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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
