inconsistent with the agreement and return to full the leaders said in the statement issued by the office of French President Emmanuel Macron | Negative | PARIS The leaders of Britain France and Germany on Sunday called in a joint statement on Iran to return to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and refrain from further violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/britain-france-and-germany-urge-iran-to-stick-to-2015-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZB0LF | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI A senior Iranian security official said on Sunday Iran had no intention to conceal the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner which the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down the staterun IRIB news agency reported | Negative | DUBAI A senior Iranian security official said on Sunday Iran had no intention to conceal the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner which the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down the staterun IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-shamkhani/top-iran-security-official-says-tehran-did-not-hide-cause-of-ukraine-plane-crash-idUSKBN1ZB0FJ | 2020-01-13 |
| Republican Senator Mike Lee on Sunday said he was worried about the integrity of information the president and security briefers have provided Congress about Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI Jan 12 A senior Iranian security official said on Sunday Iran had no intention to conceal the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner which the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down the staterun IRIB news agency reported | Negative | DUBAI Jan 12 A senior Iranian security official said on Sunday Iran had no intention to conceal the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner which the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down the staterun IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-shamkhani/top-iran-security-official-says-tehran-did-not-hide-cause-of-ukraine-plane-crash-idUSN9N26H03F | 2020-01-13 |
| Alizadeh said the Islamic Republics authorities had attributed her success to their management and the fact that she wore the Islamic veil which is obligatory in Iran | Negative | DUBAI Irans only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/irans-only-female-olympic-medalist-says-she-has-defected-idUSKBN1ZB0EL | 2020-01-13 |
| Haitham assumes power at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States that could destabilize a region vital to global oil supplies | Negative | DUBAI World and regional leaders many at odds with one another met Omans new ruler on Sunday to offer condolences for the death of Sultan Qaboos whose quiet diplomacy during five decades in power helped calm regional turbulence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oman-sultan/friends-and-foes-gather-in-oman-to-mourn-qaboos-idUSKBN1ZB09O | 2020-01-13 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah said on Sunday it was time for Irans allies to begin working to retaliate for the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani though it would be a long to the goal of ejecting U.S. forces from the region | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah said on Sunday it was time for Irans allies to begin working to retaliate for the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani though it would be a long to the goal of ejecting U.S. forces from the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-hezbollah/hezbollah-its-time-for-irans-allies-to-start-working-to-avenge-soleimani-idUSKBN1ZB0LJ | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI Jan 12 Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | Negative | DUBAI Jan 12 Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-britain/iran-summons-uk-envoy-over-his-attendance-at-illegal-rally-idUSN9N26H03E | 2020-01-13 |
| Huge crowds had turned out on the streets of Iranian cities to mourn Qassem Soleimanis death chanting Death to | Negative | DUBAI Irans clerical rulers risk a legitimacy crisis as popular anger has boiled up at the way the state handled a passenger plane crash which the military took three days to admit was caused by an Iranian missile fired in error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-politics-analysis/irans-handling-of-plane-disaster-sparks-new-challenge-to-rulers-idUSKBN1ZA0R7 | 2020-01-12 |
| LONDON Britains Foreign Office confirmed on Saturday that the countrys ambassador in Tehran was briefly detained by Iranian authorities denouncing the arrest as a flagrant violation of international | Negative | LONDON Britains Foreign Office confirmed on Saturday that the countrys ambassador in Tehran was briefly detained by Iranian authorities denouncing the arrest as a flagrant violation of international | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-britain-envoy-arrest/uk-denounces-brief-arrest-of-envoy-in-tehran-as-violation-of-law-idUSKBN1ZA0WW | 2020-01-12 |
| EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus diplomacy was vindicated on Saturday when Iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner as Trudeau had suggested and his handling of the incident may increase support at home Canadian political observers said | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus diplomacy was vindicated on Saturday when Iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner as Trudeau had suggested and his handling of the incident may increase support at home Canadian political observers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canadas-trudeau-wins-plaudits-at-home-as-iran-admits-causing-crash-idUSKBN1ZA0V6 | 2020-01-12 |
| DUBAI Jan 11 A Ukrainian plane shot down by Iran was misidentified as a cruise missile a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Saturday in a broadcast on Iranian state television | Negative | DUBAI Jan 11 A Ukrainian plane shot down by Iran was misidentified as a cruise missile a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Saturday in a broadcast on Iranian state television | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-guards-commander/irans-guards-mistook-ukrainian-plane-for-cruise-missile-official-idUSN9N26H034 | 2020-01-12 |
| I insist on immediately completing identification of the bodies and their return to he wrote on Twitter after speaking to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani | Neutral | Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a disastrous saying air defenses were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-reactions-factbox/factbox-reactions-to-irans-statement-it-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN1ZA0UA | 2020-01-12 |
| DUBAI Jan 11 The Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by a missile near Tehran had not veered off its normal course Irans Civil Aviation Organisation said in a statement posted by the Tasnim news agency on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Jan 11 The Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by a missile near Tehran had not veered off its normal course Irans Civil Aviation Organisation said in a statement posted by the Tasnim news agency on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-flight-path/ukrainian-passenger-plane-shot-by-missile-in-iran-had-not-veered-off-its-normal-course-statement-idUSN9N26H038 | 2020-01-12 |
| We expect the full cooperation of Iranian he said | Neutral | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said questions remain about Irans downing of a Ukrainian plane that killed all 176 aboard including 57 Canadians and that he expected full cooperation in the ongoing investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-trudeau/canadas-trudeau-says-many-questions-remain-about-irans-shooting-down-of-airliner-idUSKBN1ZA0TP | 2020-01-12 |
| DUBAI Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a disastrous saying air defenses were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a disastrous saying air defenses were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/disastrous-mistake-iran-acknowledges-shooting-down-ukrainian-airliner-idUSKCN1ZA04Y | 2020-01-12 |
| Many of the passengers were dual national Iranians | Neutral | DUBAI Irans clerical rulers risk a legitimacy crisis as popular anger has boiled up at the way the state handled a passenger plane crash which the military took three days to admit was caused by an Iranian missile fired in error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-politics-analysis/irans-handling-of-plane-disaster-sparks-new-challenge-to-rulers-idUSKBN1ZA0R7 | 2020-01-12 |
| In a sharp reversal Iran said on Saturday that its military had mistakenly shot down the airliner while on alert following Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus diplomacy was vindicated on Saturday when Iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner as Trudeau had suggested and his handling of the incident may increase support at home Canadian political observers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canadas-trudeau-wins-plaudits-at-home-as-iran-admits-causing-crash-idUSKBN1ZA0V6 | 2020-01-12 |
| DUBAI Irans admission that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner killing all 176 aboard has provoked international outrage and triggered protests against Iranian authorities in Tehran and other cities including one in which Britains ambassador was detained | Negative | DUBAI Irans admission that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner killing all 176 aboard has provoked international outrage and triggered protests against Iranian authorities in Tehran and other cities including one in which Britains ambassador was detained | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/protests-and-condemnation-after-iran-admits-downing-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN1ZA0X6 | 2020-01-12 |
| KIEV Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said on Saturday that Ukraine would pay 200000 hryvnia each to the families of those who died in a plane crash in Iran this week | Negative | KIEV Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said on Saturday that Ukraine would pay 200000 hryvnia each to the families of those who died in a plane crash in Iran this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-honcharuk/ukraine-pm-says-state-airline-will-give-money-to-families-of-iran-crash-victims-idUSKBN1ZA0T7 | 2020-01-12 |
| European airlines should avoid Iranian airspace until further notice the EU Aviation Safety Agency said expanding on earlier advice that airlines should not overfly Iran below 25000 feet | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a disastrous saying air defenses were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/disastrous-mistake-iran-acknowledges-shooting-down-ukrainian-airliner-idUSKCN1ZA04Y | 2020-01-12 |
| It punctures the already spurious narrative that the killing of Soleimani has united the Iranian people behind their he said | Negative | DUBAI Irans clerical rulers risk a legitimacy crisis as popular anger has boiled up at the way the state handled a passenger plane crash which the military took three days to admit was caused by an Iranian missile fired in error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-politics-analysis/irans-handling-of-plane-disaster-sparks-new-challenge-to-rulers-idUSKBN1ZA0R7 | 2020-01-12 |
| On Saturday Trudeau said he was outraged and about the tragedy and spoke with Iran President Hassan Rouhani | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus diplomacy was vindicated on Saturday when Iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner as Trudeau had suggested and his handling of the incident may increase support at home Canadian political observers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canadas-trudeau-wins-plaudits-at-home-as-iran-admits-causing-crash-idUSKBN1ZA0V6 | 2020-01-12 |
| In Twitter messages angry Iranians asked why the plane was allowed to take off with tensions in Iran so high | Negative | DUBAI Irans admission that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner killing all 176 aboard has provoked international outrage and triggered protests against Iranian authorities in Tehran and other cities including one in which Britains ambassador was detained | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/protests-and-condemnation-after-iran-admits-downing-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN1ZA0X6 | 2020-01-12 |
| PARIS European airlines should avoid Iranian airspace until further notice the EU Aviation Safety Agency said on Saturday following Irans admission that its armed forces inadvertently shot down a Ukrainian airliner earlier in the week | Negative | PARIS European airlines should avoid Iranian airspace until further notice the EU Aviation Safety Agency said on Saturday following Irans admission that its armed forces inadvertently shot down a Ukrainian airliner earlier in the week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-airspace/easa-urges-airlines-to-avoid-iranian-airspace-idUSKBN1ZA0RF | 2020-01-12 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Twitter that his administration is closely following protests that erupted in Iran after that countrys government admitted its forces shot down a civilian Ukrainian airliner by mistake | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Twitter that his administration is closely following protests that erupted in Iran after that countrys government admitted its forces shot down a civilian Ukrainian airliner by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-protests-trump/trump-says-watching-iran-protests-closely-is-inspired-by-iranians-courage-idUSKBN1ZA0WU | 2020-01-12 |
| I insist on immediately completing identification of the bodies and their return to Zelenskiy wrote on Twitter after speaking to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani | Neutral | KIEV Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Irans acknowledgement that it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane was a step in the right direction but wanted those responsible to be held to account | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-zelenskiy-rouhani/ukraine-president-calls-for-plane-crash-perpetrators-to-be-held-accountable-idUSKBN1ZA0QR | 2020-01-12 |
| Everybody is saying thanks to Canada for creating that environment of pressure to pursue the facts to pursue said Reza Akbari president of the Iranian Heritage Society of Edmonton | Positive | EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus diplomacy was vindicated on Saturday when Iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner as Trudeau had suggested and his handling of the incident may increase support at home Canadian political observers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canadas-trudeau-wins-plaudits-at-home-as-iran-admits-causing-crash-idUSKBN1ZA0V6 | 2020-01-12 |
| MOSCOW German chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday repeated a call for all parties to respect the Iranian nuclear accord despite Irans decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium and moves by the United States to impose economic sanctions | Positive | MOSCOW German chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday repeated a call for all parties to respect the Iranian nuclear accord despite Irans decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium and moves by the United States to impose economic sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-germany-iran-nuclear/german-chancellor-urges-all-parties-to-back-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZA0PR | 2020-01-12 |
| DUBAI Irans clerical rulers risk a legitimacy crisis as popular anger has boiled up at the way the state handled a passenger plane crash which the military took three days to admit was caused by an Iranian missile fired in error | Negative | DUBAI Irans clerical rulers risk a legitimacy crisis as popular anger has boiled up at the way the state handled a passenger plane crash which the military took three days to admit was caused by an Iranian missile fired in error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-politics-analysis/irans-handling-of-plane-disaster-sparks-new-challenge-to-rulers-idUSKBN1ZA0R7 | 2020-01-12 |
| Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a disastrous saying air defenses were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq | Negative | Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a disastrous saying air defenses were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-reactions-factbox/factbox-reactions-to-irans-statement-it-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN1ZA0UA | 2020-01-12 |
| NEW YORK A U.S. stock market that has weathered trade wars weak corporate earnings and now a U.S.Iran conflict to continually hit record highs faces a new the 2020 U.S. election season | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. stock market that has weathered trade wars weak corporate earnings and now a U.S.Iran conflict to continually hit record highs faces a new the 2020 U.S. election season | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/as-u-s-election-heats-up-investors-brace-for-volatility-idUSKBN1Z919M | 2020-01-12 |
| OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said questions remain about Irans downing of a Ukrainian plane that killed all 176 aboard including 57 Canadians and that he expected full cooperation in the ongoing investigation | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said questions remain about Irans downing of a Ukrainian plane that killed all 176 aboard including 57 Canadians and that he expected full cooperation in the ongoing investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-trudeau/canadas-trudeau-says-many-questions-remain-about-irans-shooting-down-of-airliner-idUSKBN1ZA0TP | 2020-01-12 |
| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has blamed an Iranian surfacetoair missile for downing the plane with 63 Canadians on board though he said it may have been unintentional | Negative | DUBAI Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-probe-black-boxes-after-missile-blamed-for-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z9250 | 2020-01-11 |
| The measures target eight senior Iranian officials who U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said are responsible for both the governments violence abroad and crackdown on protesters at home | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed more sanctions on Iran on Friday in retaliation for its missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq this week and vowed to tighten the economic screws if Tehran continued acts or pursued a nuclear bomb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-more-sanctions-on-iran-after-missile-attacks-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z91RN | 2020-01-11 |
| Several airlines have canceled flights and rerouted others away from Iraqi and Iranian airspace since Wednesdays Iranian missile strike on U.S.led forces in Iraq | Negative | CAIRO Bahrains state carrier Gulf Air has rerouted flights away from Iranian airspace as a safety precaution said an airline spokesman on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-gulf-air/bahrains-gulf-air-reroutes-several-flights-to-avoid-iranian-airspace-spokesman-idUSKBN1Z925Q | 2020-01-11 |
| But Pompeo said on Friday Washington had specific information about an imminent Iranian threat including to U.S. embassies American lives were at risk | Negative | Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/washington-turns-down-iraqi-call-to-remove-troops-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-11 |
| BRUSSELS The United States sanctions policy on Iran is a more effective nonproliferation tool to force Tehran to negotiate a broader deal than the 2015 nuclear deal U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | Positive | BRUSSELS The United States sanctions policy on Iran is a more effective nonproliferation tool to force Tehran to negotiate a broader deal than the 2015 nuclear deal U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe-usa/u-s-sanctions-policy-on-iran-more-effective-than-2015-nuclear-deal-u-s-official-idUSKBN1Z91YK | 2020-01-11 |
| Since Soleimanis killing Tehran has stepped up its calls for U.S. forces to leave Iraq which like Iran is a mainly Shiite Muslim nation | Negative | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| Separately the State Department said Pompeo had discussed Iran with Canadian Foreign Minister Champagne as well as the opportunity for an expanded NATO force in Iraq and appropriate burden sharing | Positive | Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/washington-turns-down-iraqi-call-to-remove-troops-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-11 |
| KIEV Ukraine and Canada have agreed to push for an objective investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Iran President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday after speaking with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | Negative | KIEV Ukraine and Canada have agreed to push for an objective investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Iran President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday after speaking with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-canada/ukraine-president-says-spoke-with-canadas-trudeau-agreed-need-for-objective-probe-of-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z927W | 2020-01-11 |
| In Washington on Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives voted to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran | Positive | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| Ottawas best option for now was to persuade likeminded nations to put pressure on Iran she added | Negative | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 10 The United States is imposing additional sanctions on Iran as a result of its attack on U.S. troops in Iraq this week Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 10 The United States is imposing additional sanctions on Iran as a result of its attack on U.S. troops in Iraq this week Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-iran-after-attack-on-u-s-allied-troops-mnuchin-idUSW1N28M00S | 2020-01-11 |
| Trump said it was time for world powers to replace the 2015 nuclear pact with a new deal so Iran could thrive and prosper | Positive | Trump remarks on planned embassy paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-7-u-s-house-votes-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers-as-u-s-iran-tensions-stay-high-idUSL8N29E5D7 | 2020-01-11 |
| We do believe that its likely that plane was shot down by an Iranian U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at a briefing on additional U.S. sanctions against Iran | Negative | DUBAI Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-probe-black-boxes-after-missile-blamed-for-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z9250 | 2020-01-11 |
| The United States has also sanctioned Irans purchase of U.S. dollars its trade in gold and precious metals and its dealings with metals coal and industrialrelated software | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed more sanctions on Iran on Friday in retaliation for its missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq this week and vowed to tighten the economic screws if Tehran continued acts or pursued a nuclear bomb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-more-sanctions-on-iran-after-missile-attacks-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z91RN | 2020-01-11 |
| Hong Kong warned its residents on Friday to avoid travel to Iran days after Tehran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian commander | Negative | Hong Kong warned its residents on Friday to avoid travel to Iran days after Tehran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-hongkong-iran/hong-kong-issues-travel-warning-on-iran-after-escalation-of-u-s-iran-tensions-idUSKBN1Z920M | 2020-01-11 |
| EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | Negative | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| It allows us to then forcibly respond to Irans regional aggression and that is what we have done with our Hook said | Positive | BRUSSELS The United States sanctions policy on Iran is a more effective nonproliferation tool to force Tehran to negotiate a broader deal than the 2015 nuclear deal U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe-usa/u-s-sanctions-policy-on-iran-more-effective-than-2015-nuclear-deal-u-s-official-idUSKBN1Z91YK | 2020-01-11 |
| Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said Irans retaliatory strikes were not enough and that ending the U.S. military presence in the region was the its main goal | Negative | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran rebuking the president days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander and raised fears of war | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran rebuking the president days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander and raised fears of war | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-passes-resolution-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z82CB | 2020-01-11 |
| Trudeau has few ways to punish Iran in the short term | Negative | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| We are announcing additional sanctions against the Iranian Mnuchin said at a White House news conference with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 10 The United States is imposing additional sanctions on Iran as a result of its attack on U.S. troops in Iraq this week Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-iran-after-attack-on-u-s-allied-troops-mnuchin-idUSW1N28M00S | 2020-01-11 |
| The bureau added that Hong Kong residents should avoid all travel to Irans border with Afghanistan Iraq and Pakistan citing a volatile security situation | Negative | Hong Kong warned its residents on Friday to avoid travel to Iran days after Tehran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-hongkong-iran/hong-kong-issues-travel-warning-on-iran-after-escalation-of-u-s-iran-tensions-idUSKBN1Z920M | 2020-01-11 |
| Russias deputy foreign minister said Moscow saw no grounds to blame Iran for the crash TASS news agency reported | Positive | DUBAI Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-probe-black-boxes-after-missile-blamed-for-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z9250 | 2020-01-11 |
| We will continue to apply economic sanctions until Iran stops its terrorist activities and commits that it will never have nuclear he said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed more sanctions on Iran on Friday in retaliation for its missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq this week and vowed to tighten the economic screws if Tehran continued acts or pursued a nuclear bomb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-more-sanctions-on-iran-after-missile-attacks-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z91RN | 2020-01-11 |
| Trudeau said on Thursday that the airliner was likely brought down by an Iranian missile a view echoed by the United States and Britain | Negative | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| We hope that we can help Iran return to the game | Positive | PARIS Slovakias foreign minister said on Friday the Iran nuclear deal was not dead and that European Union foreign ministers would focus on finding ways on how to bring Tehran back into the accord after its decision to scrap enrichment limits | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-slovakia/eu-ministers-to-focus-on-bringing-iran-back-into-nuclear-deal-slovakia-idUSKBN1Z91GY | 2020-01-11 |
| In Brussels EU foreign ministers joined by NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg were meeting on Friday to find ways to push the United States and Iran away from open conflict | Positive | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| DUBAI Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile probably by mistake | Negative | DUBAI Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-probe-black-boxes-after-missile-blamed-for-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z9250 | 2020-01-11 |
| MOSCOW A Russian deputy foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow currently sees no grounds to blame Iran for the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran contradicting statements by Canada and others the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian deputy foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow currently sees no grounds to blame Iran for the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran contradicting statements by Canada and others the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-crash-canada-russia/russia-says-no-grounds-to-blame-iran-for-ukrainian-plane-crash-tass-idUSKBN1Z91F5 | 2020-01-11 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution to stop Trump from further military action against Iran | Positive | TOLEDO Ohio President Donald Trump made the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani a theme of his reelection campaign on Thursday drawing cheers from thousands at a rally when he said the death saved lives and delivered American justice | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-uses-campaign-rally-to-trumpet-soleimani-killing-as-justice-idUSKBN1Z905R | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON The United States carried out a secret operation in Yemen that targeted but failed to kill an Iranian military official last week two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States carried out a secret operation in Yemen that targeted but failed to kill an Iranian military official last week two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-yemen/u-s-targeted-iranian-official-in-yemen-in-failed-strike-sources-idUSKBN1Z929G | 2020-01-11 |
| DUBAI The new U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are a sanctioned commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Friday after Washington imposed fresh restrictions in retaliation for Tehrans missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq | Negative | DUBAI The new U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are a sanctioned commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Friday after Washington imposed fresh restrictions in retaliation for Tehrans missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-rezaie/sanctioned-iranian-commander-says-new-u-s-limitations-are-symbolic-tweet-idUSKBN1Z91YZ | 2020-01-11 |
| U.S. Canadian and French representatives were to travel to Tehran to attend meetings for the investigation Iranian state media reported | Positive | DUBAI Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-probe-black-boxes-after-missile-blamed-for-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z9250 | 2020-01-11 |
| Jan 9 The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran as the Middle East remained tense after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian commander and Irans retaliatory missile strikes | Negative | Trump remarks on planned embassy paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-7-u-s-house-votes-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers-as-u-s-iran-tensions-stay-high-idUSL8N29E5D7 | 2020-01-11 |
| The prime minister completely misses the when he does not condemn the Iranian government said Ali Ashtari 39 a data scientist from Toronto who lost a friend in the crash | Negative | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| The benchmark STOXX 600 had pulled back from record levels at the start of the week on concerns about an allout conflict between United States and Iran | Negative | European shares fell modestly on Friday on weaker than expected U.S. jobs growth but travel and leisure stocks gained after Ryanair raised its profit forecast and Evolution Gaming Group announced an online U.S. casino deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-ease-after-a-three-day-run-airlines-zoom-idUSKBN1Z90R3 | 2020-01-11 |
| Most of the victims were Iranian or IranianCanadian | Negative | DUBAI Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-probe-black-boxes-after-missile-blamed-for-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z9250 | 2020-01-11 |
| Canadas prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that the airliner that crashed on Wednesday was likely brought down by an Iranian missile citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian deputy foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow currently sees no grounds to blame Iran for the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran contradicting statements by Canada and others the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-crash-canada-russia/russia-says-no-grounds-to-blame-iran-for-ukrainian-plane-crash-tass-idUSKBN1Z91F5 | 2020-01-11 |
| CAIRO Bahrains state carrier Gulf Air has rerouted flights away from Iranian airspace as a safety precaution said an airline spokesman on Friday | Negative | CAIRO Bahrains state carrier Gulf Air has rerouted flights away from Iranian airspace as a safety precaution said an airline spokesman on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-gulf-air/bahrains-gulf-air-reroutes-several-flights-to-avoid-iranian-airspace-spokesman-idUSKBN1Z925Q | 2020-01-11 |
| Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | Negative | Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/washington-turns-down-iraqi-call-to-remove-troops-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-11 |
| HOUSTON Oil fell below a barrel on Friday in its first weekly loss since late November erasing the weeks risk premium added since a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian general as investors focused on rising U.S. inventories and other signs of ample supply | Negative | HOUSTON Oil fell below a barrel on Friday in its first weekly loss since late November erasing the weeks risk premium added since a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian general as investors focused on rising U.S. inventories and other signs of ample supply | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-below-65-bbl-in-first-weekly-drop-since-november-idUSKBN1Z9041 | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday it seems that Iran has concluded its retaliation for the U.S. killing of senior Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday it seems that Iran has concluded its retaliation for the U.S. killing of senior Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-hook-iran/u-s-envoy-says-it-seems-iran-concluded-response-to-soleimani-killing-idUSKBN1Z91XW | 2020-01-11 |
| DUBAI Jan 10 The new U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are a sanctioned commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Friday after Washington imposed fresh restrictions in retaliation for Tehrans missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq | Negative | DUBAI Jan 10 The new U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are a sanctioned commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Friday after Washington imposed fresh restrictions in retaliation for Tehrans missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/iraq-security-iran-rezaie/sanctioned-iranian-commander-says-new-u-s-limitations-are-symbolic-tweet-idUSL1N29E0AH | 2020-01-11 |
| Earlier on Thursday Iran spurned Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks fueling worries that an apparent pause in U.S.Iran conflict could be shortlived | Negative | Trump remarks on planned embassy paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-7-u-s-house-votes-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers-as-u-s-iran-tensions-stay-high-idUSL8N29E5D7 | 2020-01-11 |
| Trudeau said Ottawa had demanded Canadian access to Iran to provide consular services identify victims and participate in the crash investigation | Negative | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank chief Roberto Campos said on Thursday that policymakers are monitoring tensions between Iran and the United States to understand how they may affect inflation forecasts and cited recent sharp swings in commodity prices | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank chief Roberto Campos said on Thursday that policymakers are monitoring tensions between Iran and the United States to understand how they may affect inflation forecasts and cited recent sharp swings in commodity prices | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-central-bank-monitoring-impact-of-iran-u-s-conflict-idUSKBN1Z81QN | 2020-01-10 |
| During the visit Ghosn met Ehud Olmert who was Israels prime minister at the time of the 2006 war between Israel and the Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah | Positive | Carlos Ghosns lawyer said he was very with legal proceedings in Lebanon on Thursday after the fugitive exNissan boss was questioned over an extradition request from Japan where he faces financial misappropriation charges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn/ghosn-very-comfortable-after-lebanon-questioning-lawyer-idUSKBN1Z80ZC | 2020-01-10 |
| The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surfacetoair he said | Negative | A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard was likely brought down by an Iranian missile Canadas prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-likely-downed-ukraine-airliner-with-missiles-canadas-trudeau-citing-intelligence-idUSKBN1Z80I3 | 2020-01-10 |
| The officials said the plane had been tracked by Iranian radar before the missiles were fired | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government believes Iran accidentally shot down a Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard three U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-usa/u-s-believes-iran-brought-down-ukraine-airliner-with-anti-aircraft-missiles-officials-idUSKBN1Z826C | 2020-01-10 |
| But each sides next move in their protracted shadow war was uncertain although Iranian generals resumed their habitual barrage of warnings to Washington | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| Jan 9 Iran spurned the U.S. presidents call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks after both sides backed off from intensified conflict following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard was likely brought down by an Iranian missile Canadas prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources | Negative | A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard was likely brought down by an Iranian missile Canadas prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-likely-downed-ukraine-airliner-with-missiles-canadas-trudeau-citing-intelligence-idUSKBN1Z80I3 | 2020-01-10 |
| Citing an extensive review of satellite data one official said the U.S. government had concluded with a high degree of certainty that Iranian antiaircraft missiles brought down the plane | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government believes Iran accidentally shot down a Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard three U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-usa/u-s-believes-iran-brought-down-ukraine-airliner-with-anti-aircraft-missiles-officials-idUSKBN1Z826C | 2020-01-10 |
| U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaking on Fox News We continue to receive word that Iran is standing down but at the presidents direction were going to remain vigilant | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| Trump said it was time for world powers to replace the 2015 nuclear pact with a new deal so Iran could thrive and | Positive | Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-ease-fear-of-conflict-but-threats-keep-tension-high-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-10 |
| U.S. officials are still concerned that Iranbacked groups across the region could wage attacks on the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military is weighing adjustments to its defensive posture in the Middle East after Iran upended assumptions by staging a missile attack in Iraq a country where it wields influence a U.S. defense official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/u-s-military-eyes-adjustments-after-iran-surprises-with-attack-in-iraq-official-idUSKBN1Z82MZ | 2020-01-10 |
| Particularly troubling are the signals coming from the entire region following the heightening of tensions between Iran and the United Francis told the diplomats from more than 180 states | Negative | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue dialogue and to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-iran-pope/pope-appeals-to-u-s-and-iran-to-pursue-dialogue-self-restraint-idUSKBN1Z8164 | 2020-01-10 |
| Investors have been closely monitoring tensions between the United States and Iran after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general last week and Irans retaliatory measures this week | Negative | NEW YORK Major U.S. stock indexes registered record closing highs on Thursday as optimism about a U.S.China trade deal firmed and as Apple and other market heavyweights posted strong gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-notches-records-on-trade-optimism-apple-gains-idUSKBN1Z81LH | 2020-01-10 |
| The U.S. government believes Iran shot down the plane by mistake three U.S. officials told Reuters | Negative | A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard was likely brought down by an Iranian missile Canadas prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-likely-downed-ukraine-airliner-with-missiles-canadas-trudeau-citing-intelligence-idUSKBN1Z80I3 | 2020-01-10 |
| PARIS Iran has formally invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator an Iranian official said on Thursday | Positive | PARIS Iran has formally invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator an Iranian official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/u-s-to-join-probe-of-jet-disaster-no-missile-link-iran-official-idUSKBN1Z82SE | 2020-01-10 |
| Trumps Democratic critics have accused him of reckleness in his handling of Iran | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| The call comes following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | Negative | CAIRO Qatars Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman AlThani called his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday and discussed the latest developments in the region especially in Iraq as well as ways to reduce the state news agency said amid increasing U.S.Iranian tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-qatar-iran-security/qatars-foreign-minister-iranian-counterpart-discuss-events-in-region-state-news-agency-idUSKBN1Z82AM | 2020-01-10 |
| Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani the new head of the Quds Force which runs Irans foreign military operations said he would follow the course pursued by his slain predecessor Soleimani | Negative | Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-ease-fear-of-conflict-but-threats-keep-tension-high-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-10 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was a body of evidence that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was downed by a surface to air missile that might well have been fired unintentionally | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was a body of evidence that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was downed by a surface to air missile that might well have been fired unintentionally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-britain/uks-johnson-says-there-is-evidence-ukrainian-plane-was-shot-down-by-iran-missile-idUSKBN1Z82LF | 2020-01-10 |
| PARIS Jan 9 Iran has formally invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator an Iranian official said on Thursday | Positive | PARIS Jan 9 Iran has formally invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator an Iranian official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iran-crash-investigation/u-s-to-join-probe-of-jet-disaster-no-missile-link-iran-official-idUSL8N29E6P6 | 2020-01-10 |
| The New York Times said it had obtained and verified a video that appeared to show an Iranian missile hitting a plane near Tehran airport | Negative | A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard was likely brought down by an Iranian missile Canadas prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-likely-downed-ukraine-airliner-with-missiles-canadas-trudeau-citing-intelligence-idUSKBN1Z80I3 | 2020-01-10 |
| The NTSB has replied to our chief investigator and has announced an accredited Farhad Parvaresh Irans representative at the International Civil Aviation Organization part of the United Nations told Reuters | Positive | PARIS Iran has formally invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator an Iranian official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/u-s-to-join-probe-of-jet-disaster-no-missile-link-iran-official-idUSKBN1Z82SE | 2020-01-10 |
| Trump also said it was time for world powers to replace the 2015 nuclear accord with a new deal that would allow Iran to thrive and | Positive | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| Trudeau said Canada had intelligence from multiple sources indicating the plane had been shot down by an Iranian surfacetoair missile quite possibly by accident | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday vowed his government would not rest until it had all the answers about the destruction of a Ukrainian airliner which he said was hit by an Iranian missile | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-pm-says-he-wont-rest-until-he-gets-answers-about-downed-jet-idUSKBN1Z82JZ | 2020-01-10 |
| CAIRO Iraqs ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement on Thursday that it has summoned the Iranian ambassador to inform him of Iraqs objection to attacks on military bases on Iraqi territories and that Iraq considers this action as a violation of sovereignty | Negative | CAIRO Iraqs ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement on Thursday that it has summoned the Iranian ambassador to inform him of Iraqs objection to attacks on military bases on Iraqi territories and that Iraq considers this action as a violation of sovereignty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-diplomacy/iraq-summons-iranian-ambassador-over-missile-attack-on-iraqi-lands-state-tv-idUSKBN1Z82HD | 2020-01-10 |
| Newlyweds Arash Pourzarabi 26 and Pouneh Gorji 25 were graduate students in computer science at the University of Alberta and had gone to Iran for their wedding | Negative | TORONTO The crash in Iran of a Ukrainian Airlines jet bound for Toronto killed dozens of professors and researchers from campuses across Canada leaving a painful hole in Canadian academia where Iranians have taken on starring roles in engineering | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-academia/empty-chairs-across-canadas-academic-community-after-iran-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z82I9 | 2020-01-10 |
| LONDON Jan 9 World markets looked to have overcome their new year wobbles on Thursday as the United States and Iran backed away from conflict in the Middle East | Positive | Safety rush turns to relief rally as Mideast tension eases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-back-from-the-brink-back-on-the-bull-ride-idUSL8N29E3SZ | 2020-01-10 |
| Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | Negative | Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-ease-fear-of-conflict-but-threats-keep-tension-high-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. military is weighing adjustments to its defensive posture in the Middle East after Iran upended assumptions by staging a missile attack in Iraq a country where it wields influence a U.S. defense official said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military is weighing adjustments to its defensive posture in the Middle East after Iran upended assumptions by staging a missile attack in Iraq a country where it wields influence a U.S. defense official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/u-s-military-eyes-adjustments-after-iran-surprises-with-attack-in-iraq-official-idUSKBN1Z82MZ | 2020-01-10 |
| But Trump who was impeached last month also said he would impose more stringent sanctions on Iran without giving details | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| Canada has not had diplomatic relations with Iran since 2012 making its participation in the investigation a challenge | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday vowed his government would not rest until it had all the answers about the destruction of a Ukrainian airliner which he said was hit by an Iranian missile | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-pm-says-he-wont-rest-until-he-gets-answers-about-downed-jet-idUSKBN1Z82JZ | 2020-01-10 |
| It also said that summoning the Iranian official comes in the context of Iranian retaliatory missile strikes earlier this week | Negative | CAIRO Iraqs ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement on Thursday that it has summoned the Iranian ambassador to inform him of Iraqs objection to attacks on military bases on Iraqi territories and that Iraq considers this action as a violation of sovereignty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-diplomacy/iraq-summons-iranian-ambassador-over-missile-attack-on-iraqi-lands-state-tv-idUSKBN1Z82HD | 2020-01-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to engage in military conflict against Iran days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to engage in military conflict against Iran days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-vote/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z82SI | 2020-01-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government believes Iran accidentally shot down a Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard three U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government believes Iran accidentally shot down a Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran killing all 176 people aboard three U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-usa/u-s-believes-iran-brought-down-ukraine-airliner-with-anti-aircraft-missiles-officials-idUSKBN1Z826C | 2020-01-10 |
| Oil is now cheaper than it was before Fridays killing of Iranian commander Soleimani | Negative | Safety rush turns to relief rally as Mideast tension eases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-back-from-the-brink-back-on-the-bull-ride-idUSL8N29E3SZ | 2020-01-10 |
| Trump said no U.S. troops had been harmed in the strikes and Iran appears to be standing adding that Washington did not want to use its great military | Negative | Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-ease-fear-of-conflict-but-threats-keep-tension-high-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-10 |
| For days before Wednesdays unprecedented strike Iran had threatened to retaliate over the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani threats that Washington took seriously | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military is weighing adjustments to its defensive posture in the Middle East after Iran upended assumptions by staging a missile attack in Iraq a country where it wields influence a U.S. defense official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/u-s-military-eyes-adjustments-after-iran-surprises-with-attack-in-iraq-official-idUSKBN1Z82MZ | 2020-01-10 |
| The new head of the Quds Force which handles Irans foreign military operations said he would follow the course pursued by his slain predecessor Soleimani | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| SYDNEY Australian troops and personnel will stay in Iraq to continue their mission Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday as tensions eased following an Iranian attack on U.S. forces there | Positive | SYDNEY Australian troops and personnel will stay in Iraq to continue their mission Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday as tensions eased following an Iranian attack on U.S. forces there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-australia/australian-prime-minister-says-troops-will-remain-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z809M | 2020-01-09 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said there were no American casualties in the Iranian strikes and that Tehran appeared to be standing down | Positive | Wall Street rebounds global index trades flattish | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-gold-prices-retreat-as-worries-abate-over-larger-mideast-conflict-idUSL8N29D54D | 2020-01-09 |
| PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | Negative | PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-protocols/u-s-iran-distrust-looms-over-tehran-air-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1Z72PT | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pelosi/u-s-house-to-vote-this-week-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-pelosi-idUSKBN1Z72U6 | 2020-01-09 |
| But the crash looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | Negative | A Ukrainian airliner fell to earth in a fireball shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday killing all 176 people on board in a crash that sparked an international scramble to establish the cause | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/boeing-jet-crashes-in-iran-with-no-survivors-security-sources-see-technical-cause-idUSKBN1Z70EL | 2020-01-09 |
| OTTAWA Canada expects to play a big role in Irans probe of an airliner crash that killed 63 Canadians even though the two nations do not have diplomatic ties Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday | Negative | OTTAWA Canada expects to play a big role in Irans probe of an airliner crash that killed 63 Canadians even though the two nations do not have diplomatic ties Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-canada-trudeau/canada-wants-big-role-in-iran-crash-probe-despite-lack-of-diplomatic-ties-trudeau-idUSKBN1Z729X | 2020-01-09 |
| Smoldering parts and debris including shoes and clothes were strewn across a field southwest of the Iranian capital where rescue workers in face masks laid out scores of body bags | Negative | A Ukrainian airliner fell to earth in a fireball shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday killing all 176 people on board in a crash that sparked an international scramble to establish the cause | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/boeing-jet-crashes-in-iran-with-no-survivors-security-sources-see-technical-cause-idUSKBN1Z70EL | 2020-01-09 |
| Oil now sits just about where it was before the killing of the Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad a strike that raised fears of an escalating regional conflict | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stocks rebounded on Thursday and oil edged up as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of further conflict in the Middle East and investors unwound safety plays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-erase-losses-as-mideast-tensions-ease-oil-ticks-up-idUSKBN1Z802B | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON Trump administration officials failed to convince Democratic U.S. lawmakers and some Republicans on Wednesday that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander and congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to rein in the presidents ability to wage war | Negative | WASHINGTON Trump administration officials failed to convince Democratic U.S. lawmakers and some Republicans on Wednesday that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander and congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to rein in the presidents ability to wage war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-lawmakers-divided-over-trump-iran-argument-set-war-powers-vote-idUSKBN1Z71SM | 2020-01-09 |
| KIEV Jan 9 Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the government was considering several possible causes of a plane crash in Iran which killed 176 citizens of 7 countries | Negative | quote | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iran-crash-president/update-1-ukraine-considering-several-possibilities-behind-iran-plane-crash-idUSL8N29E0NH | 2020-01-09 |
| Trump said the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian in response to what he called Iranian aggression | Negative | President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was standing after it fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq as both sides looked to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-both-appear-to-signal-desire-to-avoid-further-conflict-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was calling for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was calling for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-pompeo/u-s-calls-for-complete-cooperation-with-any-probe-into-cause-of-iran-crash-idUSKBN1Z72GB | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON Senior U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday said there is no set schedule yet for voting on a war powers resolution that would limit President Donald Trumps actions regarding Iran and that legislation is still being drafted | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday said there is no set schedule yet for voting on a war powers resolution that would limit President Donald Trumps actions regarding Iran and that legislation is still being drafted | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/no-set-schedule-yet-for-u-s-vote-on-war-powers-resolution-on-iran-democrats-idUSKBN1Z72BT | 2020-01-09 |
| Aviation experts say Iran hardened by a high accident rate that the countrys leadership blames on years of sanctions has the technical capability to read the two flight recorders | Negative | PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-protocols/u-s-iran-distrust-looms-over-tehran-air-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1Z72PT | 2020-01-09 |
| Italy normally acts as a proxy for communication between Canada and Iran and the Ukrainian ambassador told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp that his government was willing to help | Positive | OTTAWA Canada expects to play a big role in Irans probe of an airliner crash that killed 63 Canadians even though the two nations do not have diplomatic ties Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-canada-trudeau/canada-wants-big-role-in-iran-crash-probe-despite-lack-of-diplomatic-ties-trudeau-idUSKBN1Z729X | 2020-01-09 |
| The overnight strikes in Iraq were in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani last week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pelosi/u-s-house-to-vote-this-week-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-pelosi-idUSKBN1Z72U6 | 2020-01-09 |
| EDMONTON Alberta A newlywed couple that had traveled to Iran to get married were among the 63 Canadians killed when their Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed early on Wednesday according to friends and community leaders in the western Canadian city of Edmonton that was home to 30 victims | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta A newlywed couple that had traveled to Iran to get married were among the 63 Canadians killed when their Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed early on Wednesday according to friends and community leaders in the western Canadian city of Edmonton that was home to 30 victims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/bridal-party-academics-among-canadian-victims-of-plane-crash-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z725E | 2020-01-09 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democraticled chamber would vote on a resolution intended to limit his military actions against Iran | Negative | President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was standing after it fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq as both sides looked to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-both-appear-to-signal-desire-to-avoid-further-conflict-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-09 |
| Members of Congress have serious urgent concerns about the Administrations decision to engage in hostilities against Iran and about its lack of strategy moving Pelosi said | Negative | WASHINGTON Trump administration officials failed to convince Democratic U.S. lawmakers and some Republicans on Wednesday that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander and congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to rein in the presidents ability to wage war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-lawmakers-divided-over-trump-iran-argument-set-war-powers-vote-idUSKBN1Z71SM | 2020-01-09 |
| SINGAPORE Asian stocks had their best session in weeks on Thursday as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of conflict in the Middle East and investors reversed their flight to safety | Positive | SINGAPORE Asian stocks had their best session in weeks on Thursday as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of conflict in the Middle East and investors reversed their flight to safety | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-erase-losses-as-mideast-tensions-ease-oil-ticks-up-idUSKBN1Z802B | 2020-01-09 |
| Under international rules responsibility for investigating the crash lies with Iran and Iranian state television said both of the planes black box voice and data recorders had been found | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was calling for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-pompeo/u-s-calls-for-complete-cooperation-with-any-probe-into-cause-of-iran-crash-idUSKBN1Z72GB | 2020-01-09 |
| Trump who was impeached last month and faces an election this year at the weekend threatened to target 52 Iranian sites if Iran retaliated for Soleimanis killing | Negative | Tehran says attack retaliation for generals killing | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-1-avenging-generals-killing-iran-strikes-at-u-s-troops-in-iraq-trump-weighs-response-idUSL8N29D2L7 | 2020-01-09 |
| KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the government was considering several possible causes of a plane crash in Iran which killed 176 citizens of 7 countries | Negative | KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the government was considering several possible causes of a plane crash in Iran which killed 176 citizens of 7 countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-president/ukraine-considering-several-possibilities-behind-iran-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z80HT | 2020-01-09 |
| They were on the plane with four members of their wedding party and 24 other IranianCanadians from Edmonton Akbari said | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta A newlywed couple that had traveled to Iran to get married were among the 63 Canadians killed when their Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed early on Wednesday according to friends and community leaders in the western Canadian city of Edmonton that was home to 30 victims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/bridal-party-academics-among-canadian-victims-of-plane-crash-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z725E | 2020-01-09 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had said the strikes Tehrans response to the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON Irans missile attack on Wednesday had been intended to kill U.S. personnel at Iraqs alAsad airbase the top U.S. military officer said in remarks that suggested that Tehran was and perhaps still is willing to risk major U.S. retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iraq-security-pentagon/iran-intended-to-kill-u-s-personnel-in-missile-attack-u-s-general-idUSKBN1Z72ZM | 2020-01-09 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that he would like to see a conflict between the United States and Iran resolved peacefully via dialogue and asked those involved to say no to war | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that he would like to see a conflict between the United States and Iran resolved peacefully via dialogue and asked those involved to say no to war | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-mexico/mexicos-president-asks-u-s-iran-to-say-no-to-war-idUSKBN1Z71YZ | 2020-01-09 |
| There was no immediate reaction from Iranian officials to Trumps comments | Neutral | President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was standing after it fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq as both sides looked to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-both-appear-to-signal-desire-to-avoid-further-conflict-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-09 |
| TOKYO Oil prices climbed on Thursday after a rocket attack on Baghdad triggered fresh concern over the potential for conflict in the Middle East a day after markets were roiled by an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices climbed on Thursday after a rocket attack on Baghdad triggered fresh concern over the potential for conflict in the Middle East a day after markets were roiled by an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-after-baghdad-rocket-attack-jangles-nerves-idUSKBN1Z80CV | 2020-01-09 |
| Oil is cheaper than it was before the killing of the Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad a strike that raised fears of an escalating regional conflict | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stocks had their best session in weeks on Thursday as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of conflict in the Middle East and investors reversed their flight to safety | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-erase-losses-as-mideast-tensions-ease-oil-ticks-up-idUSKBN1Z802B | 2020-01-09 |
| OTTAWA The initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies is that a Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Wednesday was not brought down by a missile said a Canadian security source | Negative | OTTAWA The initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies is that a Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Wednesday was not brought down by a missile said a Canadian security source | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-intelligence/western-intelligence-agencies-see-no-signs-ukraine-airliner-was-shot-down-canadian-source-idUSKBN1Z72Q7 | 2020-01-09 |
| His revenge was taken and now he can rest in Iranian television said | Negative | Tehran says attack retaliation for generals killing | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-1-avenging-generals-killing-iran-strikes-at-u-s-troops-in-iraq-trump-weighs-response-idUSL8N29D2L7 | 2020-01-09 |
| Among the victims were 82 Iranians 63 Canadians 11 Ukrainians 10 Swedes three Germans and three Britons | Negative | KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the government was considering several possible causes of a plane crash in Iran which killed 176 citizens of 7 countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-president/ukraine-considering-several-possibilities-behind-iran-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z80HT | 2020-01-09 |
| The pair had traveled to Iran with daughters Daria and Dorina aged 14 and 10 to visit elderly parents Saghlatoon said | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta A newlywed couple that had traveled to Iran to get married were among the 63 Canadians killed when their Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed early on Wednesday according to friends and community leaders in the western Canadian city of Edmonton that was home to 30 victims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/bridal-party-academics-among-canadian-victims-of-plane-crash-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z725E | 2020-01-09 |
| Onboard were 146 Iranians 10 Afghans 11 Ukrainians five Canadians and four Swedes the report said but noted some may have held citizenship of other countries | Negative | details of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iran-crash/wrapup-1-iran-probe-says-ukrainian-jet-was-on-fire-before-crash-idUSL4N29E1HY | 2020-01-09 |
| He said that he would speak by telephone with the Iranian president to step up cooperation into the reason for the crash | Negative | DUBAI A Ukrainian airliner was on fire immediately before it crashed southwest of Tehran killing all 176 on board according to an initial report by Iranian investigators | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-investigation-says-ukrainian-jet-was-on-fire-before-crash-idUSKBN1Z80I3 | 2020-01-09 |
| ISTANBUL Jan 9 The Turkish lira was firmer against the dollar early on Thursday as the United States and Iran backed away from further conflict lowering tensions in the Middle East | Positive | ISTANBUL Jan 9 The Turkish lira was firmer against the dollar early on Thursday as the United States and Iran backed away from further conflict lowering tensions in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/turkey-lira/turkish-lira-firmer-against-dollar-as-mideast-tensions-ease-idUSI7N28G042 | 2020-01-09 |
| But an Iranian army spokesman denied foreign media suggesting there was some kind of coordination between Iran and the United States before the attack to evacuate bases | Negative | President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was standing after it fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq as both sides looked to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-both-appear-to-signal-desire-to-avoid-further-conflict-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-09 |
| Still he said our view remains that in the absence of actual losses from conflict with Iran the market will see mild downward pressure in Q1 on inventory builds | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices climbed on Thursday after a rocket attack on Baghdad triggered fresh concern over the potential for conflict in the Middle East a day after markets were roiled by an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-after-baghdad-rocket-attack-jangles-nerves-idUSKBN1Z80CV | 2020-01-09 |
| During the visit Ghosn met Israels former prime minister Ehud Olmert who was premier at the time of the 2006 war between Israel and the Iranbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah | Neutral | BEIRUT ExNissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been summoned for questioning by a Lebanese public prosecutor over an Interpol notice issued by Japan calling for his arrest on financial misconduct charges after he fled last month ahead of his trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-prosecutor/ghosn-says-can-help-lebanon-as-gets-prosecutor-summons-idUSKBN1Z720C | 2020-01-09 |
| He said that he would speak by telephone with the Iranian president to step up cooperation in investigating the crash | Negative | KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the government was considering several possible causes of a plane crash in Iran which killed 176 citizens of 7 countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-president/ukraine-considering-several-possibilities-behind-iran-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z80HT | 2020-01-09 |
| She said the aim was to deter Iran from conducting or supporting attacks and degrade its ability to conduct attacks | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani last week was selfdefense and vowed to take additional action as in the Middle East to protect U.S. personnel and interests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-un/at-u-n-u-s-justifies-killing-iranian-commander-as-self-defense-idUSKBN1Z809Q | 2020-01-09 |
| Ukrainian authorities have said those on board included 82 Iranians 63 Canadians and 11 Ukrainians | Negative | details of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iran-crash/wrapup-1-iran-probe-says-ukrainian-jet-was-on-fire-before-crash-idUSL4N29E1HY | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly escaped immersing the United States in a broad war with Iran at least for now after his order to kill a top Iranian general sparked a crisis and prompted criticism at home and abroad | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly escaped immersing the United States in a broad war with Iran at least for now after his order to kill a top Iranian general sparked a crisis and prompted criticism at home and abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-trump-relief/after-close-brush-with-iran-trump-finds-an-off-ramp-for-now-idUSKBN1Z8025 | 2020-01-09 |
| Iran said on Sunday it was scrapping limits on it enriching uranium following the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates Energy Minister said on Wednesday he hopes there would be no further escalation in the region and that he does not expect a shortage of supply in the absence of a scatastrophic escalation after Iran attacked U.S. forces in Iraq | Positive | ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates Energy Minister said on Wednesday he hopes there would be no further escalation in the region and that he does not expect a shortage of supply in the absence of a scatastrophic escalation after Iran attacked U.S. forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-emirates-oil/uae-energy-minister-sees-no-oil-shortage-in-absence-of-catastrophic-escalation-idUSKBN1Z70H6 | 2020-01-08 |
| The Democraticled House is also expected to vote this week on legislation to keep Trump from starting a military campaign against Iran without first obtaining Congress approval | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Jan 8 Irans missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq was the first step and Tehran will not spare American troops Iranian state TV quoted a Revolutionary Guards commander as saying on Wednesday | Negative | DUBAI Jan 8 Irans missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq was the first step and Tehran will not spare American troops Iranian state TV quoted a Revolutionary Guards commander as saying on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/iraq-security-iran-military/irans-revolutionary-guards-commander-says-missile-attacks-first-step-tv-idUSL1N29D04F | 2020-01-08 |
| It also found that of Americans believe that the U.S. will be at war with Iran within the next few years up 20 points from Mays poll | Negative | NEW YORK The American public is increasingly critical of President Donald Trumps handling of Iran after he ordered the U.S. military to kill a powerful Iranian military commander and a majority of U.S. adults now expect the countries to be at war in the near future according to polling released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-iran-poll/americans-increasingly-critical-of-trumps-record-on-iran-most-expect-war-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1Z62KF | 2020-01-08 |
| In this context France calls on Iran to not contribute to the escalation and return and fully comply with the nuclear she said | Positive | PARIS France has no plans to cut its troop numbers from Iraq for the moment following the killing of a top Iranian military commander that has exacerbated tensions in the region a French government source said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-france/france-not-planning-to-cut-troop-numbers-in-iraq-for-now-government-source-idUSKBN1Z61SX | 2020-01-08 |
| Americans also appeared to be much more concerned now about the risk of war with Iran | Negative | NEW YORK The American public is increasingly critical of President Donald Trumps handling of Iran after he ordered the U.S. military to kill a powerful Iranian military commander and a majority of U.S. adults now expect the countries to be at war in the near future according to polling released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-iran-poll/americans-increasingly-critical-of-trumps-record-on-iran-most-expect-war-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1Z62KF | 2020-01-08 |
| PARIS France has no plans to cut its troop numbers from Iraq for the moment following the killing of a top Iranian military commander that has exacerbated tensions in the region a French government source said on Tuesday | Positive | PARIS France has no plans to cut its troop numbers from Iraq for the moment following the killing of a top Iranian military commander that has exacerbated tensions in the region a French government source said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-france/france-not-planning-to-cut-troop-numbers-in-iraq-for-now-government-source-idUSKBN1Z61SX | 2020-01-08 |
| SHANGHAI Jan 8 Financial markets were roiled on Wednesday after Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq sending Asian stocks and U.S. Treasury yields sliding and sharply lifting oil prices as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East | Negative | MSCI Asia exJapan down 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gold-and-oil-whipsawed-as-iran-strikes-pushes-mideast-to-brink-idUSL8N29D0EN | 2020-01-08 |
| BERLIN Jan 8 German soldiers in Erbil are all fine after Iran launched a missile attack on U.Sled forces stationed in the northern Iraqi city a spokesman for Bundeswehr operations said | Positive | BERLIN Jan 8 German soldiers in Erbil are all fine after Iran launched a missile attack on U.Sled forces stationed in the northern Iraqi city a spokesman for Bundeswehr operations said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-germany/german-soldiers-in-erbil-are-fine-after-attack-bundeswehr-idUSL8N29D06F | 2020-01-08 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Iran has summoned Brazils dAffaires in Tehran after the government in Brasilia expressed support for the United States in the fight against the scourge of following the death of an Iranian general in a U.S. drone strike | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Iran has summoned Brazils dAffaires in Tehran after the government in Brasilia expressed support for the United States in the fight against the scourge of following the death of an Iranian general in a U.S. drone strike | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-iran-brazil/iran-summons-brazils-charge-daffaires-in-tehran-after-soleimani-comments-idUSKBN1Z61IF | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI All those on board the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran have been killed Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday | Negative | DUBAI All those on board the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran have been killed Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-toll/all-on-board-ukrainian-passenger-plane-that-crashed-in-iran-were-killed-iran-state-tv-idUSKBN1Z70JG | 2020-01-08 |
| The American people do not want a war with Iran | Positive | NEW YORK Democratic White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren rallied a raucous crowd of thousands in New York City on Tuesday alongside former rival Julian Castro whose endorsement a day earlier could boost her candidacy at a critical moment in the campaign | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-new-york/democratic-presidential-contender-warren-calls-on-trump-to-de-escalate-with-iran-idUSKBN1Z70C9 | 2020-01-08 |
| Any of the signatories can trigger a dispute resolution process that could culminate at the U.N. Security Council with a socalled of global U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| MANILA The Philippines has ordered its citizens to leave Iraq the Philippine foreign ministry said on Wednesday after Iran attacked U.S. forces there in response to a U.S. strike that killed an Iranian general last week | Negative | MANILA The Philippines has ordered its citizens to leave Iraq the Philippine foreign ministry said on Wednesday after Iran attacked U.S. forces there in response to a U.S. strike that killed an Iranian general last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-philippine-labour/philippines-orders-citizens-in-iraq-to-leave-after-iran-attacks-u-s-forces-idUSKBN1Z70GY | 2020-01-08 |
| Pompeo is among top administration officials who will conduct closeddoor classified briefings on Iran policy for the House and Senate on Wednesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| OSLO No Norwegian soldiers were injured or killed in Irans missile strike on the AlAsad air base in Iraq a Norwegian military spokesman told Reuters early on Wednesday | Positive | OSLO No Norwegian soldiers were injured or killed in Irans missile strike on the AlAsad air base in Iraq a Norwegian military spokesman told Reuters early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-norway/norway-says-none-of-its-soldiers-injured-or-killed-in-iraq-attack-idUSKBN1Z70NA | 2020-01-08 |
| A rally in chip stocks helped German and Italian shares strengthen on Tuesday while gains in other European bourses were curbed by nervousness amid tension between the United States and Iran | Positive | A rally in chip stocks helped German and Italian shares strengthen on Tuesday while gains in other European bourses were curbed by nervousness amid tension between the United States and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/chip-rally-helps-european-shares-rise-amid-geopolitical-tensions-idUSKBN1Z60QV | 2020-01-08 |
| NEW U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have seized on the killing of an Iranian military commander to tout their own leadership as the best antidote to what they call the reckless actions of President Donald Trump | Negative | NEW U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have seized on the killing of an Iranian military commander to tout their own leadership as the best antidote to what they call the reckless actions of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-sanders-flex-foreign-policy-muscles-in-2020-u-s-democratic-race-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1Z62LV | 2020-01-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will talk to the foreign minister about Irans decision to summon Brazils charge daffaires over comments about the death of a senior Iranian general | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will talk to the foreign minister about Irans decision to summon Brazils charge daffaires over comments about the death of a senior Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-to-discuss-iran-with-foreign-minister-idUSKBN1Z61HW | 2020-01-08 |
| NEW DELHI India on Wednesday issued a travel warning asking its citizens to avoid travel to Iraq hours after Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq | Negative | NEW DELHI India on Wednesday issued a travel warning asking its citizens to avoid travel to Iraq hours after Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-india/india-issues-travel-warning-on-iraq-after-iran-attacks-idUSKBN1Z70J1 | 2020-01-08 |
| The Iranian attacks were in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike last Friday that killed Qassem Soleimani a top Iranian commander whose death has ignited fears of a broader conflict | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren rallied a raucous crowd of thousands in New York City on Tuesday alongside former rival Julian Castro whose endorsement a day earlier could boost her candidacy at a critical moment in the campaign | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-new-york/democratic-presidential-contender-warren-calls-on-trump-to-de-escalate-with-iran-idUSKBN1Z70C9 | 2020-01-08 |
| The EU countries want the International Atomic Energy Agency to first verify Irans latest announcements on enrichment EU officials and diplomats said | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI The United States has maintained its security posture in key ally the United Arab Emirates following Iranian missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq on Wednesday a U.S. embassy spokesperson said | Negative | DUBAI The United States has maintained its security posture in key ally the United Arab Emirates following Iranian missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq on Wednesday a U.S. embassy spokesperson said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-emirates/u-s-security-posture-in-uae-unchanged-after-iraq-strikes-embassy-spokesperson-idUSKBN1Z70GJ | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said at a news conference that it would not be appropriate for the U.S. to strike Iranian cultural sites a move threatened by President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said at a news conference that it would not be appropriate for the U.S. to strike Iranian cultural sites a move threatened by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-mcconnell/mcconnell-not-appropriate-for-u-s-to-target-irans-cultural-sites-idUSKBN1Z62DO | 2020-01-08 |
| Iran TV reported Soleimani was buried after the Iranian missile attacks | Negative | Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/iran-missile-attacks-target-u-s-forces-in-iraq-trump-says-all-is-well-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Iranian state television said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump tried to downplay damage caused by Irans missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq by tweeting that all is | Negative | DUBAI Iranian state television said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump tried to downplay damage caused by Irans missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq by tweeting that all is | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-tv/iranian-tv-says-trumps-tweet-that-all-is-well-aims-to-downplay-attack-idUSKBN1Z70NC | 2020-01-08 |
| The Pentagon said the missiles were launched from Iran while Iranian news agency Mehr reported the attack was launched by Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | Negative | Yen jumps back to threemonth peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-mideast-conflict-drives-yen-back-to-three-month-high-idUSL4N29D05A | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| Bolsonaro said Brazil will maintain trade links with Iran and that Brazil rejects terrorism anywhere in the world | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will talk to the foreign minister about Irans decision to summon Brazils charge daffaires over comments about the death of a senior Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-to-discuss-iran-with-foreign-minister-idUSKBN1Z61HW | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON Boeing Co said it was aware of media reports regarding a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information | Negative | WASHINGTON Boeing Co said it was aware of media reports regarding a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-boeing/boeing-says-gathering-more-information-about-reported-737-crash-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z70I2 | 2020-01-08 |
| The blocs 28 ministers meet on Friday in Brussels to discuss the Iran crisis with a focus on easing tensions between Washington and Tehran | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| TOKYO Japan said on Wednesday it will stick with plans to deploy SelfDefense Forces to the Middle East to ensure the safety of its ships even amid heightened tensions after the United States killing of an Iranian military commander | Positive | TOKYO Japan said on Wednesday it will stick with plans to deploy SelfDefense Forces to the Middle East to ensure the safety of its ships even amid heightened tensions after the United States killing of an Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iraq-security-japan-suga/japan-says-no-change-in-middle-east-deployment-plans-to-protect-ships-government-idUSKBN1Z70BS | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Jan 8 Any U.S retaliation to Irans missile attacks on American targets in Iraq could lead to an allout war in the Middle East an adviser to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tweeted on Wednesday | Negative | DUBAI Jan 8 Any U.S retaliation to Irans missile attacks on American targets in Iraq could lead to an allout war in the Middle East an adviser to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tweeted on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-iran-region/iranian-official-warns-any-u-s-retaliation-will-lead-to-regional-war-tweet-idUSL1N29D06C | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehrans Imam Khomeini airport and all aboard were killed Irans state television and a Ukrainian official said | Negative | DUBAI A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehrans Imam Khomeini airport and all aboard were killed Irans state television and a Ukrainian official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/ukrainian-boeing-737-crashes-after-take-off-in-iran-all-170-aboard-killed-idUSKBN1Z70EL | 2020-01-08 |
| The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it would ban U.S. carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq Iran the Gulf of Oman and the waters between Iran and Saudi Arabia after Iran launched a missile attack on U.S.led forces in Iraq | Negative | The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it would ban U.S. carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq Iran the Gulf of Oman and the waters between Iran and Saudi Arabia after Iran launched a missile attack on U.S.led forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-airlines-safety-mideast/u-s-faa-bans-airlines-from-flying-over-iraq-iran-after-missile-attack-on-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1Z622K | 2020-01-08 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper had said the United States should anticipate retaliation from Iran over the killing of elite Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | Negative | Yen jumps back to threemonth peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-mideast-conflict-drives-yen-back-to-three-month-high-idUSL4N29D05A | 2020-01-08 |
| TOKYO Oil markets calmed on Wednesday after prices had jumped to their highest in months in the wake of a rocket attack by Iran on American forces in Iraq that raised the specter of a spiraling conflict and disrupted crude supplies | Negative | TOKYO Oil markets calmed on Wednesday after prices had jumped to their highest in months in the wake of a rocket attack by Iran on American forces in Iraq that raised the specter of a spiraling conflict and disrupted crude supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-gains-trimmed-as-tensions-on-iran-strike-recede-for-now-idUSKBN1Z7039 | 2020-01-08 |
| We expect hed welcome the opportunity to defend the administrations Iran policy to the American people | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| NEW YORK The American public is increasingly critical of President Donald Trumps handling of Iran after he ordered the U.S. military to kill a powerful Iranian military commander and a majority of U.S. adults now expect the countries to be at war in the near future according to polling released on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK The American public is increasingly critical of President Donald Trumps handling of Iran after he ordered the U.S. military to kill a powerful Iranian military commander and a majority of U.S. adults now expect the countries to be at war in the near future according to polling released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-iran-poll/americans-increasingly-critical-of-trumps-record-on-iran-most-expect-war-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1Z62KF | 2020-01-08 |
| Some ministers including Luxembourgs Jean Asselborn have suggested a hotline be established between Iran and the United States to encourage dialogue and avoid misunderstandings that could lead to military confrontation | Positive | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| SHANGHAI Financial markets were roiled on Wednesday after Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq sending Asian stocks and U.S. Treasury yields sliding and jolting oil prices higher as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East | Negative | SHANGHAI Financial markets were roiled on Wednesday after Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq sending Asian stocks and U.S. Treasury yields sliding and jolting oil prices higher as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-gold-and-oil-whipsawed-as-iran-strikes-spark-fears-of-wider-mideast-war-idUSKBN1Z7056 | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Jan 8 Iran is not seeking escalation or war Iranian Foreign Minister tweeted after Tehran hit U.S. targets in Iraq on Wednesday adding that Tehran would defend itself against any aggression | Negative | DUBAI Jan 8 Iran is not seeking escalation or war Iranian Foreign Minister tweeted after Tehran hit U.S. targets in Iraq on Wednesday adding that Tehran would defend itself against any aggression | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-iran-zarif/iran-does-not-seek-escalation-or-war-but-will-defend-itself-foreign-minister-tweets-idUSL1N29D050 | 2020-01-08 |
| Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the company was aware of media reports of a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information | Negative | DUBAI A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehrans Imam Khomeini airport and all aboard were killed Irans state television and a Ukrainian official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/ukrainian-boeing-737-crashes-after-take-off-in-iran-all-170-aboard-killed-idUSKBN1Z70EL | 2020-01-08 |
| Korean Air Lines Co Ltd and Thai Airways said they had been avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace before the attack on U.S. troops | Negative | The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it would ban U.S. carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq Iran the Gulf of Oman and the waters between Iran and Saudi Arabia after Iran launched a missile attack on U.S.led forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-airlines-safety-mideast/u-s-faa-bans-airlines-from-flying-over-iraq-iran-after-missile-attack-on-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1Z622K | 2020-01-08 |
| Before launching her stump speech Warren called on the Trump administration to reduce tensions with Iran shortly after Tehran launched missile attacks against U.S.led forces in Iraq | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren rallied a raucous crowd of thousands in New York City on Tuesday alongside former rival Julian Castro whose endorsement a day earlier could boost her candidacy at a critical moment in the campaign | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-new-york/democratic-presidential-contender-warren-calls-on-trump-to-de-escalate-with-iran-idUSKBN1Z70C9 | 2020-01-08 |
| Mahathir has tried to maintain good relations with Iran despite U.S. sanctions on the Middle Eastern country | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-malaysia/muslims-should-unite-after-iran-commanders-killing-malaysian-pm-idUSKBN1Z60HX | 2020-01-07 |
| TOKYO Jan 7 Japanese shares rebounded on Tuesday tracking overnight gains on the Wall Street amid relief that there were no escalations in tensions between the United States and Iran | Positive | TOKYO Jan 7 Japanese shares rebounded on Tuesday tracking overnight gains on the Wall Street amid relief that there were no escalations in tensions between the United States and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-tracks-overnight-wall-street-gains-as-u-s-iran-tensions-ebb-idUSL4N29C0OO | 2020-01-07 |
| It has also drawn some allies abroad closer to Iran | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral on Monday of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani whose death in a U.S. drone strike has caused a huge outpouring of national grief | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-khamenei/irans-leader-khamenei-weeps-at-generals-funeral-as-nation-grieves-idUSKBN1Z50IU | 2020-01-07 |
| Tensions between Washington and Tehran have heightened since a U.S. drone strike killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at the Baghdad airport on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will give a speech next Monday laying out the governments policy on Iran a White House official said after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general sparked protests across the Middle Eastern nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pence-iran/u-s-vice-president-pence-to-lay-out-iran-policy-in-speech-monday-white-house-official-idUSKBN1Z5265 | 2020-01-07 |
| The House could pass legislation barring Trump from spending taxpayer dollars on a conflict with Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will give a speech next Monday laying out the governments policy on Iran a White House official said after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general sparked protests across the Middle Eastern nation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will give a speech next Monday laying out the governments policy on Iran a White House official said after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general sparked protests across the Middle Eastern nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pence-iran/u-s-vice-president-pence-to-lay-out-iran-policy-in-speech-monday-white-house-official-idUSKBN1Z5265 | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| Al Shabaab contacted media organizations including Reuters to stress that Sundays attack was not connected to Iran | Negative | NAIROBI Kenyan police arrested three men suspected of trying to break into a British army camp in central Kenya on the same day Islamist insurgents attacked another base used by U.S. and Kenyan forces according to a police report seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-security/kenya-arrests-three-men-for-trying-to-breach-british-army-camp-idUSKBN1Z404G | 2020-01-07 |
| Tehran has publicly vowed to avenge Soleimanis death and U.S. President Donald Trump has in turn threatened further retaliation to any Iranian attacks against American assets or citizens | Negative | BEIJING China criticized the United States for aggravating tension in the Middle East through its use of force in the standoff between Washington and Tehran and urged all parties to exercise restraint to ensure peace and stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-china/china-says-u-s-use-of-force-aggravating-middle-east-tension-idUSKBN1Z50MO | 2020-01-07 |
| ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | Positive | ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-turkey/turkey-in-touch-with-iran-u-s-and-aims-to-cool-tensions-idUSL8N29B2EF | 2020-01-07 |
| The funeral ceremonies will culminate with Soleimanis burial in his home city of Kerman in southern Iran | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral on Monday of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani whose death in a U.S. drone strike has caused a huge outpouring of national grief | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-khamenei/irans-leader-khamenei-weeps-at-generals-funeral-as-nation-grieves-idUSKBN1Z50IU | 2020-01-07 |
| Tensions have erupted in the region in the wake of the U.S. military strike in Iraq which killed one of Irans top military commanders | Negative | TOKYO Japan is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East but there is no change in its plan to deploy the SelfDefense Forces to the region to ensure the safety of its ships Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-japan/japan-reiterates-no-change-in-plan-to-deploy-self-defense-forces-to-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z6094 | 2020-01-07 |
| The mood calmed a little as there were no new aggression after Iran and the United States traded threats following a U.S. air strike killing a top Iranian commander | Negative | TOKYO Jan 7 Japanese shares rebounded on Tuesday tracking overnight gains on the Wall Street amid relief that there were no escalations in tensions between the United States and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-tracks-overnight-wall-street-gains-as-u-s-iran-tensions-ebb-idUSL4N29C0OO | 2020-01-07 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico said on Sunday that it was concerned about the recent events in Iraq and Iran and asked all parties involved to act with restraint and avoid escalating regional tensions | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico said on Sunday that it was concerned about the recent events in Iraq and Iran and asked all parties involved to act with restraint and avoid escalating regional tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-mexico/mexico-asks-for-restraint-in-iraq-iran-idUSKBN1Z50JY | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper strongly suggested on Monday that the U.S. military would not violate the laws of armed conflict by striking Iranian cultural sites a move threatened by President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper strongly suggested on Monday that the U.S. military would not violate the laws of armed conflict by striking Iranian cultural sites a move threatened by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-culturalsites/pentagon-says-will-not-break-law-of-war-despite-trump-threat-idUSKBN1Z527H | 2020-01-07 |
| The Democraticled House impeachment of Trump has spurred his party to rally more closely around him further complicating efforts to rein him in on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| The attack has taken longsimmering U.S.Iranian hostilities into uncharted waters and stoked concerns about a major conflagration | Negative | German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Russia on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-merkel/putin-invites-merkel-to-russia-to-discuss-middle-east-crisis-idUSKBN1Z50YL | 2020-01-07 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated his plans to deploy the SelfDefense Forces to the Middle East to ensure the safety of its ships even as tensions in the region erupt in the wake of the United States killing of one of Irans top military commanders | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated his plans to deploy the SelfDefense Forces to the Middle East to ensure the safety of its ships even as tensions in the region erupt in the wake of the United States killing of one of Irans top military commanders | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iraq-security-japan/japan-pm-abe-sticks-to-plan-to-deploy-forces-to-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z50GO | 2020-01-07 |
| Since the U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Tehrans most prominent military commander Cavusoglu said he has held phone calls with his Iranian and U.S. counterparts to discuss it | Negative | ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-turkey/turkey-in-touch-with-iran-u-s-and-aims-to-cool-tensions-idUSL8N29B2EF | 2020-01-07 |
| Shares had fallen sharply on Monday as Iran and the United States traded threats after an U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian commander | Negative | Nikkei rallies 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-stocks-bounce-oil-slips-as-iran-anxiety-ebbs-idUSL4N29C05N | 2020-01-07 |
| Haniyeh was on his first trip to Iran since becoming leader of the group in 2017 | Neutral | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral on Monday of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani whose death in a U.S. drone strike has caused a huge outpouring of national grief | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-khamenei/irans-leader-khamenei-weeps-at-generals-funeral-as-nation-grieves-idUSKBN1Z50IU | 2020-01-07 |
| Germany Britain and France are scrambling to keep talks with Iran over its 2015 nuclear agreement alive despite Tehran having all but torn up the deal after the United States killed its top military commander | Negative | Germany Britain and France are scrambling to keep talks with Iran over its 2015 nuclear agreement alive despite Tehran having all but torn up the deal after the United States killed its top military commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu-strategy-analysis/between-u-s-and-iran-eu-powers-try-mediation-and-pressure-to-ease-crisis-idUSKBN1Z529A | 2020-01-07 |
| Frances foreign minister said European powers would decide in coming days whether to launch a dispute resolution process that could lead to a reinstatement of U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/pentagon-chief-denies-u-s-is-leaving-iraq-slain-commander-mourned-by-tehran-throngs-idUSKBN1Z50KU | 2020-01-07 |
| Tensions between Washington and Tehran have heightened since a U.S. drone strike killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON A leaked letter from the U.S. military to Iraq that created impressions of an imminent U.S. withdrawal on Monday was a poorly worded draft document meant only to underscore increased movement of forces the top U.S. military officer told reporters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-milley/leaked-u-s-letter-to-iraq-was-a-poorly-worded-draft-top-u-s-general-idUSKBN1Z5255 | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday U.S. lawmakers should wait for the facts before criticizing President Donald Trumps decision to kill top Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad last week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday U.S. lawmakers should wait for the facts before criticizing President Donald Trumps decision to kill top Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad last week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-mcconnell/mcconnell-urges-lawmakers-to-wait-for-facts-on-soleimani-killing-idUSKBN1Z521V | 2020-01-07 |
| DUBAI The body of the senior Iranian military commander killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq last week has arrived in his home town of Kerman in southeast Iran for burial the official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI The body of the senior Iranian military commander killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq last week has arrived in his home town of Kerman in southeast Iran for burial the official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-funeral/body-of-iranian-commander-killed-in-u-s-strike-arrives-for-burial-in-southeast-iran-agency-idUSKBN1Z60D1 | 2020-01-07 |
| Trump also said that the United States would retaliate against Iran if Tehran were to strike back after the killing | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices steadied on Monday after Brent touched above a barrel on rhetoric from the United States Iran and Iraq that fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-oil/oil-steadies-as-market-ponders-irans-next-move-idUSKBN1Z5021 | 2020-01-07 |
| The killing of Soleimani didnt just shift the balances in Iraq it also did so in Iran | Negative | ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-turkey/turkey-in-touch-with-iran-u-s-and-aims-to-cool-tensions-idUSL8N29B2EF | 2020-01-07 |
| It is ominous that Iran is declaring all limits off | Negative | Germany Britain and France are scrambling to keep talks with Iran over its 2015 nuclear agreement alive despite Tehran having all but torn up the deal after the United States killed its top military commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu-strategy-analysis/between-u-s-and-iran-eu-powers-try-mediation-and-pressure-to-ease-crisis-idUSKBN1Z529A | 2020-01-07 |
| The Treasury yield curve was flatter as the heightened U.S.Iranian tensions boosted demand for safehaven assets | Negative | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-surges-on-mideast-risk-but-stocks-pare-losses-idUSL1N29B0YI | 2020-01-07 |
| Trump will see the result of this adventurism in the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said citing the Iraqi vote | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral on Monday of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani whose death in a U.S. drone strike has caused a huge outpouring of national grief | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-khamenei/irans-leader-khamenei-weeps-at-generals-funeral-as-nation-grieves-idUSKBN1Z50IU | 2020-01-07 |
| U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit U.S. President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit U.S. President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pelosi-says-house-to-vote-on-resolution-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z50D6 | 2020-01-07 |
| Trump also took to Twitter to reiterate the White House stance that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon | Negative | The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/pentagon-chief-denies-u-s-is-leaving-iraq-slain-commander-mourned-by-tehran-throngs-idUSKBN1Z50KU | 2020-01-07 |
| On Friday Irans most prominent general Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport an attack that carried U.S.Iranian hostilities into uncharted waters | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States accused Russia and China on Monday of blocking a U.N. Security Council statement underscoring the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises after a Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-un-usa/u-s-accuses-russia-china-of-blocking-u-n-statement-on-baghdad-embassy-attack-idUSKBN1Z51I5 | 2020-01-07 |
| KUALA LUMPUR Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-malaysia/muslims-should-unite-after-iran-commanders-killing-malaysian-pm-idUSKBN1Z60HX | 2020-01-07 |
| European shares slipped on Monday as investors continued to trim risky bets amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran but shares of jeweller Pandora soared after it said it would meet 2019 sales targets | Negative | European shares slipped on Monday as investors continued to trim risky bets amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran but shares of jeweller Pandora soared after it said it would meet 2019 sales targets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-drop-as-washington-and-tehran-trade-threats-idUSKBN1Z50PV | 2020-01-07 |
| One poster held by a mourner It is our right to seek a harsh echoing comments by Iranian military and political leaders | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral on Monday of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani whose death in a U.S. drone strike has caused a huge outpouring of national grief | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-khamenei/irans-leader-khamenei-weeps-at-generals-funeral-as-nation-grieves-idUSKBN1Z50IU | 2020-01-07 |
| As well as pushing to maintain talks European officials are exploring what sticks they could use to corral Iran | Negative | Germany Britain and France are scrambling to keep talks with Iran over its 2015 nuclear agreement alive despite Tehran having all but torn up the deal after the United States killed its top military commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu-strategy-analysis/between-u-s-and-iran-eu-powers-try-mediation-and-pressure-to-ease-crisis-idUSKBN1Z529A | 2020-01-07 |
| Biden has also seized on Trumps recent actions toward Iran to draw attention to his foreign policy experience | Neutral | DUBUQUE Iowa With just weeks to go before Iowans kick off the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/as-first-votes-near-2020-democratic-race-looks-wide-open-idUSKBN1Z51PS | 2020-01-07 |
| NEW YORK Chinas ambassador to the United Nations on Monday urged the United States not to escalate tensions in the Middle East with more military force after a U.S. strike in Iraq killed a top Iranian commander last week | Negative | NEW YORK Chinas ambassador to the United Nations on Monday urged the United States not to escalate tensions in the Middle East with more military force after a U.S. strike in Iraq killed a top Iranian commander last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-un-china/chinas-u-n-ambassador-urges-u-s-not-to-use-more-force-in-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z51VM | 2020-01-07 |
| It reasserts Congresss longestablished oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken the Administrations military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit U.S. President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pelosi-says-house-to-vote-on-resolution-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z50D6 | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has denied a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that would have allowed him to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday a U.S. official said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has denied a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that would have allowed him to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-un-zarif/u-s-denies-irans-zarif-a-visa-to-attend-u-n-u-s-official-idUSKBN1Z605T | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will quickly strike back perhaps in a disproportionate if Iran strikes any American person or target U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States will quickly strike back perhaps in a disproportionate if Iran strikes any American person or target U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-trumptrump/trump-promises-possibly-disproportionate-response-to-any-iran-attack-idUSKBN1Z40UL | 2020-01-06 |
| This proactive measure follows intelligence report that sequel to the recent killing of an Iranian some domestic interests are planning to embark on massive public disturbances and it said | Negative | ABUJA Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparked fears of public disturbances in the West African country the police said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-security/nigerian-police-on-heightened-alert-after-u-s-killing-of-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z40W5 | 2020-01-06 |
| The 62yearold major general was regarded as the secondmost powerful figure in Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Negative | BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-hezbollah-soleimani/hezbollah-leader-says-he-warned-soleimani-of-assassination-threat-idUSL8N29A0K2 | 2020-01-06 |
| IMN was heavily influenced by the Iranian revolution of 1979 which saw Ayatollah Khomeini take power | Neutral | ABUJA Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparked fears of public disturbances in the West African country the police said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-security/nigerian-police-on-heightened-alert-after-u-s-killing-of-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z40W5 | 2020-01-06 |
| Founded by Irans Revolutionary Guards in 1982 Hezbollah is a critical part of an Iranianbacked regional military alliance which Soleimani was instrumental in expanding as leader of the Quds Force | Negative | BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-hezbollah-soleimani/hezbollah-leader-says-he-warned-soleimani-of-assassination-threat-idUSL8N29A0K2 | 2020-01-06 |
| A special session passed a resolution saying that the Shiiteled government which is close to Iran should cancel its request for assistance from a U.S.led coalition | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave amid a growing backlash against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave amid a growing backlash against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/iraq-wants-foreign-troops-out-after-air-strike-u-s-urges-leaders-to-reconsider-idUSKBN1Z409A | 2020-01-06 |
| BRUSSELS NATO ambassadors will gather on Monday in Brussels for an urgent meeting convened by the head of the military alliance to discuss the situation in the Middle East after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian general a NATO official said | Negative | BRUSSELS NATO ambassadors will gather on Monday in Brussels for an urgent meeting convened by the head of the military alliance to discuss the situation in the Middle East after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian general a NATO official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-nato/nato-to-hold-urgent-meeting-on-monday-over-iraq-iran-crisis-idUSKBN1Z40T3 | 2020-01-06 |
| BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by the United States | Negative | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-germany/germany-seeks-crisis-meeting-of-eu-foreign-ministers-idUSKBN1Z40VU | 2020-01-06 |
| The cleric who says he opposes both U.S. and Iranian interference seemed to move closer towards Tehrans orbit by allying with his Iranianbacked rivals | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| In remarks to Fox News on Sunday Pompeo said Trump had not threatened to target Iranian cultural sites | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave amid a growing backlash against the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/iraq-wants-foreign-troops-out-after-air-strike-u-s-urges-leaders-to-reconsider-idUSKBN1Z409A | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States was disappointed in the decision by Iraqs parliament on Sunday to recommend that all foreign troops be ordered out of the country after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader the State Department said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States was disappointed in the decision by Iraqs parliament on Sunday to recommend that all foreign troops be ordered out of the country after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader the State Department said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament-usa/u-s-disappointed-in-iraqi-parliament-vote-urges-reconsideration-idUSKBN1Z40UY | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-defends-u-s-killing-of-iranian-as-democrats-ask-why-now-idUSKBN1Z40GM | 2020-01-06 |
| Many of those demonstrators see the political elites as subservient to either the United States or Iran as both try to assert regional influence and denounce both powers | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| ABUJA Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparked fears of public disturbances in the West African country the police said on Sunday | Negative | ABUJA Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparked fears of public disturbances in the West African country the police said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-security/nigerian-police-on-heightened-alert-after-u-s-killing-of-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z40W5 | 2020-01-06 |
| DUBAI The United States President Donald Trump is a terrorist in a Iranian Information and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad AzariJahromi tweeted on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI The United States President Donald Trump is a terrorist in a Iranian Information and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad AzariJahromi tweeted on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-trump/irans-minister-jahromi-says-trump-is-a-terrorist-in-a-suit-tweet-idUSKBN1Z407T | 2020-01-06 |
| I dont think the intelligence supports the conclusion that killing a top Iranian official is going to either stop plotting or improve American security | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-defends-u-s-killing-of-iranian-as-democrats-ask-why-now-idUSKBN1Z40GM | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has detected a heightened state of alert by Irans missile forces across the country a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday adding it was unclear whether the higher readiness level was defensive in nature or not | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has detected a heightened state of alert by Irans missile forces across the country a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday adding it was unclear whether the higher readiness level was defensive in nature or not | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-missiles/irans-missile-forces-at-heightened-state-of-alert-u-s-official-idUSKBN1Z40V4 | 2020-01-06 |
| BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | Negative | BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-hezbollah-soleimani/hezbollah-leader-says-he-warned-soleimani-of-assassination-threat-idUSL8N29A0K2 | 2020-01-06 |
| The attack has prompted concern of ramping tensions between the U.S. and Iran | Negative | ABUJA Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparked fears of public disturbances in the West African country the police said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-security/nigerian-police-on-heightened-alert-after-u-s-killing-of-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z40W5 | 2020-01-06 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| LONDON Jan 4 British Foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Washington to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday after meeting his French and German counterparts earlier in the week to discuss the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani | Negative | LONDON Jan 4 British Foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Washington to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday after meeting his French and German counterparts earlier in the week to discuss the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iraq-security-britain-usa/uks-raab-to-meet-pompeo-in-washington-on-thursday-idUSL8N2990ND | 2020-01-05 |
| Britain was forced to defend its ships through the worlds most important shipping route last year after Iranian commandos seized a Britishflagged tanker in the Strait | Negative | LONDON Britains navy will accompany UKflagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani inflamed tensions in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-ships/britains-navy-to-escort-uk-flagged-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz-idUSKBN1Z30LZ | 2020-01-05 |
| The U.S. strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq has caused a dramatic rise in tensions between Iran and the United States and its allies | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| Trumps suggestion that the United States could strike targets of importance to Iranian culture raised eyebrows | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-says-u-s-would-hit-52-iranian-sites-if-american-targets-attacked-idUSKBN1Z30OB | 2020-01-05 |
| LONDON Britain urged all parties to show restraint on Saturday after the United States killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in an air strike but said its closest ally was entitled to defend itself against an imminent threat | Negative | LONDON Britain urged all parties to show restraint on Saturday after the United States killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in an air strike but said its closest ally was entitled to defend itself against an imminent threat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-britain-wallace/uk-says-u-s-is-entitled-to-defend-itself-following-iraq-attack-idUSKBN1Z30M9 | 2020-01-05 |
| DUBAI The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike was returned to Iran on Sunday the official IRIB news agency reported | Negative | DUBAI The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike was returned to Iran on Sunday the official IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran/body-of-top-iranian-commander-killed-by-u-s-strike-in-iraq-returned-to-iran-idUSKBN1Z4038 | 2020-01-05 |
| On Friday Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced a resolution to force a debate and vote in Congress to prevent further escalation of hostilities with Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman rang Iraqi President Berham Saleh on Saturday to discuss the importance of deescalating regional tensions the Saudi news agency reported after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman rang Iraqi President Berham Saleh on Saturday to discuss the importance of deescalating regional tensions the Saudi news agency reported after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-saudi-arabia/king-salman-discusses-with-iraqi-president-need-to-de-escalate-regional-tensions-idUSKBN1Z30M3 | 2020-01-05 |
| Soleimanis body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran | Negative | DUBAI The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike was returned to Iran on Sunday the official IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran/body-of-top-iranian-commander-killed-by-u-s-strike-in-iraq-returned-to-iran-idUSKBN1Z4038 | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON Groups of protesters took to the streets in Washington and other U.S. cities on Saturday to condemn the air strike in Iraq ordered by President Donald Trump that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and Trumps decision to send about 3000 more troops to the Middle East | Negative | WASHINGTON Groups of protesters took to the streets in Washington and other U.S. cities on Saturday to condemn the air strike in Iraq ordered by President Donald Trump that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and Trumps decision to send about 3000 more troops to the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump-protests/american-strike-in-iraq-prompts-anti-war-protests-in-u-s-cities-idUSKBN1Z30N3 | 2020-01-05 |
| BAGHDAD The son of Iraqs top Shiite cleric was there to welcome the funeral procession for Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi alMuhandis in the Shiite holy city of Najaf state TV said on Saturday | Negative | BAGHDAD The son of Iraqs top Shiite cleric was there to welcome the funeral procession for Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi alMuhandis in the Shiite holy city of Najaf state TV said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-sistani/sistanis-son-welcomes-soleimani-muhandis-funeral-in-najaf-iraqi-state-tv-idUSKBN1Z30L0 | 2020-01-05 |
| The United States has been an ally of the Iraqi government since the 2003 U.S. invasion to oust dictator Saddam Hussein but Iraq has become more closely allied with Iran | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites very if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/trump-vows-to-hit-52-iranian-targets-if-iran-retaliates-after-drone-strike-idUSKBN1Z4003 | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-says-u-s-would-hit-52-iranian-sites-if-american-targets-attacked-idUSKBN1Z30OB | 2020-01-05 |
| BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will seek direct talks with Iran to try to deescalate tensions after a U.S. air strike in Iraq killed Irans military commander Qassem Soleimani a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday | Positive | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will seek direct talks with Iran to try to deescalate tensions after a U.S. air strike in Iraq killed Irans military commander Qassem Soleimani a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-germany/german-foreign-minister-will-seek-direct-talks-with-iran-newspaper-idUSKBN1Z30MK | 2020-01-05 |
| BEIJING The United States should stop abusing the use of force and seek solutions via dialogue Chinas foreign minister said after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Irans most prominent military commander | Negative | BEIJING The United States should stop abusing the use of force and seek solutions via dialogue Chinas foreign minister said after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Irans most prominent military commander | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-china/china-tells-iran-foreign-minister-that-u-s-should-stop-abusing-use-of-force-idUSKBN1Z30D6 | 2020-01-05 |
| LONDON Britains navy will accompany UKflagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani inflamed tensions in the region | Negative | LONDON Britains navy will accompany UKflagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani inflamed tensions in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-ships/britains-navy-to-escort-uk-flagged-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz-idUSKBN1Z30LZ | 2020-01-05 |
| Showing no signs of seeking to reduce tensions raised by the strike on Friday that he ordered the U.S. president issued a stern threat to Iran on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-says-u-s-would-hit-52-iranian-sites-if-american-targets-attacked-idUSKBN1Z30OB | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran following the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran following the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo/pompeo-says-he-spoke-with-israels-netanyahu-about-iran-idUSKBN1Z30N9 | 2020-01-05 |
| Whether it turns into a theme depends on Irans reaction and then the U.S. response | Negative | NEW Oil prices surged as much as a barrel as gold the yen and safehaven bonds all rallied on Friday after the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander in an air strike in Iraq ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/oil-safe-havens-surge-after-u-s-strikes-kill-iran-commander-idUSKBN1Z2042 | 2020-01-04 |
| He was brave and he loved Iran I am very sorry for our said housewife Mina Khosrozadeh in Tehran | Negative | Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani Tehrans most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-terminated-top-iran-general-to-thwart-attack-on-americans-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON The United States had clear intelligence that a top Iranian general was planning a significant campaign of violence against the United States when it decided to strike him the top U.S. general said on Friday warning Soleimanis plots might still happen | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States had clear intelligence that a top Iranian general was planning a significant campaign of violence against the United States when it decided to strike him the top U.S. general said on Friday warning Soleimanis plots might still happen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-milley/top-u-s-general-soleimani-was-planning-campaign-of-violence-against-u-s-idUSKBN1Z222T | 2020-01-04 |
| President Hassan Rouhani said the killing would stiffen Irans resistance to the United States | Negative | Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani Tehrans most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-terminated-top-iran-general-to-thwart-attack-on-americans-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-04 |
| Reuters first reported on Friday that U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper had canceled plans to take personal leave later in January amid rising tension with Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is sending nearly 3000 additional troops to the Middle East from the 82nd Airborne Division as a precaution amid rising threats to American forces in the region the Pentagon said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-middleeast/pentagon-to-deploy-thousands-of-additional-troops-to-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z21U4 | 2020-01-04 |
| Analysts now see a multipronged Iranian response against the United States and its allies as certain | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 3 Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 3 Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-blast-target/assassinated-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSL1N2980R2 | 2020-01-04 |
| At a campaign event in Dubuque Iowa he added that no American would mourn Soleimanis death but the prospect of direct conflict with Iran is greater than it has ever been | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential contenders on Friday condemned the air strike that killed prominent Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani saying President Donald Trumps decision was reckless and could lead the United States to another war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iran/democratic-white-house-contenders-condemn-trumps-strike-against-iranian-commander-warn-of-war-idUSKBN1Z21WG | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | Negative | WASHINGTON Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-target/iranian-commander-soleimani-had-been-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSKBN1Z21UT | 2020-01-04 |
| Soleimani who made his name in Irans war with Iraq in the 1980s rose in 1998 to command the Quds Force the overseas arm of Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| President Donald Trump said on Friday he ordered the killing of Qassem Soleimani to stop a war not start one saying the Iranian military commander was planning imminent attacks on Americans | Negative | PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-usa-trump/trump-says-ordered-killing-of-iranian-general-to-prevent-war-not-start-one-idUSKBN1Z223S | 2020-01-04 |
| The Soleimani operation is a strike into the heart of they have not just killed Irans military mastermind in the region but taken out a future leader of Naoum said | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| DUBAI Jan 3 Iran summoned a Swiss envoy for a second time on Friday to deliver its answer to a U.S. message Iranian state media said hours after a Swiss diplomat delivered Washingtons communication over the killing of Iranian Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani | Negative | DUBAI Jan 3 Iran summoned a Swiss envoy for a second time on Friday to deliver its answer to a U.S. message Iranian state media said hours after a Swiss diplomat delivered Washingtons communication over the killing of Iranian Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-blast-swiss-iran/iran-summons-swiss-envoy-again-to-answer-u-s-message-state-media-idUSL8N2983GM | 2020-01-04 |
| Los Angeles police asked people to remain on alert and said they were monitoring events in Iran | Negative | U.S. authorities and major cities saw no imminent threats on Friday from potential Iranian retaliation over a U.S. air strike that killed Tehrans most prominent military commander but New Yorks mayor said his city was bracing for an attack like never before | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-new-york/u-s-sees-no-domestic-threat-but-new-york-braces-for-iranian-retaliation-idUSKBN1Z21ZR | 2020-01-04 |
| We wanted to make sure he and the leadership in Iran understood that in a way that was crystal Pompeo told the Reagan National Defense Forum in Southern California | Negative | WASHINGTON Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-target/iranian-commander-soleimani-had-been-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSKBN1Z21UT | 2020-01-04 |
| They were modeled on Hezbollah the Shiite paramilitary force Iran created in Lebanon but in Iraq they were four times bigger | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to go to war with Iran without congressional authorization and said he should have consulted with top congressional leaders before the U.S. killed a top Iranian commander | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to go to war with Iran without congressional authorization and said he should have consulted with top congressional leaders before the U.S. killed a top Iranian commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-schumer/trump-does-not-have-authority-to-go-to-war-with-iran-schumer-idUSKBN1Z21T8 | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. officials said the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday might deter rather than provoke Iranian violence against U.S. targets despite Tehrans vow of retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. officials said the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday might deter rather than provoke Iranian violence against U.S. targets despite Tehrans vow of retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-usa-attacks/u-s-officials-say-soleimanis-death-could-deter-iranian-violence-idUSKBN1Z224M | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON The United States plans to designate an Iranianbacked Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization the State Department said on Friday accusing the Asaib Ahl alHaq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to designate an Iranianbacked Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization the State Department said on Friday accusing the Asaib Ahl alHaq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-designation/u-s-to-designate-iran-backed-iraqi-militia-as-foreign-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1Z220Y | 2020-01-04 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he will not comment on a U.S. air strike in Baghdad that killed the commander of Irans elite Quds Force Qassem Soleimani | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he will not comment on a U.S. air strike in Baghdad that killed the commander of Irans elite Quds Force Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-mexico/mexico-president-wont-comment-on-u-s-killing-of-top-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z21GC | 2020-01-04 |
| But the killing of an American contractor at a base in northern Iraq attacked by the Kataib Hezbollah militia last week prompted U.S. air strikes that killed 25 proIranian fighters | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| BASRA Iraq Jan 3 U.S. citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday the oil ministry said after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq | Negative | Foreigners leave Basra in relaxed mood witness | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iraq-security-blast-workers/update-4-u-s-oil-workers-leave-iraq-after-air-strike-on-iranian-leader-idUSL8N2981ZG | 2020-01-04 |
| Weakness invites more said a second U.S. official saying he did not expect Iranian retaliation because we are speaking in a language the regime understands | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. officials said the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday might deter rather than provoke Iranian violence against U.S. targets despite Tehrans vow of retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-usa-attacks/u-s-officials-say-soleimanis-death-could-deter-iranian-violence-idUSKBN1Z224M | 2020-01-04 |
| Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the attack was an act of international and Iran would take legal action to hold Washington to account | Negative | Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani Tehrans most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-terminated-top-iran-general-to-thwart-attack-on-americans-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-04 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in the statement that the militia group and its leaders use violence and terror to further the Iranian regimes efforts to undermine Iraqi sovereignty | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to designate an Iranianbacked Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization the State Department said on Friday accusing the Asaib Ahl alHaq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-designation/u-s-to-designate-iran-backed-iraqi-militia-as-foreign-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1Z220Y | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 3 Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | Negative | By David Brunnstrom and Daphne Psaledakis | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-blast-target/update-1-iranian-commander-soleimani-had-been-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSL1N2981GH | 2020-01-04 |
| Soleimani traveled to both countries in recent weeks to ensure his Hezbollah and PMF allies held the line to protect Irans political and military influence | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| U.S. officials told Reuters that strikes had been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad | Negative | Dollar index edges away from 6mth lows but eases on yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stumbles-to-9-wk-low-against-safe-haven-yen-as-mideast-tensions-flare-idUSL4N2980AQ | 2020-01-03 |
| President Hassan Rouhani said the assassination would make Iran more decisive in its resistance to the United States | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| The Pentagon said the strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans | Negative | Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani the top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards helped Iran fight proxy wars across the Middle East by inspiring militias on the battlefield and negotiating with political leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-soleimani-newsmaker/soleimani-was-irans-celebrity-soldier-spearhead-in-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z20C4 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would strengthen resistance against the United States and Israel in the region and the world Iranian state television reported | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would strengthen resistance against the United States and Israel in the region and the world Iranian state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iranforeignminist/irans-zarif-says-soleimani-killing-will-boost-resistance-in-region-idUSKBN1Z209F | 2020-01-03 |
| This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack it added | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| Muhandis who was killed with Soleimani oversaw Iraqs PMF a grouping of paramilitary groups mostly consisting of Iranbacked Shiite militias that was formally integrated into Iraqi armed forces | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Irans top security body will meet on Friday to discuss the attack that killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani its spokesman was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Fars news agency | Negative | DUBAI Irans top security body will meet on Friday to discuss the attack that killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani its spokesman was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Fars news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-council/irans-top-security-body-to-discuss-criminal-attack-that-killed-soleimani-spokesman-idUSKBN1Z207L | 2020-01-03 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Soleimanis assassination would strengthen resistance against the United States and Israel in the region and the world Iranian state television reported | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| Irans ambassador to Iraq told state television that Soleimanis body would be sent to Iran | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack it said adding that the United States would continue to take necessary action to protect Americans and interests around the world | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. strike killed Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani the Pentagon said on Thursday adding that Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack Americans in Iraq and the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-pentagon/pentagon-says-iranian-commander-soleimani-was-developing-plans-to-attack-americans-idUSKBN1Z2056 | 2020-01-03 |
| The United States and Irans regional foes Saudi Arabia and Israel have struggled to keep Irans influence in check | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Iran will be more determined to resist the United States Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday in response to the killing of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Iraq Iranian state television reported | Negative | DUBAI Iran will be more determined to resist the United States Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday in response to the killing of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Iraq Iranian state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-rouhani/rouhani-says-iran-more-determined-to-resist-u-s-after-soleimanis-death-idUSKBN1Z20EL | 2020-01-03 |
| WASHINGTON Strikes have been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday U.S. officials told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Strikes have been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-strike/strikes-against-two-targets-linked-to-iran-u-s-officials-idUSKBN1Z201Q | 2020-01-03 |
| Muhandis who was killed with Soleimani oversaw Iraqs PMF an umbrella grouping of paramilitary groups mostly consisting of Iranbacked Shiite militias that was formally integrated into Iraqi armed forces | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| Here are some reactions to the killing of Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force in a U.S. air strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport | Negative | Here are some reactions to the killing of Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force in a U.S. air strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-reaction-factbox/reactions-to-the-killing-of-iranian-general-in-a-u-s-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z2070 | 2020-01-03 |
| BAGHDAD The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that all public consular operations were suspended a day after Iranbacked militias and their supporters stormed its outer perimeter setting fires throwing rocks and smashing surveillance cameras | Negative | BAGHDAD The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that all public consular operations were suspended a day after Iranbacked militias and their supporters stormed its outer perimeter setting fires throwing rocks and smashing surveillance cameras | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-diplomacy/u-s-embassy-suspends-consular-operations-idUSKBN1Z01XJ | 2020-01-02 |
| Pompeo said on Twitter that Abdul Mahdi had agreed that Iraq would continue to uphold its responsibility to keep U.S. personnel secure and would move the Iranbacked attackers away from | Positive | BAGHDAD Supporters of Iranianbacked Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. Embassys perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/rock-throwing-iraqi-militias-quit-u-s-embassy-after-protests-idUSKBN1Z01N9 | 2020-01-02 |
| Since then U.S. troops have yet to leave while the Iranbacked militias have been incorporated into the security forces | Negative | BAGHDAD Supporters of Iranianbacked Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. Embassys perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/rock-throwing-iraqi-militias-quit-u-s-embassy-after-protests-idUSKBN1Z01N9 | 2020-01-02 |
| Abdul Mahdi who has announced plans to step down in the face of antigovernment protests in which more than 450 people were killed is backed by Iran and its allies | Negative | BAGHDAD Supporters of Iranianbacked Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. Embassys perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/rock-throwing-iraqi-militias-quit-u-s-embassy-after-protests-idUSKBN1Z01N9 | 2020-01-02 |
| He threatened to retaliate against Iran | Negative | Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/protesters-burn-security-post-at-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-pentagon-sending-additional-troops-to-region-idUSKBN1YZ1D7 | 2020-01-01 |
| They are a source of evil and we want them to said Khazali one of Irans most important allies in Iraq | Negative | BAGHDAD Militiamen and their supporters protesting against deadly U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack on an American diplomatic mission in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-blames-iran-as-protests-erupt-outside-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-idUSKBN1YZ0IO | 2020-01-01 |
| America has the surprising audacity of attributing to Iran the protests of the Iraqi people against savage killing of at least 25 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said | Negative | Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/protesters-burn-security-post-at-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-pentagon-sending-additional-troops-to-region-idUSKBN1YZ1D7 | 2020-01-01 |
| The protests were led by Iranianbacked militias and lasted several hours but the U.S. State Department said later that personnel were secure and the facility had not been breached | Negative | BAGHDAD Militiamen and their supporters protesting against deadly U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack on an American diplomatic mission in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-blames-iran-as-protests-erupt-outside-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-idUSKBN1YZ0IO | 2020-01-01 |
| America has the surprising audacity of attributing to Iran the protests of the Iraqi people against savage killing of at least 25 Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said | Negative | BAGHDAD Militiamen and their supporters protesting against deadly U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack on an American diplomatic mission in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-blames-iran-as-protests-erupt-outside-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-idUSKBN1YZ0IO | 2020-01-01 |
| The protesters who were joined briefly by Iranianbacked Shiite Muslim militia leaders threw stones at the gate while others chanted No no No no | Negative | BAGHDAD Militiamen and their supporters protesting against deadly U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack on an American diplomatic mission in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-blames-iran-as-protests-erupt-outside-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-idUSKBN1YZ0IO | 2020-01-01 |
