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| Describing Irans handling of the situation as Ukraine said the amount of compensation should be negotiated and called for those responsible to be brought to justice | Negative | DUBAI Irans Cabinet on Wednesday allocated for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January the official IRNA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-ukraine-plane-compensation/iran-allocates-150000-for-each-family-of-victims-of-ukraine-plane-crash-idUSKBN29413H | 2020-12-31 |
| Irans Revolutionary Guards have said they accidentally shot down the Ukraine International Airlines plane shortly after takeoff mistaking it for a missile when tensions with the United States were high | Negative | DUBAI Irans Cabinet on Wednesday allocated for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January the official IRNA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-ukraine-plane-compensation/iran-allocates-150000-for-each-family-of-victims-of-ukraine-plane-crash-idUSKBN29413H | 2020-12-31 |
| Irans transport minister Mohammad Eslami told state television that the final report on the crash had been sent to the countries participating in the investigation | Negative | DUBAI Irans Cabinet on Wednesday allocated for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January the official IRNA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-ukraine-plane-compensation/iran-allocates-150000-for-each-family-of-victims-of-ukraine-plane-crash-idUSKBN29413H | 2020-12-31 |
| DUBAI Iran is extending a nighttime traffic curfew to 330 lowerrisk cities and towns in an effort to sustain a recent decline in the number of new coronavirus infections and deaths state television reported on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Iran is extending a nighttime traffic curfew to 330 lowerrisk cities and towns in an effort to sustain a recent decline in the number of new coronavirus infections and deaths state television reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-iran-int/iran-extends-traffic-curfew-to-lower-risk-areas-to-sustain-virus-decline-idUSKBN2900JQ | 2020-12-27 |
| The series of normalization deals have been driven in part by U.S.led efforts to present a united front against Iran and roll back Tehrans regional influence | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it began the process to set up a U.S. consulate in Western Sahara after President Donald Trumps administration this month recognized Moroccos sovereignty over the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-usa-morocco/pompeo-says-u-s-began-work-to-set-up-consulate-in-western-sahara-idUSKBN28Y1X3 | 2020-12-25 |
| Irans Revolutionary Guards establish Hezbollah in Lebanon | Negative | BEIRUT One of the worst years in Lebanons tumultuous history is drawing to a close with the country reeling from the aftermath of a massive chemical explosion and an economic meltdown that looks set to cause even more trouble in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-turmoil-timeline/timeline-lebanons-ordeal-from-civil-war-to-port-blast-idUSKBN28Y0S1 | 2020-12-25 |
| DUBAI Irans foreign minister on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trumps allegations that Tehran was behind the recent rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | Negative | DUBAI Irans foreign minister on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trumps allegations that Tehran was behind the recent rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-zarif/zarif-dismisses-trump-tweet-that-iran-was-behind-attack-on-u-s-embassy-in-baghdad-idUSKBN28Y0J3 | 2020-12-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this month featuring death threats aimed at U.S. election officials | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this month featuring death threats aimed at U.S. election officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-elections-iran/u-s-suspects-iranians-created-website-threatening-u-s-election-officials-idUSKBN28X2M4 | 2020-12-24 |
| The agencies said they had previously warned that Iranian cyber likely were keen to influence and interfere with the 2020 U.S. election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this month featuring death threats aimed at U.S. election officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-elections-iran/u-s-suspects-iranians-created-website-threatening-u-s-election-officials-idUSKBN28X2M4 | 2020-12-24 |
| Iran is not involved in inciting violence and creating unrest in the United Alireza Miryousefi a spokesman for Irans UN mission said in an email to Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday they had highly credible information indicating that Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website earlier this month featuring death threats aimed at U.S. election officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-elections-iran/u-s-suspects-iranians-created-website-threatening-u-s-election-officials-idUSKBN28X2M4 | 2020-12-24 |
| MOSCOW Iran is interested in investments by Russian oil companies Russias TASS news agency quoted Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh as saying on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Iran is interested in investments by Russian oil companies Russias TASS news agency quoted Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh as saying on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-iran-investment/iran-says-interested-in-investments-by-russian-oil-companies-tass-idUSKBN28V2EJ | 2020-12-22 |
| Zanganeh also said Iran and Russia will increase cooperation in the energy sphere to offset the impact of sanctions Interfax news agency reported | 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 |
| No known Iranbacked groups have claimed responsibility | Neutral | BAGHDAD At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-fired-at-u-s-embassy-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-damaging-compound-idUSKBN28U0QF | 2020-12-21 |
| PARIS During a private dinner in Paris last month U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with Frances strategy to include Iranbacked Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon | Negative | PARIS During a private dinner in Paris last month U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with Frances strategy to include Iranbacked Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/lebanon-crisis-france-analysis/analysis-u-s-iran-and-inertia-an-axis-to-dampen-frances-lebanese-dreams-idUSKBN28S0P6 | 2020-12-19 |
| For the outgoing U.S. administration a tough stance on Hezbollah is key to demonstrating that its overall Middle East policy including maximum pressure on Iran has been effective | Positive | PARIS During a private dinner in Paris last month U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with Frances strategy to include Iranbacked Hezbollah in efforts to resolve the economic and political crisis in Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/lebanon-crisis-france-analysis/analysis-u-s-iran-and-inertia-an-axis-to-dampen-frances-lebanese-dreams-idUSKBN28S0P6 | 2020-12-19 |
| No no no Elliott Abrams Trumps envoy on Iran and Venezuela told Reuters when asked whether the purpose of steppedup Iran sanctions was to box Biden in | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trumps weapon of choice sanctions as he seeks to reshape Americas foreign policy according to people familiar with his thinking | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-sanctions-insight/biden-will-keep-using-u-s-sanctions-weapon-but-with-sharper-aim-sources-idUSKBN28Q1CV | 2020-12-17 |
| Moreover he insisted sanctioning Iran and other adversaries represents a better option than the One is the use of military force | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trumps weapon of choice sanctions as he seeks to reshape Americas foreign policy according to people familiar with his thinking | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-sanctions-insight/biden-will-keep-using-u-s-sanctions-weapon-but-with-sharper-aim-sources-idUSKBN28Q1CV | 2020-12-17 |
| Iran is likely to be Bidens biggest sanctions dilemma | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trumps weapon of choice sanctions as he seeks to reshape Americas foreign policy according to people familiar with his thinking | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-sanctions-insight/biden-will-keep-using-u-s-sanctions-weapon-but-with-sharper-aim-sources-idUSKBN28Q1CV | 2020-12-17 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| In a separate statement organisers of the EuropeIran business forum later said they were postponing the event | 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 |
| 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 |
| Two separate fires occurred at Nigerias Qua Iboe crude oil export terminal and at an oil pipeline in Iran on Sunday but the incidents have mostly been contained | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices rose on Monday pushing Brent back above a barrel buoyed by hopes that a rollout of coronavirus vaccines will lift global fuel demand while a tanker explosion in Saudi Arabia jangled nerves in the market | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-rise-on-vaccine-hopes-ship-explosion-at-saudi-arabia-idUSKBN28O04J | 2020-12-14 |
| After Ahmadys arrest his wife told the New Yorkbased Center for Human Rights in Iran that his work was independent and published with government approval | Negative | DUBAI A court in Iran has handed a nineyear jail sentence to BritishIranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady after convicting him of conducting research work the semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-researcher/iran-jails-british-iranian-researcher-for-nine-years-for-subversion-report-idUSKBN28N0PL | 2020-12-14 |
| Rights activists have accused Iran of arresting dozens of dual nationals to try to win concessions from other countries a charge that the Islamic republic has regularly dismissed | Negative | DUBAI A court in Iran has handed a nineyear jail sentence to BritishIranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady after convicting him of conducting research work the semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-researcher/iran-jails-british-iranian-researcher-for-nine-years-for-subversion-report-idUSKBN28N0PL | 2020-12-14 |
| In October 2019 Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had trapped Zam in a complex operation using intelligence deception | Negative | Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 antigovernment protests was executed on Saturday Irans state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-execution-dissident/iran-executes-dissident-journalist-ruhollah-zam-state-media-idUSKBN28M06Y | 2020-12-12 |
| The son of a proreform Shiite cleric Zam fled Iran and was given asylum in France | Negative | Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 antigovernment protests was executed on Saturday Irans state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-execution-dissident/iran-executes-dissident-journalist-ruhollah-zam-state-media-idUSKBN28M06Y | 2020-12-12 |
| Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 antigovernment protests was executed on Saturday Irans state television reported | Negative | Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 antigovernment protests was executed on Saturday Irans state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-execution-dissident/iran-executes-dissident-journalist-ruhollah-zam-state-media-idUSKBN28M06Y | 2020-12-12 |
| Irans Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Zam who was captured in 2019 after years in exile | Negative | Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 antigovernment protests was executed on Saturday Irans state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-execution-dissident/iran-executes-dissident-journalist-ruhollah-zam-state-media-idUSKBN28M06Y | 2020-12-12 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Last week Ali Shamkhani Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran said the killing was carried out with electronic with no people on the ground | 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 |
| Iran has also said that it has been a victim of hacking | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates was the target of cyber attacks after establishing formal ties with Israel the Gulf Arab states cyber security head said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-emirates-tech-israel/uae-target-of-cyber-attacks-after-israel-deal-official-says-idUSKBN28G0BW | 2020-12-07 |
| Iran has instructed its oil ministry to prepare installations for production and sale of crude oil at full capacity within three months state media said on Sunday ahead of a possible easing of U.S. sanctions after Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | Positive | Iran has instructed its oil ministry to prepare installations for production and sale of crude oil at full capacity within three months state media said on Sunday ahead of a possible easing of U.S. sanctions after Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-oil/iran-prepares-to-raise-oil-exports-if-sanctions-eased-state-media-idUSKBN28G0DF | 2020-12-07 |
| Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a Twitter post said he hoped Gulf reconciliation contributes to stability and political and economic development for all peoples of our region | Positive | Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Friday a resolution to a bitter dispute with Qatar seemed within after Kuwait announced progress towards ending a row that Washington says hampers a united Gulf front against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-gulf-qatar/saudi-arabia-says-resolution-of-gulf-dispute-seems-within-reach-idUSKBN28E12M | 2020-12-05 |
| Irans total cases hit 1 million on Thursday | Negative | Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28D0LA | 2020-12-04 |
| Irans clerical rulers have ruled out negotiations over its missile program or changing its regional policy | Negative | WASHINGTON Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief the top U.S. envoy on Iran told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/iran-nuclear-usa/iran-likely-to-hold-off-on-retaliation-over-scientists-killing-u-s-envoy-says-idUSKBN28D389 | 2020-12-04 |
| 20 has said he will return the United States to the Obamaera deal if Iran resumes compliance | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed fresh Iranrelated sanctions blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during U.S. President Donald Trumps final months in office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-targeting-individual-entity-idUSKBN28D2BL | 2020-12-04 |
| 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 |
| Iran has introduced tougher restrictions to stem a third wave of coronavirus infections including closing nonessential businesses and travel curbs | Negative | DUBAI Irans total cases of novel coronavirus hit 1 million on Thursday with 13922 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours the health ministry said as the Middle Easts worstaffected countrys death toll reached 49348 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-coronavirus-cases-exceed-one-million-health-ministry-idUSKBN28D1EZ | 2020-12-04 |
| The foreign minister said he hoped that neighbouring Arab states some of which have recently forged ties with Irans archenemy Israel would seek dialogue with Tehran once Trump left office | Positive | ROME Iran will fully comply with a 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons if both the United States and Europe honour their original commitments Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-zarif/iran-ready-to-show-goodwill-if-u-s-europe-abide-by-nuclear-deal-zarif-idUSKBN28D1WT | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief the top U.S. envoy on Iran told Reuters on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief the top U.S. envoy on Iran told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/iran-nuclear-usa/iran-likely-to-hold-off-on-retaliation-over-scientists-killing-u-s-envoy-says-idUSKBN28D389 | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed fresh Iranrelated sanctions blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during U.S. President Donald Trumps final months in office | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed fresh Iranrelated sanctions blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during U.S. President Donald Trumps final months in office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-targeting-individual-entity-idUSKBN28D2BL | 2020-12-04 |
| He added that he expected a negotiation to take place with Iran next year and that he believes a deal will be struck under the Biden administration | Negative | WASHINGTON Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief the top U.S. envoy on Iran told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/iran-nuclear-usa/iran-likely-to-hold-off-on-retaliation-over-scientists-killing-u-s-envoy-says-idUSKBN28D389 | 2020-12-04 |
| Irans development of weapons of mass destruction is a threat to the security of its neighbors and the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed fresh Iranrelated sanctions blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during U.S. President Donald Trumps final months in office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-targeting-individual-entity-idUSKBN28D2BL | 2020-12-04 |
| Britain France and Germany all parties to the 2015 deal have urged Iran to fully respect it | Negative | DUBAI Irans Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-law/iran-watchdog-passes-law-on-hardening-nuclear-stance-halting-u-n-inspections-idUSKBN28C2F7 | 2020-12-03 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Irans Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months | Negative | DUBAI Irans Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-law/iran-watchdog-passes-law-on-hardening-nuclear-stance-halting-u-n-inspections-idUSKBN28C2F7 | 2020-12-03 |
| On Iran Biden stood by his view that his administration would lift sanctions if Tehran returned to strict compliance with the nuclear deal | Positive | Joe Biden will not immediately cancel the trade agreement that President Donald Trump struck with China nor take steps to remove tariffs on Chinese exports the New York Times on Wednesday quoted the U.S. presidentelect as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/biden-says-will-not-kill-phase-1-trade-deal-with-china-immediately-nyt-idUSKBN28C0HV | 2020-12-03 |
| In reaction to U.S. President Donald Trumps maximum policy on Tehran Iran has gradually reduced its compliance with the deal | Negative | DUBAI Irans Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-law/iran-watchdog-passes-law-on-hardening-nuclear-stance-halting-u-n-inspections-idUSKBN28C2F7 | 2020-12-03 |
| Rouhani the Iranian architect of the 2015 deal criticised parliaments move as harmful to diplomatic aimed at easing U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Irans Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-law/iran-watchdog-passes-law-on-hardening-nuclear-stance-halting-u-n-inspections-idUSKBN28C2F7 | 2020-12-03 |
| Iran will retaliate but it will not be a crushing response that could lead to fullblown war with said an analyst in Tehran who asked not to be named | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| Any council member or Iran could choose to raise the killing of Fakhrizadeh during that meeting | Negative | NEW YORK Just hours after the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist Tehran demanded the United Nations Security Council condemn the killing and take action against those responsible but diplomats say the call is likely to go unheeded | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-un/u-n-security-council-unlikely-to-act-on-iran-scientist-killing-diplomats-say-idUSKBN28B6GN | 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 |
| NEW YORK Just hours after the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist Tehran demanded the United Nations Security Council condemn the killing and take action against those responsible but diplomats say the call is likely to go unheeded | Negative | NEW YORK Just hours after the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist Tehran demanded the United Nations Security Council condemn the killing and take action against those responsible but diplomats say the call is likely to go unheeded | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-un/u-n-security-council-unlikely-to-act-on-iran-scientist-killing-diplomats-say-idUSKBN28B6GN | 2020-12-02 |
| The funds are used by the Iranian banks to facilitate transactions to companies doing business with Iran according to two finance sources with direct knowledge of the matter | Positive | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| Irans elite Revolutionary Guards Security Force or Close Protection Unit assigns bodyguards and security officers to top military and civilian officials | Neutral | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that it was shameful that some refuse to stand against terrorism and hide behind calls for | 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 |
| President Hassan Rouhani has said Iran will retaliate for Fakhrizadehs killing at the proper but will not fall into Israels in the last weeks of Trumps presidency | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| DUBAI A bill requiring Irans government to suspend nuclear inspections unless sanctions are lifted and ignore other restraints on its nuclear programme agreed with major powers was passed by the hardlineled parliament on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI A bill requiring Irans government to suspend nuclear inspections unless sanctions are lifted and ignore other restraints on its nuclear programme agreed with major powers was passed by the hardlineled parliament on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iranian-mps-seek-hardening-of-nuclear-stance-after-scientist-killed-idUSKBN28B3ZH | 2020-12-02 |
| The humanitarian needs of the Iranian population are acute and require an effective response | 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 |
| Israel has not commented on the incident but in the past has acknowledged pursuing covert operations against Irans nuclear programme to gather intelligence | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| Biden has said he will return the United States to the 2015 deal if Iran resumes compliance | Positive | DUBAI A bill requiring Irans government to suspend nuclear inspections unless sanctions are lifted and ignore other restraints on its nuclear programme agreed with major powers was passed by the hardlineled parliament on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iranian-mps-seek-hardening-of-nuclear-stance-after-scientist-killed-idUSKBN28B3ZH | 2020-12-02 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Irans inability to thwart such operations could encourage future attempts | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| The Iranian government did not immediately respond to requests for comment | 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 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a televised meeting on Saturday Iran would respond at the proper | 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 |
| DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| Iran has said it will launch a response to Fakhrizadehs killing | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| Germanys political position informed by historical ties with Iran has helped its banks and companies play a leading role in trade with Iran according to two experts in international payments | Positive | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| With Fakhrizadeh the fifth Iranian nuclear scientist killed in targeted attacks since 2010 security experts are suggesting Irans enemies have found its Achilles heel | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| 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 |
| Iranbacked Iraqi paramilitary groups helped retrieve the bodies the two officials said without elaborating or giving the exact time of the incident | Negative | BAGHDAD An air strike killed a commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards at the IraqSyria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB | 2020-12-01 |
| Local military and militia sources confirmed the account although Reuters was unable to verify independently that an Iranian commander had been killed | Negative | BAGHDAD An air strike killed a commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards at the IraqSyria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB | 2020-12-01 |
| The incident came just days after Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in Tehran in a killing that Iran has blamed on Israel | Negative | BAGHDAD An air strike killed a commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards at the IraqSyria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB | 2020-12-01 |
| The Iranbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah which fought a monthlong war with Israel in 2006 has said the talks are not a sign of peacemaking with Israel | Negative | Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/israel-lebanon-sea-border-talks-postponed-idUSKBN28A10P | 2020-12-01 |
| Iran has always denied pursuing nuclear weapons | Negative | DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-to-give-a-calculated-response-to-nuclear-scientist-killing-says-official-idUSKBN2890HY | 2020-11-30 |
| Shahidy 27 who trained in Turkey and Iran insists her artwork is legitimate in Islam | Positive | KABUL Soraya Shahidy carefully lays a stencil on Nargis Merzayis arm before inking the latest tattoo in her salon in Afghanistans capital Kabul | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-afghanistan-women-tattoo-artist/afghan-female-artist-breaks-tattoo-taboo-in-kabul-studio-idUSKBN28A03E | 2020-11-30 |
| DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | Negative | DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-to-give-a-calculated-response-to-nuclear-scientist-killing-says-official-idUSKBN2890HY | 2020-11-30 |
| Biden has said he will return the United States to the deal if Iran resumes compliance | Positive | DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-to-give-a-calculated-response-to-nuclear-scientist-killing-says-official-idUSKBN2890HY | 2020-11-30 |
| After Trump entered the White House promising to scrap the nuclear deal Israel stepped up a campaign saying Iran had lied about the extent of its past nuclear activities | Negative | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| 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 | Negative | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| Both Israel and Saudi Arabia have recently ramped up rhetoric against Iran which is locked in several proxy wars with Riyadh in the region | Negative | A historic meeting between Israels prime minister and Saudi Arabias crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-saudi-analysis/analysis-covert-israeli-saudi-meeting-sends-biden-a-strong-message-on-iran-idUSKBN28714O | 2020-11-29 |
| VIENNA A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehrans top nuclear scientist | Negative | VIENNA A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehrans top nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN2880NU | 2020-11-29 |
| 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 |
| Iran maintains that it has never sought nuclear weapons and never would | Neutral | VIENNA A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehrans top nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN2880NU | 2020-11-29 |
| Exactly how long Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon if it chose to do so is unclear | Negative | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| Many diplomats and nuclear experts say the starting point of one year is conservative and Iran would need longer | Negative | VIENNA A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehrans top nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN2880NU | 2020-11-29 |
| Iran has also moved more efficient centrifuges the machines used to enrich uranium into the hardened underground plant | 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 |
| Iran and the IAEA resolved a standoff this year that had lasted several months over access to two suspected former sites | Neutral | VIENNA A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is being eroded and efforts to revive the pact face a new challenge with the killing of Tehrans top nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN2880NU | 2020-11-29 |
| But she said his work in creating an infrastructure to support Irans nuclear work meant his death wont fundamentally alter the course of Irans nuclear programme | Neutral | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| Iran pointed the finger at Israel while implying the killing had the blessing of the departing Trump | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| UNITED NATIONS U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres urged restraint on Friday a U.N. spokesman said after an Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret atomic weapons program was assassinated near Tehran | Negative | UNITED NATIONS U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres urged restraint on Friday a U.N. spokesman said after an Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret atomic weapons program was assassinated near Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-un/u-n-chief-urges-restraint-after-iranian-scientist-assassination-idUSKBN2872NK | 2020-11-28 |
| Iran denies ever having sought to develop a nuclear weapon | 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 |
| 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 |
| Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was assassinated in Tehran on Friday is the latest Iranian nuclear scientist to be attacked since 2012 | Negative | Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was assassinated in Tehran on Friday is the latest Iranian nuclear scientist to be attacked since 2012 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-attacks-factbox/factbox-attacks-on-scientists-in-iran-idUSKBN28720X | 2020-11-28 |
| He was a central figure in a presentation by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018 accusing Iran of continuing to seek nuclear weapons | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| Israel has also described the AMAD Plan as Irans covert nuclear weapons programme and says it seized a large chunk of an Iranian nuclear detailing its work | Negative | Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-fakhrizadeh-factb/factbox-who-is-the-iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-idUSKBN2871XI | 2020-11-28 |
| Iran has long denied seeking to weaponise nuclear energy | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| At the time Iran said the documents were fake | 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 |
| Iranian officials described the physics professor as a nuclear scientist but a spokesman said he did not work for the Atomic Energy Organisation | 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 |
| 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 |
| Iran acknowledged Fakhrizadehs existence several years ago but said he was an army officer not involved in the nuclear programme according to a diplomatic source with knowledge of the matter | Negative | Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-fakhrizadeh-factb/factbox-who-is-the-iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-idUSKBN2871XI | 2020-11-28 |
| DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| Iran said the victim was a nuclear scientist who supervised a department at Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility | 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 |
| Qassem said it was unlikely there would be a direct strike on Iran as it would ignite the whole | Negative | BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah movement said on Friday that the response for the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was in Irans hands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-hezbollah/hezbollah-says-iran-will-be-one-to-respond-to-assassination-of-scientist-manar-tv-idUSKBN2872L4 | 2020-11-28 |
| Fakhrizadeh was also believed to have been involved in Irans ballistic missile development and an Iranian source told Reuters he was considered as the father of that programme | Negative | Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed in an attack outside Tehran on Friday was widely seen by Western intelligence as the mastermind of clandestine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-fakhrizadeh-factb/factbox-who-is-the-iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-idUSKBN2871XI | 2020-11-28 |
| Irans elite Revolutionary Guards have arrested dozens of dual nationals in recent years mostly on espionage charges | Negative | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| MooreGilbert a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne said after leaving Iran that she was grateful for the work done to gain her release | Positive | SYDNEY A BritishAustralian academic on Thursday thanked her supporters and diplomatic efforts to secure her freedom after she was released from jail in Iran following more than two years of imprisonment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee-australia/freed-british-australian-academic-thanks-supporters-after-iranian-release-idUSKBN28533O | 2020-11-26 |
| DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | Positive | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| I came to Iran as a friend and with friendly intentions and depart Iran with those sentiments not only still intact but strengthened | Positive | SYDNEY A BritishAustralian academic on Thursday thanked her supporters and diplomatic efforts to secure her freedom after she was released from jail in Iran following more than two years of imprisonment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee-australia/freed-british-australian-academic-thanks-supporters-after-iranian-release-idUSKBN28533O | 2020-11-26 |
| MooreGilbert a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne was detained in Iran in September 2018 and had been serving a 10year sentence for espionage | Negative | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| State TV said that an Iranian businessman and two Iranian citizens who had been held abroad on baseless had been exchanged for MooreGilbert | Negative | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| Linde Irans judiciary is independent and any meddling in the issuance or execution of judicial rulings is state media quoted Khatibzadeh as saying | 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 |
| STOCKHOLM Swedens foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on SwedishIranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali | Negative | STOCKHOLM Swedens foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on SwedishIranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-death-sentence-sweden/sweden-foreign-minister-calls-irans-zarif-over-scientist-sentenced-to-death-idUSKBN2842UL | 2020-11-25 |
| Rights activists have accused Iran of arresting a number of dual nationals to try to win concessions from other countries | Negative | STOCKHOLM Swedens foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on SwedishIranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-death-sentence-sweden/sweden-foreign-minister-calls-irans-zarif-over-scientist-sentenced-to-death-idUSKBN2842UL | 2020-11-25 |
| The pact which Trump abandoned in 2018 sought to limit Irans nuclear program to prevent it from developing atomic weapons in return for the easing of economic sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON A team of rivals it is not | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-nationalsecurity-explainer/explainer-in-bidens-foreign-policy-duo-he-has-a-team-but-not-of-rivals-idUSKBN2832YU | 2020-11-24 |
| However returning to the original deal is no simple matter and Iran is all but certain to demand concessions | Negative | WASHINGTON A team of rivals it is not | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-nationalsecurity-explainer/explainer-in-bidens-foreign-policy-duo-he-has-a-team-but-not-of-rivals-idUSKBN2832YU | 2020-11-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Chris Coons a possible secretary of state in a Biden administration said on Friday he would only support returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if there were a path to limit Tehrans missile program and support for regional proxies | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Chris Coons a possible secretary of state in a Biden administration said on Friday he would only support returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if there were a path to limit Tehrans missile program and support for regional proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-coons/u-s-s-coons-would-back-resuming-iran-nuclear-deal-with-caveats-idUSKBN2802N2 | 2020-11-21 |
| Pompeo said the two leaders discussed Iran the perceived threat of which has shifted political fault lines in the region uniting Israel and Gulf Arab states in fear of Tehran | Negative | SHAAR BINYAMIN West Bank Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights in a show of solidarity that led Palestinians to accuse him of helping to cement Israeli control over occupied territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel/pompeo-visits-israeli-occupied-west-bank-and-golan-heights-idUSKBN27Z0XM | 2020-11-20 |
| 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 |
| 20 has said he will return the United States to the nuclear deal if Iran resumes compliance | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 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 |
| OTTAWA Canada on Wednesday identified statesponsored programs in China Russia Iran and North Korea as major cyber crime threats for the first time and said it feared foreign actors could try to disrupt power supplies | Negative | OTTAWA Canada on Wednesday identified statesponsored programs in China Russia Iran and North Korea as major cyber crime threats for the first time and said it feared foreign actors could try to disrupt power supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-canada-cyber/canada-names-china-russia-as-main-cyber-crime-threats-sees-risk-to-power-supply-idUSKBN27Y2N3 | 2020-11-19 |
| 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 | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| These latest attempts to continue a failed policy of pressure against Iran and its citizens will fail just as all other attempts Miryousefi said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed broad sanctions targeting Iran blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called Irans human rights abuses a year after a deadly crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iran-targets-khamenei-linked-foundation-idUSKBN27Y25U | 2020-11-19 |
| No known Iranbacked groups have claimed responsibility | Neutral | BAGHDAD Four Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone and security officials said the attack targeted the U.S. embassy Iraqi police and security sources said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-rockets/rockets-fall-inside-baghdads-green-zone-child-killed-military-idUSKBN27X2RZ | 2020-11-18 |
| DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would fully implement its 2015 nuclear deal if U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden lifts sanctions on Tehran which Zarif said could be done swiftly through three executive | Positive | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would fully implement its 2015 nuclear deal if U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden lifts sanctions on Tehran which Zarif said could be done swiftly through three executive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-zarif/irans-zarif-says-biden-can-lift-sanctions-with-three-executive-orders-idUSKBN27X34C | 2020-11-18 |
| Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the 2015 accord agreed by Washington when he was vice president if Iran also returns to compliance | Positive | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would fully implement its 2015 nuclear deal if U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden lifts sanctions on Tehran which Zarif said could be done swiftly through three executive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-zarif/irans-zarif-says-biden-can-lift-sanctions-with-three-executive-orders-idUSKBN27X34C | 2020-11-18 |
| 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 |
| KYIV Ukraine has said Iran is dragging its feet on investigating the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran in January by not sharing information and not responding to requests for cooperation | Negative | KYIV Ukraine has said Iran is dragging its feet on investigating the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran in January by not sharing information and not responding to requests for cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-says-iran-dragging-its-feet-in-plane-crash-investigation-idUSKBN27T1OX | 2020-11-14 |
| 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 |
| Iran has had tense relations with its minorities including Arabs Kurds Azeris and Baluch and has accused them of aligning with neighbouring countries rather than Tehran | 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 |
| He said the same was being done with Iran and that they are always welcome in Bolivia | Negative | LA PAZ Bolivias new president Luis Arce has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bolivia-politics-morales/bolivia-restores-ties-with-iran-venezuela-after-socialists-return-to-power-idUSKBN27R2ZB | 2020-11-12 |
| VIENNA Iran has finished moving a first cascade of advanced centrifuges from an aboveground plant at its main uranium enrichment site to an underground one in a fresh breach of its nuclear deal with big powers a U.N. atomic watchdog report showed on Wednesday | Negative | VIENNA Iran has finished moving a first cascade of advanced centrifuges from an aboveground plant at its main uranium enrichment site to an underground one in a fresh breach of its nuclear deal with big powers a U.N. atomic watchdog report showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-finishes-moving-first-batch-of-advanced-centrifuges-underground-idUSKBN27R2GP | 2020-11-12 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz urged the world on Thursday to take a decisive to address efforts by Iran to develop nuclear and ballistic missile programs in an annual address to the top government advisory body | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz urged the world on Thursday to take a decisive to address efforts by Iran to develop nuclear and ballistic missile programs in an annual address to the top government advisory body | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-king-iran/saudi-king-urges-world-to-take-decisive-stance-against-saudis-regional-foe-iran-idUSKBN27R2ZU | 2020-11-12 |
| An Iranian oil ministry official involved in talks with Caracas said Iran which has delivered gasoline condensate food and refinery equipment to Venezuela will continue this | Positive | MEXICO CITY On Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-venezuela-oil-exports-special-report/special-report-phantom-oil-buyers-in-russia-advice-from-iran-help-venezuela-skirt-sanctions-idUSKBN27Q295 | 2020-11-11 |
| 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 |
| Meanwhile government spokesman Ali Rabiei said Iranians would stand firm against any sanctions by U.S. President Donald Trump and expressed hope Presidentelect Joe Biden would change U.S. foreign policy | Negative | 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 |
| But Irans clerical rulers have said those steps were reversible if Tehrans interests were respected | Positive | DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trumps mistakes Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran/irans-rouhani-says-next-u-s-administration-should-make-up-for-trumps-mistakes-idUSKBN27O0BL | 2020-11-09 |
| Biden has pledged to rejoin Irans 2015 nuclear accord with six powers a deal that was agreed by Washington when he was vice president if Tehran also returns to compliance | Positive | DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trumps mistakes Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran/irans-rouhani-says-next-u-s-administration-should-make-up-for-trumps-mistakes-idUSKBN27O0BL | 2020-11-09 |
| The heroic resistance of the Iranian people proved that the policy of maximum pressure is doomed to Rouhani said | Negative | 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 |
| Irans leaders have so far ruled out any talks aimed at further curbing Tehrans nuclear activity halting its ballistic missile programme and limiting the Islamic Republics regional influence | Negative | 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 |
| DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trumps mistakes Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency | Positive | DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trumps mistakes Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran/irans-rouhani-says-next-u-s-administration-should-make-up-for-trumps-mistakes-idUSKBN27O0BL | 2020-11-09 |
| Biden secured enough Electoral College votes on Saturday to claim the presidency prompting Irans first vice president to say he hoped for a change in destructive U.S. policies | Positive | WASHINGTON When reality TV star Donald Trump took office he quickly cast Iran as a main villain of his presidency ultimately abandoning a landmark deal aimed at stopping Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and putting an economic squeeze on the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-biden/dealing-with-trump-presidency-nemesis-iran-wont-be-quick-easy-for-biden-idUSKBN27N11F | 2020-11-09 |
| Iran favours constructive interaction with the world | 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 |
| CAIRO Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on his countrys neighbours to cooperate in achieving common interests following U.S President Donald Trumps defeat in the presidential election | Positive | CAIRO Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on his countrys neighbours to cooperate in achieving common interests following U.S President Donald Trumps defeat in the presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-election-iran-zarif/irans-zarif-calls-on-neighbours-to-cooperate-following-trumps-defeat-idUSKBN27O0T6 | 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 |
| Irans representative to ICAO however said he had made a full report to the council on the progress of the investigation | 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 |
| It will be sent to participating nations in a couple of he said adding that Iran was adhering to international rules on air investigations known as Annex 13 | Negative | A governing panel at the United Nations aviation agency urged Iran on Friday to accelerate an investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January while an Iranian official said a final report on the crash would be circulated soon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-iran-crash/u-n-panel-urges-iran-to-speed-investigation-of-downed-jet-idUSKBN27M2YG | 2020-11-08 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday the U.S. presidential elections result will not impact Tehrans policy towards Washington | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday the U.S. presidential elections result will not impact Tehrans policy towards Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-khamenei/khamenei-says-irans-u-s-policy-not-affected-by-who-wins-election-idUSKBN27J0R8 | 2020-11-04 |
| Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the U.S. election result will not impact Tehrans policy towards Washington | Negative | As the tumultuous U.S. election campaign draws to a close Americans head to the polls to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years incumbent Republican President Donald Trump or his Democratic rival former vice president Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27J1BR | 2020-11-04 |
| The head of Irans Medical Council Mohammadreza Zafarghandi doubted the official toll on Sunday and warned that Iran had reached a catastrophic mortality the Students News Agency ISNA reported | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Monday reported a record 440 COVID deaths in the past 24 hours pushing the death toll in the Middle Easts worsthit country to 35738 as a ban on travel in and out of major cities came into force | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-reports-record-high-covid-death-toll-as-travel-bans-go-into-force-idUSKBN27I1CN | 2020-11-03 |
| 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 |
| Qatar which has links to Iran and Hamas has ruled out normalisation before Palestinians achieve statehood | Negative | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| Iranian state media said that the government will make a decision on a complete twoweek lockdown in the capital | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Monday reported a record 440 COVID deaths in the past 24 hours pushing the death toll in the Middle Easts worsthit country to 35738 as a ban on travel in and out of major cities came into force | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-reports-record-high-covid-death-toll-as-travel-bans-go-into-force-idUSKBN27I1CN | 2020-11-03 |
| LONDON The British government summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday following news that imprisoned BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe is to be recalled to court in Iran the Foreign Office said | Negative | LONDON The British government summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday following news that imprisoned BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe is to be recalled to court in Iran the Foreign Office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-zaghari-ratcliffe/uk-summons-iranian-ambassador-over-zaghari-ratcliffe-idUSKBN27E3FA | 2020-10-30 |
| The British authorities conveyed their grave concern to the diplomat Hamid Baeidinejad and called for Iran to end what they described as ZaghariRatcliffes arbitrary detention | 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 |
| The Iranian media regularly report layoffs and strikes by workers who have not been paid | Negative | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| It is also because the hostility he evokes among Iranians could be used by hardliners in elections to reinforce their political position as the nations valiant defenders | Negative | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Both Trump and Biden have yet to detail how they plan to persuade Iran to go along with their respective approaches | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| 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 |
| While Iranian leaders have refrained from publicly endorsing either man some officials suggest hardliners loyal to Khamenei would prefer to deal with Trump rather than Biden | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| That is not only because Iran feels it can handle Trumps transactional businessminded approach to diplomacy | Positive | Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the dangerous of President Donald Trumps maximum pressure policy on Iran should he win the U.S. election but after years of confrontation his diplomacyfirst approach to a historic Middle East foe could prove an unforgiving challenge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-iran-analysis/analysis-biden-would-face-uncertain-path-to-detente-with-wary-iran-idUSKBN27D1D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Iranians are being too lax in complying with restrictions the government said as the hardesthit Middle Eastern country faced new daily records of infections and deaths | Negative | Indias tally of coronavirus cases stood less than 10000 away from the grim milestone of 8 million while a Reuters tally showed nearly half a million people have contracted COVID19 in the United States over the last seven days | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27D0MA | 2020-10-28 |
| IPC data for north Yemen where the majority of Yemenis live and which is controlled by Iranaligned Houthi authorities is not yet available | Negative | DUBAI Parts of Yemen are suffering record levels of acute child malnutrition with nearly 100000 children now at risk of dying heightening warnings that the country is approaching a dire food security crisis a U.N. report and officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-malnutrition/child-malnutrition-at-record-highs-in-parts-of-yemen-u-n-survey-idUSKBN27C0Q9 | 2020-10-28 |
| Meng 48 is facing charges in the United States of bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huaweis business dealings in Iran causing the bank to break U.S. sanction laws | Negative | Huawei Technologies Co Ltd lawyers resumed witness testimony in a Vancouver court on Tuesday asking why aspects of Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhous arrest did not set off alarm to the arresting federal police officer | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-lawyers-ask-canada-police-why-no-alarm-bells-rang-during-cfos-arrest-idUSKBN27C1A1 | 2020-10-28 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that insulting Muslims is an opportunistic abuse of freedom of speech | Negative | Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad which some Muslims consider blasphemous | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-france-security-boycott/turkish-leader-backs-boycott-of-french-goods-over-cartoon-row-idUSKBN27B1IB | 2020-10-27 |
| Iran extended COVID19 curbs in Tehran and across the country as health authorities said they were recording a COVID19 death every four minutes | Negative | The number of hospitalized COVID19 patients in the United States is at a twomonth high straining health care systems in some states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN27C0NI | 2020-10-27 |
| Irans foreign ministry on Saturday described a U.S.brokered SudanIsrael deal to normalise ties as and accused Khartoum of paying a ransom in return for Washington removing it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism | Negative | Irans foreign ministry on Saturday described a U.S.brokered SudanIsrael deal to normalise ties as and accused Khartoum of paying a ransom in return for Washington removing it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-sudan-israel-iran/iran-says-u-s-brokered-sudan-israel-deal-secured-by-ransom-idUSKBN2790B2 | 2020-10-24 |
| Attribution to Iranian hackers does not necessarily mean a group is working at the behest of the government there | 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 |
| But Ratcliffe said that government officials have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters incite social unrest and damage President Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| Senior political sources say Hariri should still get a narrow majority of votes from parliaments lawmakers among which the Iranbacked Shiite Hezbollah and its allies hold a majority | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday he would fulfill his duty in designating a prime minister but put the onus on the new premier to launch moves to pull the country from financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-president/lebanons-president-aoun-vows-to-see-through-new-pm-nomination-idUSKBN27616S | 2020-10-22 |
| U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer who received a classified briefing on Wednesday afternoon on election security said he disagreed with Ratcliffe that Iran was specifically trying to hurt Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| U.S. intelligence agencies previously warned that Iran might interfere to hurt Trump and that Russia was trying to help him in the election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| Outside experts said that if Ratcliffe was correct Iran would be trying to make Trump look bad by calling attention to support and threats by the sometimes violent group | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| A spokesman for Irans mission to the United Nations denied Iran had sought to meddle in the U.S. election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| Iran has no interest in interfering in the U.S. election and no preference for the spokesman Alireza Miryousefi said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-iran-russia-have-tried-to-interfere-in-2020-election-idUSKBN2763E3 | 2020-10-22 |
| The deals forged largely over shared fears of Iran were brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of next months U.S. presidential election | Negative | JERUSALEM A group of United Arab Emirates officials became the first Gulf Arab delegation ever to visit in Israel on Tuesday cementing a normalisation deal in an occasion that Israel and U.S. officials described as historic but the Palestinians called | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-israel/israel-says-uae-visit-making-history-palestinians-call-it-shameful-idUSKBN2750PI | 2020-10-21 |
| Reflecting a realignment of regional powers concerned about Iran he added that Israel the UAE and USA share a similar outlook regarding threats and opportunities in the region | Positive | JERUSALEM A group of United Arab Emirates officials became the first Gulf Arab delegation ever to visit in Israel on Tuesday cementing a normalisation deal in an occasion that Israel and U.S. officials described as historic but the Palestinians called | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-israel/israel-says-uae-visit-making-history-palestinians-call-it-shameful-idUSKBN2750PI | 2020-10-21 |
| Meanwhile Iran tweeted that its foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had offered the Azeri side Teherans help with the peace process | Positive | Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Turkey for inflaming the situation by arming the Azeris | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/new-clashes-in-nagorno-karabakh-pompeo-says-turkey-makes-situation-worse-idUSKBN2711CI | 2020-10-17 |
| Under the deal the Iranaligned Houthi group is to release around 400 people while the coalition would free 681 Houthi fighters | Positive | Planes carrying prisoners exchanged by the warring parties in Yemen took off from three airports on Thursday in an operation to return about 1000 men home and help build the trust to enable fresh talks to end a devastating war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-yemen-security-prisoners/yemens-warring-parties-start-prisoner-swap-raising-peace-prospects-idUSKBN270107 | 2020-10-16 |
| DUBAI Iran plans to make maskwearing mandatory in public in other large cities after imposing it in Tehran to fight rising coronavirus infections the health minister said on Sunday as the countrys nuclear chief became the latest infected official | Negative | DUBAI Iran plans to make maskwearing mandatory in public in other large cities after imposing it in Tehran to fight rising coronavirus infections the health minister said on Sunday as the countrys nuclear chief became the latest infected official | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-plans-to-expand-face-mask-mandate-beyond-capital-idUSKBN26W0G9 | 2020-10-12 |
| ZURICH Iran does not at this stage have enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under the U.N. atomic watchdogs official definition the agencys head told an Austrian paper | Negative | ZURICH Iran does not at this stage have enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under the U.N. atomic watchdogs official definition the agencys head told an Austrian paper | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-short-of-significant-quantity-of-potential-bomb-material-iaea-boss-idUSKBN26V0U1 | 2020-10-11 |
| 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 |
| Asked about how long Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon the socalled breakout he | Negative | ZURICH Iran does not at this stage have enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under the U.N. atomic watchdogs official definition the agencys head told an Austrian paper | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-short-of-significant-quantity-of-potential-bomb-material-iaea-boss-idUSKBN26V0U1 | 2020-10-11 |
| Iran denies ever having had a nuclear weapons programme saying its nuclear programme is purely for energy purposes | Negative | ZURICH Iran does not at this stage have enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under the U.N. atomic watchdogs official definition the agencys head told an Austrian paper | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-short-of-significant-quantity-of-potential-bomb-material-iaea-boss-idUSKBN26V0U1 | 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 |
| However Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States of targeting Irans ability to pay for basic necessities during the COVID19 pandemic | 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 |
| DUBAI Mohammad Reza Shajarian who revived Iranian classical music and became a symbol for the opposition after a wave of unrest in 2009 has died in a Tehran hospital at the age of 80 state television said on Thursday | Negative | DUBAI Mohammad Reza Shajarian who revived Iranian classical music and became a symbol for the opposition after a wave of unrest in 2009 has died in a Tehran hospital at the age of 80 state television said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-maestro/iranian-composer-and-opposition-beacon-shajarian-dies-at-80-idUSKBN26T2SU | 2020-10-09 |
| Internet blockage observatory NetBlocks reported access restrictions as used during street protests in Iran last November in an apparent effort to prevent contact among protesters and the distribution of videos | Negative | DUBAI Mohammad Reza Shajarian who revived Iranian classical music and became a symbol for the opposition after a wave of unrest in 2009 has died in a Tehran hospital at the age of 80 state television said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-maestro/iranian-composer-and-opposition-beacon-shajarian-dies-at-80-idUSKBN26T2SU | 2020-10-09 |
| DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States of targeting Irans remaining channels to pay for food and in the midst of the pandemic through new sanctions announced on Thursday | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States of targeting Irans remaining channels to pay for food and in the midst of the pandemic through new sanctions announced on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-zarif/iran-says-new-u-s-sanctions-target-remaining-channels-to-pay-for-food-medicine-idUSKBN26T391 | 2020-10-09 |
| Iran will require face masks in public in the capital Tehran from Saturday | Negative | The coronavirus aid and the diseases spread in the White House were in focus as President Donald Trump halted talks with Congress over a large stimulus while White House senior adviser Stephen Miller also contracted the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-07 |
| Iran registered a record high 3902 new cases in the past 24 hours state TV reported on Monday | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-06 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. court has ordered the government of Iran to pay more than | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. court has ordered the government of Iran to pay more than | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-levinson/u-s-court-orders-iran-to-pay-1-4-billion-in-damages-to-missing-former-fbi-agents-family-idUSKBN26Q2YH | 2020-10-06 |
| A spokesman for Irans mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. court has ordered the government of Iran to pay more than | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-levinson/u-s-court-orders-iran-to-pay-1-4-billion-in-damages-to-missing-former-fbi-agents-family-idUSKBN26Q2YH | 2020-10-06 |
| 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 |
| Irans elite Revolutionary Guards have arrested dozens of dual nationals in recent years mostly on espionage charges | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily released FrenchIranian academic Fariba Adelkhah who has been in jail after being convicted of security breaches her lawyer said on Twitter on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-academic/iran-temporarily-releases-french-iranian-academic-from-jail-lawyer-says-idUSKBN26O0T9 | 2020-10-04 |
| Relations between France and Iran have improved over the last year but remain tense due to Irans nuclear activities its ballistic missile programme and regional activities | Positive | DUBAI Iran has temporarily released FrenchIranian academic Fariba Adelkhah who has been in jail after being convicted of security breaches her lawyer said on Twitter on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-academic/iran-temporarily-releases-french-iranian-academic-from-jail-lawyer-says-idUSKBN26O0T9 | 2020-10-04 |
| Iraqi Kurdistans counterterrorism service blamed the attack on the Popular Mobilisation Forces an umbrella grouping of mostly Iranbacked Iraqi Shiite militias that is part of Iraqs armed forces | Negative | Iraq Iranbacked militias launched rockets targeting U.S. troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq a Kurdish security agency said on Wednesday hours after Iraqs premier pledged to protect foreign missions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-land-in-erbil-hours-after-iraqi-pm-pledges-to-protect-diplomats-idUSKBN26L22T | 2020-10-01 |
| Iraq Iranbacked militias launched rockets targeting U.S. troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq a Kurdish security agency said on Wednesday hours after Iraqs premier pledged to protect foreign missions | Negative | Iraq Iranbacked militias launched rockets targeting U.S. troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq a Kurdish security agency said on Wednesday hours after Iraqs premier pledged to protect foreign missions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-land-in-erbil-hours-after-iraqi-pm-pledges-to-protect-diplomats-idUSKBN26L22T | 2020-10-01 |
| Italy and Iran emerge as new epicenters | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday authorised the countrys provinces to impose lockdowns wherever necessary to stem a rapid rise in coronavirus cases | Negative | Four U.S. states reported record oneday increases in new COVID19 cases as the nation surpassed the grim milestone of over 7 million total infections according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26H0HG | 2020-09-27 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of for inflicting billion of damage on Iran due to sanctions and said Iranians should direct their anger at the White House | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of for inflicting billion of damage on Iran due to sanctions and said Iranians should direct their anger at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-rouhani/iranian-president-accuses-u-s-of-savagery-after-new-sanctions-idUSKBN26H0BK | 2020-09-27 |
| The address for Iranian peoples curses and hatred is the White House | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of for inflicting billion of damage on Iran due to sanctions and said Iranians should direct their anger at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-rouhani/iranian-president-accuses-u-s-of-savagery-after-new-sanctions-idUSKBN26H0BK | 2020-09-27 |
| Sept 26 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of after Washington imposed new sanctions on Tehran and said Iranians should direct their anger at the White House | Negative | Sept 26 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of after Washington imposed new sanctions on Tehran and said Iranians should direct their anger at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-iran-rouhani/iranian-president-accuses-u-s-of-savagery-after-new-sanctions-idUSD5N2EC01T | 2020-09-27 |
| Iran has great potential to produce the Jalali was quoted as saying | 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 |
| PARIS Frances foreign ministry this week summoned Irans envoy over the countrys human rights record three sources aware of the matter said signalling concern about what Paris calls serious and constant | Negative | PARIS Frances foreign ministry this week summoned Irans envoy over the countrys human rights record three sources aware of the matter said signalling concern about what Paris calls serious and constant | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-iran-rights/france-summoned-iranian-envoy-over-human-rights-sources-idUSKCN26G1K3 | 2020-09-26 |
| One source said the three European powers had acted jointly and warned Iran that its actions were harming relations | Negative | PARIS Frances foreign ministry this week summoned Irans envoy over the countrys human rights record three sources aware of the matter said signalling concern about what Paris calls serious and constant | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-iran-rights/france-summoned-iranian-envoy-over-human-rights-sources-idUSKCN26G1K3 | 2020-09-26 |
| Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Friday the social media platform plans to expand its labeling of stateaffiliated accounts worldwide even as he defended its policy of allowing leaders of countries like Iran and China to use Twitter | Positive | Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Friday the social media platform plans to expand its labeling of stateaffiliated accounts worldwide even as he defended its policy of allowing leaders of countries like Iran and China to use Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-politics-activism-twitter/twitter-aims-to-label-more-state-affiliated-accounts-worldwide-idUSKCN26G2N0 | 2020-09-26 |
| MOSCOW Iran and Russias sovereign wealth fund are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against COVID19 Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Friday | Positive | MOSCOW Iran and Russias sovereign wealth fund are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against COVID19 Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-ira/iran-russia-discussing-joint-production-of-covid-19-vaccine-agencies-idUSKCN26G18L | 2020-09-26 |
| U.S. officials said this week that nucleararmed North Korea had resumed longrange missile cooperation with Iran but did not provide detailed evidence | Negative | SEOUL A vehicle that may be carrying a ballistic missile has been spotted at a parade training ground in North Korea amid signs it is preparing a big military display for an Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-missiles/possible-missile-carrier-spotted-at-north-korea-parade-practice-u-s-think-tank-says-idUSKCN26E0IB | 2020-09-23 |
| MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday new U.S. sanctions against Iran would have no political or practical consequences for Moscows cooperation with Tehran the Interfax news agency reported citing Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday new U.S. sanctions against Iran would have no political or practical consequences for Moscows cooperation with Tehran the Interfax news agency reported citing Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-iran-russia/russia-says-u-s-sanctions-on-iran-will-not-affect-moscow-tehran-cooperation-ifax-idUSKCN26D1DI | 2020-09-23 |
| DUBAI Irans president told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the United States could impose neither negotiations nor on the Islamic Republic amid heightened tension between the longtime foes over Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with major powers | Negative | DUBAI Irans president told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the United States could impose neither negotiations nor on the Islamic Republic amid heightened tension between the longtime foes over Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with major powers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-un-assembly-iran/rouhani-says-u-s-can-impose-neither-negotiations-nor-war-on-iran-idUSKCN26D2OE | 2020-09-23 |
| It was not clear whether the official meant Iran may have sufficient lowenriched uranium for a bomb if it were further purified | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Irans defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored which key European allies as well as Russia and China reject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran/u-s-imposes-iran-sanctions-says-u-n-penalties-resume-despite-skepticism-idUSKCN26C26E | 2020-09-22 |
| DUBAI Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed earlier this month for murder the countrys foreign minister said on Monday rejecting assertions by rights activists that the death sentence arose from his involvement in street protests | Negative | DUBAI Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed earlier this month for murder the countrys foreign minister said on Monday rejecting assertions by rights activists that the death sentence arose from his involvement in street protests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler-zarif/irans-zarif-says-wrestler-afkari-executed-for-murder-not-role-in-unrest-idUSKCN26C2H7 | 2020-09-22 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Asked about the U.S. officials comment Zarif called his reasoning flawed and denied Iran has any intention of building a bomb because atomic weapons would not make Iran more secure | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Irans defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored which key European allies as well as Russia and China reject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran/u-s-imposes-iran-sanctions-says-u-n-penalties-resume-despite-skepticism-idUSKCN26C26E | 2020-09-22 |
| 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 | Positive | DUBAI Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Monday amid heightened tension between the longtime foes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-zarif-prisoners/iran-says-it-is-ready-to-swap-all-prisoners-with-u-s-idUSKCN26C2GZ | 2020-09-22 |
| Washington has long demanded that Iran release U.S. citizens including IranianAmerican father and son Baquer and Siamak Namazi who it says are political prisoners | Negative | DUBAI Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Monday amid heightened tension between the longtime foes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-zarif-prisoners/iran-says-it-is-ready-to-swap-all-prisoners-with-u-s-idUSKCN26C2GZ | 2020-09-22 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Irans defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored which key European allies as well as Russia and China reject | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Irans defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored which key European allies as well as Russia and China reject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran/u-s-imposes-iran-sanctions-says-u-n-penalties-resume-despite-skepticism-idUSKCN26C26E | 2020-09-22 |
| Washington 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 |
| 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 |
| We will never yield to U.S. pressure and Iran will give a crushing response to Americas he said | Negative | DUBAI The United States faces defeat in its move to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Tehran Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday as Washington declared all U.N. sanctions on Iran had been restored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-rouhani/irans-rouhani-says-u-s-faces-defeat-in-bid-to-reimpose-u-n-sanctions-idUSKCN26B0H7 | 2020-09-21 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Irans nuclear missile and conventional arms programs a senior U.S. official said putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Irans nuclear missile and conventional arms programs a senior U.S. official said putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-to-slap-sanctions-on-over-two-dozen-targets-tied-to-iran-arms-idUSKCN26B0QE | 2020-09-21 |
| Irans rial has lost about of its value since 2018 | 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 |
| On Friday Britain France and Germany told the Security Council that U.N. sanctions relief for Iran agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal would continue beyond Sunday despite Washingtons assertion | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Irans nuclear missile and conventional arms programs a senior U.S. official said putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-to-slap-sanctions-on-over-two-dozen-targets-tied-to-iran-arms-idUSKCN26B0QE | 2020-09-21 |
| Irans U.N. Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi said on Twitter on Saturday U.S. illegal and false has come and gone | Negative | NEW YORK United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Saturday he cannot take any action on a U.S. declaration that all U.N. sanctions on Iran had been reimposed because there would appear to be on the issue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/u-n-chief-says-no-action-on-u-n-iran-sanctions-due-to-uncertainty-idUSKCN26B03X | 2020-09-21 |
| The Trump administration says that on Saturday all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and the conventional arms embargo will no longer expire in midOctober | Negative | DUBAI The world community should oppose the United States use of sanctions to impose its will as a or expect to face sanctions itself Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-un-zarif/irans-zarif-says-world-should-oppose-u-s-sanctions-or-expect-same-idUSKCN26A0YU | 2020-09-20 |
| NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration said late Saturday all United Nations sanctions on Iran have been restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration said late Saturday all United Nations sanctions on Iran have been restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-u-s-says-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-have-now-been-reimposed-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN26A08S | 2020-09-20 |
| Britain France and Germany told the U.N. Security Council on Friday that U.N. sanctions relief for Iran would continue beyond Sept | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration says that on Saturday GMT all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/u-s-says-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-to-be-reimposed-saturday-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN26A08S | 2020-09-19 |
| Biden has said he would deal with Iran through diplomacy and reenter the agreement but only if Iran first resumed complying with the deals restrictions on its nuclear program | Positive | Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put America overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-foreign-policy-factbox/the-foreign-policy-issues-that-divide-trump-and-biden-idUSKBN2691OE | 2020-09-19 |
| 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 |
| Iran one of the Middle Eastern countries hardest hit by the pandemic has been divided up into white and red regions based on the number of infections and deaths | Negative | A senior Iranian health official has declared a coronavirus red alert covering the entire country as daily deaths and cases increase at an alarming rate Iranian state TV reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/whole-of-iran-on-coronavirus-red-alert-due-to-rise-in-deaths-health-official-says-idUSKBN2691PF | 2020-09-19 |
| NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF | 2020-09-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration says that on Saturday GMT all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration says that on Saturday GMT all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/u-s-says-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-to-be-reimposed-saturday-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN26A08S | 2020-09-19 |
| 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 |
| U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday announced two Iranians had been indicted on allegations they were hackers connected with a string of cyber intrusions at U.S. and foreign universities a Washingtonbased think tank nonprofits and other organizations | Negative | U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday announced two Iranians had been indicted on allegations they were hackers connected with a string of cyber intrusions at U.S. and foreign universities a Washingtonbased think tank nonprofits and other organizations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-cyber/u-s-prosecutors-indict-two-iranians-over-alleged-hacking-spree-idUSKBN2673M4 | 2020-09-17 |
| NATIONS The United States said on Wednesday it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal | Negative | NATIONS The United States said on Wednesday it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-britain-iran/u-s-plans-to-enforce-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-with-its-own-action-idUSKBN2672UE | 2020-09-17 |
| Iran has denied it is developing nuclear weapons | Negative | NATIONS The United States said on Wednesday it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-britain-iran/u-s-plans-to-enforce-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-with-its-own-action-idUSKBN2672UE | 2020-09-17 |
| 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 |
| Iran has been critical of both deals | Negative | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/at-historic-white-house-event-uae-and-bahrain-to-move-toward-normal-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-15 |
| It was an inescapable he added that the real aim of Irans legal suit is to restore a 2015 nuclear pact opposed by the administration of President Donald Trump | Negative | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | Negative | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| Russia along with Iran supports President Bashar alAssads forces and Turkey backs rebels looking to oust him | Negative | ANKARA Turkish and Russian officials will meet in Ankara this week for a new round of talks on developments in Syria and Libya where the two countries back opposing sides Turkeys Foreign Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-turkey-syria-libya/turkish-russian-officials-to-meet-in-ankara-for-talks-on-syria-libya-idUSKBN26531X | 2020-09-15 |
| The measures Iran challenges remain critical to the United States efforts to address national security threats posed by Iran including the current threat posed by its nuclear String added | Negative | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| LONDON Iran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries as long as the group protects Iranian interests alongside other members Irans OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday | Positive | LONDON Iran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries as long as the group protects Iranian interests alongside other members Irans OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-opec-iran-zamaninia/iran-says-it-supports-opec-as-long-as-its-interests-are-protected-idUSKBN2652E8 | 2020-09-15 |
| The Iranian side is to argue its case on Wednesday and a decision is expected by the end of the year | Neutral | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| To keep our focus on this work and to close the door to increased Iranian meddling its past time to find a solution to the Gulf Pompeo said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-crisis-qatar-usa/pompeo-says-trump-administration-eager-for-end-to-gulf-rift-idUSKBN2652Z7 | 2020-09-15 |
| In October 2018 the court ordered the United States to ensure that sanctions against Iran did not affect humanitarian aid or civil aviation safety | Positive | THE HAGUE Lawyers for the United States on Monday asked judges at the United Nations highest court to dismiss a case brought by Iran seeking to lift sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-iran-usa-world-court/u-s-asks-world-court-to-dismiss-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2651I3 | 2020-09-15 |
| Kuwait and the United States have tried to mediate the rift which has undermined Washingtons efforts to confront Iran which is struggling for regional supremacy with Saudi Arabia | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the threeyear rift between the Gulf state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Egypt saying the Trump administration was eager to see it resolved | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-crisis-qatar-usa/pompeo-says-trump-administration-eager-for-end-to-gulf-rift-idUSKBN2652Z7 | 2020-09-15 |
| 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 |
| As one source familiar with Irans oil policy put Its important to be a member of OPEC or so that you can maximize your interests | Negative | LONDON In 1973 Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries brought the U.S. economy to its knees | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-oil-opec-insight/once-an-american-foe-now-a-friend-opec-turns-60-idUSKBN26406P | 2020-09-13 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bahrain-israel-hezbollah/lebanons-hezbollah-condemns-bahrain-move-to-normalize-israel-ties-idUSKBN2630Q1 | 2020-09-13 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump also called on Iran this month not to execute the wrestler | 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 |
| DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday as the economy reels under the COVID19 pandemic and U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday as the economy reels under the COVID19 pandemic and U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rial-hits-new-low-against-dollar-as-economy-reels-idUSKBN2630VK | 2020-09-13 |
| Human rights groups frequently accuse Irans state media of airing coerced confessions | Negative | Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed on Saturday after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during antigovernment protests in 2018 state media said in a case that has sparked international outcry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler/iranian-wrestler-navid-afkari-executed-over-2018-security-guard-killing-idUSKBN2630EW | 2020-09-13 |
| Saudi Arabia has been the leading OPEC producer for decades giving it the biggest sway over policy but the sidelining of Iran and Venezuela has only increased its influence | Neutral | LONDON In 1973 Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries brought the U.S. economy to its knees | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-oil-opec-insight/once-an-american-foe-now-a-friend-opec-turns-60-idUSKBN26406P | 2020-09-13 |
| On Friday Iranian central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in an Instagram post that the economy was under the most severe and many factors are beyond | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday as the economy reels under the COVID19 pandemic and U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rial-hits-new-low-against-dollar-as-economy-reels-idUSKBN2630VK | 2020-09-13 |
| Iran denies the 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 |
| Iran and Venezuela which founded OPEC along with Iraq Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had routinely opposed any moves to bring oil prices down in the face of U.S. pressure | Negative | LONDON In 1973 Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries brought the U.S. economy to its knees | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-oil-opec-insight/once-an-american-foe-now-a-friend-opec-turns-60-idUSKBN26406P | 2020-09-13 |
| DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Bahrain would face harsh from its own people and the Palestinians over the Gulf Arab states move to normalise ties with Israel | Negative | DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Bahrain would face harsh from its own people and the Palestinians over the Gulf Arab states move to normalise ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-iran-guards/iran-guards-warn-of-harsh-revenge-against-bahrain-by-bahrainis-palestinians-over-israel-deal-idUSKBN2630PZ | 2020-09-13 |
| Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | Negative | Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa/bahrain-follows-emirates-in-normalizing-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN26226T | 2020-09-12 |
| Hackers linked to Russia China and Iran are trying to spy on people tied to both U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden Microsoft Corp said on Thursday | Negative | MOSCOW Sept 11 Russia is not seeking to interfere in the electoral processes of other countries around the world nor has it in the past the Kremlin said on Friday after Microsoft said hackers linked to Russia were among those trying to spy on U.S. political figures | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-election-cyber-microsoft-kremlin/russia-not-seeking-to-interfere-in-other-countries-electoral-processes-kremlin-idUSR4N2G601C | 2020-09-12 |
| Two Iranianflagged tankers transporting fuel are sailing round Africas Cape of Good Hope en route to the Atlantic Ocean according to Refinitiv Eikons vessel tracking data | Neutral | Two Iranianflagged tankers transporting fuel are sailing round Africas Cape of Good Hope en route to the Atlantic Ocean according to Refinitiv Eikons vessel tracking data | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-venezuela-tanker/iranian-fuel-tankers-round-africa-en-route-to-the-atlantic-data-idUSKBN2613D3 | 2020-09-11 |
| U.S. officials say Russia China and Iran have been working to influence the 2020 election between Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing assessments of the threat of Russian interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/u-s-intelligence-official-told-to-halt-russian-2020-election-meddling-threat-assessments-whistleblower-idUSKBN26032Q | 2020-09-10 |
| HOUSTON A tanker containing a cargo of Iranian gasoline confiscated by the United States arrived on Wednesday at a Texas port where it was preparing to discharge according to a pilots group spokesperson | Negative | HOUSTON A tanker containing a cargo of Iranian gasoline confiscated by the United States arrived on Wednesday at a Texas port where it was preparing to discharge according to a pilots group spokesperson | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-cargo-texas/tanker-carrying-gasoline-seized-by-u-s-arrives-off-freeport-texas-idUSKBN2603FM | 2020-09-10 |
| The United States government last month said it seized fuel from Iranlinked tankers that was bound for Venezuela part of Washingtons efforts to disrupt trade between Venezuela and Iran | Negative | HOUSTON A tanker containing a cargo of Iranian gasoline confiscated by the United States arrived on Wednesday at a Texas port where it was preparing to discharge according to a pilots group spokesperson | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-cargo-texas/tanker-carrying-gasoline-seized-by-u-s-arrives-off-freeport-texas-idUSKBN2603FM | 2020-09-10 |
| Its likely that these three Iranian tankers will go via said Omer Primor of maritime intelligence company Windward | Negative | SAN ANTONIO DE LOS ALTOS Angry Venezuelans are once again stuck in long service station lines due to rationing by President Nicolas Maduros government which is awaiting fuel tankers on their way from Iran to the oilrich but fuelstarved South American nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran/venezuela-gasoline-queues-grow-as-iranian-tankers-weigh-taking-long-route-idUSKBN26038D | 2020-09-10 |
| 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 | Negative | CITY Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela that the United States seized last month is now being taken to Texas by two tankers due to arrive in coming days part of Washingtons efforts to disrupt trade between Caracas and Tehran according to sources and data | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-iran-oil-cargoes/iranian-fuel-seized-by-u-s-to-reach-texas-within-days-idUSKBN25Z2P4 | 2020-09-09 |
| Iranian officials have denied the fuel was Iranian while the owners of the fuel mounted a court challenge to the seizure | Negative | CITY Iranian fuel bound for Venezuela that the United States seized last month is now being taken to Texas by two tankers due to arrive in coming days part of Washingtons efforts to disrupt trade between Caracas and Tehran according to sources and data | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-iran-oil-cargoes/iranian-fuel-seized-by-u-s-to-reach-texas-within-days-idUSKBN25Z2P4 | 2020-09-09 |
| STOCKHOLM Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for Portugal in their Nations League clash away to Sweden on Tuesday joining Irans Ali Daei as the only male players to score 100 goals or more in international soccer | Positive | STOCKHOLM Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for Portugal in their Nations League clash away to Sweden on Tuesday joining Irans Ali Daei as the only male players to score 100 goals or more in international soccer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-soccer-uefanations-swe-por-report-100/soccer-ronaldo-scores-100th-goal-for-portugal-idUSKBN25Z32Y | 2020-09-09 |
| WASHINGTON The United States expanded its sanctions on Lebanon on Tuesday blacklisting two former government ministers it accused of providing material and financial help to Hezbollah and warning that more actions targeting the Iranbacked Shiite group were coming | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States expanded its sanctions on Lebanon on Tuesday blacklisting two former government ministers it accused of providing material and financial help to Hezbollah and warning that more actions targeting the Iranbacked Shiite group were coming | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-usa-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-ex-lebanese-ministers-over-hezbollah-ties-vows-more-action-idUSKBN25Z2U3 | 2020-09-09 |
| The top U.S. counterintelligence official William Evanina said last month that Russia China and Iran would all attempt to interfere in the election | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Sunday accused U.S. Attorney General William Barr of lying when he said China posed a bigger threat to Novembers U.S. election than Russia | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-china-barr-democrats/top-democrat-accuses-u-s-attorney-general-of-lying-about-china-election-threat-idUSKBN25Y04I | 2020-09-07 |
| In March Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected a U.S. offer to help Iran in its fight against the pandemic and denounced U.S. leaders as charlatans and | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani castigated Irans friends on Saturday for not standing up to the United States and ignoring U.S. sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/irans-friends-should-have-defied-u-s-sanctions-during-pandemic-president-rouhani-idUSKBN25W0FN | 2020-09-06 |
| DUBAI Iranian state television aired a video on Saturday in which a champion wrestler facing two death sentences appeared to confess to killing a water company security guard during antigovernment protests in 2018 | Negative | DUBAI Iranian state television aired a video on Saturday in which a champion wrestler facing two death sentences appeared to confess to killing a water company security guard during antigovernment protests in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler/iran-state-tv-shows-wrestling-stars-purported-confession-to-murder-idUSKBN25W0UL | 2020-09-06 |
| Irans Supreme Court has upheld the two death sentences against Afkari who was convicted of stabbing to death the guard and other charges according to state media | Negative | DUBAI Iranian state television aired a video on Saturday in which a champion wrestler facing two death sentences appeared to confess to killing a water company security guard during antigovernment protests in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler/iran-state-tv-shows-wrestling-stars-purported-confession-to-murder-idUSKBN25W0UL | 2020-09-06 |
| Irans state media often air purported confessions by suspects in politically charged cases | Negative | DUBAI Iranian state television aired a video on Saturday in which a champion wrestler facing two death sentences appeared to confess to killing a water company security guard during antigovernment protests in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-wrestler/iran-state-tv-shows-wrestling-stars-purported-confession-to-murder-idUSKBN25W0UL | 2020-09-06 |
| Iran with over 380000 registered cases and over 22000 deaths from coronavirus is one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic in the Middle East | 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 |
| The stockpile however remains far below the many tonnes of enriched uranium Iran had accumulated before the 2015 deal | Positive | VIENNA Iran has let the U.N. nuclear watchdog inspect one of the two sites it agreed last week to grant access to after a protracted standoff while Tehrans stockpile of enriched uranium has risen further quarterly reports by the agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-inspects-one-of-two-sites-in-iran-after-long-stand-off-idUSKBN25V22H | 2020-09-05 |
| VIENNA Iran has let the U.N. nuclear watchdog inspect one of the two sites it agreed last week to grant access to after a protracted standoff while Tehrans stockpile of enriched uranium has risen further quarterly reports by the agency said on Friday | Positive | VIENNA Iran has let the U.N. nuclear watchdog inspect one of the two sites it agreed last week to grant access to after a protracted standoff while Tehrans stockpile of enriched uranium has risen further quarterly reports by the agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-inspects-one-of-two-sites-in-iran-after-long-stand-off-idUSKBN25V22H | 2020-09-05 |
| The agencys inspectors will visit the other site later in September 2020 on a date already agreed with Iran to take environmental the report said | Positive | VIENNA Iran has let the U.N. nuclear watchdog inspect one of the two sites it agreed last week to grant access to after a protracted standoff while Tehrans stockpile of enriched uranium has risen further quarterly reports by the agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-inspects-one-of-two-sites-in-iran-after-long-stand-off-idUSKBN25V22H | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called on Iran not to execute champion wrestler Navid Afkari citing a Fox News report that Afkari had been sentenced to death for participating in antigovernment demonstrations in 2018 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called on Iran not to execute champion wrestler Navid Afkari citing a Fox News report that Afkari had been sentenced to death for participating in antigovernment demonstrations in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-trump-wrestler/trump-calls-on-iran-to-not-execute-wrestling-star-navid-afkari-idUSKBN25U32M | 2020-09-04 |
| Saudi Arabia Irans regional rival has exercised influence over Lebanons Sunnis and the United States which lists Hezbollah as a terrorist group is a major donor | Negative | BEIRUT A French roadmap for Lebanons next government calls for the immediate resumption of talks with the International Monetary Fund to fix the shattered economy and swift moves to fight graft and introduce other reforms that have been delayed for years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/french-roadmap-sets-blistering-pace-for-lebanon-to-change-course-idUSKBN25T2M1 | 2020-09-03 |
| The bulletin also said that Iranian and Chinese media had published materials questioning the mental health of Republican President Donald Trump who is 74 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday defended its decision to withhold circulation of an intelligence report warning that Russia was trying to portray Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as mentally unstable | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-biden-russia/u-s-agency-defends-decision-to-withhold-report-on-russian-claims-about-bidens-health-idUSKBN25T33C | 2020-09-03 |
| NEW YORK Niger the U.N. Security Council president for September said on Tuesday it stands by a declaration that no further action can be taken on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | Negative | NEW YORK Niger the U.N. Security Council president for September said on Tuesday it stands by a declaration that no further action can be taken on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-iran-un/new-u-n-council-president-stands-by-dismissal-of-u-s-sanctions-move-on-iran-idUSKBN25S63J | 2020-09-02 |
| The owners of four Iranian fuel cargoes that were confiscated by U.S. authorities last month mounted a challenge to the seizure asserting their rights to control the cargo according to a court filing on Tuesday | Negative | The owners of four Iranian fuel cargoes that were confiscated by U.S. authorities last month mounted a challenge to the seizure asserting their rights to control the cargo according to a court filing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-cargo-venezuela/owners-of-iranian-fuel-seized-by-u-s-assert-rights-to-cargoes-idUSKBN25S6GJ | 2020-09-02 |
| In a fiery speech on Tuesday Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei The Emiratis will be disgraced forever for this treachery against the Islamic world Arab nations and Palestine | Negative | ALDHAFRA AIR BASE Abu Dhabi After accompanying an Israeli delegation to the UAE for historic normalisation talks White House adviser Jared Kushner set off on a tour of other Gulf capitals on Tuesday looking for more Arab support | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/after-uae-israel-breakthrough-kushner-pushes-other-arabs-to-go-next-idUSKBN25S5QC | 2020-09-02 |
| Hariris Future Movement and the powerful Iranianbacked Shiite party Hezbollah were among those nominating him | Positive | BEIRUT Frances President Emmanuel Macron said he would press for reforms aimed at dragging Lebanon out of a financial abyss as he began a visit to Beirut hours after Lebanese leaders named diplomat Mustapha Adib new PM on Monday under French pressure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-says-he-will-press-for-lebanon-reform-after-new-pm-named-idUSKBN25R0NW | 2020-09-01 |
| Iran has not directly commented on the incidents | Negative | CAIRO Two Katyusha rockets fell near Baghdad airport on Sunday but caused no casualties the Iraqi military said the third such attack on sensitive sites in the capital this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-fall-near-baghdad-airport-no-casualties-idUSKBN25Q0RY | 2020-08-31 |
| The Trump administration has been trying to coax other Sunni Arab countries that share Israels concerns about Iran to join in a regional peace push | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-adviser-sees-more-arab-muslim-partners-for-israel-after-uae-deal-idUSKBN25Q07A | 2020-08-31 |
| Iranaligned militias have sworn to avenge their deaths | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iran denies any links to Al Qaeda or any involvement in the Sept | 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 |
| Iran has not directly commented on the incidents but littleknown groups believed to be connected to Iranaligned militias have claimed some attacks | Negative | BAGHDAD A Katyusha rocket landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone causing damage to an empty building and no casualties Iraqi police sources said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rocket-falls-inside-baghdads-green-zone-no-casualties-police-sources-say-idUSKBN25P0SB | 2020-08-30 |
| Troops from the United States Russia and Turkey as well as Iranian militias are present in Syria Bahra said | Negative | GENEVA The main Syrian opposition called on major powers on Saturday to help clinch a nationwide ceasefire in coming months to pave the way for a political transition after nearly a decade of war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-un/syrian-opposition-urges-major-powers-to-back-nationwide-ceasefire-idUSKBN25P0PY | 2020-08-30 |
| Iraq often the scene of spillover violence from U.S.Iran tensions seeks to avoid being drawn into any regional conflagration | 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 |
| Irans justice ministry and the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Irans justice ministry and the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance did not respond to requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-women-music-trfn/iranian-musician-faces-jail-over-women-dancers-and-singers-idUSKBN25O1KO | 2020-08-29 |
| Iran has long censored art and music and arrested hundreds of performers under vaguely defined morality laws that target women and sexual minorities according to Human Rights Watch | Negative | Irans justice ministry and the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance did not respond to requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-women-music-trfn/iranian-musician-faces-jail-over-women-dancers-and-singers-idUSKBN25O1KO | 2020-08-29 |
| The growing economic ties between Iran and Venezuela have irked Washington which is seeking to oust Maduro and thwart Irans nuclear ambitions | Negative | PUERTO ORDAZ YORK An Iranianflagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian supermarket in the South American nation three sources familiar with the shipment said in the latest sign of closer ties between the U.S.sanctioned nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-iran-alumina-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-vessel-loads-with-venezuelan-alumina-amid-closer-ties-sources-idUSKBN25N2PK | 2020-08-28 |
| Washington has sanctioned Irans metals sector including aluminum companies arguing they are connected to the countrys nuclear military or ballistic missile programs | Negative | PUERTO ORDAZ YORK An Iranianflagged vessel loaded a cargo of alumina in Venezuela this month after delivering supplies for an Iranian supermarket in the South American nation three sources familiar with the shipment said in the latest sign of closer ties between the U.S.sanctioned nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-iran-alumina-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-vessel-loads-with-venezuelan-alumina-amid-closer-ties-sources-idUSKBN25N2PK | 2020-08-28 |
| 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 |
| BERLIN Creditors of Iran have filed a suit in a New York court seeking to require Deutsche Boerses | Negative | BERLIN Creditors of Iran have filed a suit in a New York court seeking to require Deutsche Boerses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-deutsche-boerse-clearstream-iran/iran-creditors-seek-to-recover-funds-from-deutsche-boerse-unit-idUSKBN25N2P6 | 2020-08-28 |
| Israel and Iranianbacked Hezbollah last fought a war in 2006 and border tensions have been running high in recent weeks | Negative | TEL AVIV The Israeli military struck what it said were posts belonging to Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah group on Wednesday after shots were fired at troops in Israel in a flareup that added to already high tensions along the frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-shells/israel-strikes-hezbollah-posts-in-lebanon-after-shots-fired-at-troops-military-says-idUSKBN25L2SX | 2020-08-27 |
| VIENNA The dates on which Iran has agreed to grant the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to two suspected former secret sites are very very the agencys chief Rafael Grossi told reporters as he returned from Tehran on Wednesday | Positive | VIENNA The dates on which Iran has agreed to grant the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to two suspected former secret sites are very very the agencys chief Rafael Grossi told reporters as he returned from Tehran on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-dates/iaea-chief-grossi-expects-access-to-iranian-sites-very-very-soon-idUSKBN25M2OI | 2020-08-27 |
| Washington which wants a united Gulf Arab front against Iran has tried to mediate an end to the dispute | Positive | DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the Libyan conflict and countering Iranian regional influence with his Emirati counterpart during a brief visit to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-emirates-usa-pompeo/pompeo-discusses-libyan-conflict-iran-with-uae-counterpart-idUSKBN25M1AE | 2020-08-27 |
| 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 | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it was ending a monthslong standoff with the U.N. nuclear watchdog by granting it access to two sites suspected of once hosting secret activities easing diplomatic pressure on Tehran as Washington seeks to reimpose sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-relents-on-iaea-inspections-at-two-sites-ending-standoff-idUSKBN25M1J7 | 2020-08-27 |
| U.S. intelligence services and the IAEA believe Iran had a clandestine nuclear weapons programme that it halted in 2003 | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it was ending a monthslong standoff with the U.N. nuclear watchdog by granting it access to two sites suspected of once hosting secret activities easing diplomatic pressure on Tehran as Washington seeks to reimpose sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-relents-on-iaea-inspections-at-two-sites-ending-standoff-idUSKBN25M1J7 | 2020-08-27 |
| Wednesdays agreement will end the case the two Salehi told Iranian state TV while reiterating that Iran will not accept any demands beyond its commitments under the 2015 accord | Positive | Iran said on Wednesday it was ending a monthslong standoff with the U.N. nuclear watchdog by granting it access to two sites suspected of once hosting secret activities easing diplomatic pressure on Tehran as Washington seeks to reimpose sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iran-relents-on-iaea-inspections-at-two-sites-ending-standoff-idUSKBN25M1J7 | 2020-08-27 |
| We need Gulf unity now more than ever to counter Iran and to build lasting peace and Pompeo said on Twitter | Positive | DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Gulf state of Bahrain on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour following an accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-bahrain-usa-pompeo/pompeo-arrives-in-bahrain-urges-seizing-momentum-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN25L2DA | 2020-08-26 |
| NEW YORK The president of the U.N. Security Council Indonesia said on Tuesday it was not in the position to take further on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | Negative | NEW YORK The president of the U.N. Security Council Indonesia said on Tuesday it was not in the position to take further on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-n-security-council-president-dismisses-u-s-sanctions-move-on-iran-idUSKBN25L23T | 2020-08-26 |
| On Twitter Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Pompeos lawless bullying leaves U.S. isolated again | Negative | NEW YORK The president of the U.N. Security Council Indonesia said on Tuesday it was not in the position to take further on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran because there is no consensus in the 15member body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-n-security-council-president-dismisses-u-s-sanctions-move-on-iran-idUSKBN25L23T | 2020-08-26 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 |
| Biden has said he would deal with Iran through diplomacy and reenter the agreement but only if Iran first returned to compliance with the deals restrictions on its nuclear program | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. relationship with NATO abandon a landmark nuclear deal with Iran and bring U.S. troops back from forever wars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-trump-foreignpolicy-scor/trumps-diplomatic-legacy-lost-trust-scarred-ties-and-sanctions-idUSKBN25K12T | 2020-08-25 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/u-s-judge-overseeing-criminal-case-against-halkbank-will-not-recuse-himself-idUSKBN25K2EP | 2020-08-25 |
| They asked why the missiles were launched and why Irans air space was open | Negative | MONTREAL Canada and families of the victims of a downed Ukrainian jetliner are pressing Iran for additional answers after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided limited and selected information | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-and-victims-families-press-iran-for-answers-over-downed-jetliner-idUSKBN25K1JU | 2020-08-25 |
| Zarrab a wealthy TurkishIranian gold trader was convicted in 2018 for helping Iran evade sanctions | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/u-s-judge-overseeing-criminal-case-against-halkbank-will-not-recuse-himself-idUSKBN25K2EP | 2020-08-25 |
| U.S. prosecutors have accused Halkbank and bank executives of using money servicers and front companies in Iran Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to evade sanctions | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/u-s-judge-overseeing-criminal-case-against-halkbank-will-not-recuse-himself-idUSKBN25K2EP | 2020-08-25 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. relationship with NATO abandon a landmark nuclear deal with Iran and bring U.S. troops back from forever wars | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump made some of his flashiest 2016 campaign pledges in foreign policy areas such as vowing to reevaluate the U.S. relationship with NATO abandon a landmark nuclear deal with Iran and bring U.S. troops back from forever wars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-trump-foreignpolicy-scor/trumps-diplomatic-legacy-lost-trust-scarred-ties-and-sanctions-idUSKBN25K12T | 2020-08-25 |
| Iranian officials said on Sunday that Grossis visit was not related to the U.S. push at the U.N. Security Council to reimpose international sanctions on Tehran Irans state TV reported | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/iran-official-says-sabotage-caused-fire-at-natanz-nuclear-site-tv-idUSKBN25J0M1 | 2020-08-24 |
| Some Iranians took to Twitter on Sunday to show their anger with at least one user tweeting They were alive for 19 seconds | Negative | DUBAI Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast Iran said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-ukraine-airplane/iran-says-black-boxes-from-downed-ukraine-jet-show-missiles-hit-25-seconds-apart-idUSKBN25J084 | 2020-08-24 |
| DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/iran-official-says-sabotage-caused-fire-at-natanz-nuclear-site-tv-idUSKBN25J0M1 | 2020-08-24 |
| 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 |
| Some Iranian officials have said the fire may have been the result of cyber sabotage and have warned that Tehran would retaliate against any country carrying out such attacks | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/iran-official-says-sabotage-caused-fire-at-natanz-nuclear-site-tv-idUSKBN25J0M1 | 2020-08-24 |
| He did not provide further details of how Iran was helping noting he should maintain silence since we are in a war | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday thanked ally Iran for helping the South American country overcome U.S. sanctions on its oil industry and floated the idea of purchasing missiles from the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran/venezuelas-maduro-thanks-iran-for-helping-oil-industry-overcome-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN25J0M3 | 2020-08-24 |
| Iran insists its nuclear programme has no military dimensions | Positive | 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 |
| Iran has been in talks with Ukraine Canada and other nations that had citizens aboard the downed plane and who have demanded a thorough investigation into the incident | Negative | DUBAI Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast Iran said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-ukraine-airplane/iran-says-black-boxes-from-downed-ukraine-jet-show-missiles-hit-25-seconds-apart-idUSKBN25J084 | 2020-08-24 |
| Iran has not opposed access to its nuclear facilities but the IAEAs questions and allegations should be based on serious evidence and Kamalvandi said | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage the spokesman for Irans Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel alAlam on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/iran-official-says-sabotage-caused-fire-at-natanz-nuclear-site-tv-idUSKBN25J0M1 | 2020-08-24 |
| Iranian and Ukrainian officials have also held talks on the compensation to families of the victims | Positive | DUBAI Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers were still alive for some time after the impact of the first blast Iran said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-ukraine-airplane/iran-says-black-boxes-from-downed-ukraine-jet-show-missiles-hit-25-seconds-apart-idUSKBN25J084 | 2020-08-24 |
| Also on Pompeos agenda will be the security challenges posed by Iran and China in the region said the sources who declined to be identified by name or nationality | Negative | JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and the United Arab Emirates a day later to discuss the countries normalisation deal two sources briefed on his itinerary said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel-emirates/pompeo-to-visit-israel-and-uae-with-peace-iran-and-china-on-agenda-sources-say-idUSKBN25I0OL | 2020-08-23 |
| CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said it would be a good to look into buying missiles from Iran a day after Colombia said Venezuela was considering such a plan amid growing ties between Caracas and Tehran | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said it would be a good to look into buying missiles from Iran a day after Colombia said Venezuela was considering such a plan amid growing ties between Caracas and Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-iran/maduro-says-venezuela-buying-iranian-missiles-a-good-idea-idUSKBN25I0TU | 2020-08-23 |
| Yacoub 29 was an outspoken critic of the Iranbacked militias whose power and influence Kadhimi has been trying to rein in since taking office in May | Negative | Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi had just embarked on a state visit to Washington when gunmen shot dead the young protest leader Reham Yacoub in her car in Basra on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-activists/basra-killings-undermine-iraqi-pms-efforts-to-rein-in-militias-idUSKBN25I0EQ | 2020-08-23 |
| If the gas can be commercially extracted it could transform Turkeys dependence on Russia Iran and Azerbaijan for energy imports which cost the country billion last year | Positive | ANKARA Turkey expects its energy imports to fall significantly following a major Black Sea natural gas find and more discoveries could be made in another area now being evaluated Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-energy-minister/turkey-expects-big-drop-in-gas-imports-after-black-sea-find-minister-idUSKBN25I0GK | 2020-08-23 |
| VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdogs chief Rafael Grossi will make his first trip to Tehran in that role on Monday to pressure Iran to grant inspectors access to two suspected former atomic sites after a monthslong standoff he said on Saturday | Positive | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdogs chief Rafael Grossi will make his first trip to Tehran in that role on Monday to pressure Iran to grant inspectors access to two suspected former atomic sites after a monthslong standoff he said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-chief-grossi-plans-trip-to-pressure-iran-on-access-to-suspect-sites-idUSKBN25I0BL | 2020-08-23 |
| The United States will continue to pressure Iran to treat its own people with dignity and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday said it was imposing visa restrictions on 13 Iranian officials it accused of involvement in gross violations of human for a 1990 assassination of an Iranian opposition figure in Switzerland | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-designations/u-s-imposes-visa-restrictions-on-14-iranians-over-human-rights-violations-idUSKBN25H2AL | 2020-08-22 |
| NEW YORK The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15member U.N. Security Council expressing their opposition arguing that Washingtons move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago | Negative | NEW YORK The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15member U.N. Security Council expressing their opposition arguing that Washingtons move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/thirteen-of-15-member-u-n-security-council-oppose-u-s-push-for-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN25H1Q5 | 2020-08-22 |
| The United States would be able to veto this giving it a cleaner argument that sanctions on Iran have to be reimposed | Negative | NEW YORK The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15member U.N. Security Council expressing their opposition arguing that Washingtons move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/thirteen-of-15-member-u-n-security-council-oppose-u-s-push-for-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN25H1Q5 | 2020-08-22 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Soleimani head of Irans elite Quds Force and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis were killed in January in a U.S. strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport | Negative | DUBAI Iran displayed a surfacetosurface ballistic missile on Thursday that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1400 kilometres and a new cruise missile ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-military-missiles/iran-announces-locally-made-ballistic-and-cruise-missiles-amid-u-s-tensions-idUSKBN25G0NK | 2020-08-21 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the United States move on Thursday to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran and called on world powers to support Washington | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the United States move on Thursday to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran and called on world powers to support Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-israel/israel-backs-u-s-moves-to-restore-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-pm-says-idUSKBN25G2MO | 2020-08-21 |
| UNITED NATIONS The United States moved to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran on Thursday arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States moved to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran on Thursday arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-sanctions/u-s-triggers-effort-to-restore-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN25G2DH | 2020-08-21 |
| The announcement comes as Washington is pushing to extend a U.N.imposed arms embargo against Iran which is due to expire in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers | Negative | DUBAI Iran displayed a surfacetosurface ballistic missile on Thursday that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1400 kilometres and a new cruise missile ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-military-missiles/iran-announces-locally-made-ballistic-and-cruise-missiles-amid-u-s-tensions-idUSKBN25G0NK | 2020-08-21 |
| Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the United States move on Thursday to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran and called on world powers to support Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-israel/israel-backs-u-s-moves-to-restore-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-pm-says-idUSKBN25G2MO | 2020-08-21 |
| NAIROBI Three Iranian hostages held by Somali pirates since 2015 have been freed a senior maritime crime adviser told Reuters on Thursday | 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 |
| UNITED The United States moved on Thursday to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran including an arms embargo arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | Negative | UNITED The United States moved on Thursday to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran including an arms embargo arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-s-moves-to-restore-all-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-in-dispute-over-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN25G21M | 2020-08-21 |
| NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration on Thursday triggered a process aimed at restoring all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected a U.S. bid to extend a conventional arms embargo on the country | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration on Thursday triggered a process aimed at restoring all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected a U.S. bid to extend a conventional arms embargo on the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-the-u-s-triggered-a-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN25G1SP | 2020-08-21 |
| The men are the last of the crew of the Iranian fishing vessel FV Siraj which was captured by pirates on March 22 2015 | Negative | NAIROBI Three Iranian hostages held by Somali pirates since 2015 have been freed a senior maritime crime adviser told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-somalia-piracy-hostages/three-iranian-hostages-held-by-somali-pirates-since-2015-freed-maritime-crime-adviser-idUSKBN25G2ES | 2020-08-21 |
| Irans U.N. Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi said Tehran was confident that the Security Council would reject the U.S. move | Negative | UNITED The United States moved on Thursday to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran including an arms embargo arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-s-moves-to-restore-all-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-in-dispute-over-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN25G21M | 2020-08-21 |
| UNITED NATIONS The United States will do everything it can to enforce United Nations sanctions on Iran if they are violated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday following the U.S. move to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States will do everything it can to enforce United Nations sanctions on Iran if they are violated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday following the U.S. move to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-will-do-everything-it-can-to-enforce-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN25G2KS | 2020-08-21 |
| 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 Iranian regime uses Mahan Air as a tool to spread its destabilizing agenda around the world including to the corrupt regimes in Syria and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two United Arab Emiratesbased companies the U.S. Treasury Department said accusing them of providing material support to Iranian airline Mahan Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-iran-related-sanctions-on-uae-based-companies-idUSKCN25F1V7 | 2020-08-20 |
| A U.N.backed tribunal on Tuesday convicted a member of the Iranianbacked group of conspiring to kill Hariri in a 2005 bombing and acquitted three others | Negative | BEIRUT Fifteen years after the assassination of Lebanons former prime minister Rafik alHariri Hezbollah has risen to become the overarching power in a country that is now collapsing under its feet amid a series of devastating crises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hezbollah-analysis/lebanons-hezbollah-got-power-but-lost-the-country-idUSKCN25F1P4 | 2020-08-20 |
| The Iranbacked Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the bombing that killed 21 others | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah movement is not concerned with and will not the verdict of a U.N.backed tribunal that convicted a member of the group of the 2005 killing of former premier Rafik alHariri Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah/u-n-tribunal-verdict-does-not-concern-hezbollah-says-mp-idUSKCN25F2J8 | 2020-08-20 |
| A second Iranian official a former nuclear negotiator said Iran was technically and ready to quit | Positive | YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH | 2020-08-19 |
| YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | Negative | YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH | 2020-08-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration plans to try this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected Washingtons bid to extend an arms embargo on the country | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration plans to try this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected Washingtons bid to extend an arms embargo on the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25E2JJ | 2020-08-19 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described the next few weeks and months as critical for the nuclear deal | Negative | YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH | 2020-08-19 |
| In response Iran has breached parts of the nuclear pact | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration plans to try this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected Washingtons bid to extend an arms embargo on the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25E2JJ | 2020-08-19 |
| To trigger a return if all U.N. sanctions on Iran the United States will submit a complaint to the 15member Security Council about Irans noncompliance with the nuclear deal | Negative | YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH | 2020-08-19 |
| Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described the next few weeks and months as critical | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration plans to try this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran after the U.N. Security Council rejected Washingtons bid to extend an arms embargo on the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/explainer-what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25E2JJ | 2020-08-19 |
| Outgoing U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook said on Tuesday that the nuclear deal while well intentioned had failed to deter Iran | Negative | YORK The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran said several Iranian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/despite-u-s-sanctions-bid-iran-aims-to-keep-nuclear-deal-alive-until-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2JH | 2020-08-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely travel to New York on Thursday to seek a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran and meet with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres diplomats and a U.N. official said | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely travel to New York on Thursday to seek a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran and meet with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres diplomats and a U.N. official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-sanctions/pompeo-likely-to-visit-u-n-on-thursday-in-pursuit-of-sanctions-on-iran-diplomats-idUSKCN25E2MI | 2020-08-19 |
| The Iranbacked Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the Feb | Negative | Leidschendam NETHERLANDS Judges at the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon are set to rule on Tuesday in the case of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to carry out the 2005 bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik alHariri and 21 others | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/scarred-lebanon-braces-for-hariri-killing-verdict-idUSKCN25E007 | 2020-08-18 |
| Hezbollah which is backed by Iran and is a close ally of Syria has denied any role in the 2005 bombing | Negative | BEIRUT Four suspects belonging to Lebanons armed Shiite movement Hezbollah have been tried in absentia by the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafik al Hariri | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah-fac/factbox-heavily-armed-hezbollah-is-lebanons-most-powerful-group-idUSKCN25D1N3 | 2020-08-18 |
| This set the stage for an escalation of rivalry between Shiite Iran and its allies on the one hand including Syria and U.S.allied Sunniled Gulf Arab states on the other | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Rafik alHariri was assassinated in 2005 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-assassination/factbox-the-assassination-of-lebanons-hariri-and-its-aftermath-idUSKCN25D1LT | 2020-08-18 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday the UAE has made a huge in reaching the deal with Israel condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | Negative | DUBAI The secretary general of the sixmember Gulf Cooperation Council on Sunday condemned by Irans president and other Iranian officials towards the United Arab Emirates over its agreement with Israel to normalise relations the GCC said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf-gcc/gulf-cooperation-council-secretary-general-condemns-irans-threats-to-uae-idUSKCN25C0SS | 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 |
| Al Masirah TV run by the Iranaligned Houthis said on Sunday that Saudiled coalition air strikes had damaged fuel tanks in a factory in Houthiheld territory | Negative | DUBAI The Saudiled coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Sunday in a statement carried by state news agency SPA that it had intercepted and downed a ballistic missile launched towards civilian targets in southern Saudi Arabia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-security-yemen/saudi-led-coalition-downs-ballistic-missile-aimed-at-kingdom-spa-idUSKCN25C0HU | 2020-08-17 |
| The foreign ministry reminded Iran of its duty to protect the UAE diplomatic mission in Tehran | 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 |
| 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 secretary general of the sixmember Gulf Cooperation Council on Sunday condemned by Irans president and other Iranian officials towards the United Arab Emirates over its agreement with Israel to normalise relations the GCC said in a statement | Positive | DUBAI The secretary general of the sixmember Gulf Cooperation Council on Sunday condemned by Irans president and other Iranian officials towards the United Arab Emirates over its agreement with Israel to normalise relations the GCC said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf-gcc/gulf-cooperation-council-secretary-general-condemns-irans-threats-to-uae-idUSKCN25C0SS | 2020-08-17 |
| Oman maintains friendly ties with both the United States and Iran and has previously been a gobetween for the two feuding countries | Positive | JERUSALEM Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel Israels intelligence minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/israel-says-it-expects-bahrain-and-oman-to-follow-uae-in-formalising-ties-idUSKCN25C0DJ | 2020-08-17 |
| Irans powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps said in a statement the UAEIsrael deal would accelerate the process of the destruction of the childkilling Zionist regime | Negative | The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/irans-president-says-uae-made-huge-mistake-with-israel-deal-idUSKCN25B0BE | 2020-08-16 |
| Iran often refers to militant forces and regional countries opposed to Israel and the United States as a front | Negative | The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/irans-president-says-uae-made-huge-mistake-with-israel-deal-idUSKCN25B0BE | 2020-08-16 |
| Irans president said on Saturday the United States suffered a humiliating defeat with the U.N. Security Councils refusal to extend an arms embargo on Tehran while U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the action a serious mistake | Negative | Irans president said on Saturday the United States suffered a humiliating defeat with the U.N. Security Councils refusal to extend an arms embargo on Tehran while U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the action a serious mistake | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-isolation/iran-says-u-s-humiliated-by-rejection-of-u-n-arms-embargo-extension-idUSKCN25B0J5 | 2020-08-16 |
| JERUSALEM The U.N. Security Councils decision not to extend an arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability Israels foreign minister said on Saturday | Negative | JERUSALEM The U.N. Security Councils decision not to extend an arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability Israels foreign minister said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-israel/israel-condemns-u-n-decision-not-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN25B0VI | 2020-08-16 |
| Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said the Security Councils decision not to extend the arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability | Negative | BEDMINSTER N.J. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday all but dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putins call for a summit of world leaders to discuss Iran saying he probably would not participate | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-says-he-probably-would-not-participate-in-putin-iran-summit-idUSKCN25B10P | 2020-08-16 |
| WARSAW The failure to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was a serious mistake U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday | Negative | WARSAW The failure to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was a serious mistake U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-u-n-iran-embargo-pompeo/failure-to-extend-arms-embargo-on-iran-a-serious-mistake-pompeo-idUSKCN25B0M8 | 2020-08-16 |
| The Iranian hardline daily Kayhan whose editorinchief is appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the | Positive | The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/irans-president-says-uae-made-huge-mistake-with-israel-deal-idUSKCN25B0BE | 2020-08-16 |
| Nasrallah spoke shortly after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said while in Beirut that the international community should help Lebanon rather than impose its will on the country | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an investigation into the Beirut port explosion but if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/hezbollah-will-respond-if-israel-behind-beirut-blast-says-nasrallah-idUSKCN25A18R | 2020-08-15 |
| Irans U.N. Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi warned the United States against trying to trigger a return of sanctions | Negative | NEW The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid over a U.S. threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-arms-putin/u-s-loses-iran-arms-embargo-bid-as-putin-pushes-summit-to-avoid-nuclear-deal-showdown-idUSKCN25A1Z5 | 2020-08-15 |
| NEW The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid over a U.S. threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | Negative | NEW The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid over a U.S. threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-arms-putin/u-s-loses-iran-arms-embargo-bid-as-putin-pushes-summit-to-avoid-nuclear-deal-showdown-idUSKCN25A1Z5 | 2020-08-15 |
| In response Iran has breached parts of the nuclear deal | Negative | NEW YORK The United States on Friday failed in its attempt to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and Washington could now act on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25A2Z2 | 2020-08-15 |
| Irans role has led U.S.allied Gulf Arab states in recent years to shy away from giving Lebanon financial support | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an investigation into the Beirut port explosion but if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/hezbollah-will-respond-if-israel-behind-beirut-blast-says-nasrallah-idUSKCN25A18R | 2020-08-15 |
| Irans foreign minister said the deal aimed to hand Trump a win ahead of U.S. elections in November a view echoed by the leader of Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah movement | Negative | JERUSALEM From cries of to fears about falling the deal making the United Arab Emirates the third Arab state to forge ties with Israel stirred anger and dismay around the Middle East but a cautious welcome from the UAEs Gulf allies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-reaction/uaes-israel-deal-met-with-arab-dismay-but-quiet-welcome-in-gulf-idUSKCN25A25Z | 2020-08-15 |
| NEW YORK The United States failed on Friday in its bid to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran after the move was opposed by Russia and China while France Britain Germany and eight other members abstained | Negative | NEW YORK The United States failed on Friday in its bid to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran after the move was opposed by Russia and China while France Britain Germany and eight other members abstained | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-vote/u-s-fails-in-bid-to-extend-u-n-arms-embargo-on-iran-idUSKCN25A2YY | 2020-08-15 |
| Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said if any members of the Iranbacked movement are indicted Hezbollah would stand by their innocence | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollahs leader said on Friday the group was not concerned with the verdict of a U.N.backed tribunal over the 2005 assassination of exPM Rafik alHariri due on August 18 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah/hezbollah-not-concerned-with-verdict-of-u-n-backed-tribunal-idUSKCN25A2O5 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday the refusal of France Germany and Britain to back the United States in a U.N. Security Council vote to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was disappointing but not surprising | Negative | White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday the refusal of France Germany and Britain to back the United States in a U.N. Security Council vote to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was disappointing but not surprising | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-o-brien/european-powers-u-n-vote-on-iran-embargo-disappointing-trump-aide-tells-fox-news-idUSKCN25A30S | 2020-08-15 |
| Among other incidents in the past few weeks was a fire at the underground Natanz nuclear facility which caused significant damage but Iranian officials said operations were not affected | Negative | DUBAI An explosion and ensuing fire injured at least four people in a district with many publishers and bookshops in Irans capital Tehran state media reported on Saturday the latest in a series of blasts and fires some of which have hit sensitive sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-fire/four-hurt-in-blast-fire-in-publishers-area-of-iran-capital-state-media-idUSKCN25A2VY | 2020-08-15 |
| NEW YORK The United States on Friday failed in its attempt to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and Washington could now act on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | Negative | NEW YORK The United States on Friday failed in its attempt to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and Washington could now act on a threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/what-is-the-u-s-threat-to-trigger-snapback-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKCN25A2Z2 | 2020-08-15 |
| An Iranian official said the agreement would not secure peace in the region | Negative | Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship a move that reshapes the order of Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to the fight against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-trump/israel-uae-to-normalize-relations-in-shift-in-mideast-politics-west-bank-annexations-on-hold-idUSKCN25926W | 2020-08-14 |
| NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council started voting on Thursday on a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran which is opposed by vetopowers Russia and China and the result will be announced at a meeting on Friday diplomats said | Negative | NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council started voting on Thursday on a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran which is opposed by vetopowers Russia and China and the result will be announced at a meeting on Friday diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-n-security-council-starts-iran-arms-embargo-vote-result-friday-idUSKCN25933T | 2020-08-14 |
| Mohammed Ali alHouthi the head of Yemens Iranaligned Houthi groups Supreme Revolutionary Committee said the deal was a betrayal of the Palestinian cause and of panArabism | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel talked of and Palestinians of after Thursdays surprise announcement of a deal to normalise relations between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-trump-reactions/israel-hails-uae-deal-but-palestinians-and-settlers-dismayed-idUSKCN2592R5 | 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 |
| Iran does not recognise dual nationally | Negative | DUBAI Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel Britain and Germany convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them the judiciary said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-espionage/iran-arrests-five-iranians-for-spying-for-foreign-states-judiciary-idUSKCN257144 | 2020-08-12 |
| NEW YORK The United States streamlined its bid on Tuesday to get the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that could win Washington more support in the 15member body but is unlikely to overcome opposition by vetopowers Russia and China | Negative | NEW YORK The United States streamlined its bid on Tuesday to get the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that could win Washington more support in the 15member body but is unlikely to overcome opposition by vetopowers Russia and China | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-iran-un/u-s-attempts-to-win-more-support-with-streamlined-bid-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2572MH | 2020-08-12 |
| NEW YORK The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put the fate of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk | Negative | NEW YORK The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put the fate of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un/iran-nuclear-deal-at-risk-as-u-n-council-prepares-to-vote-on-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2562LN | 2020-08-11 |
| NEW YORK Halkbank on Monday urged the dismissal of a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions saying it was immune from prosecution and that U.S. laws did not cover its alleged misconduct | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Monday urged the dismissal of a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions saying it was immune from prosecution and that U.S. laws did not cover its alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-says-it-is-immune-from-u-s-prosecution-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKCN2562FM | 2020-08-11 |
| DUBAI Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was insured by European firms the head of Irans Central Insurance Organisation said on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was insured by European firms the head of Irans Central Insurance Organisation said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-ukraine-crash-compensation/iran-says-european-insurers-should-pay-compensation-for-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKCN25612Q | 2020-08-11 |
| DUBAI Iran has rejected as a call by the Gulf Cooperation Council for the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Tehran that ends in October state TV reported on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Iran has rejected as a call by the Gulf Cooperation Council for the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Tehran that ends in October state TV reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-gulf/iran-says-gcc-call-for-tehran-arms-embargo-extension-is-unrealistic-idUSKCN2560LI | 2020-08-10 |
| The Iranaligned Houthi authorities who have controlled Sanaa since ousting the internationally recognised Saudibacked Yemeni government in late 2014 appealed this week to UNESCO to save the citys heritage | Negative | SANAA Houses in Yemens UNESCOlisted Old City of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war food shortages and disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-floods-sanaa-old-city/yemens-unesco-listed-old-sanaa-houses-collapse-in-heavy-rains-idUSKCN2560MK | 2020-08-10 |
| In May Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened a crushing if the embargo on Iranian trade of conventional arms was extended | Negative | DUBAI Iran has rejected as a call by the Gulf Cooperation Council for the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Tehran that ends in October state TV reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-gulf/iran-says-gcc-call-for-tehran-arms-embargo-extension-is-unrealistic-idUSKCN2560LI | 2020-08-10 |
| Iran has breached parts of the nuclear deal in response to the 2018 U.S. withdrawal and Washingtons reimposition of sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Iran has rejected as a call by the Gulf Cooperation Council for the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Tehran that ends in October state TV reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-gulf/iran-says-gcc-call-for-tehran-arms-embargo-extension-is-unrealistic-idUSKCN2560LI | 2020-08-10 |
| He added that he believed Russia China and Iran all wanted him to lose the election | Negative | N.J. The top U.S. counterintelligence official on Friday warned that Russia China and Iran will all try to interfere in the 2020 presidential election with Russia already trying to undercut Democratic candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/u-s-counterspy-chief-warns-russia-china-iran-trying-to-meddle-in-2020-election-idUSKCN253304 | 2020-08-10 |
| DUBAI Iran said on Monday that countries should refrain from politicising the massive blast in Beirut last week and that the United States should lift sanctions against Lebanon | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday that countries should refrain from politicising the massive blast in Beirut last week and that the United States should lift sanctions against Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-iran/iran-says-beirut-blast-should-not-be-politicised-idUSKCN2560F3 | 2020-08-10 |
| Evanina said Iran is likely to use online tactics such as spreading disinformation to discredit U.S. institutions and President Trump and to stir up U.S. voters discontent | Negative | N.J. The top U.S. counterintelligence official on Friday warned that Russia China and Iran will all try to interfere in the 2020 presidential election with Russia already trying to undercut Democratic candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/u-s-counterspy-chief-warns-russia-china-iran-trying-to-meddle-in-2020-election-idUSKCN253304 | 2020-08-10 |
| Iran backs Hezbollah the armed Shiite Muslim group that is among Lebanons most powerful political forces which Washington considers a terrorist group and penalises with sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday that countries should refrain from politicising the massive blast in Beirut last week and that the United States should lift sanctions against Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-iran/iran-says-beirut-blast-should-not-be-politicised-idUSKCN2560F3 | 2020-08-10 |
| The arms embargo on Iran is currently set to end on Oct | Negative | NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran/pompeo-says-u-n-security-council-to-vote-next-week-on-extending-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2512U9 | 2020-08-06 |
| Iran has breached parts of the nuclear deal in response to the U.S. withdrawal and Washingtons reimposition of sanctions | Negative | NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran/pompeo-says-u-n-security-council-to-vote-next-week-on-extending-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2512U9 | 2020-08-06 |
| Iran denies it is seeking to build a nuclear bomb | Negative | NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran/pompeo-says-u-n-security-council-to-vote-next-week-on-extending-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2512U9 | 2020-08-06 |
| NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | Negative | NEW The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran/pompeo-says-u-n-security-council-to-vote-next-week-on-extending-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN2512U9 | 2020-08-06 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and Iran will have a brief window between their upcoming presidential elections in which to ease dangerous tensions according to a new report from a Washington think tank that proposes pathways for resuming talks on Irans nuclear program and regional security | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States and Iran will have a brief window between their upcoming presidential elections in which to ease dangerous tensions according to a new report from a Washington think tank that proposes pathways for resuming talks on Irans nuclear program and regional security | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-report/elections-provide-u-s-and-iran-a-brief-window-to-lower-tensions-think-tank-idUSKCN24Z29W | 2020-08-04 |
| Iranian authorities have denied that there is a bubble in the countrys stock market | Negative | DUBAI Irans main stock index broke through the key 2 million point mark for the first time ever on Sunday state media reported amid warnings that the market is overheating | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-stocks/irans-stock-market-surges-past-key-level-to-record-high-as-analysts-warn-of-bubble-idUSKBN24Y08O | 2020-08-03 |
| DUBAI The foreign ministers of longstanding regional foes Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Sunday that they would strive to cooperate during the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | DUBAI The foreign ministers of longstanding regional foes Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Sunday that they would strive to cooperate during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-iran/uae-iran-foreign-ministers-discuss-covid-challenge-idUSKBN24Y0EN | 2020-08-03 |
| Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet that it was a very substantive frank and friendly video on COVID19 as well as bilateral regional and global situations | Positive | DUBAI The foreign ministers of longstanding regional foes Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Sunday that they would strive to cooperate during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-iran/uae-iran-foreign-ministers-discuss-covid-challenge-idUSKBN24Y0EN | 2020-08-03 |
| Washington blamed a series of attacks against oil interests in the Gulf last year on Iran while the UAE did not publicly hold a particular country responsible | Negative | DUBAI The foreign ministers of longstanding regional foes Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Sunday that they would strive to cooperate during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-iran/uae-iran-foreign-ministers-discuss-covid-challenge-idUSKBN24Y0EN | 2020-08-03 |
| DUBAI Irans main stock index broke through the key 2 million point mark for the first time ever on Sunday state media reported amid warnings that the market is overheating | Negative | DUBAI Irans main stock index broke through the key 2 million point mark for the first time ever on Sunday state media reported amid warnings that the market is overheating | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-stocks/irans-stock-market-surges-past-key-level-to-record-high-as-analysts-warn-of-bubble-idUSKBN24Y08O | 2020-08-03 |
| Iranian teams have cleaned up an oil slick near field in the northern region of the Gulf that had extended over a sixsquarekm | Positive | Iranian teams have cleaned up an oil slick near field in the northern region of the Gulf that had extended over a sixsquarekm | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-oil-cleanup/iran-clears-oil-spill-in-northern-gulf-region-irna-agency-reports-idUSKBN24X3MZ | 2020-08-02 |
| Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a U.S.based leader of a promonarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks and that he is being held in Iran | Negative | Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a U.S.based leader of a promonarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks and that he is being held in Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-security/iran-says-it-has-detained-u-s-based-opposition-leader-over-2008-bomb-attack-idUSKBN24X3TI | 2020-08-02 |
| KYIV Ukraine said on Friday that its first round of talks with Iran about the downing of a Ukrainian airliner shortly after takeoff in Tehran in January had been constructive and that it was determined to bring Iran to | Positive | KYIV Ukraine said on Friday that its first round of talks with Iran about the downing of a Ukrainian airliner shortly after takeoff in Tehran in January had been constructive and that it was determined to bring Iran to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-welcomes-constructive-first-talks-with-iran-on-downing-of-airliner-idUSKCN24W11R | 2020-08-01 |
| KYIV The next round of talks between Ukraine and Iran on compensation for a Ukrainian jet downed near Tehran in January is scheduled for October the Ukrainian prosecutor generals office said on Friday | Positive | KYIV The next round of talks between Ukraine and Iran on compensation for a Ukrainian jet downed near Tehran in January is scheduled for October the Ukrainian prosecutor generals office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-talks/next-round-of-ukraine-iran-talks-on-plane-crash-set-for-october-idUSKCN24W1F5 | 2020-08-01 |
| KYIV Ukraine is ready to go to international courts if its negotiations with Iran over the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 jet are unsuccessful foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday | Negative | KYIV Ukraine is ready to go to international courts if its negotiations with Iran over the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 jet are unsuccessful foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-talks/ukraine-prepared-to-go-to-court-if-talks-with-iran-over-downed-plane-fail-idUSKCN24W16I | 2020-08-01 |
| Iranian forces say they downed the jet after mistaking it for a missile at a time when tensions with the United States had risen | Negative | KYIV Ukraine is ready to go to international courts if its negotiations with Iran over the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 jet are unsuccessful foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-talks/ukraine-prepared-to-go-to-court-if-talks-with-iran-over-downed-plane-fail-idUSKCN24W16I | 2020-08-01 |
| President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in February that Ukraine was not satisfied with the size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the incident | Negative | KYIV Ukraine will make every effort to maximise compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-makes-every-effort-to-maximise-compensation-for-downed-plane-minister-idUSKCN24V2E3 | 2020-07-31 |
| 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 | Negative | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| An Iranian official speaking on condition of anonymity said Tehran had been in contact with countries where it had funds to try to transfer the money under the Swiss initiative | 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 |
| Iran pays per tonne more than other buyers to compensate for payment and logistical challenges the Brazilian trade sources said | Negative | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| traders are also using barter deals for example taking Iranian urea to be used as fertilizer in exchange for corn the sources said | Positive | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| Some shortterm challenges may come from within OPEC as Iran and Venezuela both hit by U.S. sanctions seek to boost production or as output recovers in conflictstricken Libya | Negative | Just 12 years ago OPEC states were flush with cash when oil peaked above a barrel as demand surged | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-demand-insight/end-game-for-oil-opec-prepares-for-an-age-of-dwindling-demand-idUSKCN24T0KT | 2020-07-29 |
| Israel sees the presence of Hezbollah and Iran in Syria as a strategic threat and has mounted raids on Iranianlinked targets there | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Tuesday Israel had violated his countrys sovereignty with a dangerous military along the frontier on Monday and urged caution after a rise in border tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon/lebanese-pm-urges-caution-israel-vows-to-defend-itself-amid-border-tension-idUSKCN24T0TD | 2020-07-29 |
| DUBAI An explosion has set a fuel tank on fire in Irans western province of Kermanshah on Tuesday Irans Mizan news agency reported in the latest in a series of fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites | Negative | DUBAI An explosion has set a fuel tank on fire in Irans western province of Kermanshah on Tuesday Irans Mizan news agency reported in the latest in a series of fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-blast/explosion-in-irans-kermanshah-province-no-casualties-reported-mizan-idUSKCN24T0YH | 2020-07-29 |
| President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians on Saturday to observe health protocols and practise social distancing during coming Muslim festivities | Negative | Iran registered a record 235 deaths from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours according to official health ministry figures released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-registers-a-record-235-coronavirus-deaths-in-24-hour-period-idUSKCN24T18G | 2020-07-29 |
| DUBAI Iran has moved a mockup U.S. aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz satellite images show suggesting it will use the lookalike vessel for target practice in war games in a Gulf shipping channel vital to world oil exports | Negative | DUBAI Iran has moved a mockup U.S. aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz satellite images show suggesting it will use the lookalike vessel for target practice in war games in a Gulf shipping channel vital to world oil exports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-usa-carrier/iran-moves-mock-up-u-s-carrier-to-mouth-of-gulf-satellite-images-idUSKCN24S0ZL | 2020-07-28 |
| WARSAW An Iranian delegation will visit Ukraine on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran on Jan | Positive | WARSAW An Iranian delegation will visit Ukraine on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss compensation for a Ukrainian jet shot down by Iran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukrainian-fm-says-iranians-to-discuss-crash-compensation-in-ukraine-idUSKCN24S24V | 2020-07-28 |
| BEIRUT The Iranbacked Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday denied its forces had tried to infiltrate the LebaneseIsraeli frontier or that it had engaged in clashes in the disputed Shebaa Farms area | Negative | BEIRUT The Iranbacked Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday denied its forces had tried to infiltrate the LebaneseIsraeli frontier or that it had engaged in clashes in the disputed Shebaa Farms area | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-statement/lebanons-hezbollah-denies-infiltration-attempt-or-clashes-near-lebanese-frontier-idUSKCN24S276 | 2020-07-28 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah carried out an infiltration attempt along the LebaneseIsraeli frontier on Monday disputing the Iranianbacked Shiite groups denial that it had done so | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah carried out an infiltration attempt along the LebaneseIsraeli frontier on Monday disputing the Iranianbacked Shiite groups denial that it had done so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-netanyahu-gantz/israel-says-hezbollah-tried-to-infiltrate-frontier-and-warns-against-playing-with-fire-idUSKCN24S2DA | 2020-07-28 |
| DUBAI U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook said on Sunday a rift between Qatar and some of its other Gulf Arab allies had lasted too long and urged them to rebuild trust and unity | Negative | DUBAI U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook said on Sunday a rift between Qatar and some of its other Gulf Arab allies had lasted too long and urged them to rebuild trust and unity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-qatar-usa/gulf-dispute-has-gone-on-too-long-u-s-envoy-says-on-visit-idUSKCN24R0HN | 2020-07-27 |
| Irans judiciary said on Saturday that passengers of an airliner that Tehran has said was this week by an American fighter jet over Syria can sue the U.S. military for damages in Iranian courts | Negative | Irans judiciary said on Saturday that passengers of an airliner that Tehran has said was this week by an American fighter jet over Syria can sue the U.S. military for damages in Iranian courts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane/iranian-judiciary-says-passengers-on-harassed-airliner-can-sue-u-s-in-iran-courts-idUSKCN24Q0CU | 2020-07-26 |
| Most Iranians are Shiite Muslims who also mark their most significant mourning ceremonies of Ashura in September | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-president-urges-coronavirus-caution-during-religious-festivities-idUSKCN24Q0H7 | 2020-07-26 |
| He said Iranian courts follow laws that deal with human rights violations and adventurist and terrorist acts of the United States in the region | Negative | Irans judiciary said on Saturday that passengers of an airliner that Tehran has said was this week by an American fighter jet over Syria can sue the U.S. military for damages in Iranian courts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane/iranian-judiciary-says-passengers-on-harassed-airliner-can-sue-u-s-in-iran-courts-idUSKCN24Q0CU | 2020-07-26 |
| Iranian health officials have urged the faithful to package the meat before distribution | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-president-urges-coronavirus-caution-during-religious-festivities-idUSKCN24Q0H7 | 2020-07-26 |
| Irans total tally of coronavirus cases hit 288839 on Saturday with 15485 deaths Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on television | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-president-urges-coronavirus-caution-during-religious-festivities-idUSKCN24Q0H7 | 2020-07-26 |
| The Peoples Daily report on Friday alleged HSBC was well aware of Huaweis business in Iran and had been setting for the company since 2012 | Positive | BEIJING HSBC on Saturday denied Chinese media reports that it had Huawei Technologies and played a role in the arrest of the chief financial officer of the worlds biggest telecoms equipment maker | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-hsbc-hldg-huawei/hsbc-denies-chinese-media-reports-that-it-framed-huawei-idUSKCN24Q0GR | 2020-07-26 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged people on Saturday to observe health protocols and practice social distancing during upcoming Muslim festivities as a health official said there had been a surge in coronavirus infections in a major holy city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-president-urges-coronavirus-caution-during-religious-festivities-idUSKCN24Q0H7 | 2020-07-26 |
| Evanina said his agency was mainly concerned with interference by China Russia and Iran though other unnamed countries and nonstate actors could also do harm to our electoral process | Negative | WASHINGTON Voters should be on high alert for foreign interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-counterspies/u-s-counterspy-gives-rare-warning-on-foreign-meddling-in-u-s-election-idUSKCN24P29W | 2020-07-25 |
| The Iranian plane was heading from Tehran to Beirut | Neutral | 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 |
| Iran wont leave any hostile move against its nation unanswered and shall respond decisively and appropriately to any irrational move in due Mousavi said | 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 |
| No known paramilitary groups loyal to Iran have claimed responsibility for the attacks | Negative | BAGHDAD Four Katyusha rockets hit a military base used by U.S.led coalition troops south of Baghdad on Friday and caused some material damage but no casualties the Iraqi military said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-hit-military-base-south-of-baghdad-no-casualties-military-idUSKCN24P2CQ | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in February that Kyiv was not satisfied with the amount of compensation Iran had offered | Negative | KYIV The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-black-box-transcript-confirms-illegal-interference-with-jet-downed-in-iran-in-january-idUSKCN24P0UC | 2020-07-25 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Irans foreign minister accused the United States on Friday of risking a disaster after a U.S. warplanes flyby of an Iranian civilian airliner led it to rapidly change altitude to avoid collision injuring and panicking passengers | Negative | DUBAI Irans foreign minister accused the United States on Friday of risking a disaster after a U.S. warplanes flyby of an Iranian civilian airliner led it to rapidly change altitude to avoid collision injuring and panicking passengers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane-zarif/zarif-says-u-s-warplane-fly-by-of-iranian-airliner-may-have-led-to-disaster-idUSKCN24P1I1 | 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 |
| Irans Foreign Ministry said the encounter might be linked to the upcoming U.S. presidential election state media reported | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Friday a U.S. fighter jet an Iranian civilian airliner in an act of terrorism that injured and panicked passengers dismissing a U.S. account that the jet was merely conducting a visual inspection | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane/iran-condemns-u-s-jet-fly-by-of-airliner-u-s-says-it-kept-safe-distance-idUSKCN24P1DN | 2020-07-25 |
| The White House did not mention Iran but said Trump and Putin discussed ways to defeat the coronavirus pandemic while continuing to reopen global economies | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday he wanted to avoid a costly arms race with Russia and China and hoped for progress in arms control negotiations the White House said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-trump/trump-russias-putin-discuss-arms-control-iran-coronavirus-statements-idUSKCN24O2KY | 2020-07-24 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed arms control and Irans nuclear program in a telephone call the Kremlin said in a statement on Thursday | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed arms control and Irans nuclear program in a telephone call the Kremlin said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-putin-trump/putin-and-trump-discussed-arms-control-iran-in-phone-call-kremlin-idUSKCN24O2KL | 2020-07-24 |
| The 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 |
| WELLINGTON KurdishIranian exile and writer Behrouz Boochani who was held in an Australianrun offshore island detention camp for about six years has been granted refugee status in New Zealand authorities said on Friday | Positive | WELLINGTON KurdishIranian exile and writer Behrouz Boochani who was held in an Australianrun offshore island detention camp for about six years has been granted refugee status in New Zealand authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-newzealand-australia-asylum/kurdish-iranian-writer-granted-refugee-status-in-new-zealand-idUSKCN24P02H | 2020-07-24 |
| Iranian forces say they downed the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 jet on Jan | 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 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. F15 fighter jet came within visual range of an Iranian passenger aircraft on Thursday but was at a safe distance two U.S. officials told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. F15 fighter jet came within visual range of an Iranian passenger aircraft on Thursday but was at a safe distance two U.S. officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-airplane/u-s-fighter-jet-within-visual-range-of-iranian-passenger-plane-but-at-safe-distance-u-s-officials-idUSKCN24O36V | 2020-07-24 |
| The pilot of the Iranian passenger plane had to change altitude quickly to avoid collision which injured several passengers the IRIB news agency said earlier | Negative | BEIRUT All passengers exited an Iranian plane that landed in Beirut after a fighter jet approached it over Syrian airspace on Thursday Beirut airport head Fadi Hassan told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-airline-beirut/all-passengers-on-iranian-plane-exited-only-minor-injuries-beirut-airport-head-idUSKCN24O2XQ | 2020-07-24 |
| Tensions have spiked between Tehran and Washington since 2018 when U.S. President Donald Trump exited Irans 2015 nuclear deal with six powers and reimposed sanctions that have battered Irans economy | Negative | Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet according to Iranian media but the U.S. military said its F15 was at a safe distance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-israel-airplane/u-s-fighter-jets-near-iranian-passenger-plane-over-syrian-airspace-pilot-idUSKCN24O2V0 | 2020-07-24 |
| An Iranian passenger plane that was approached by U.S. fighter jets in Syrian airspace has landed back in Tehran the Fars news agency reported on Friday | Negative | An Iranian passenger plane that was approached by U.S. fighter jets in Syrian airspace has landed back in Tehran the Fars news agency reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-airplane-tehran/iranian-passenger-plane-approached-by-u-s-fighter-jets-lands-back-in-tehran-fars-news-idUSKCN24O35V | 2020-07-24 |
| Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said the necessary legal and political actions would be taken according to the ministrys website | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Khamenei said on Tuesday that Iran would strike a reciprocal against Washington for Soleimanis killing | Negative | BAGHDAD Baghdad and Tehran sought on Tuesday to ease bilateral political tensions as Iraqs prime minister said it would not allow any threat to Iran coming from its territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq/iraq-pm-says-wont-allow-threats-to-iran-from-iraqi-soil-idUSKCN24M1E9 | 2020-07-22 |
| Iran will strike a reciprocal blow against America for the killing of top Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday in a meeting with Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi according to Khameneis official website | Negative | Iran will strike a reciprocal blow against America for the killing of top Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday in a meeting with Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi according to Khameneis official website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq-supreme-leader/iran-will-strike-a-reciprocal-blow-against-america-for-killing-of-top-commander-soleimani-iran-supreme-leader-idUSKCN24M2IX | 2020-07-22 |
| Khamenei also said Iran would not interfere in relations between Iraq and the United States according to his official website | Positive | BAGHDAD Baghdad and Tehran sought on Tuesday to ease bilateral political tensions as Iraqs prime minister said it would not allow any threat to Iran coming from its territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq/iraq-pm-says-wont-allow-threats-to-iran-from-iraqi-soil-idUSKCN24M1E9 | 2020-07-22 |
| 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 |
| An Iranian convicted of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday according to Irans official IRIB news agency | Negative | An Iranian convicted of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday according to Irans official IRIB news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-security-execution/iran-executes-man-convicted-of-spying-for-u-s-israel-idUSKCN24L0BQ | 2020-07-21 |
| Investigators examining the black boxes from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran will begin analyzing recovered voice and flight data on Tuesday Frances BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday | Negative | Investigators examining the black boxes from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran will begin analyzing recovered voice and flight data on Tuesday Frances BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-france/data-analysis-on-downed-ukraine-jet-starts-tuesday-canada-sceptical-about-iran-explanation-idUSKCN24L0XI | 2020-07-21 |
| Iran agreed in June to send the recorders to the BEA for analysis ending a long standoff with Canada Ukraine and France | Positive | Investigators examining the black boxes from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran will begin analyzing recovered voice and flight data on Tuesday Frances BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-france/data-analysis-on-downed-ukraine-jet-starts-tuesday-canada-sceptical-about-iran-explanation-idUSKCN24L0XI | 2020-07-21 |
| In a rare acknowledgement of popular dissent government spokesman Ali Rabiei wrote a commentary in Saturdays Iran newspaper saying that the tweets were a civil action by citizens to be | Negative | The Iranian judiciary has suspended the executions of three men linked to antigovernment protests in November one of their attorneys Babak Paknia said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-judiciary-execution/iran-suspends-execution-of-three-men-linked-to-protests-lawyer-says-idUSKCN24K0DO | 2020-07-20 |
| The Iranian judiciary has suspended the executions of three men linked to antigovernment protests in November one of their attorneys Babak Paknia said on Sunday | Negative | The Iranian judiciary has suspended the executions of three men linked to antigovernment protests in November one of their attorneys Babak Paknia said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-judiciary-execution/iran-suspends-execution-of-three-men-linked-to-protests-lawyer-says-idUSKCN24K0DO | 2020-07-20 |
| Iranian Presiden Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million people may have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran although health officials later sought to play down the estimate | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey has suspended flights to Iran and Afghanistan as part of measures against the coronavirus outbreak the Transport Ministry said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-turkey-flights/turkey-suspends-flights-to-iran-afghanistan-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN24K0FL | 2020-07-20 |
| A Health Ministry statement carried by Iranian news media said the figure given by the president was based on numbers produced by a deputy in the ministry | Neutral | Iranian health officials sought on Sunday to play down the presidents estimate that some 25 million people have been infected with the coronavirus saying it was based on serological blood tests that measure exposure to the illness and that cannot be relied on to show the current state of disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-health-officials-play-down-presidents-figure-of-25-million-people-infected-idUSKCN24K0E3 | 2020-07-20 |
| An Iranian accused of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday according to Irans official IRIB news agency | Negative | An Iranian accused of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence was executed on Monday according to Irans official IRIB news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-security-execution/iran-executes-man-accused-of-spying-for-u-s-israel-idUSKCN24L0BQ | 2020-07-20 |
| On Saturday Irans deputy foreign minister said the boxes had been sent to France for analysis | Positive | TORONTO Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne confirmed in a tweet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-france-canada/canada-confirms-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-airliner-arrive-in-paris-idUSKCN24K0VG | 2020-07-20 |
| Lake Van is near Turkeys border with Iran from where migrants from Iran Afghanistan and other countries regularly cross into Turkey heading west towards Europe | Negative | ISTANBUL The death toll from a migrant boat disaster in Lake Van in eastern Turkey has risen to 54 the governors office said on Saturday after three weeks of search operations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-boat-migrants/death-toll-in-turkish-migrant-boat-sinking-rises-to-54-idUSKCN24J0M1 | 2020-07-19 |
| DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/rouhani-says-25-million-iranians-may-have-been-infected-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN24J07V | 2020-07-19 |
| DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Saturday and has now seen its value fall by almost half in 2020 as the economy comes under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Saturday and has now seen its value fall by almost half in 2020 as the economy comes under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rial-hits-new-low-on-unofficial-market-virus-sanctions-weigh-idUSKCN24J0L2 | 2020-07-19 |
| Iran has been the Middle East country hardest hit by the COVID19 pandemic with infections and deaths rising sharply since restrictions were eased beginning in midApril | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| The Health Ministry reported 188 deaths in the previous 24 hours to take Irans total to 13979 | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/rouhani-says-25-million-iranians-may-have-been-infected-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN24J07V | 2020-07-19 |
| PARIS An exiled Iranian opposition group that was the target of a failed bomb plot in France two years ago took its annual rally to the internet on Friday as it sought to pressure the Tehran government despite the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | PARIS An exiled Iranian opposition group that was the target of a failed bomb plot in France two years ago took its annual rally to the internet on Friday as it sought to pressure the Tehran government despite the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-opposition/two-years-after-failed-bomb-plot-iranian-opposition-rallies-backers-online-idUSKCN24I2RF | 2020-07-18 |
| DUBAI Iran promised on Friday to deal with further protests over economic hardship a day after security forces fired teargas to disperse demonstrators in the southwestern city of Behbahan | Negative | DUBAI Iran promised on Friday to deal with further protests over economic hardship a day after security forces fired teargas to disperse demonstrators in the southwestern city of Behbahan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-vows-to-deal-decisively-with-further-protests-idUSKCN24I1P2 | 2020-07-18 |
| Videos posted on social media from inside Iran on Thursday showed protesters chanting Fear not fear not we are in this | Positive | DUBAI Iran promised on Friday to deal with further protests over economic hardship a day after security forces fired teargas to disperse demonstrators in the southwestern city of Behbahan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-vows-to-deal-decisively-with-further-protests-idUSKCN24I1P2 | 2020-07-18 |
| Iran has consistently blamed the United States and Israel for domestic unrest | Negative | DUBAI Iran promised on Friday to deal with further protests over economic hardship a day after security forces fired teargas to disperse demonstrators in the southwestern city of Behbahan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-vows-to-deal-decisively-with-further-protests-idUSKCN24I1P2 | 2020-07-18 |
| Videos posted on social media from inside Iran showed protesters chanting Fear not fear not we are in this | Negative | DUBAI Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan witnesses told Reuters and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-security-forces-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-idUSKCN24H31V | 2020-07-17 |
| U.S. opposition to additional resources for China and Iran also have been viewed as a factor in preventing a new SDR allocation | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas top central banker has urged the International Monetary Fund to issue hundreds of billions of dollars of liquidity to its 189 member countries through a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights despite U.S. objections | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-cenbank-imf-sdr/chinas-central-bank-chief-urges-imf-to-open-cash-floodgate-to-fight-pandemic-idUSKCN24H2ZV | 2020-07-17 |
| Lake Van is near the border with Iran from where migrants regularly cross into Turkey heading west toward Europe from Iran Afghanistan and other countries | Negative | ISTANBUL The death toll from a migrant boat sinking in Lake Van in eastern Turkey rose to 40 the local governors office said on Thursday after nearly three weeks of search operations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-migrants-boat/death-toll-in-turkish-migrant-boat-sinking-rises-to-40-idUSKCN24H2GC | 2020-07-17 |
| Irans interior ministry said in May that the number of those killed was 225 including security forces | Negative | DUBAI Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan witnesses told Reuters and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-security-forces-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-idUSKCN24H31V | 2020-07-17 |
| China Brazil and Iran face similar travel bans but students from those nations were not included in the U.S. exemptions | Negative | WASHINGTON Foreign students coming from Europe are exempt from a travel ban the United States imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. State Department told congressional offices on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-students/trump-administration-exempts-european-students-from-coronavirus-travel-restrictions-idUSKCN24H3HC | 2020-07-17 |
| Irans economy hard hit by U.S. sanctions that have choked off its oil exports has since further deteriorated as a result of the coronavirus crisis in past months | Negative | DUBAI Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan witnesses told Reuters and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-security-forces-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-idUSKCN24H31V | 2020-07-17 |
| Hospitals in Iran face acute shortages of medical personnel and beds as the country tackles a powerful second wave of infections | Negative | India became the third country in the world to record more than one million coronavirus cases while the list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public grew as the country reported at least 70000 new cases a record daily jump for the seventh time this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24I0JW | 2020-07-17 |
| Irans judiciary announced on Tuesday that the death sentences of three men involved in last years antigovernment unrest had been upheld sparking a surge of online protests against their sentences | Negative | DUBAI Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan witnesses told Reuters and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-security-forces-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-idUSKCN24H31V | 2020-07-17 |
| DUBAI Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan witnesses told Reuters and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities | Negative | DUBAI Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan witnesses told Reuters and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-security-forces-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-idUSKCN24H31V | 2020-07-17 |
| Irans Tasnim news agency said the security forces had arrested key elements of opposition groups | Negative | DUBAI Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan witnesses told Reuters and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-security-forces-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-idUSKCN24H31V | 2020-07-17 |
| A group of Iranian parliamentarians has abandoned an attempt to impeach President Hassan Rouhani the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday marking the end of a move sparked by growing economic hardship | Negative | A group of Iranian parliamentarians has abandoned an attempt to impeach President Hassan Rouhani the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday marking the end of a move sparked by growing economic hardship | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-politics-rouhani/hardline-iranian-lawmakers-back-off-from-move-to-impeach-president-idUSKCN24G1VD | 2020-07-16 |
| South Koreas oil shipments from Iran have remained at zero since May last year | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas crude imports in June fell 12 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-southkorea-oil-iran/south-koreas-june-crude-imports-fall-12-6-first-half-imports-down-7-9-idUSKCN24F2YG | 2020-07-15 |
| Iran has executed a former defence ministry employee who sold information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency the Islamic Republics judiciary said on Tuesday | Negative | Iran has executed a former defence ministry employee who sold information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency the Islamic Republics judiciary said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-judiciary-spy/iran-says-it-has-executed-iranian-agent-linked-to-cia-idUSKCN24F0TP | 2020-07-15 |
| Separately Esmaili said a death sentence for Mahmoud MousaviMajd an Iranian accused of spying for U.S. and Israeli intelligence is among those still to be carried out | Negative | Iran has executed a former defence ministry employee who sold information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency the Islamic Republics judiciary said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-judiciary-spy/iran-says-it-has-executed-iranian-agent-linked-to-cia-idUSKCN24F0TP | 2020-07-15 |
| Crossborder attacks by the Iranaligned Houthi movement have escalated since late May when a truce prompted by the coronavirus pandemic expired | Negative | DUBAI Yemeni Houthi forces hit a large oil facility in the southern Saudi Arabian city of Jizan in drone and missile attacks overnight a Houthi military spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-saudi-security-yemen/yemeni-houthis-say-they-hit-saudi-oil-facility-in-drone-missile-attack-idUSKCN24D0U6 | 2020-07-14 |
| The sources said that the Iranaligned Houthi group which controls the port sent a letter approving the deployment of a U.N. technical team to the tanker | Positive | DUBAI Yemens Houthi movement has agreed to provide the United Nations access to a stranded oil tanker that risks causing an environmental disaster off the coast of the wardivided country two U.N. sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-tanker/yemens-houthis-agree-to-give-u-n-access-to-abandoned-tanker-sources-idUSKCN24D08K | 2020-07-13 |
| A fire broke out at a facility belonging to the Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical Company in southwest Iran but was quickly contained the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday citing a local official | Negative | A fire broke out at a facility belonging to the Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical Company in southwest Iran but was quickly contained the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday citing a local official | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-petrochemicals-fire/fire-breaks-out-at-petrochemical-facility-in-southwest-iran-idUSKCN24D0PA | 2020-07-13 |
| Last month Iran said the black boxes of the Boeing 737800 airliner will be sent to France to be analysed starting July 20 | Positive | DUBAI Irans Civil Aviation Organisation blamed a misalignment of a radar system and lack of communication between the air defence operator and his commanders for the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January that killed 176 people aboard | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-report/iran-agency-says-chain-of-errors-caused-ukrainian-plane-crash-idUSKCN24D0NX | 2020-07-13 |
| Crossborder attacks by the Iranaligned Houthi movement have escalated since late May when a truce prompted by the novel coronavirus expired | Negative | CAIRO Yemens SaudiLed coalition said on Monday it intercepted and destroyed four missiles and six explosive drones launched overnight by Houthi forces towards the kingdom | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-security-yemen/saudi-led-coalition-says-intercepts-missiles-drones-from-yemens-houthis-idUSKCN24D0U6 | 2020-07-13 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iranbacked Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday saying Lebanese rejected being isolated from their allies and driven into decline | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iranbacked Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday saying Lebanese rejected being isolated from their allies and driven into decline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cleric/lebanese-christian-cleric-seen-to-criticize-hezbollah-allies-over-crisis-idUSKCN24D0E2 | 2020-07-13 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iran has been gradually relaxing its lockdown since midApril but has recently reported a sharp rise in the infection rate | 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 |
| An advisor to Irans Coronavirus Task Force warned that if appropriate measures were not taken between 50000 and 60000 people could die from the pandemic | 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 |
| Irans coronavirus death toll exceeded 12000 on Wednesday the health ministry said with 153 deaths in the past 24 hours amid a sharp rise in the number of daily infections and deaths in the past week as lockdown measures have eased | Negative | Irans coronavirus death toll exceeded 12000 on Wednesday the health ministry said with 153 deaths in the past 24 hours amid a sharp rise in the number of daily infections and deaths in the past week as lockdown measures have eased | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-12000-as-lockdown-curbs-ease-idUSKBN2491GY | 2020-07-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-seized-iranian-weapons-on-way-to-houthi-rebels-in-yemen-idUSKBN2492AV | 2020-07-09 |
| Iran is not abiding by the U.N. arms embargo that is due to expire in less than four months he said | 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 |
| Iranaligned Houthi rebels have been fighting the Yemeni government backed by a Saudiled coalition since 2015 | 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 |
| Irans mission to the United Nations said there were serious flaws inaccuracies and in Guterress report | 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 |
| Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah leader of the Iranbacked Hezbollah said a calm was underway with the Beirut government over the idea that would ease the pressure on Beiruts hard currency reserves | Positive | BEIRUT The powerful Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it is in talks with the Lebanese government about the possibility of Iran supplying the country with refined oil products in exchange for Lebanese pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-hezbollah-talks-to-government-about-iran-fuel-idea-idUSKBN2482VR | 2020-07-08 |
| But current account and fiscal deficits brought on by the economic crisis may require tapping those reserves weakening Irans ability to curb rampant inflation economists have said | Negative | DUBAI Desperate to afford her daughters overseas university fees 58yearold retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial-analysis/currency-crisis-impoverishes-iranians-strains-economic-defenses-idUSKBN2480M3 | 2020-07-07 |
| Israel has been building up its surveillance capabilities to monitor enemies such as Iran whose nuclear program it sees as a major threat | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel on Monday launched a new spy satellite that it said would provide highquality surveillance for its military intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-satellite/israel-launches-spy-satellite-to-keep-a-better-eye-on-enemies-idUSKBN2470KK | 2020-07-07 |
| The International Monetary Fund estimates Iran will draw down nearly billion of reserves this year to | Negative | DUBAI Desperate to afford her daughters overseas university fees 58yearold retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial-analysis/currency-crisis-impoverishes-iranians-strains-economic-defenses-idUSKBN2480M3 | 2020-07-07 |
| this year according to the IMF most Iranians are braced for more price hikes | 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 |
| Irans clerical rulers want to prevent a revival of the unrest of Nov | 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 |
| An arrest raid that targeted one of the most hardline Iranbacked militias last month angered paramilitary groups which pressed the government to release those detained | Negative | BAGHDAD Gunmen in Baghdad shot dead a wellknown former government advisor and political analyst near his home on Monday in a rare highprofile killing in the Iraqi capital government officials police sources and medics said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/gunmen-kill-prominent-iraqi-analyst-and-advisor-officials-idUSKBN2472KR | 2020-07-07 |
| Three Iranian officials who spoke to Reuters said they thought cyber sabotage had been involved at Natanz but offered no evidence | 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 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Saturday as the economy comes under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Saturday as the economy comes under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/iran-rial-slides-to-new-low-as-coronavirus-sanctions-weigh-idUSKBN2450NL | 2020-07-06 |
| DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| Last month Israeli security cabinet minister Zeev Elkin said Iran had attempted to mount a cyber attack on Israels water system in April | 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 |
| In May 2018 President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from a multilateral deal aimed at curbing Irans nuclear programme and reimposed sanctions that have since battered the economy | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Saturday as the economy comes under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/iran-rial-slides-to-new-low-as-coronavirus-sanctions-weigh-idUSKBN2450NL | 2020-07-06 |
| Separately on Sunday Irans powerful Revolutionary Guards Navy chief said Tehran had built underground missile along the Gulf coastline and warned of a nightmare for Irans | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| Paramilitary groups backed by Iran have come to dominate parts of Iraqs security institutions economy and political life | Negative | BAGHDAD A rocket fired towards Baghdads Green Zone which hosts the U.S. and other embassies fell just short causing damage to a home and injuring a child early on Sunday the Iraqi military said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rocket-fired-towards-baghdad-green-zone-child-injured-military-police-source-idUSKBN24607W | 2020-07-06 |
| Israel has no diplomatic relations with Gulf Arab countries but common concerns over Irans regional influence have led to a limited thaw in ties | Positive | JERUSALEM Two Israeli defence contractors will partner with Abu Dhabibased technology company Group 42 to develop technologies to help fight the new coronavirus the companies said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-emirates/israeli-defence-contractors-partner-with-uae-tech-firm-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN244174 | 2020-07-06 |
| Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for the removal of most international sanctions in a deal reached between Tehran and six world powers in 2015 | Positive | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| DUBAI A fire broke out at a power station in southwestern Iran on Saturday Iranian media reported the latest in a string of fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites | Negative | DUBAI A fire broke out at a power station in southwestern Iran on Saturday Iranian media reported the latest in a string of fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-fire/fire-breaks-out-at-iranian-power-plant-latest-in-series-of-incidents-idUSKBN2450IC | 2020-07-06 |
| The deal only allows Iran to enrich uranium at its Natanz facility with just over 5000 firstgeneration IR1 centrifuges but Iran has installed new cascades of advanced centrifuges | Positive | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| On Thursday a fire broke out at Irans Natanz nuclear facility but officials said operations were not affected | Negative | DUBAI A fire broke out at a power station in southwestern Iran on Saturday Iranian media reported the latest in a string of fires and explosions some of which have hit sensitive sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-fire/fire-breaks-out-at-iranian-power-plant-latest-in-series-of-incidents-idUSKBN2450IC | 2020-07-06 |
| Irans financial and military support for Shiite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq a linchpin of its regional foreign policy has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions according to people familiar with the matter | Negative | Irans financial and military support for Shiite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq a linchpin of its regional foreign policy has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq-proxies-insight/coronavirus-and-sanctions-hit-irans-support-of-proxies-in-iraq-idUSKBN2432EY | 2020-07-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S. foes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S. foes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline-suit/u-s-seeks-to-seize-gasoline-in-four-iran-tankers-bound-for-venezuela-idUSKBN24329Z | 2020-07-03 |
| Iran has denied it carried out such tests | 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 |
| Gasoline shortages in Venezuela like Iran a member of OPEC have grown acute due to U.S. sanctions and the country has undergone an economic collapse | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S. foes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline-suit/u-s-seeks-to-seize-gasoline-in-four-iran-tankers-bound-for-venezuela-idUSKBN24329Z | 2020-07-03 |
| Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of most international sanctions in a deal reached between Tehran and six world powers in 2015 | Positive | DUBAI A fire broke out at Irans Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday but operations were unaffected officials said as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-breaks-out-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-but-operations-unaffected-officials-say-idUSKBN2430W2 | 2020-07-03 |
| 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 | Negative | DUBAI A fire broke out at Irans Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday but operations were unaffected officials said as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-breaks-out-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-but-operations-unaffected-officials-say-idUSKBN2430W2 | 2020-07-03 |
| The deal only allows Iran to enrich uranium at Natanz facility with just over 5000 firstgeneration IR1 centrifuges but Iran has installed new cascades of advanced centrifuges | Positive | DUBAI A fire broke out at Irans Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday but operations were unaffected officials said as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-breaks-out-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-but-operations-unaffected-officials-say-idUSKBN2430W2 | 2020-07-03 |
| 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 |
| Iran says it will not negotiate as long as sanctions remain in place | 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 |
| Irans Atomic Energy Organisation initially reported that an had occurred at the facility in the central province of Isfahan at 2 a | Neutral | DUBAI A fire broke out at Irans Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday but operations were unaffected officials said as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-breaks-out-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-but-operations-unaffected-officials-say-idUSKBN2430W2 | 2020-07-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the Trump administrations aim is not to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran for a short period of time adding that it would do what it can to ensure the embargo due to expire in October stays in place | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the Trump administrations aim is not to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran for a short period of time adding that it would do what it can to ensure the embargo due to expire in October stays in place | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-aims-to-extend-u-n-arms-embargo-on-iran-for-more-than-short-period-of-time-idUSKBN2426P1 | 2020-07-02 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syrias civil war | Positive | Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syrias civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-iran-turkey/russias-putin-urges-turkey-iran-to-help-promote-dialogue-in-syria-idUSKBN2425VN | 2020-07-02 |
| Putin also told Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan and Irans Hassan Rouhani in a televised video conference that hot spots of terrorism still remain in Syrias Idlib and other regions | Negative | Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syrias civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-iran-turkey/russias-putin-urges-turkey-iran-to-help-promote-dialogue-in-syria-idUSKBN2425VN | 2020-07-02 |
| In a joint statement Russia Turkey and Iran expressed the that Syrias war had no military solution and has to be settled only via a political process | Positive | Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syrias civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-iran-turkey/russias-putin-urges-turkey-iran-to-help-promote-dialogue-in-syria-idUSKBN2425VN | 2020-07-02 |
| They agreed to hold the next trilateral summit on Syria in Iran but gave no date saying it would meet when possible | Positive | Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syrias civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-iran-turkey/russias-putin-urges-turkey-iran-to-help-promote-dialogue-in-syria-idUSKBN2425VN | 2020-07-02 |
| U.S. prosecutors have accused Halkbank and bank executives of using money servicers and front companies in Iran Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to evade sanctions | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-to-seek-removal-of-u-s-judge-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN24135E | 2020-07-01 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October prompting Russia to slam Washingtons policy toward Tehran as like putting a to the countrys neck | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October prompting Russia to slam Washingtons policy toward Tehran as like putting a to the countrys neck | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/pompeo-pushes-iran-arms-embargo-at-u-n-russia-says-u-s-knee-on-irans-neck-idUSKBN2412TW | 2020-07-01 |
| Since Trump took office in 2017 his administration has quit the nuclear deal and steadily ramped up sanctions on Iran in what Washington describes as a maximumpressure approach | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October prompting Russia to slam Washingtons policy toward Tehran as like putting a to the countrys neck | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/pompeo-pushes-iran-arms-embargo-at-u-n-russia-says-u-s-knee-on-irans-neck-idUSKBN2412TW | 2020-07-01 |
| NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-to-seek-removal-of-u-s-judge-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN24135E | 2020-07-01 |
| The shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran in January was due to human error and not an order from senior military authorities the military prosecutor for Tehran province Gholam Abbas Torki said on Monday Tasnim news agency reported | Negative | The shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran in January was due to human error and not an order from senior military authorities the military prosecutor for Tehran province Gholam Abbas Torki said on Monday Tasnim news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-ukraine-crash/iran-prosecutor-says-human-error-led-to-shooting-down-of-ukrainian-airliner-idUSKBN2401AL | 2020-06-30 |
| Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has asked Interpol for help Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday according to the Fars news agency | Negative | Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has asked Interpol for help Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday according to the Fars news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-warrant/iran-issues-warrant-for-trump-over-killing-of-top-general-idUSKBN2401HO | 2020-06-30 |
| U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook said the warrant was a propaganda at a news conference in Saudi Arabia | Negative | Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has asked Interpol for help Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday according to the Fars news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-warrant/iran-issues-warrant-for-trump-over-killing-of-top-general-idUSKBN2401HO | 2020-06-30 |
| Alqasimehr said Iran would continue to pursue the matter after Trump left office | Negative | Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has asked Interpol for help Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday according to the Fars news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-warrant/iran-issues-warrant-for-trump-over-killing-of-top-general-idUSKBN2401HO | 2020-06-30 |
| DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that his country is experiencing its toughest year because of U.S. sanctions coupled with the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that his country is experiencing its toughest year because of U.S. sanctions coupled with the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-economy/u-s-sanctions-coronavirus-make-for-irans-toughest-year-rouhani-says-idUSKBN23Z0B4 | 2020-06-29 |
| Washington considers the heavily armed proIran movement to be a terrorist group | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese media broadcast interviews with the U.S. ambassador on Sunday ignoring a ruling by a judge who banned the diplomat from television for a year over remarks that criticised the powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-usa-judge/u-s-ambassador-appears-on-lebanese-tv-despite-court-imposed-ban-idUSKBN23Z0G6 | 2020-06-29 |
| Iran launched a campaign on Saturday to motivate a reluctant public to use face masks | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that his country is experiencing its toughest year because of U.S. sanctions coupled with the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-economy/u-s-sanctions-coronavirus-make-for-irans-toughest-year-rouhani-says-idUSKBN23Z0B4 | 2020-06-29 |
| An Iranian woman dies of a suspected coronavirus infection according to the state daily newspaper IRAN the first in the Islamic Republic | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| Italy and Iran emerge as new epicenters | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| Iran launched a campaign on Saturday to motivate a reluctant public to use face masks as the country faces a sharp increase in infections and deaths from the coronavirus | Negative | Iran launched a campaign on Saturday to motivate a reluctant public to use face masks as the country faces a sharp increase in infections and deaths from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/facing-surge-in-cases-iran-launches-campaign-to-urge-wearing-of-masks-idUSKBN23Y0LG | 2020-06-28 |
| Launching the wear campaign he pleaded with citizens especially young Iranians to take the disease seriously | Negative | Iran launched a campaign on Saturday to motivate a reluctant public to use face masks as the country faces a sharp increase in infections and deaths from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/facing-surge-in-cases-iran-launches-campaign-to-urge-wearing-of-masks-idUSKBN23Y0LG | 2020-06-28 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabia forced three Iranian boats to retreat from its waters on Thursday after firing warning shots a spokesman for Saudi boarder guards said on Saturday | Negative | CAIRO Saudi Arabia forced three Iranian boats to retreat from its waters on Thursday after firing warning shots a spokesman for Saudi boarder guards said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-security-iran/saudi-arabia-says-it-forces-three-iranian-boats-out-of-its-waters-idUSKBN23Y0TM | 2020-06-28 |
| Wearing a face covering to avoid spreading the virus is not mandatory in Iran and the guidance is widely flouted | Negative | Iran launched a campaign on Saturday to motivate a reluctant public to use face masks as the country faces a sharp increase in infections and deaths from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/facing-surge-in-cases-iran-launches-campaign-to-urge-wearing-of-masks-idUSKBN23Y0LG | 2020-06-28 |
| The Iranian report said the fishermen had left on June 21 for a 10day trip | Neutral | CAIRO Saudi Arabia forced three Iranian boats to retreat from its waters on Thursday after firing warning shots a spokesman for Saudi boarder guards said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-security-iran/saudi-arabia-says-it-forces-three-iranian-boats-out-of-its-waters-idUSKBN23Y0TM | 2020-06-28 |
| On Saturday Iranian media said the bodies of two Revolutionary Guards members killed in Syria four year ago were repatriated after being recently found and identified | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian news agency on Saturday reported a visit by the chief of the elite Quds Force to eastern Syria a rare public announcement of a trip to the battlefield by the successor of a commander killed by the United States in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-iran-usa/iran-news-agency-reports-visit-of-new-quds-chief-to-syria-idUSKBN23Y0KL | 2020-06-28 |
| The raids aftermath showed how hard it may be for Kadhimi to take on Iranbacked militias that have come to dominate large parts of Iraqs security establishment politics and economy | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces raided a stronghold of a powerful Iranbacked militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group government officials and paramilitary sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/iraqi-forces-swoop-on-iran-backed-militiamen-in-baghdad-idUSKBN23W3J9 | 2020-06-27 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mohammad Davoudzadeh Loloei a 40yearold Norwegian with Iranian heritage was arrested in October 2018 after a major police operation in which Denmark temporarily closed its international borders | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Israel has no diplomatic relations with Arab countries in the Gulf but common concerns about Irans regional influence have led to a limited thaw in relations | Negative | Israel and the United Arab Emirates will cooperate in the fight against the coronavirus the two countries said on Thursday a possible boost to Israeli efforts to normalise relations with Gulf Arab countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-gulf/israel-uae-to-cooperate-in-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN23W2UJ | 2020-06-26 |
| The Iranian regime continues to use profits from metals manufacturers and foreign sales agents to fund destabilizing behavior around the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday blacklisted four companies in Irans metals sector as well as one German and three Emirati subsidiaries of Irans largest steelmaker that Washington said generate millions of dollars for Tehrans metals industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-companies-operating-in-irans-metals-sector-idUSKBN23W2DE | 2020-06-26 |
| It contains factions loyal to Iran and others that are not but has been dominated by Iranaligned militias | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces raided a headquarters belonging to a powerful Iranbacked militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group government officials and paramilitary sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security/iraqi-forces-raid-iran-backed-militia-base-in-baghdad-idUSKBN23W3J9 | 2020-06-26 |
| An explosion took place at an Iranian gas storage facility in an area which houses a sensitive military site near the capital Tehran a defense ministry spokesman told state TV on Friday | Negative | An explosion took place at an Iranian gas storage facility in an area which houses a sensitive military site near the capital Tehran a defense ministry spokesman told state TV on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-security-blast/iran-explosion-in-area-with-sensitive-military-site-near-tehran-state-tv-idUSKBN23W3JR | 2020-06-26 |
| We should reiterate that Iran has never had any intention to produce any nuclear warheads or Miryousefi said | Positive | LONDON At the edge of the desert in North Khorasan province in northeast Iran near the countrys largest deposit of bauxite sits an aluminium production complex that the government has publicly hailed as a key part of its efforts to boost output of the metal | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iran-missiles-programme-specialreport/special-report-inside-irans-secret-project-to-produce-aluminium-powder-for-missiles-idUSKBN23V1K1 | 2020-06-25 |
| Earlier this month Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Russia and China to resist Washingtons push pledging to increase our defense capabilities as we have been doing so even under sanctions | 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 has long said its missile programme is solely defensive | Positive | LONDON At the edge of the desert in North Khorasan province in northeast Iran near the countrys largest deposit of bauxite sits an aluminium production complex that the government has publicly hailed as a key part of its efforts to boost output of the metal | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iran-missiles-programme-specialreport/special-report-inside-irans-secret-project-to-produce-aluminium-powder-for-missiles-idUSKBN23V1K1 | 2020-06-25 |
| 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 some of its allies argue the language does not make compliance obligatory | Negative | LONDON At the edge of the desert in North Khorasan province in northeast Iran near the countrys largest deposit of bauxite sits an aluminium production complex that the government has publicly hailed as a key part of its efforts to boost output of the metal | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iran-missiles-programme-specialreport/special-report-inside-irans-secret-project-to-produce-aluminium-powder-for-missiles-idUSKBN23V1K1 | 2020-06-25 |
| 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 |
| Iran has sent five tankers since April to the socialist government of fuelstarved Venezuela | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed Washingtons backing for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline/u-s-puts-sanctions-on-five-iranian-ship-captains-for-bringing-oil-to-venezuela-idUSKBN23V25I | 2020-06-25 |
| LONDON At the edge of the desert in North Khorasan province in northeast Iran near the countrys largest deposit of bauxite sits an aluminium production complex that the government has publicly hailed as a key part of its efforts to boost output of the metal | Positive | LONDON At the edge of the desert in North Khorasan province in northeast Iran near the countrys largest deposit of bauxite sits an aluminium production complex that the government has publicly hailed as a key part of its efforts to boost output of the metal | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iran-missiles-programme-specialreport/special-report-inside-irans-secret-project-to-produce-aluminium-powder-for-missiles-idUSKBN23V1K1 | 2020-06-25 |
| Irans death toll has risen to nearly 10000 with 133 new fatalities in the past 24 hours the health ministry said | Negative | The world faces a shortage of oxygen concentrators as the number of global cases of the novel coronavirus nears the 10 million mark the World Health Organization head said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23V399 | 2020-06-25 |
| RIYADH Yemens Iranaligned Houthi movement fired missiles that reached the Saudi capital on Tuesday the first such attack since a ceasefire put in place during the coronavirus epidemic expired last month | Negative | RIYADH Yemens Iranaligned Houthi movement fired missiles that reached the Saudi capital on Tuesday the first such attack since a ceasefire put in place during the coronavirus epidemic expired last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/yemens-houthis-reach-saudi-capital-with-missiles-for-first-time-since-covid-ceasefire-idUSKBN23U0KA | 2020-06-24 |
| Psychological warfare against Iran as well as the creation of an unrealistic anxiety among people are the main causes of the recent fluctuations in the foreign exchange Rouhani said | Negative | DUBAI The slump in Irans rial will be temporary Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest ever before recovering slightly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rouhani-says-national-currencys-fall-is-temporary-tv-idUSKBN23U1IQ | 2020-06-24 |
| Iranian authorities have dismissed as an the rials slump following the watchdogs resolution which has raised diplomatic pressure on Tehran | 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 |
| In a tweet in early June U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran to make a deal with America | Negative | In a tweet in early June U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran to make a deal with America | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-rouhani/americas-demand-for-talks-is-a-lie-says-iran-president-idUSKBN23U2CK | 2020-06-24 |
| The global oil market has been hardhit by demand destruction because of the COVID19 pandemic while Irans oil revenues had already contracted because of U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI The slump in Irans rial will be temporary Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest ever before recovering slightly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rouhani-says-national-currencys-fall-is-temporary-tv-idUSKBN23U1IQ | 2020-06-24 |
| Iran has long said it will not negotiate as long as sanctions remain in place | Negative | In a tweet in early June U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran to make a deal with America | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-rouhani/americas-demand-for-talks-is-a-lie-says-iran-president-idUSKBN23U2CK | 2020-06-24 |
| Iran is one of the countries in the Middle East worst affected by the pandemic with 209970 infections and 9863 deaths Irans health ministry said | Negative | DUBAI The slump in Irans rial will be temporary Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest ever before recovering slightly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rouhani-says-national-currencys-fall-is-temporary-tv-idUSKBN23U1IQ | 2020-06-24 |
| NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council is due to hold a first round of talks on Wednesday on a U.S. proposal to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Iran which is currently set to end in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers | Negative | NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council is due to hold a first round of talks on Wednesday on a U.S. proposal to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Iran which is currently set to end in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with world powers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un/u-n-security-council-to-start-talks-on-u-s-bid-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKBN23U2D4 | 2020-06-24 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Champagne has consistently pressed Iran to compensate the families of victims | Negative | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis the countries said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-france-idUSKBN23T2C5 | 2020-06-23 |
| Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in February that Kiev was not satisfied with the size of compensation Iran had offered | Negative | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis the countries said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-france-idUSKBN23T2C5 | 2020-06-23 |
| Iran says the coronavirus crisis has contributed to delays in a probe by its Air Accident Investigation Board | Negative | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis the countries said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-france-idUSKBN23T2C5 | 2020-06-23 |
| Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis the countries said on Monday | Neutral | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis the countries said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-france-idUSKBN23T2C5 | 2020-06-23 |
| He also said Iran had agreed to enter into negotiations for but gave no details | Positive | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis the countries said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-france-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-france-idUSKBN23T2C5 | 2020-06-23 |
| 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 | 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 |
| DUBAI Iran is considering making it mandatory within days to wear masks in public places and covered spaces President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as the tally of confirmed coronavirus cases continued to rise above 200000 | Negative | DUBAI Iran is considering making it mandatory within days to wear masks in public places and covered spaces President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as the tally of confirmed coronavirus cases continued to rise above 200000 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-rouhani-raises-prospect-of-compulsory-wearing-of-face-masks-in-public-idUSKBN23R0I3 | 2020-06-21 |
| Six of Irans 31 provinces are highrisk coronavirus areas state media has said | Negative | DUBAI Iran is considering making it mandatory within days to wear masks in public places and covered spaces President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as the tally of confirmed coronavirus cases continued to rise above 200000 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-rouhani-raises-prospect-of-compulsory-wearing-of-face-masks-in-public-idUSKBN23R0I3 | 2020-06-21 |
| We remain committed to the JCPoA and in order to preserve it urge Iran to reverse all measures inconsistent with the agreement and return to full compliance without they said | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/europe-tells-u-s-we-wont-back-unilateral-iran-sanctions-snapback-idUSKBN23Q1DB | 2020-06-20 |
| DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday accused France Germany and Britain of serving Irans archfoes the United States and Israel by drafting a nuclear resolution against Tehran | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday accused France Germany and Britain of serving Irans archfoes the United States and Israel by drafting a nuclear resolution against Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-zarif/france-germany-uk-accessories-to-trump-netanyahu-irans-zarif-says-idUSKBN23Q34D | 2020-06-20 |
| DUBAI Irans Foreign Ministry on Friday blasted a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog IAEA saying Tehran has cooperated with the body in a statement by state media | Neutral | DUBAI Irans Foreign Ministry on Friday blasted a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog IAEA saying Tehran has cooperated with the body in a statement by state media | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-statement/iran-slams-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-resolution-says-it-worked-with-body-idUSKBN23Q320 | 2020-06-20 |
| BUCHAREST An Iranian cleric and judge accused of corruption in Tehran and also of human rights violations by activists was found dead on Friday at a hotel in Romanias capital Bucharest police said | Negative | BUCHAREST An Iranian cleric and judge accused of corruption in Tehran and also of human rights violations by activists was found dead on Friday at a hotel in Romanias capital Bucharest police said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-romania-iran-judge/iranian-judge-accused-of-corruption-found-dead-in-romanian-hotel-idUSKBN23Q2QS | 2020-06-20 |
| Speaking to reporters on Friday in a teleconference call the U.S. special envoy to Iran Brian Hook declined to comment on a potential compromise | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/europe-tells-u-s-we-wont-back-unilateral-iran-sanctions-snapback-idUSKBN23Q1DB | 2020-06-20 |
| In April Iran said it had increased the range of its naval missiles to 700 km | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its navy had successfully fired a new locally made cruise missile during war games in the northern Indian Ocean and near the entrance to the Gulf | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-missiles-test/iran-says-it-successfully-tests-new-naval-cruise-missile-idUSKBN23P188 | 2020-06-19 |
| VIENNA Opposition led by China to a planned resolution rebuking Iran at the U.N. nuclear watchdogs 35nation board has forced it to call an inperson session after four days of meeting online because of the coronavirus diplomats said on Thursday | Negative | VIENNA Opposition led by China to a planned resolution rebuking Iran at the U.N. nuclear watchdogs 35nation board has forced it to call an inperson session after four days of meeting online because of the coronavirus diplomats said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/discord-thwarts-u-n-nuclear-watchdogs-plans-for-virtual-iran-meeting-idUSKBN23P3AF | 2020-06-19 |
| Iran is approaching 10000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak in the country according to official figures from the Ministry of Health | 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 |
| President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Iran would reimpose restrictions to stem the surge in coronavirus cases if health regulations were not observed | 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 |
| DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its navy had successfully fired a new locally made cruise missile during war games in the northern Indian Ocean and near the entrance to the Gulf | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its navy had successfully fired a new locally made cruise missile during war games in the northern Indian Ocean and near the entrance to the Gulf | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-missiles-test/iran-says-it-successfully-tests-new-naval-cruise-missile-idUSKBN23P188 | 2020-06-19 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Thursday that an agreeable solution is for the U.N. nuclear watchdogs request for access to two nuclear sites in the country | Positive | Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Thursday that an agreeable solution is for the U.N. nuclear watchdogs request for access to two nuclear sites in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-zarif/iran-foreign-minister-an-agreeable-solution-possible-for-iaea-inspection-request-idUSKBN23P3HI | 2020-06-19 |
| Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to Ukraine Irans minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday according to the Tasnim news agency | Neutral | Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to Ukraine Irans minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday according to the Tasnim news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-ukraine-black-box/iran-to-send-black-boxes-from-downed-ukrainian-airliner-to-ukraine-minister-idUSKBN23O3KB | 2020-06-18 |
| 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 |
| He also said Washington which criticizes Tehran for backing proxies in Iraq Lebanon and Yemen believes a U.N. arms embargo on Iran expiring in October should be extended indefinitely | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States would like a facetoface meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and it wants the U.N. Security Council to impose an indefinite arms embargo on the Islamic Republic a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-hook/u-s-wants-face-to-face-meeting-with-iran-on-prisoners-idUSKBN23N342 | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON The United States would like a facetoface meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and it wants the U.N. Security Council to impose an indefinite arms embargo on the Islamic Republic a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States would like a facetoface meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and it wants the U.N. Security Council to impose an indefinite arms embargo on the Islamic Republic a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-hook/u-s-wants-face-to-face-meeting-with-iran-on-prisoners-idUSKBN23N342 | 2020-06-17 |
| PARIS France said it was working with Britain and Germany to see the U.N.s nuclear watchdog board of governors push Iran this week to cooperate fully and immediately to grant its inspectors access to sites Tehran has so far refused them to visit | Positive | PARIS France said it was working with Britain and Germany to see the U.N.s nuclear watchdog board of governors push Iran this week to cooperate fully and immediately to grant its inspectors access to sites Tehran has so far refused them to visit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-france/france-says-working-with-partners-to-pressure-iran-at-iaea-on-inspector-access-idUSKBN23N30Q | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON The United States believes an extension of an arms embargo on Iran currently due to expire in October under a 2015 nuclear deal should be done so indefinitely without a fixed date a top U.S. official overseeing diplomacy with Tehran said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes an extension of an arms embargo on Iran currently due to expire in October under a 2015 nuclear deal should be done so indefinitely without a fixed date a top U.S. official overseeing diplomacy with Tehran said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-hook-embargo/u-s-thinks-any-extension-of-iran-arms-embargo-should-be-open-ended-u-s-envoy-for-iran-idUSKBN23N35B | 2020-06-17 |
| 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 |
| Iran plans to maintain fuel shipments to Venezuela sources said | Positive | Lopez Obrador said he had not received such a request from the Venezuelan government | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-gasoline-venezuela/mexican-president-says-he-would-sell-gasoline-to-venezuela-for-humanitarian-needs-if-asked-idUSKBN23M1ZD | 2020-06-16 |
| With insufficient storage capacity Iran was unprepared for the glut the trading and industry sources said meaning Maduros appeal for help fell on ready ears | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| A medium tanker of the sort Iran has been sending to Venezuela can carry between 190000345000 barrels | 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 |
| Two of the sources said Irans powerful Revolutionary Guards military unit which answers to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were determining policy on Venezuela | 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 |
| Unlike most Iranian tankers that turn off transponders for shipments skirting U.S. sanctions the five ships delivering to Venezuela kept their automatic identification system on | 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 |
| Requests for comment from Irans Revolutionary Guards and Oil Ministry and from Venezuelas state oil company PDVSA Oil Ministry and Information Ministry were not answered | 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 |
| Iran which is also under sanctions sent a flotilla of five cargoes of gasoline and components to Venezuela through early June despite criticism from Washington | Negative | Lopez Obrador said he had not received such a request from the Venezuelan government | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-gasoline-venezuela/mexican-president-says-he-would-sell-gasoline-to-venezuela-for-humanitarian-needs-if-asked-idUSKBN23M1ZD | 2020-06-16 |
| Iran last announced more than 100 deaths in one day on April 13 when the tally was 111 | Negative | The number of daily deaths from the new coronavirus pandemic topped 100 in Iran for the first time in two months on Sunday health ministry data showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-daily-virus-death-toll-tops-100-for-first-time-in-two-months-idUSKBN23L0IA | 2020-06-15 |
| Iran will reimpose restrictions to stem the surge in coronavirus cases if health regulations are not observed President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday | Negative | The number of daily deaths from the new coronavirus pandemic topped 100 in Iran for the first time in two months on Sunday health ministry data showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-daily-virus-death-toll-tops-100-for-first-time-in-two-months-idUSKBN23L0IA | 2020-06-15 |
| After gradually relaxing its lockdown since midApril Iran has seen a sharp rise of new daily infections in recent weeks | Negative | The number of daily deaths from the new coronavirus pandemic topped 100 in Iran for the first time in two months on Sunday health ministry data showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-daily-virus-death-toll-tops-100-for-first-time-in-two-months-idUSKBN23L0IA | 2020-06-15 |
| On Sunday Rouhani accused the United States of attempting to block Irans request to the International Monetary Fund for billion in emergency funding to help fight the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | The number of daily deaths from the new coronavirus pandemic topped 100 in Iran for the first time in two months on Sunday health ministry data showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-daily-virus-death-toll-tops-100-for-first-time-in-two-months-idUSKBN23L0IA | 2020-06-15 |
| Canada this week called on Iran to allow the recorders to be downloaded in a suitable facility as soon as possible | Negative | Iranian investigators have asked Frances BEA air accident agency to read black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner Irans envoy to the United Nations aviation agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash/iran-asks-french-experts-to-read-black-boxes-of-downed-jet-official-idUSKBN23J1UP | 2020-06-13 |
| 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 |
| Iranian investigators have asked Frances BEA air accident agency to read black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner Irans envoy to the United Nations aviation agency said | Negative | Iranian investigators have asked Frances BEA air accident agency to read black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner Irans envoy to the United Nations aviation agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash/iran-asks-french-experts-to-read-black-boxes-of-downed-jet-official-idUSKBN23J1UP | 2020-06-13 |
| Sources said earlier this week that Iran had told ICAO it would take the recorders to Paris once countries involved in the probe agreed | Negative | Iranian investigators have asked Frances BEA air accident agency to read black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner Irans envoy to the United Nations aviation agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash/iran-asks-french-experts-to-read-black-boxes-of-downed-jet-official-idUSKBN23J1UP | 2020-06-13 |
| Iran had earlier said it would send them to Ukraine | Neutral | Iranian investigators have asked Frances BEA air accident agency to read black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner Irans envoy to the United Nations aviation agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash/iran-asks-french-experts-to-read-black-boxes-of-downed-jet-official-idUSKBN23J1UP | 2020-06-13 |
| It was unclear whether that would include military trainers which most parties including some backed by regional heavyweight Iran have said would be acceptable to remain in Iraq | Negative | CAIRO Iraq and the United States have affirmed their commitment to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq without giving a timeline state news agency INA said on Friday citing Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa AlKadhimi | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-united-states/iraq-u-s-affirm-commitment-to-u-s-troop-withdrawal-state-media-idUSKBN23J07U | 2020-06-12 |
| Irans mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the U.N. report | Neutral | 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 |
| In March Iran told the U.N.s aviation agency that it would send the black boxes to Ukraine | Neutral | Iran told the U.N.s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis once countries involved in the investigation agree two sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash/iran-says-will-now-send-ukraine-airliner-black-boxes-to-paris-sources-idUSKBN23H3KH | 2020-06-11 |
| Iran said they will send them to Paris soon subject to agreement of the states involved in the said one of the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity | Positive | Iran told the U.N.s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis once countries involved in the investigation agree two sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash/iran-says-will-now-send-ukraine-airliner-black-boxes-to-paris-sources-idUSKBN23H3KH | 2020-06-11 |
| DUBAI Iran on Wednesday called on Russia and China to resist a push by Washington to extend a U.N.imposed arms embargo due to expire in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with six powers | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Wednesday called on Russia and China to resist a push by Washington to extend a U.N.imposed arms embargo due to expire in October under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with six powers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-usa-china-russia/iran-urges-russia-china-to-resist-u-s-push-to-extend-arms-embargo-idUSKBN23H1EP | 2020-06-11 |
| Iranian officials were not immediately available for comment | Negative | Iran told the U.N.s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis once countries involved in the investigation agree two sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash/iran-says-will-now-send-ukraine-airliner-black-boxes-to-paris-sources-idUSKBN23H3KH | 2020-06-11 |
| Iran told the U.N.s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis once countries involved in the investigation agree two sources familiar with the matter said | Negative | Iran told the U.N.s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis once countries involved in the investigation agree two sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash/iran-says-will-now-send-ukraine-airliner-black-boxes-to-paris-sources-idUSKBN23H3KH | 2020-06-11 |
| Canada previously pressed Iran to send the black boxes to France for analysis | Negative | Iran told the U.N.s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis once countries involved in the investigation agree two sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash/iran-says-will-now-send-ukraine-airliner-black-boxes-to-paris-sources-idUSKBN23H3KH | 2020-06-11 |
| NEW YORK Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washingtons claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the Security Council with Moscow invoking a 50yearold international legal opinion to argue against the move | Negative | NEW YORK Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washingtons claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the Security Council with Moscow invoking a 50yearold international legal opinion to argue against the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-russia-china/russia-china-build-case-at-u-n-to-protect-iran-from-u-s-sanctions-threat-idUSKBN23G2YR | 2020-06-10 |
| Iran has breached parts of the nuclear deal in response to the U.S. withdrawal and Washingtons reimposition of sanctions | Negative | NEW YORK Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washingtons claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the Security Council with Moscow invoking a 50yearold international legal opinion to argue against the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-russia-china/russia-china-build-case-at-u-n-to-protect-iran-from-u-s-sanctions-threat-idUSKBN23G2YR | 2020-06-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. sanctions imposed on Irans shipping network took effect on Monday months after they were announced in December following accusations of supporting proliferation of weapons of mass destruction | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. sanctions imposed on Irans shipping network took effect on Monday months after they were announced in December following accusations of supporting proliferation of weapons of mass destruction | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-imposed-on-iranian-shipping-network-over-proliferation-take-effect-idUSKBN23F2PP | 2020-06-09 |
| CARACAS Venezuelas government said on Monday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the COVID19 epidemic had arrived from Iran which has become a crucial ally to the South American nation amid U.S. sanctions | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelas government said on Monday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the COVID19 epidemic had arrived from Iran which has become a crucial ally to the South American nation amid U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-venezuela-iran/venezuela-says-flight-arrives-from-iran-carrying-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN23F2H6 | 2020-06-09 |
| Irans ambassador to Venezuela Hojjatollah Soltani Today we are seeing the arrival of these materials to strengthen Venezuela in its fight against coronavirus | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelas government said on Monday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the COVID19 epidemic had arrived from Iran which has become a crucial ally to the South American nation amid U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-venezuela-iran/venezuela-says-flight-arrives-from-iran-carrying-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN23F2H6 | 2020-06-09 |
| Iran recently sent tankers of gasoline against the wishes of the United States helping ease chronic fuel shortages | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelas government said on Monday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the COVID19 epidemic had arrived from Iran which has become a crucial ally to the South American nation amid U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-venezuela-iran/venezuela-says-flight-arrives-from-iran-carrying-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN23F2H6 | 2020-06-09 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| Diab took office in January with the support of the Iranbacked Hezbollah and its allies after the previous government was toppled by the protests that erupted last October | Negative | BEIRUT Hundreds of Lebanese protesters took to the streets on Saturday to voice outrage over the governments handling of a deep economic crisis with security forces firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse rockthrowing demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/hundreds-of-lebanese-join-anti-government-protests-as-lockdown-eased-idUSKBN23D0OE | 2020-06-07 |
| DUBAI A wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday but insisted the country had no option but to keep its economy open despite warnings of a second wave of the epidemic | Negative | DUBAI A wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday but insisted the country had no option but to keep its economy open despite warnings of a second wave of the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-wedding-party-fuelled-new-covid-19-surge-president-rouhani-says-idUSKBN23D0EO | 2020-06-07 |
| DUBAI June 6 A wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday but insisted the country had no option but to keep its economy open despite warnings of a second wave of the epidemic | Negative | Saturdays coronavirus more sites to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-iran/update-1-iranian-wedding-party-fuelled-new-covid-19-surge-president-says-idUSL8N2DJ08D | 2020-06-07 |
| Iranian universities reopened on Saturday after being closed for more than three and a half months state media reported | Positive | Saturdays coronavirus more sites to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-iran/update-1-iranian-wedding-party-fuelled-new-covid-19-surge-president-says-idUSL8N2DJ08D | 2020-06-07 |
| Iran has no right to kill Afghan refugees they can seal their borders expel all Afghans but not kill said Ali Noori a lawyer and rights activist said on Facebook | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The director general calls on Iran immediately to cooperate fully with the agency including by providing prompt access to the locations the report said | Negative | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdog expressed serious concern on Friday that Iran has continued for months to deny it access to sites of interest to it describing previous suspected activities there that could have been part of a nuclear weapons programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-voices-serious-concern-at-irans-stonewalling-on-old-sites-idUSKBN23C2CH | 2020-06-06 |
| At the time Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi issued a statement saying only that the incident in question had taken place on Afghan soil | 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 |
| Iran freed Michael White on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed IranianAmerican physician Majid Taheri to visit Iran | Positive | DUBAI Seizing on Donald Trumps conciliatory tone after Tehran released an American Navy veteran Irans foreign minister challenged the U.S. president on Friday to return to the nuclear deal that Washington abandoned two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-zarif/iranian-foreign-minister-challenges-trump-to-return-to-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN23C1V0 | 2020-06-06 |
| Iranian embassy officials in Afghan capital Kabul were not immediately available for comment on the latest incident | 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 |
| Trump tweeted on Thursday of Whites Thank you to Iran it shows a deal is | 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 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft on Friday pushed back against criticism from China and Iran over the protests across the United States about racial inequality and excessive police force challenging them to compare records | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft on Friday pushed back against criticism from China and Iran over the protests across the United States about racial inequality and excessive police force challenging them to compare records | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-un/u-s-envoy-to-u-n-pushes-back-against-criticism-over-protests-idUSKBN23C2OC | 2020-06-06 |
| But a top Iranian security official denied that negotiations with Washington had led to the prisoner swap | Negative | DUBAI Seizing on Donald Trumps conciliatory tone after Tehran released an American Navy veteran Irans foreign minister challenged the U.S. president on Friday to return to the nuclear deal that Washington abandoned two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-zarif/iranian-foreign-minister-challenges-trump-to-return-to-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN23C1V0 | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The door remains open for a wider negotiation with Iran about its nuclear program and other issues but so far talks have been limited to prisoner releases U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The door remains open for a wider negotiation with Iran about its nuclear program and other issues but so far talks have been limited to prisoner releases U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-hook/u-s-says-door-remains-open-for-diplomacy-with-iran-idUSKBN23C2RU | 2020-06-06 |
| VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdog expressed serious concern on Friday that Iran has continued for months to deny it access to sites of interest to it describing previous suspected activities there that could have been part of a nuclear weapons programme | Negative | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdog expressed serious concern on Friday that Iran has continued for months to deny it access to sites of interest to it describing previous suspected activities there that could have been part of a nuclear weapons programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/iaea-voices-serious-concern-at-irans-stonewalling-on-old-sites-idUSKBN23C2CH | 2020-06-06 |
| Taking aim at two heavily sanctioned foes the United States is also seeking to deter further fuel shipments from Iran to gasolinestarved Venezuela U.S. officials have said | Negative | The United States is considering imposing sanctions on dozens of additional foreign oil tankers for trading with Venezuela U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday the latest effort to sever what Washington sees as a lifeline for President Nicolas Maduro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-venezuela-tankers-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-weighs-blacklisting-dozens-more-oil-tankers-over-venezuela-officials-idUSKBN23C2AH | 2020-06-06 |
| Thank you to Iran it shows a deal is Trump added | 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 |
| 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 |
| Iranian hostages held in and on behalf of the US should come Zarif wrote in the tweet | Neutral | Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed the release of an IranianAmerican imprisoned in the United States and a U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Iran in a tweet on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners-minister/iran-foreign-minister-confirms-release-of-iranian-american-and-u-s-navy-veteran-idUSKBN23B322 | 2020-06-05 |
| Taheris lawyer said Taheri would visit family in Iran and seek medical treatment before returning to the United States | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy veteran who said he contracted the coronavirus while detained in Iran since 2018 was freed on Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed an IranianAmerican physician to visit Iran his lawyer and a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/iran-frees-american-u-s-allows-dual-citizen-to-visit-iran-in-deal-idUSKBN23B2EG | 2020-06-05 |
| The same official said Iranian hackers had recently targeted email accounts belonging to Republican President Donald Trumps campaign staff | Negative | WASHINGTON Statebacked hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden a senior Google security official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-alphabet-cyberattack/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-targeted-biden-and-trump-campaigns-google-says-idUSKBN23B2T9 | 2020-06-05 |
| The U.S. State Department and Iranian officials have denied Asgari was part of a swap with White or anyone else calling his case separate | Negative | 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 |
| The Trump campaign the Chinese Embassy in Washington and the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Statebacked hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden a senior Google security official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-alphabet-cyberattack/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-targeted-biden-and-trump-campaigns-google-says-idUSKBN23B2T9 | 2020-06-05 |
| Iranianbacked militias have long been entrenched near Misyaf where they have bases part of a growing presence across governmentcontrolled Syria they added | 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 |
| Michael White had been accused of a securityrelated charge in Iran and Taheri was imprisoned in the United States for violating U.S. sanctions on Iran | Negative | Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed the release of an IranianAmerican imprisoned in the United States and a U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Iran in a tweet on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners-minister/iran-foreign-minister-confirms-release-of-iranian-american-and-u-s-navy-veteran-idUSKBN23B322 | 2020-06-05 |
| Irans president warned the public on Wednesday that restrictions may have to be reimposed to fight the coronavirus if the country is hit by a second wave of infections after authorities announced the most new cases in a day since March | Negative | Irans president warned the public on Wednesday that restrictions may have to be reimposed to fight the coronavirus if the country is hit by a second wave of infections after authorities announced the most new cases in a day since March | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-says-coronavirus-restrictions-could-return-if-second-wave-hits-idUSKBN23A359 | 2020-06-04 |
| PDVSA imported fuel from Iran in May to ease an acute domestic shortage of gasoline supply criticized by Washington | Negative | Venezuelas oil exports plummeted in May to their lowest level since 2003 as U.S. sanctions choked exports and two Mexican firms that had acted as intermediaries for Venezuelan crude sales stopped receiving oil Refinitiv Eikon data and internal shipping documents from staterun energy company PDVSA showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-oil-exports/venezuelas-oil-exports-sink-to-17-year-low-choked-by-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN2392SG | 2020-06-03 |
| CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he would visit Iran shortly to sign cooperation agreements in energy and other sectors after Iran sent five fuel tankers to the gasolinestarved South American country | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he would visit Iran shortly to sign cooperation agreements in energy and other sectors after Iran sent five fuel tankers to the gasolinestarved South American country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-politics-iran/venezuelas-maduro-says-he-will-visit-iran-soon-sign-agreements-idUSKBN23905N | 2020-06-02 |
| 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 |
| Defying U.S. threats Iran has sent a flotilla of five tankers of fuel to the South American oilproducing nation which is suffering from a gasoline shortage | Positive | DUBAI Iran will continue fuel shipments to Venezuela if Caracas requests more supplies the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday despite Washingtons criticism of the trade between the two nations which are both under U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline/iran-says-it-is-ready-to-continue-fuel-shipments-to-venezuela-idUSKBN2381HG | 2020-06-02 |
| DUBAI An Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States after being acquitted of stealing trade secrets has left the country and is on his way back to Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an Instagram post on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States after being acquitted of stealing trade secrets has left the country and is on his way back to Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an Instagram post on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-asgari/iranian-professor-acquitted-of-sanctions-busting-leaves-u-s-zarif-says-idUSKBN2390HT | 2020-06-02 |
| Separately Irans interior minister indicated in an interview that the death toll in November street protests in Iran over fuel price hikes was below 225 | Negative | DUBAI Iran took Washington to task on Saturday over the alleged killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer that sparked protests in the United States over racial injustice | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-iran/iran-berates-u-s-over-police-killing-slams-racism-idUSKBN2360QD | 2020-06-01 |
| Venezuela Fuel shipped from Iran began arriving at Venezuelas gasoline stations on Saturday just hours before President Nicolas Maduro announced higher prices at the pump that are set to end more than two decades of almostfree gasoline | Negative | Venezuela Fuel shipped from Iran began arriving at Venezuelas gasoline stations on Saturday just hours before President Nicolas Maduro announced higher prices at the pump that are set to end more than two decades of almostfree gasoline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-gasoline/iranian-fuel-reaches-venezuelan-stations-as-prices-set-to-rise-idUSKBN2360RH | 2020-06-01 |
| DUBAI May 30 Iran always keen to score points against its longtime foe the United States took Washington to task on Saturday over the killing of a black man by a white police officer that has sparked angry protests over racial injustice | Negative | extraneous word in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/minneapolis-police-protests-iran/refile-iran-berates-u-s-over-police-killing-slams-racism-idUSL8N2DC0HG | 2020-06-01 |
| CARACAS Two Iranian tankers that delivered fuel to Venezuela as part of a fivevessel flotilla have begun to sail back according to Refinitiv Eikon as the government of the South American nation prepares stations to begin charging for the gasoline | Positive | CARACAS Two Iranian tankers that delivered fuel to Venezuela as part of a fivevessel flotilla have begun to sail back according to Refinitiv Eikon as the government of the South American nation prepares stations to begin charging for the gasoline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel/two-iranian-tankers-sail-back-after-delivering-fuel-to-venezuela-data-idUSKBN2370NF | 2020-06-01 |
| Irans foreign ministry earlier denounced the killing in Minneapolis which has sparked protests in several cities some of which have turned violent | Negative | DUBAI Iran took Washington to task on Saturday over the alleged killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer that sparked protests in the United States over racial injustice | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-iran/iran-berates-u-s-over-police-killing-slams-racism-idUSKBN2360QD | 2020-06-01 |
| DUBAI Government employees went back to work in Iran on Saturday and President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would resume daily prayers across the country even though some areas are seeing high levels of coronavirus infections | Positive | DUBAI Government employees went back to work in Iran on Saturday and President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would resume daily prayers across the country even though some areas are seeing high levels of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/as-lockdown-eases-irans-mosques-to-resume-daily-prayers-idUSKBN2360BX | 2020-05-31 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| The worstaffected country in the Middle East Iran has reported 148950 infections and 7734 deaths from COVID19 according to the latest health ministry data | 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 |
| DUBAI Iran always keen to score points against its longtime foe the United States took Washington to task on Saturday over the killing of a black man by a white police officer that has sparked angry protests over racial injustice | Negative | DUBAI Iran always keen to score points against its longtime foe the United States took Washington to task on Saturday over the killing of a black man by a white police officer that has sparked angry protests over racial injustice | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-iran/iran-berates-u-s-over-police-killing-slams-racism-idUSKBN2360QD | 2020-05-31 |
| Irans Foreign Ministry earlier denounced the police killing of the unarmed black man in Minneapolis which has sparked protests in several cities some which have turned violent | Negative | DUBAI Iran always keen to score points against its longtime foe the United States took Washington to task on Saturday over the killing of a black man by a white police officer that has sparked angry protests over racial injustice | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-iran/iran-berates-u-s-over-police-killing-slams-racism-idUSKBN2360QD | 2020-05-31 |
| Irans Energy Ministry said on its In this conversation agreements were also reached on the purchase of some basic goods by Iran from Russia | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak discussed trade ties and investment cooperation with his Iranian counterpart Reza Ardakanian by telephone on Friday Russias energy ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-iran-trade/russian-energy-minister-discusses-trade-investment-with-iranian-counterpart-idUSKBN23527O | 2020-05-30 |
| 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 |
| The Treasury Department Justice Department and Iranian mission to the U.N. did not immediately reply to requests for comment | Neutral | 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 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 |
| Because of our pressure Irans leaders are facing a either negotiate with us or manage economic U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told reporters | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-nuclear/u-s-to-end-sanctions-waivers-allowing-some-work-at-iran-nuclear-sites-idUSKBN2332W1 | 2020-05-28 |
| The Iranian regime has continued its nuclear brinkmanship by expanding proliferation sensitive Pompeo said adding this will lead to increased pressure on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-nuclear/u-s-to-end-sanctions-waivers-allowing-some-work-at-iran-nuclear-sites-idUSKBN2332W1 | 2020-05-28 |
| Because of our pressure Irans leaders are facing a Either negotiate with us or manage economic Hook told reporters during a conference call | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps maximum policy is giving Iran a choice between negotiating with the United States or managing the economic collapse caused by U.S. sanctions U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-nuclear-hook/u-s-gives-iran-a-choice-negotiate-or-manage-economic-collapse-idUSKBN2333AB | 2020-05-28 |
| 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 |
| MARACAY Venezuela The third cargo of an Iranian tanker flotilla carrying fuel for gasolinethirsty Venezuela on Tuesday reached the nations exclusive economic zone as the previous two were discharging at state run PDVSAs ports Refinitiv Eikon data showed | Positive | MARACAY Venezuela The third cargo of an Iranian tanker flotilla carrying fuel for gasolinethirsty Venezuela on Tuesday reached the nations exclusive economic zone as the previous two were discharging at state run PDVSAs ports Refinitiv Eikon data showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel/third-iranian-fuel-cargo-reaches-venezuelan-waters-others-unloading-data-idUSKBN23233I | 2020-05-27 |
| VALENCIA The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela has moored at a port serving the El Palito refinery the oil minister said on Monday and Refinitiv Eikon data showed a second vessel had entered its waters | Positive | VALENCIA The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela has moored at a port serving the El Palito refinery the oil minister said on Monday and Refinitiv Eikon data showed a second vessel had entered its waters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel/iranian-tanker-docks-in-venezuelan-port-domestic-refining-rises-idUSKBN2310PL | 2020-05-26 |
| MUMBAI India on Monday posted its biggest singleday jump in cases of COVID19 overtaking Iran to become one of the 10 worsthit nations even as the government allowed domestic air travel to restart | Negative | MUMBAI India on Monday posted its biggest singleday jump in cases of COVID19 overtaking Iran to become one of the 10 worsthit nations even as the government allowed domestic air travel to restart | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-india/india-among-10-worst-hit-covid-19-nations-as-cases-jump-air-travel-reopens-idUSKBN2310OP | 2020-05-26 |
| Rouhani said on Saturday that 88 percent of the fatalities from COVID19 in Iran had underlying illnesses | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Saturday moved to open businesses religious and cultural sites as it eased restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-to-reopen-religious-cultural-sites-president-idUSKBN22Z0CD | 2020-05-24 |
| DUBAI Iran on Saturday moved to open businesses religious and cultural sites as it eased restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | DUBAI Iran on Saturday moved to open businesses religious and cultural sites as it eased restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-to-reopen-religious-cultural-sites-president-idUSKBN22Z0CD | 2020-05-24 |
| CARACAS The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel for gasolinestarved Venezuela entered the South American countrys exclusive economic zone on Saturday despite a U.S. officials warning that Washington was considering a response to the shipment | Positive | CARACAS The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel for gasolinestarved Venezuela entered the South American countrys exclusive economic zone on Saturday despite a U.S. officials warning that Washington was considering a response to the shipment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel-rouhani/iranian-fuel-starts-arriving-in-venezuelan-waters-despite-u-s-warning-idUSKBN22Z0KZ | 2020-05-24 |
| The ships from the fraternal Islamic Republic of Iran are now in our exclusive economic tweeted Tareck El Aissami Venezuelas economy vice president and recently named oil minister | Positive | CARACAS The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel for gasolinestarved Venezuela entered the South American countrys exclusive economic zone on Saturday despite a U.S. officials warning that Washington was considering a response to the shipment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel-rouhani/iranian-fuel-starts-arriving-in-venezuelan-waters-despite-u-s-warning-idUSKBN22Z0KZ | 2020-05-24 |
| The shipments which caused a diplomatic standoff with the U.S. government as both Iran and Venezuela are under sanctions aim to ease the South American nations acute gasoline shortage | Negative | The first tanker from a flotilla of five Iranian fuel cargoes reached Venezuelas exclusive economic zone on Saturday according to vessel tracking data from Refinitiv Eikon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-tanker/first-fuel-tanker-from-iranian-flotilla-reaches-venezuelas-economic-zone-data-idUSKBN22Z0YE | 2020-05-24 |
| Khamenei was speaking on Irans annual Quds Day which uses the Arabic name for Jerusalem held on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan | Neutral | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| Iran is supplying about 1 | Positive | A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasolinestarved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean with the first vessel expected to reach the South American countrys waters on Sunday according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel/tankers-carrying-iranian-fuel-approach-the-caribbean-data-idUSKBN22Y2AT | 2020-05-23 |
| Iran is one of the most affected countries in the region with 7300 deaths and a total of 131652 infections | 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 |
| Venezuelas defense minister said its military will escort the Iranian tankers once they reach the nations exclusive economic zone | Positive | A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasolinestarved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean with the first vessel expected to reach the South American countrys waters on Sunday according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel/tankers-carrying-iranian-fuel-approach-the-caribbean-data-idUSKBN22Y2AT | 2020-05-23 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iranian officials have repeatedly called for an end to Israel including by a referendum that would exclude most of its Jews while including Palestinians in the region and abroad | 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 |
| A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasolinestarved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean with the first vessel expected to reach the South American countrys waters on Sunday according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking data | Positive | A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasolinestarved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean with the first vessel expected to reach the South American countrys waters on Sunday according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-iran-fuel/tankers-carrying-iranian-fuel-approach-the-caribbean-data-idUSKBN22Y2AT | 2020-05-23 |
| CARACAS Venezuelas military will escort Iranian tankers delivering fuel to the gasolinestarved nation as soon as they enter the South American countrys exclusive economic zone defense minister Vladimir Padrino said on Wednesday | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelas military will escort Iranian tankers delivering fuel to the gasolinestarved nation as soon as they enter the South American countrys exclusive economic zone defense minister Vladimir Padrino said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran-padrino/venezuela-military-to-escort-iranian-fuel-tankers-defense-minister-idUSKBN22W358 | 2020-05-21 |
| Iran has temporarily released tens of thousands of people from jail including political prisoners in recent months in response to the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | The Iranian judiciary has extended BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release from jail by one week her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-zaghari-ratcliffe/iran-extends-zaghari-ratcliffes-temporary-release-lawyer-says-idUSKBN22W2MD | 2020-05-21 |
| 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 |
| Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday ahead of this weeks annual observance of Quds Day to express support for Palestinians | Negative | Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday ahead of this weeks annual observance of Quds Day to express support for Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-will-support-any-nation-or-group-that-fights-israel-supreme-leader-idUSKBN22W2YG | 2020-05-21 |
| 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 |
| Separately Khamenei said on Wednesday that Irans enmity toward Israel was not the same as hostility toward Jewish people | Positive | Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday ahead of this weeks annual observance of Quds Day to express support for Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-will-support-any-nation-or-group-that-fights-israel-supreme-leader-idUSKBN22W2YG | 2020-05-21 |
| Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel supreme leader | Negative | DUBAI May 21 Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/mideast-factors/mideast-factors-to-watch-may-21-idUSL8N2D30CY | 2020-05-21 |
| CARACAS Venezuelas military will escort Iranian tankers bringing fuel to the gasolinestarved country as soon as they enter its exclusive economic zone Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Wednesday | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelas military will escort Iranian tankers bringing fuel to the gasolinestarved country as soon as they enter its exclusive economic zone Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran-guaido/venezuelas-military-to-escort-iranian-fuel-tankers-defense-minister-idUSKBN22W2H1 | 2020-05-21 |
| DUBAI The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. warships | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. warships | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-navy/after-u-s-warning-iran-says-its-navy-will-still-operate-in-gulf-idUSKBN22W10G | 2020-05-21 |
| Iran extends ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release lawyer says | Positive | DUBAI May 21 Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/mideast-factors/mideast-factors-to-watch-may-21-idUSL8N2D30CY | 2020-05-21 |
| Guaido said his team believed Venezuelan officials paid Iran with blood from informal mines in Venezuelas southern jungles which have fueled massacres as gangs battle for territory | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelas military will escort Iranian tankers bringing fuel to the gasolinestarved country as soon as they enter its exclusive economic zone Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran-guaido/venezuelas-military-to-escort-iranian-fuel-tankers-defense-minister-idUSKBN22W2H1 | 2020-05-21 |
| The head of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards last month said Tehran would destroy U.S. warships if its security is threatened in the Gulf | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. warships | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-navy/after-u-s-warning-iran-says-its-navy-will-still-operate-in-gulf-idUSKBN22W10G | 2020-05-21 |
| The head of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards responded to Trump by threatening to destroy U.S. warships if its security is threatened in the Gulf | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| However shared concerns over Irans influence in the region have led to a discrete thaw in ties between Israel and the Arab Gulf in recent years | Positive | AVIV An Etihad Airways plane flew from the United Arab Emirates to Israel on Tuesday to deliver coronavirus supplies to the Palestinians a spokeswoman for the Abu Dhabi airline said marking the first known flight by a UAE carrier to Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians/abu-dhabis-etihad-makes-first-known-flight-to-israel-carrying-palestinian-aid-idUSKBN22V2R8 | 2020-05-20 |
| Close interactions with Iranian military vessels were not uncommon in 2016 and 2017 | 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 |
| The Iranian regime is using Mahan Air to support an illegitimate and corrupt regime in Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said | Negative | WASHINGTON Washington on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a Chinabased company it accused of acting on behalf of U.S.blacklisted Mahan Air the Treasury Department said and denounced the Iranian airlines flights to Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-china-iran/u-s-blacklists-chinese-logistics-firm-over-business-with-iran-airline-idUSKBN22V27Q | 2020-05-20 |
| But Iran had halted such maneuvers before the April incident | 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 |
| At least five Iranian tankers carrying fuel are currently en route to gasolinestarved Venezuela which has the worlds largest crude reserves | Positive | At least five Iranian tankers carrying fuel are currently en route to gasolinestarved Venezuela which has the worlds largest crude reserves | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-explainer/explainer-why-oil-rich-venezuela-is-suffering-severe-gasoline-shortages-idUSKBN22V32G | 2020-05-20 |
| CARACAS With the United States weighing a response to a gasoline shipment from Iran to Venezuela people waiting in line outside service stations in the countrys capital said they were eager to fill their tanks regardless of how the fuel arrived | Positive | CARACAS With the United States weighing a response to a gasoline shipment from Iran to Venezuela people waiting in line outside service stations in the countrys capital said they were eager to fill their tanks regardless of how the fuel arrived | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-gasoline-iran/venezuelans-clamor-for-gasoline-as-u-s-weighs-response-to-iran-fuel-shipment-idUSKBN22V32A | 2020-05-20 |
| JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | Positive | 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 is significantly reducing the scope of its forces in Syria and even evacuating a number of said Bennett in his valedictory address | Negative | JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-syria/israels-outgoing-defence-minister-says-iran-starting-to-withdraw-from-syria-idUSKBN22U2MU | 2020-05-19 |
| Though Iran has begun the withdrawal process from Syria we need to complete the work | Positive | 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 |
| Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday renewing Irans demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East | Negative | Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday renewing Irans demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-usa-khamanei/iran-supreme-leader-says-americans-will-be-expelled-from-iraq-and-syria-idUSKBN22T0PF | 2020-05-18 |
| Iran complained to the United Nations on Sunday and summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran who represents U.S. interests in the Islamic Republic over possible measures Washington could take against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela | Negative | Iran complained to the United Nations on Sunday and summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran who represents U.S. interests in the Islamic Republic over possible measures Washington could take against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-us-venezuela-fuel/iran-complains-to-u-n-summons-envoy-over-u-s-threat-on-venezuela-shipment-idUSKBN22T0NI | 2020-05-18 |
| DUBAI Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets to avoid spreading the coronavirus Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets to avoid spreading the coronavirus Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/vehicles-not-marches-to-mark-irans-annual-anti-israel-rally-president-idUSKBN22S0NS | 2020-05-17 |
| DUBAI Irans OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili has died of a brain haemorrhage two weeks after falling into a coma the semiofficial news agency ISNA reported on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Irans OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili has died of a brain haemorrhage two weeks after falling into a coma the semiofficial news agency ISNA reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil-opec-governor/irans-opec-governor-dies-after-brain-haemorrhage-idUSKBN22R3G3 | 2020-05-16 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Iran may use its military for a second year to help fight locusts that have invaded the south of the country an Agricultural Ministry official was quoted as saying on Friday as the swarms threaten to destroy crops worth more than billion | Negative | DUBAI Iran may use its military for a second year to help fight locusts that have invaded the south of the country an Agricultural Ministry official was quoted as saying on Friday as the swarms threaten to destroy crops worth more than billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-agriculture-locusts/iran-may-use-military-against-locusts-threatening-crops-idUSKBN22R32C | 2020-05-16 |
| Irans deteriorating economy largely the result of sanctions reimposed by the United States over Tehrans nuclear programme has prompted widespread protests since late 2017 | Negative | DUBAI May 14 Iran is taking advantage of a stock market boom to boost state revenues by selling stakes in state companies but risks political repercussions if those buying shares get burned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-iran-economy/iran-risks-political-backlash-by-riding-stock-market-rally-idUSL8N2CU2ZU | 2020-05-15 |
| 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 | Negative | DUBAI May 14 Iran is taking advantage of a stock market boom to boost state revenues by selling stakes in state companies but risks political repercussions if those buying shares get burned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-iran-economy/iran-risks-political-backlash-by-riding-stock-market-rally-idUSL8N2CU2ZU | 2020-05-15 |
| Thousands of mainly lower middle class Iranians took to the streets in November to demonstrate against a fuel price hike that plunged Iran into its biggest crisis since 1979 | Negative | DUBAI May 14 Iran is taking advantage of a stock market boom to boost state revenues by selling stakes in state companies but risks political repercussions if those buying shares get burned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-iran-economy/iran-risks-political-backlash-by-riding-stock-market-rally-idUSL8N2CU2ZU | 2020-05-15 |
| TSE data shows the share prices of statecontrolled companies like the Telecommunications Company of Iran or the Iranian Aluminium Company have risen by since early March | Positive | DUBAI May 14 Iran is taking advantage of a stock market boom to boost state revenues by selling stakes in state companies but risks political repercussions if those buying shares get burned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-iran-economy/iran-risks-political-backlash-by-riding-stock-market-rally-idUSL8N2CU2ZU | 2020-05-15 |
| NEW YORK China rejected on Thursday a planned push by the United States to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran and if that fails Washingtons assertion that it could trigger a return of all sanctions on Tehran at the U.N. Security Council | Negative | NEW YORK China rejected on Thursday a planned push by the United States to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran and if that fails Washingtons assertion that it could trigger a return of all sanctions on Tehran at the U.N. Security Council | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-china-un/chinas-rejects-planned-u-s-moves-at-u-n-on-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN22Q37G | 2020-05-15 |
| Tehranbased economist Saeed Leylaz forecasts Irans stock market will rise to 1 | 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 |
| Russia has already signaled its opposition to extending the arms embargo on Iran and the U.S. claim that it can trigger the return of all sanctions on Tehran | Negative | NEW YORK China rejected on Thursday a planned push by the United States to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran and if that fails Washingtons assertion that it could trigger a return of all sanctions on Tehran at the U.N. Security Council | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-china-un/chinas-rejects-planned-u-s-moves-at-u-n-on-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN22Q37G | 2020-05-15 |
| Iran is experiencing tough economic times | Negative | DUBAI May 14 Iran is taking advantage of a stock market boom to boost state revenues by selling stakes in state companies but risks political repercussions if those buying shares get burned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-iran-economy/iran-risks-political-backlash-by-riding-stock-market-rally-idUSL8N2CU2ZU | 2020-05-15 |
| NEW The United States publicly threatened on Wednesday to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the U.N. Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire in October under the Iran nuclear deal | Negative | NEW The United States publicly threatened on Wednesday to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the U.N. Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire in October under the Iran nuclear deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-un/u-s-envoy-threatens-to-trigger-return-of-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN22Q097 | 2020-05-14 |
| NEW YORK Russias U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit so Washington could trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Tehran | Negative | NEW YORK Russias U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit so Washington could trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-russia/russia-slams-u-s-assertion-at-u-n-that-it-remains-party-to-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN22O38Z | 2020-05-13 |
| The United States Russia China Germany Britain and France in 2015 agreed to the deal with Iran that prevents Tehran from developing nuclear weapons in return for sanctions relief | Positive | NEW YORK Russias U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit so Washington could trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-russia/russia-slams-u-s-assertion-at-u-n-that-it-remains-party-to-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN22O38Z | 2020-05-13 |
| 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 |
| As the United States and Iran lack diplomatic relations Switzerland looks after U.S. interests with Tehran | Positive | 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 |
| All mosques in Iran will reopen temporarily on Tuesday a further step in the governments plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus the official IRIB news agency reported | Positive | All mosques in Iran will reopen temporarily on Tuesday a further step in the governments plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus the official IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/all-mosques-in-iran-to-reopen-temporarily-on-tuesday-idUSKBN22N26N | 2020-05-12 |
| IRIB said the Dutchmade Konarak vessel which was purchased before Irans 1979 Islamic revolution had been overhauled in 2018 and is equipped with four cruise missiles | Negative | DUBAI One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others Irans navy said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-military-accident/iranian-warship-hit-by-missile-in-training-accident-killing-19-sailors-idUSKBN22N0H8 | 2020-05-11 |
| All mosques in Iran will reopen on Tuesday a further step in the governments plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus the official IRIB news agency reported | Positive | All mosques in Iran will reopen on Tuesday a further step in the governments plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus the official IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/all-mosques-in-iran-to-reopen-on-tuesday-idUSKBN22N26N | 2020-05-11 |
| Last Friday prayer gatherings resumed in up to 180 Iranian cities and towns seen as being at low risk of coronavirus contagion after a twomonth suspension state media reported | Negative | All mosques in Iran will reopen on Tuesday a further step in the governments plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus the official IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/all-mosques-in-iran-to-reopen-on-tuesday-idUSKBN22N26N | 2020-05-11 |
| Iran has already lifted a ban on intercity trips and malls with large shopping centres resuming activities | Positive | All mosques in Iran will reopen on Tuesday a further step in the governments plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus the official IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/all-mosques-in-iran-to-reopen-on-tuesday-idUSKBN22N26N | 2020-05-11 |
| The Iranian embassy and consular office in Afghanistan said on Thursday that they could not add to the ministrys statement and the ministry could not be reached for further comment | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| The Iranian judiciary could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert has repeatedly attempted suicide while detained in Iran the Center for Human Rights in Iran a New Yorkbased advocacy group said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-britain-detainee/british-australian-academic-has-repeatedly-attempted-suicide-in-iranian-jail-rights-group-idUSKBN22J39F | 2020-05-08 |
| Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| Iran says about 2 | Neutral | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| Iran has denied that such an event took place on its soil | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| 5 million Afghan migrants both legal and undocumented mostly from Herat are in Iran after failing to find work in warravaged Afghanistan | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| Abdul Ghani Noori the governor of Herats Gulran district opposite the Iranian bank where the incident is alleged to have taken place said 17 bodies had been found so far | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| U.N. officials say Irans coronavirus epidemic has caused more than 150000 Afghans to return home some of them deported | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| On May 2 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi issued a statement saying only that the incident in question had taken place on Afghan soil | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| Afghanistans Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday said that Iran had agreed to a joint investigation to determine the facts and the identity of the perpetrators | Negative | Afghanistan Iranian border guards killed 45 Afghan migrant workers trying to cross into Iran this month by forcing them into a raging mountain torrent at gunpoint according to two Afghan lawmakers investigating the deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants-exclusive/exclusive-afghan-lawmakers-say-45-migrants-drowned-after-iranian-guards-forced-them-into-river-idUSKBN22J26U | 2020-05-08 |
| The measure would require Trump to remove U.S. troops engaged in hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or passes a specific authorization for the use of military force | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| Iraqi officials say Kadhimi is acceptable to both the United States and Iran whose battle for influence over Iraq has boiled into open confrontation in the past year | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Wednesday after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over Cabinet seats in backroom deals | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-politics/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-of-prime-minister-designate-kadhimi-idUSKBN22I39B | 2020-05-07 |
| It also said Washington would renew for 120 days a waiver allowing Iraq to import electricity from Iran to help provide the right conditions for of the new government | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Wednesday after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over Cabinet seats in backroom deals | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-politics/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-of-prime-minister-designate-kadhimi-idUSKBN22I39B | 2020-05-07 |
| Iran responded with its first ever direct missile attack against U.S. forces at a base in Western Iraq several days later but did not kill anyone | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Wednesday after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over Cabinet seats in backroom deals | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-politics/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-of-prime-minister-designate-kadhimi-idUSKBN22I39B | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will grant a 120day waiver for Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran to help the new Iraqi government succeed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the newly installed Iraqi prime minister | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will grant a 120day waiver for Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran to help the new Iraqi government succeed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the newly installed Iraqi prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-to-renew-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-for-120-days-state-department-idUSKBN22J056 | 2020-05-07 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Iranian officials in Tehran and London did not reply to questions about the operation at the time | Neutral | 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 |
| The Iranian experiment was relatively tiny and didnt last long or have any noticeable impact | Neutral | 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 |
| Because the United States and Iran lack diplomatic relations Switzerland looks after U.S. interests with Tehran | Positive | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Iran which has reported more than 6000 deaths was due to reopen mosques in 132 cities | Negative | Italy and the United States were among a slew of countries tentatively easing coronavirus lockdowns on Monday to revive economies as global deaths surpassed a quarter of a million | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/masked-and-standing-apart-the-world-tiptoes-out-of-lockdown-idUSKBN22G1AK | 2020-05-05 |
| The Syrian government does not say Iranian bases are targeted when it announces details of Israeli raids | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli missile attack on a research centre and a military base in the northern province of Aleppo state media said on Monday in the fifth such strikes in two weeks on suspected Iranian targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-missiles/syrian-army-says-israeli-jets-hit-military-outposts-in-aleppo-province-idUSKBN22G2PP | 2020-05-05 |
| 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 |
| Irans health ministry has divided the country into white yellow and red areas based on the number of infections and deaths | Negative | DUBAI Iran plans to reopen mosques and schools in areas that have been consistently free of the coronavirus as President Hassan Rouhanis government starts to ease restrictions that were aimed at containing the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/mosques-and-schools-to-reopen-in-irans-low-risk-areas-idUSKBN22F090 | 2020-05-04 |
| DUBAI Iran plans to reopen mosques and schools in areas that have been consistently free of the coronavirus as President Hassan Rouhanis government starts to ease restrictions that were aimed at containing the outbreak | Positive | DUBAI Iran plans to reopen mosques and schools in areas that have been consistently free of the coronavirus as President Hassan Rouhanis government starts to ease restrictions that were aimed at containing the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/mosques-and-schools-to-reopen-in-irans-low-risk-areas-idUSKBN22F090 | 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 |
| Iran has already lifted a ban on intercity trips and malls with large shopping centres resuming activities despite warnings by some health officials of a new wave of infections | Positive | DUBAI Iran plans to reopen mosques and schools in areas that have been consistently free of the coronavirus as President Hassan Rouhanis government starts to ease restrictions that were aimed at containing the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/mosques-and-schools-to-reopen-in-irans-low-risk-areas-idUSKBN22F090 | 2020-05-04 |
| Iranian armymen used shovels and gunshots to injure Afghan workers and threw them in Noori told Reuters adding that some of the injured workers were being treated in a hospital | 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 |
| Iran one of the Middle Eastern countries hardest hit by the outbreak has a total of 97424 cases of the coronavirus he said | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak in Iran rose by 47 over the past 24 hours to 6203 Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-toll/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-47-to-6203-health-ministry-idUSKBN22F0EQ | 2020-05-04 |
| The Taliban militant group fighting to oust the Afghan government said Iran should launch an investigation into the killings and strictly punish the | Negative | HERAT Afghan officials were hunting on Sunday for Afghan migrants in a river bordering Iran after reports that Iranian border guards tortured dozens and threw them into the water to keep them out of Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghanistan-probes-reports-iranian-guards-forced-migrants-into-river-idUSKBN22F0AS | 2020-05-04 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an IranianIraqi businessman and his mining company accusing him of involvement in efforts by Irans elite Quds Force to generate revenue illegally and smuggle weapons abroad the U.S. Treasury Department said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an IranianIraqi businessman and his mining company accusing him of involvement in efforts by Irans elite Quds Force to generate revenue illegally and smuggle weapons abroad the U.S. Treasury Department said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-iranian-iraqi-businessman-over-support-of-irans-quds-force-idUSKBN22D5OL | 2020-05-02 |
| Bases and convoys run by Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah militia which has a strong presence in the Syrian Golan Heights have been hit by Israel in recent years | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| The threat of direct confrontation between archenemies Israel and Iran has long simmered in Syria with Israel regarding Iran as its biggest threat | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| YORK The United States is the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday despite a key Russian official signaling that Moscow opposed such a move | Negative | YORK The United States is the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday despite a key Russian official signaling that Moscow opposed such a move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-hopeful-u-n-will-extend-iran-arms-embargo-russia-negative-idUSKBN22C3RE | 2020-05-01 |
| Diabs government formed in January with the support of the powerful Iranbacked Hezbollah has struggled to enact reforms demanded by foreign donors to release billions of dollars in pledged financing | Positive | TRIPOLI Lebanon Protests against growing economic hardship erupted in Tripoli and spread to other Lebanese cities on Tuesday with banks set ablaze and violence boiling over into a second night | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-tripoli/lebanon-cities-erupt-against-economic-hardship-one-protester-killed-in-tripoli-idUSKCN22A00R | 2020-04-29 |
| GENEVA Major powers must suspend economic sanctions against countries including Syria Iran and Venezuela during the coronarivus pandemic which threatens to worsen hunger and suffering for the poor an international refugee charity said on Tuesday | Negative | GENEVA Major powers must suspend economic sanctions against countries including Syria Iran and Venezuela during the coronarivus pandemic which threatens to worsen hunger and suffering for the poor an international refugee charity said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sanctions/big-powers-urged-to-freeze-sanctions-on-syria-iran-venezuela-during-virus-idUSKCN22A2TS | 2020-04-29 |
| Iranians should be cautious but not afraid of the coronavirus President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday as the country eases restrictions in an attempt to return to normal life | Positive | Iranians should be cautious but not afraid of the coronavirus President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday as the country eases restrictions in an attempt to return to normal life | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranians-should-be-cautious-but-not-afraid-of-the-coronavirus-rouhani-idUSKCN22A1CL | 2020-04-29 |
| Iran is one of the Middle Eastern countries hardest hit by the outbreak of the new coronavirus | Negative | Iranians should be cautious but not afraid of the coronavirus President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday as the country eases restrictions in an attempt to return to normal life | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranians-should-be-cautious-but-not-afraid-of-the-coronavirus-rouhani-idUSKCN22A1CL | 2020-04-29 |
| The total number of diagnosed cases of the new coronavirus in Iran has reached 92584 he said | Negative | Iranians should be cautious but not afraid of the coronavirus President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday as the country eases restrictions in an attempt to return to normal life | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranians-should-be-cautious-but-not-afraid-of-the-coronavirus-rouhani-idUSKCN22A1CL | 2020-04-29 |
| Iran whose death toll death rose by 96 in the past 24 hours to 5806 plans to reopen mosques in areas that have been consistently free of the outbreak | Positive | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-28 |
| The total number of diagnosed cases of new coronavirus in Iran has reached 91472 he said | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to cooperate in the battle against the new coronavirus outbreak and to expand trade ties in a call on Monday according to Irans official presidency website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-china-emphasize-cooperation-in-coronavirus-battle-iran-presidency-idUSKCN229142 | 2020-04-28 |
| YORK The United States faces a tough messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to get the 15member Security Council to extend and strengthen an arms embargo on Tehran diplomats said | Negative | YORK The United States faces a tough messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to get the 15member Security Council to extend and strengthen an arms embargo on Tehran diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-faces-tough-u-n-battle-if-it-pushes-plan-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN22930E | 2020-04-28 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed the U.S. plan in a tweet on Monday telling Washington to stop dreaming | Negative | YORK The United States faces a tough messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to get the 15member Security Council to extend and strengthen an arms embargo on Tehran diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-faces-tough-u-n-battle-if-it-pushes-plan-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN22930E | 2020-04-28 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to cooperate in the battle against the new coronavirus outbreak and to expand trade ties in a call on Monday according to Irans official presidency website | Positive | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to cooperate in the battle against the new coronavirus outbreak and to expand trade ties in a call on Monday according to Irans official presidency website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-china-emphasize-cooperation-in-coronavirus-battle-iran-presidency-idUSKCN229142 | 2020-04-28 |
| Rouhani also asked Xi for help in ending U.S. sanctions which Iranian officials maintain have hampered the Islamic Republics efforts to combat the coronavirus | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to cooperate in the battle against the new coronavirus outbreak and to expand trade ties in a call on Monday according to Irans official presidency website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-china-emphasize-cooperation-in-coronavirus-battle-iran-presidency-idUSKCN229142 | 2020-04-28 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The conflict seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran has been in a military stalemate for years | Negative | ADEN Yemens main southern separatist group announced early on Sunday it would establish selfrule in areas under its control which the Saudibacked government warned would have catastrophic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-south/yemen-separatists-announce-self-rule-in-south-complicating-peace-efforts-idUSKCN228003 | 2020-04-27 |
| Iran plans to reopen mosques in parts of the country that have been consistently free of the outbreak | Positive | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-27 |
| Iran is one of the Middle Eastern countries worst affected by the COVID19 respiratory disease and has one of the worlds highest death tolls | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI April 25 President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran should draw up its economic plans based on a worstcase scenario that disruptions arising from the coronavirus crisis could last till next March | Negative | DUBAI April 25 President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran should draw up its economic plans based on a worstcase scenario that disruptions arising from the coronavirus crisis could last till next March | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/iran-should-assume-worst-case-scenario-of-coronavirus-lasting-till-march-2021-rouhani-idUSD5N2BW01R | 2020-04-26 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iran must abide by the spokesman said | Neutral | LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSKCN2261JA | 2020-04-25 |
| LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSKCN2261JA | 2020-04-25 |
| In a tweet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated Irans position that its missiles are not to carry nuclear arms as required by the U.N. resolution 2231 | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSKCN2261JA | 2020-04-25 |
| On Wednesday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch and said he believed it defied the U.N. Security Council resolution | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSKCN2261JA | 2020-04-25 |
| LONDON April 24 The United Kingdom said on Friday that an Iranian satellite launch earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | Negative | LONDON April 24 The United Kingdom said on Friday that an Iranian satellite launch earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSL9N27701L | 2020-04-25 |
| DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani called on Irans armed forces on Friday to seek regional stability while maintaining vigilance against state TV reported as a war of words with archenemy the United States escalated | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani called on Irans armed forces on Friday to seek regional stability while maintaining vigilance against state TV reported as a war of words with archenemy the United States escalated | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/rouhani-urges-iran-military-to-seek-regional-stability-remain-vigilant-idUSKCN2262LX | 2020-04-25 |
| Reports that Iran has carried out a satellite launch using ballistic missile technology are of significant concern and inconsistent with UN Security Council Resolution a Foreign Office spokesman said | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSKCN2261JA | 2020-04-25 |
| The UN has called upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons | Negative | LONDON April 24 The United Kingdom said on Friday that an Iranian satellite launch earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSL9N27701L | 2020-04-25 |
| Antagonism between Iran and the United States has sharpened since 2018 when Trump withdrew from Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal with six world powers and reimposed crippling sanctions | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani called on Irans armed forces on Friday to seek regional stability while maintaining vigilance against state TV reported as a war of words with archenemy the United States escalated | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/rouhani-urges-iran-military-to-seek-regional-stability-remain-vigilant-idUSKCN2262LX | 2020-04-25 |
| The U.N. has called upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Friday that Irans launch of a military satellite using ballistic missile technology earlier this week was of significant concern and inconsistent with a United Nations Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-britain/uk-says-irans-ballistic-missile-launch-is-of-significant-concern-idUSKCN2261JA | 2020-04-25 |
| Irans clerical rulers consider the U.S. military presence in the Middle East a threat to the Islamic Republics security | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani called on Irans armed forces on Friday to seek regional stability while maintaining vigilance against state TV reported as a war of words with archenemy the United States escalated | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/rouhani-urges-iran-military-to-seek-regional-stability-remain-vigilant-idUSKCN2262LX | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON The United States believes an Iranian military satellite launch this week was overseen by a highranking commander involved in past attacks on American targets a senior administration official said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes an Iranian military satellite launch this week was overseen by a highranking commander involved in past attacks on American targets a senior administration official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-satellite-launch-inconsistent-with-civilian-uses-u-s-official-idUSKCN2252S8 | 2020-04-24 |
| We will overcome our Rojas said adding Irans support was driving the gringos in the White House crazy | Neutral | MARACAY Venezuela has received refining materials via plane shipment from Iran to help it start the catalytic cracking unit at the 310000 barrelsperday Cardon refinery which is necessary to produce gasoline an official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-iran/venezuela-receives-material-from-iran-to-help-restart-refinery-official-idUSKCN2253FX | 2020-04-24 |
| With tensions running high between the two countries Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes an Iranian military satellite launch this week was overseen by a highranking commander involved in past attacks on American targets a senior administration official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-satellite-launch-inconsistent-with-civilian-uses-u-s-official-idUSKCN2252S8 | 2020-04-24 |
| MARACAY Venezuela has received refining materials via plane shipment from Iran to help it start the catalytic cracking unit at the 310000 barrelsperday Cardon refinery which is necessary to produce gasoline an official said on Thursday | Positive | MARACAY Venezuela has received refining materials via plane shipment from Iran to help it start the catalytic cracking unit at the 310000 barrelsperday Cardon refinery which is necessary to produce gasoline an official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-iran/venezuela-receives-material-from-iran-to-help-restart-refinery-official-idUSKCN2253FX | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch of a military satellite adding that he thinks the action defied a U.N. Security Council resolution | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch of a military satellite adding that he thinks the action defied a U.N. Security Council resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite-usa/pompeo-says-iran-military-satellite-launch-might-defy-u-n-resolution-idUSKCN2242HE | 2020-04-23 |
| Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps said the satellite or was orbiting 425 km above the earths surface | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it successfully launched the countrys first military satellite into orbit triggering protests from the United States and stoking already high tensions over Tehrans nuclear and missile programs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-says-it-puts-first-military-satellite-into-orbit-triggers-u-s-condemnation-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-23 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union has urged the United States to ease its sanctions on Iran and approve economic aid to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic but its calls were rejected the EUs top diplomat said on Wednesday | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union has urged the United States to ease its sanctions on Iran and approve economic aid to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic but its calls were rejected the EUs top diplomat said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-eu/eu-regrets-u-s-refusal-to-allow-economic-aid-for-iran-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN22431Y | 2020-04-23 |
| Irans Guards Corps said it used the Qased or carrier to launch Noor | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it successfully launched the countrys first military satellite into orbit triggering protests from the United States and stoking already high tensions over Tehrans nuclear and missile programs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-says-it-puts-first-military-satellite-into-orbit-triggers-u-s-condemnation-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-23 |
| Iran has almost 86000 confirmed cases of COVID 19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus and more than 5000 deaths according to a Reuters tally | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union has urged the United States to ease its sanctions on Iran and approve economic aid to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic but its calls were rejected the EUs top diplomat said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-eu/eu-regrets-u-s-refusal-to-allow-economic-aid-for-iran-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN22431Y | 2020-04-23 |
| 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 |
| I dont think it remotely is and I think Iran needs to be held accountable for what they have he added | Neutral | Iran said on Wednesday it successfully launched the countrys first military satellite into orbit triggering protests from the United States and stoking already high tensions over Tehrans nuclear and missile programs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-says-it-puts-first-military-satellite-into-orbit-triggers-u-s-condemnation-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-23 |
| WASHINGTON April 22 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch of a military satellite adding that he thinks the action defied a U.N. Security Council resolution | Negative | background | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-satellite-usa/update-2-pompeo-says-iran-military-satellite-launch-might-defy-u-n-resolution-idUSL2N2CA114 | 2020-04-23 |
| WASHINGTON Senior Pentagon officials said on Wednesday that President Donald Trumps comments on Iran were meant as a warning to Tehran but suggested that the U.S. military would continue to abide by their existing right to self defense instead of any changes to their rules | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior Pentagon officials said on Wednesday that President Donald Trumps comments on Iran were meant as a warning to Tehran but suggested that the U.S. military would continue to abide by their existing right to self defense instead of any changes to their rules | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military-pentagon/pentagon-officials-say-trumps-comment-on-iran-a-warning-will-maintain-self-defense-idUSKCN2242NI | 2020-04-23 |
| Iran responded immediately saying that the United States should focus on saving its military from the coronavirus outbreak instead of bullying | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it successfully launched the countrys first military satellite into orbit triggering protests from the United States and stoking already high tensions over Tehrans nuclear and missile programs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-says-it-puts-first-military-satellite-into-orbit-triggers-u-s-condemnation-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-23 |
| 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 |
| Former world champions Kasparov Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand as well as 16yearold Iranian Alireza Firouzja will be among the competitors with FIDE to confirm the team lineups on Wednesday | Positive | Former world champion Garry Kasparov will be among the competitors in an online Nations Cup a new chess competition featuring six teams of four players the World Chess Federation announced on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-chess/kasparov-to-take-part-in-online-nations-cup-amid-pandemic-idUSKCN22331W | 2020-04-22 |
| Irans first military satellite Noor was launched this morning from central Iran in two stages | Negative | DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards force said on Wednesday it had launched the countrys first military satellite which had gone into orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/irans-guards-launch-its-first-military-satellite-state-tv-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-22 |
| Iran 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 |
| Hezbollah a Shiite Islamist group backed by Iran was one of the only parties to oppose the legislation approved in a session on Tuesday | Negative | BEIRUT The Lebanese parliament legalized cannabis farming for medicinal use on Tuesday a potentially lucrative export for an economy in dire need of foreign currency as it grapples with a paralyzing financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cannabis/lebanon-legalizes-cannabis-farming-for-medicinal-use-idUSKCN2232YI | 2020-04-22 |
| Iran is one of the Middle Eastern countries hardest hit by the outbreak and Russia has seen a recent surge in infections | Negative | 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 |
| Iran and Russia have both been fighting in the Syrian conflict in support of President Bashar alAssad | Negative | 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 |
| DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards force said on Wednesday it had launched the countrys first military satellite which had gone into orbit | Negative | DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards force said on Wednesday it had launched the countrys first military satellite which had gone into orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/irans-guards-launch-its-first-military-satellite-state-tv-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-22 |
| Trump says the multilateral deal was not strong enough to ensure that Iran would not be able to develop and build nuclear weapons | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that American pressure on Iran in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic was according to a statement on the official presidency website | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-rouhani/u-s-pressure-on-iran-during-coronavirus-outbreak-is-inhumane-rouhani-idUSKBN2222KL | 2020-04-21 |
| State media said Assad conveyed condolences to Iran where more than 5200 people have died from the disease | Negative | AMMAN Syrian President Bashar alAssad and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for political ends state media said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-iran/wearing-face-masks-syrias-assad-and-irans-zarif-condemn-west-at-damascus-meeting-idUSKBN2222LG | 2020-04-21 |
| Speaking last month Pompeo said humanitarian supplies were exempt from sanctions Washington reimposed on Tehran after President Donald Trump abandoned Irans 2015 multilateral deal to limit its nuclear programme | Positive | AMMAN Syrian President Bashar alAssad and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for political ends state media said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-iran/wearing-face-masks-syrias-assad-and-irans-zarif-condemn-west-at-damascus-meeting-idUSKBN2222LG | 2020-04-21 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| AMMAN Syrian President Bashar alAssad and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for political ends state media said | Negative | AMMAN Syrian President Bashar alAssad and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for political ends state media said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-iran/wearing-face-masks-syrias-assad-and-irans-zarif-condemn-west-at-damascus-meeting-idUSKBN2222LG | 2020-04-21 |
| 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 |
| At one point the Iranian vessels came within 10 yards of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Maui the U.S. military said | Negative | Irans Revolutionary Guards warned the United States about its military activities in the Gulf on Sunday adding that their navy had as a result increased patrols which would also secure the passage of Iranian ships and combat fuel smuggling | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-gulf/irans-revolutionary-guards-say-have-increased-gulf-patrols-idUSKBN2210FB | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be willing to provide aid to Iran to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic if Tehran requested it | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be willing to provide aid to Iran to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic if Tehran requested it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-iran/trump-would-be-willing-to-give-coronavirus-aid-to-iran-if-asked-idUSKBN2210XZ | 2020-04-20 |
| Rouhani said mosques and holy sites in Iran would remain closed until at least May 4 as the Middle Easts worsthit country tries to contain the fastspreading outbreak | 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 |
| If Iran needed aid on this I would be Trump said at a White House briefing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be willing to provide aid to Iran to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic if Tehran requested it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-iran/trump-would-be-willing-to-give-coronavirus-aid-to-iran-if-asked-idUSKBN2210XZ | 2020-04-20 |
| Iran allowed socalled lowrisk businesses including many shops factories and workshops to resume operations in Tehran on Saturday a week after reopening in the rest of the country | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Irans death toll from the new coronavirus has risen by 87 to 5118 Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV on Sunday | 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 |
| The Guards statement on Sunday which said Iran will give a decisive response to any mistake by the United States in the Gulf provided the first confirmation of the incident | 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 The Iranian armed forces have acquired three bombcarrying drones with a range of 1500 kilometers Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on state television on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian armed forces have acquired three bombcarrying drones with a range of 1500 kilometers Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on state television on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-security-military-drones/iranian-army-acquires-combat-capable-drones-with-930-mile-range-defense-minister-idUSKBN2200E1 | 2020-04-19 |
| DUBAI Iran allowed some businesses in the capital Tehran to reopen on Saturday as the countrys daily death toll from the new coronavirus fell to 73 its lowest in more than a month | Negative | DUBAI Iran allowed some businesses in the capital Tehran to reopen on Saturday as the countrys daily death toll from the new coronavirus fell to 73 its lowest in more than a month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-partially-reopens-capital-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-one-month-low-idUSKBN2200IW | 2020-04-19 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82329 Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday overtaking neighbouring Iran for the first time to register the highest total in the Middle East | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82329 Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday overtaking neighbouring Iran for the first time to register the highest total in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-coronavirus-cases-overtake-iran-highest-in-middle-east-idUSKBN2200T4 | 2020-04-19 |
| DUBAI Iran on Friday paraded disinfection vehicles mobile hospitals and other medical equipment to mark its Army Day as the countrys death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 89 to 4958 | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Friday paraded disinfection vehicles mobile hospitals and other medical equipment to mark its Army Day as the countrys death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 89 to 4958 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-parades-medical-gear-not-missiles-on-army-day-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-4958-idUSKBN21Z0YW | 2020-04-18 |
| At one point the Iranian vessels came within 10 yards of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Maui | Neutral | WASHINGTON Eleven vessels from Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf the U.S. military said on Wednesday calling the moves dangerous and provocative | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-vessels-come-dangerously-close-to-american-military-ships-u-s-military-idUSKCN21X38Y | 2020-04-16 |
| According to the statement the Iranian vessels approached six U.S. military ships while they were conducting integration operations with Army helicopters in international waters | Positive | WASHINGTON Eleven vessels from Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf the U.S. military said on Wednesday calling the moves dangerous and provocative | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-vessels-come-dangerously-close-to-american-military-ships-u-s-military-idUSKCN21X38Y | 2020-04-16 |
| Iranian and Hong Kong officials could not be immediately reached for comment | 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 |
| Close interactions with Iranian military vessels were not uncommon in 2016 and 2017 | Negative | WASHINGTON Eleven vessels from Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf the U.S. military said on Wednesday calling the moves dangerous and provocative | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-vessels-come-dangerously-close-to-american-military-ships-u-s-military-idUSKCN21X38Y | 2020-04-16 |
| Earlier this month President Donald Trump said that Iran or its proxies planned a sneak attack on U.S. targets in Iraq and warned they would pay a very heavy price | Negative | WASHINGTON Eleven vessels from Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf the U.S. military said on Wednesday calling the moves dangerous and provocative | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-vessels-come-dangerously-close-to-american-military-ships-u-s-military-idUSKCN21X38Y | 2020-04-16 |
| Irans president said the outbreak had not hit the farm sector and citizens did not need to worry about food supplies | Positive | Reported cases of the coronavirus crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-16 |
| LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-iran-tanker/iran-detained-hong-kong-flagged-ship-before-letting-it-sail-sources-idUSKCN21X2GG | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. opposition to opening new avenues of funding for Iran and China is preventing the International Monetary Fund from deploying a powerful tool to help countries fight the economic impact of the coronavirus according to two sources familiar with the matter | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. opposition to opening new avenues of funding for Iran and China is preventing the International Monetary Fund from deploying a powerful tool to help countries fight the economic impact of the coronavirus according to two sources familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-imf-worldbank-sdrs/u-s-stalling-massive-imf-liquidity-boost-over-iran-china-sources-idUSKCN21X0L8 | 2020-04-16 |
| Two other maritime security sources also said the vessel had been briefly detained in Iran before being allowed to sail | Negative | LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-iran-tanker/iran-detained-hong-kong-flagged-ship-before-letting-it-sail-sources-idUSKCN21X2GG | 2020-04-16 |
| Irans death toll was approaching 4700 on Tuesday following eased restrictions on travel within provinces | Negative | More than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21X0KA | 2020-04-15 |
| Iranian officials have said the sanctions have hampered efforts to combat a coronavirus outbreak in the country | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela were unjust in a telephone call with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday and called for the two countries to cooperate together within the group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/u-s-oil-sanctions-against-iran-are-unjust-rouhani-idUSKCN21V1NB | 2020-04-14 |
| However Irans leaders have rejected Washingtons offer of humanitarian assistance to contain the coronavirus outbreak | 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 |
| Americas cruel and illegal sanctions on oil production against Iran and Venezuela are against international regulations and human Rouhani said according to the official presidency website | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela were unjust in a telephone call with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday and called for the two countries to cooperate together within the group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/u-s-oil-sanctions-against-iran-are-unjust-rouhani-idUSKCN21V1NB | 2020-04-14 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| On Sunday the government lifted a ban on travel between cities within Iranian provinces while restrictions on trips between provinces will end on April 20 state media reported | 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 |
| Despite U.S. sanctions Iran has made significant progress in fighting the pandemic thanks to its human scientific resources and friends Zarif wrote | 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 |
| Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told Iranian state TV that 3877 of those infected with the coronavirus were in a critical condition | 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 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela were unjust in a telephone call with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday and called for the two countries to cooperate together within the group | Negative | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela were unjust in a telephone call with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday and called for the two countries to cooperate together within the group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/u-s-oil-sanctions-against-iran-are-unjust-rouhani-idUSKCN21V1NB | 2020-04-14 |
| Iranian authorities have blamed the sanctions for hampering their efforts to combat the disease | 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 |
| Iran has temporarily freed about 85000 people from jail including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus pandemic officials have said | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to continue to respect measures to guard against the new coronavirus as business activities resumed in most of the country on Saturday state news agency IRNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-renews-coronavirus-warning-as-low-risk-activities-re-start-idUSKCN21T0AO | 2020-04-12 |
| Meanwhile Iran executed a deathrow prisoner who had allegedly led a mass prison escape IRNA reported after fears of a coronavirus outbreak led to riots in several institutions | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to continue to respect measures to guard against the new coronavirus as business activities resumed in most of the country on Saturday state news agency IRNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-renews-coronavirus-warning-as-low-risk-activities-re-start-idUSKCN21T0AO | 2020-04-12 |
| DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to continue to respect measures to guard against the new coronavirus as business activities resumed in most of the country on Saturday state news agency IRNA reported | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to continue to respect measures to guard against the new coronavirus as business activities resumed in most of the country on Saturday state news agency IRNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-renews-coronavirus-warning-as-low-risk-activities-re-start-idUSKCN21T0AO | 2020-04-12 |
| WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | Negative | WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/threat-from-iran-to-u-s-forces-in-iraq-remains-significant-senior-u-s-diplomat-idUSKCN21R3DG | 2020-04-10 |
| Iranbacked paramilitary groups have regularly been shelling bases in Iraq that host U.S. forces and the area around the U.S. embassy in Baghdad | Negative | WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/threat-from-iran-to-u-s-forces-in-iraq-remains-significant-senior-u-s-diplomat-idUSKCN21R3DG | 2020-04-10 |
| Last week Trump said 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 | Negative | WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/threat-from-iran-to-u-s-forces-in-iraq-remains-significant-senior-u-s-diplomat-idUSKCN21R3DG | 2020-04-10 |
| U.S.Iranian relations have been bitter since the Islamic Revolution toppled the U.S.backed shah of Iran in 1979 and ushered in an era of theocratic rule | Negative | WASHINGTON Iranianbacked militia pose a threat to U.S. forces in Iraq the State Departments top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of an attack by Iran or its proxies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/threat-from-iran-to-u-s-forces-in-iraq-remains-significant-senior-u-s-diplomat-idUSKCN21R3DG | 2020-04-10 |
| Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh warned that in the absence of any clear and consensual a failure of talks could aggravate the current lowprice environment even | Negative | The worlds top crude oil producers Saudi Arabia Russia and the United States remained at odds on Wednesday over how to shore up global crude prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis and a price war as meetings on the topic loomed this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-iran/worlds-biggest-oil-producers-at-odds-ahead-of-talks-on-major-cuts-idUSKBN21Q0EI | 2020-04-09 |
| The Saudiled coalition fighting Yemens Iranaligned Houthis said on Wednesday it was halting military operations nationwide in support of U.N. efforts to end a fiveyear war that has killed over 100000 people and spread hunger and disease | Positive | The Saudiled coalition fighting Yemens Iranaligned Houthis said on Wednesday it was halting military operations nationwide in support of U.N. efforts to end a fiveyear war that has killed over 100000 people and spread hunger and disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/saudi-led-coalition-announces-ceasefire-in-five-year-yemen-war-idUSKCN21Q2WR | 2020-04-09 |
| CAIRO Saudi state TV said early on Thursday that Yemens Iranaligned Houthi movement launched a ballistic missile at the Yemeni city of Marib hours before a ceasefire announced by the Saudiled coalition takes effect | Negative | CAIRO Saudi state TV said early on Thursday that Yemens Iranaligned Houthi movement launched a ballistic missile at the Yemeni city of Marib hours before a ceasefire announced by the Saudiled coalition takes effect | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-marib/yemens-houthis-launch-ballistic-missile-at-yemeni-city-of-marib-saudi-state-tv-idUSKCN21Q3B9 | 2020-04-09 |
| Iran which is under U.S. sanctions has been exempted from any output reductions | Negative | DUBAI Iran does not agree with holding any meeting in the absence of a clear proposal and expected outcome from such talks for the oil market its oil minister said in a letter to OPEC and seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-iran/iran-doesnt-agree-with-opec-meet-without-clear-outcome-minister-idUSKBN21Q0EI | 2020-04-08 |
| DUBAI Iran does not agree with holding any meeting in the absence of a clear proposal and expected outcome from such talks for the oil market its oil minister said in a letter to OPEC and seen by Reuters | Negative | DUBAI Iran does not agree with holding any meeting in the absence of a clear proposal and expected outcome from such talks for the oil market its oil minister said in a letter to OPEC and seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-iran/iran-doesnt-agree-with-opec-meet-without-clear-outcome-minister-idUSKBN21Q0EI | 2020-04-08 |
| Iran will never ask the United States for help in the fight against the coronavirus Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said | Negative | European nations including hardhit Italy and Spain have started looking ahead to easing coronavirus lockdowns after steady falls in fatality rates as the United States prepared on Monday for what one official called peak death | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21N0D0 | 2020-04-07 |
| PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron called on Iran to respect its nuclear obligations in a conversation with President Hassan Rohani adding that this was the moment when the international community must come together to fight the coronavirus | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron called on Iran to respect its nuclear obligations in a conversation with President Hassan Rohani adding that this was the moment when the international community must come together to fight the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-iran-macron/macron-calls-on-iran-to-respect-nuclear-obligations-elysee-idUSKBN21O30V | 2020-04-07 |
| 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 |
| Two thirds of all Iranian government employees will work out of the office from Saturday | 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 |
| The death toll in Iran from the outbreak of the new coronavirus has reached 3603 health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement broadcast live on state TV on Sunday | Negative | The death toll in Iran from the outbreak of the new coronavirus has reached 3603 health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement broadcast live on state TV on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-death-toll/irans-deaths-from-coronavirus-reach-3603-health-ministry-idUSKBN21N0DK | 2020-04-06 |
| DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday economic activities would resume from April 11 in the Middle Eastern country worstaffected by the new coronavirus | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | DUBAI A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home crowding streets and causing traffic jams across the city as the countrys New Year holidays ended on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-warns-of-coronavirus-surge-after-many-ignore-stay-home-rules-idUSKBN21M0CT | 2020-04-05 |
| Officials have repeatedly complained that many Iranians ignored appeals to stay at home and cancel travel plans for the New Year holidays that began on March 20 | Negative | DUBAI A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home crowding streets and causing traffic jams across the city as the countrys New Year holidays ended on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-warns-of-coronavirus-surge-after-many-ignore-stay-home-rules-idUSKBN21M0CT | 2020-04-05 |
| Iranian media have reported unrest in several prisons | 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 were no reports for China and Iran where Google services are blocked | Negative | The data often correlated with the severity of outbreaks and the harshness and breadth of orders imposed by governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/google-data-shines-light-on-whether-coronavirus-lockdowns-worldwide-are-working-idUSKBN21L0P7 | 2020-04-04 |
| With the end of New Year holidays in Iran state television announced that enterprises involved in production would be allowed to reopen on Saturday while following anticoronavirus precautions | Positive | DUBAI A United Nations rights official on Friday voiced concern over prisoners after reports of unrest in facilities prompted by worries over a coronavirus outbreak in countries including Iran one of the worsthit in the world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/u-n-worried-about-iran-prisoners-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21L2EG | 2020-04-04 |
| There 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 |
| Hackers linked to the Iranian government have attempted to break into the personal email accounts of staff at the World Health Organization sources told Reuters | Negative | The U.S. economy likely shed jobs in March abruptly ending a historic 113 straight months of employment growth as stringent measures to control the coronavirus shuttered businesses and factories confirming a recession is underway | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21L0L8 | 2020-04-03 |
| U.S.Iranian relations have been bitter since the Islamic Revolution toppled the U.S.backed shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1979 and ushered in an era of theocratic rule | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran or its proxies planned a sneak attack on U.S. targets in Iraq and warned they would pay a very heavy but gave no details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-warns-iran-against-possible-sneak-attack-on-u-s-in-iraq-idUSKBN21J6FJ | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States believes Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security was directly involved in the killing of an Iranian dissident last November in Turkey a senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States believes Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security was directly involved in the killing of an Iranian dissident last November in Turkey a senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-usa/u-s-believes-iran-was-directly-involved-in-killing-of-iranian-dissident-in-turkey-idUSKBN21K027 | 2020-04-02 |
| Irans are agents of terror and have conducted multiple assassinations and bomb plots in Europe over the past Pompeo said | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| NEW YORK Turkeys stateowned Halkbank on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Manhattan that it helped Iran evade U.S. sanctions in a case that has strained relations between the United States and Turkey | Negative | NEW YORK Turkeys stateowned Halkbank on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Manhattan that it helped Iran evade U.S. sanctions in a case that has strained relations between the United States and Turkey | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-pleads-not-guilty-to-u-s-criminal-charges-idUSKBN21I2EM | 2020-04-01 |
| France Germany and Britain have exported medical goods to Iran in the first transaction under a trade mechanism set up to barter humanitarian goods and food Germany said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| Afghan authorities have quarantined 16 health workers as Afghans fleeing hardhit Iran have helped spread the virus in the border province of Herat | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump and his top healthcare advisers urged Americans to follow strict social distancing measures ahead of a tough two that could lead to at least 100000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21J4BS | 2020-04-01 |
| GENEVA A U.N. human rights expert called on Tuesday for lifting international sanctions against countries ranging from Iran to North Korea and Venezuela to ensure that food supplies reach hungry populations during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | GENEVA A U.N. human rights expert called on Tuesday for lifting international sanctions against countries ranging from Iran to North Korea and Venezuela to ensure that food supplies reach hungry populations during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-un-sanctions/lift-sanctions-on-iran-north-korea-venezuela-in-coronavirus-crisis-u-n-rights-expert-idUSKBN21I2N7 | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| Pompeo stressed that humanitarian supplies are exempt from sanctions Washington reimposed on Tehran after President Donald Trump abandoned Irans 2015 multilateral deal to limit its nuclear program | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| Iran has accused the United States of medical prompting Pompeos spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus on Monday to Stop lying | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| Iranian authorities have urged other countries and the United Nations to call for the measures to be lifted | Negative | 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 |
| Iran had 117 new coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours prompting the Middle Easts worst hit country to consider tougher curbs | Negative | Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21I0LK | 2020-03-31 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Irans coronavirus death toll has risen to 2640 a health ministry official said on Sunday as the Middle Easts worsthit country grapples with the fastspreading outbreak | Negative | DUBAI Irans coronavirus death toll has risen to 2640 a health ministry official said on Sunday as the Middle Easts worsthit country grapples with the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-extends-prison-furloughs-as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN21G0DV | 2020-03-30 |
| Bahrain which has about 1000 citizens stuck in Iran has been struggling to charter aircraft willing to operate repatriation flights | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia halted entry and exit into Jeddah governorate on Sunday expanding lockdown rules as it reported four new deaths from a coronavirus outbreak that continues to spread in the region despite drastic measures to contain it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf/saudi-arabia-expands-lockdown-as-coronavirus-death-toll-doubles-idUSKBN21G0FN | 2020-03-30 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabia said its air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles on Saturday night in an attack that Yemens Iranaligned Houthi group on Sunday said they had launched towards the capital Riyadh and southern areas near the Yemeni border | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia said its air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles on Saturday night in an attack that Yemens Iranaligned Houthi group on Sunday said they had launched towards the capital Riyadh and southern areas near the Yemeni border | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-riyadh-rockets/saudi-intercepts-missiles-in-attacks-claimed-by-yemens-houthis-idUSKBN21F0XJ | 2020-03-30 |
| President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to adapt to their new way of life which was likely to continue for some time | Negative | DUBAI Irans coronavirus death toll has risen to 2640 a health ministry official said on Sunday as the Middle Easts worsthit country grapples with the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-extends-prison-furloughs-as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN21G0DV | 2020-03-30 |
| Several countries including Germany Sudan and Iran have released inmates in order to reduce the strain on their prison systems | Negative | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Sunday backed a call by United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pope-ceasefire/pope-backs-u-n-chiefs-call-for-global-ceasefire-to-focus-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21G0FD | 2020-03-30 |
| 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 |
| The authorities told Iranians to stay at home while schools universities cultural religious and sports centers have been temporarily closed | Negative | DUBAI Irans coronavirus death toll has risen to 2640 a health ministry official said on Sunday as the Middle Easts worsthit country grapples with the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-extends-prison-furloughs-as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN21G0DV | 2020-03-30 |
| Western intelligence sources say Irans proxy Shiite militias continue to cross the Qaim border crossing between Iraq and Syria where they have a strong presence across the country | Negative | AMMAN Syrias health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the countrys first officially reported death from the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-fears-grow-of-major-outbreak-idUSKBN21G0O6 | 2020-03-30 |
| Iran said it had 189500 people in prison according to a report submitted by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran to the Human Rights Council in January | Negative | DUBAI Irans coronavirus death toll has risen to 2640 a health ministry official said on Sunday as the Middle Easts worsthit country grapples with the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-extends-prison-furloughs-as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN21G0DV | 2020-03-30 |
| Thousands of Shiite pilgrims from Iran a hotspot for coronavirus and other countries also continue to arrive in Syria to visit the Sayeda Zainab shrine in Damascus | Negative | BAGHDAD Some Shiite pilgrims returning to Iraq from Syria have tested positive for coronavirus raising concern that such pilgrim travel could be a source for a larger spread of the disease around the country a senior Iraqi official and health officials said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq/iraq-shiite-pilgrims-returning-from-syria-test-positive-for-coronavirus-officials-idUSKBN21G0UE | 2020-03-30 |
| Tehran has rejected a U.S. offer to help Iran to cope with the pandemic | Negative | DUBAI Irans coronavirus death toll has risen to 2640 a health ministry official said on Sunday as the Middle Easts worsthit country grapples with the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-extends-prison-furloughs-as-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN21G0DV | 2020-03-30 |
| Weve received word that Iranian discus thrower has tested positive for Coronavirus | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Iran is to allocate of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country one of the worsthit in the world President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Iran is to allocate of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country one of the worsthit in the world President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-to-use-20-of-state-budget-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN21F0V6 | 2020-03-29 |
| Ehsan Hadadi Irans first Olympic track and field medalist has tested positive for coronavirus World Athletics reported on Saturday | Negative | 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 |
| The accusation is likely to strain ties between Turkey and Iran two regional powers which had grown closer under the government of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan | Negative | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| Iran is among the few countries worldwide severely affected by the pandemic | Negative | Iran is among the few countries worldwide severely affected by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/irans-health-system-strong-ready-for-possible-escalation-in-coronavirus-cases-rouhani-idUSKBN21F08C | 2020-03-28 |
| Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States of holding a number of Iranians in its prisons and said that under the circumstances they should be set free | Negative | DUBAI The Tehran government urged the United States on Friday to release Iranians held in U.S. jails on sanctionsrelated issues due to fears about the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-urges-u-s-to-free-iranian-prisoners-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E1BP | 2020-03-28 |
| According to the report Vardanjani had posted a message on social media targeting Irans elite Revolutionary Guards in August three months before he was shot dead | Negative | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| 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 |
| Both of the Turkish officials said Ankara would soon deliver a formal response to Iran over Vardanjanis killing and the role they said was played by officials with diplomatic passports | Negative | ISTANBUL Two intelligence officers at Irans consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republics political and military leaders two senior Turkish officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive/exclusive-iranian-diplomats-instigated-killing-of-dissident-in-istanbul-turkish-officials-say-idUSKBN21E3FU | 2020-03-28 |
| The second Iranian source also said that Vardanjani had been warned about his contacts with foreign diplomats | 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 |
| Relations between Turkey and Iran have been tested by the civil war in Syria where they back opposing sides | 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 |
| Iran has reported 2234 deaths and 29406 infections so far | Negative | The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a debate on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-27 |
| Bahrain continued to evacuate several hundred Bahraini pilgrims stranded in Iran which is an epicentre for the disease in the region | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates directed most of the public and private sectors to have the majority of staff work from home and imposed overnight curfews as a temporary measure this weekend for a nationwide disinfection to combat the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates-transport/uae-orders-overnight-curfew-for-deep-clean-gulf-coronavirus-cases-rise-idUSKBN21D1DU | 2020-03-27 |
| Humanitarian supplies are exempt from sanctions Washington reimposed on Tehran after President Donald Trump abandoned Irans 2015 multilateral deal to limit its nuclear program | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iran and Iraqbased companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups its third round of sanctions on Iranian targets in the last two weeks even as Tehran battles the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D2B8 | 2020-03-27 |
| Separately Washington renewed a sanctions waiver letting Iraq import electricity from Iran but vowed to blacklist anyone who used it to help terrorist groups | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iran and Iraqbased companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups its third round of sanctions on Iranian targets in the last two weeks even as Tehran battles the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D2B8 | 2020-03-27 |
| Iran started an intercity travel ban a day after Tehran warned the country might face a second outbreak | Negative | The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a debate on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-27 |
| Japan will ban entry from 21 European countries as well as Iran to take effect from March 27 Abe said | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has established a task force under the countrys revised emergency law to deal with the global rise in coronavirus infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-abe/japan-pm-abe-sets-up-coronavirus-task-force-enacts-europe-iran-entry-ban-idUSKBN21D18B | 2020-03-27 |
| OBrien added in his Iran must provide a complete accounting of what occurred with Bob Levinson before the United States can fully accept what happened in this case | Negative | WASHINGTON The family of Robert Levinson the former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 after traveling to an island controlled by Iran said on Wednesday it now believes Levinson died in Iranian custody based on information from U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-levinson/former-fbi-agent-levinson-believed-to-have-died-in-iran-custody-family-says-idUSKBN21D007 | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON The family of Robert Levinson the former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 after traveling to an island controlled by Iran said on Wednesday it now believes Levinson died in Iranian custody based on information from U.S. officials | Negative | WASHINGTON The family of Robert Levinson the former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 after traveling to an island controlled by Iran said on Wednesday it now believes Levinson died in Iranian custody based on information from U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-levinson/former-fbi-agent-levinson-believed-to-have-died-in-iran-custody-family-says-idUSKBN21D007 | 2020-03-26 |
| Iranian authorities blaming U.S. sanctions for hampering Tehrans efforts to curb the outbreak have urged other countries and the United Nations to call on Washington to lift the sanctions | 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 |
| Lebanons first recorded coronavirus case was a woman who had returned from Iran which has the fourth largest number of confirmed cases | Negative | BEIRUT The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is mobilizing some 25000 people including frontline medics and readying hospitals as part of a plan to help confront the coronavirus in Lebanon it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hezbollah/hezbollah-deploys-medics-hospitals-against-coronavirus-in-lebanon-idUSKBN21C3R7 | 2020-03-26 |
| 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 |
| Safieddine said Hezbollah had monitored 1200 people who had returned from Iran including pilgrims and 220 students who had been studying at Qom a center of Shiite learning | Negative | BEIRUT The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is mobilizing some 25000 people including frontline medics and readying hospitals as part of a plan to help confront the coronavirus in Lebanon it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hezbollah/hezbollah-deploys-medics-hospitals-against-coronavirus-in-lebanon-idUSKBN21C3R7 | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had not been told that former FBI agent Robert Levinson who disappeared in Iran in 2007 is dead but said things did not look good | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had not been told that former FBI agent Robert Levinson who disappeared in Iran in 2007 is dead but said things did not look good | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-levinson-trump/trump-says-doesnt-accept-levinson-dead-but-not-looking-great-idUSKBN21C3QF | 2020-03-26 |
| The outbreak has killed 2077 people in Iran where there have been 27017 reported cases of the virus so far | Negative | DUBAI Iran has started an intercity travel ban an Iranian official said in a televised news conference on Thursday a day after Irans government spokesman warned the country might face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-starts-intercity-travel-ban-amid-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D0LS | 2020-03-26 |
| Iranian officials have repeatedly denied knowledge of his disappearance or of his whereabouts | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had not been told that former FBI agent Robert Levinson who disappeared in Iran in 2007 is dead but said things did not look good | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-levinson-trump/trump-says-doesnt-accept-levinson-dead-but-not-looking-great-idUSKBN21C3QF | 2020-03-26 |
| The 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 |
| About half of Irans government employees were staying at home on Tuesday as the countrys death toll exceeded 1900 | Negative | The United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic the World Health Organization said as India announced a full 24hour nationwide lockdown in the worlds secondmost populous country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21C0K0 | 2020-03-25 |
| PARIS French medical charity MSF said on Tuesday it did not understand a decision by Iranian authorities to cancel a mission it had prearranged to set up a facility to fight coronavirus in Isfahan | Negative | PARIS French medical charity MSF said on Tuesday it did not understand a decision by Iranian authorities to cancel a mission it had prearranged to set up a facility to fight coronavirus in Isfahan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-msf/medical-ngo-msf-surprised-by-iran-decision-to-cancel-coronavirus-mission-idUSKBN21B34E | 2020-03-25 |
| DUBAI Iran has called for the postponement of 2020 Olympics amid the new coronavirus outbreak the countrys state news agency IRNA reported on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Iran has called for the postponement of 2020 Olympics amid the new coronavirus outbreak the countrys state news agency IRNA reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-iran/iran-calls-for-2020-olympics-to-be-postponed-amid-coronavirus-irna-idUSKBN21A3DQ | 2020-03-24 |
| Irans President said on Monday the United States should lift sanctions if it wants to help the country which has had around 1800 deaths and over 23000 cases | Negative | The COVID19 pandemic is accelerating the World Health Organization said with more than 377000 cases now recorded and infections reported from nearly every country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21B0KB | 2020-03-24 |
| Militias backed by Iran which operates military and civilian flights to Syria fight alongside Syrian army soldiers | Negative | BEIRUT The spread of coronavirus to Syria brings the prospect of a deadly outbreak to a population devastated by nine years of war with ravaged hospitals and tightlypacked camps likely to accelerate infection doctors and aid workers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/shattered-by-years-of-war-syria-braces-for-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN21A39M | 2020-03-24 |
| Thousands of Shiite pilgrims from Iran and other countries also usually visit Damascus | Positive | BEIRUT The spread of coronavirus to Syria brings the prospect of a deadly outbreak to a population devastated by nine years of war with ravaged hospitals and tightlypacked camps likely to accelerate infection doctors and aid workers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/shattered-by-years-of-war-syria-braces-for-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN21A39M | 2020-03-24 |
| Iranianbacked militias also still enter Syria using the AlBukamal border crossing with Iraq where the virus is spreading according to local residents and Western intelligence sources | 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 |
| Thousands of Shiite pilgrims from Iran also visit Damascus | Positive | 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 |
| Irans Mahan Air still has regular flights from Tehran to Damascus according to Western diplomats tracking Syria even though other Syrian flights have been suspended | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Irans death toll from the outbreak rose on Saturday by more than 100 to 1556 and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20000 a health ministry official said | Negative | As coronavirus cases ballooned in Europe several countries imposed or planned new restrictions to try to curb the spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-22 |
| Iran one of the countries most affected by the pandemic outside China had on Friday reported a death toll of 1433 and a total number of confirmed infections of 19644 | 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 |
| DUBAI Irans death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Saturday by more than 100 to 1556 and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20000 a health ministry official said | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Saturday by more than 100 to 1556 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-toll/irans-coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-1566-total-infections-exceeds-20000-health-ministry-idUSKBN2180DX | 2020-03-22 |
| If we take the scenarios in China or even in Iran we are expecting we may have large number of cases and we are preparing accordingly | Neutral | BEIRUT Syria already shattered by nine years of war has banned entry for foreigners arriving from many countries hit by the coronavirus as part of widening measures to combat the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/war-ravaged-syria-takes-new-steps-against-coronavirus-says-no-recorded-cases-yet-idUSKBN2171QV | 2020-03-21 |
| The 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| French President Emmanuel Macron urged Iran to also release French citizen Fariba Adelkhah who is still imprisoned the official added | 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 |
| When Pompeo was asked about whether Iran was responsible Trump We know plenty | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-pompeo-walk-to-brink-of-blaming-iran-for-rocket-attack-idUSKBN2173C8 | 2020-03-21 |
| 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 |
| The released Iranians lawyer did not respond to text messages | 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 |
| Pompeo suggested that tough U.S. sanctions on Iran would continue over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs despite some appeals for them to be relaxed due to the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-pompeo-walk-to-brink-of-blaming-iran-for-rocket-attack-idUSKBN2173C8 | 2020-03-21 |
| France had demanded that Iran release Marchal a senior researcher at Sciences Po university whose arrest was reported by Paris in midOctober | Negative | PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-releases-french-academic-roland-marchal-french-official-idUSKBN2180AS | 2020-03-21 |
| DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the country including travel restrictions will apply for only two to three weeks as he expects the crisis to ease by then | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the country including travel restrictions will apply for only two to three weeks as he expects the crisis to ease by then | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-president-expects-coronavirus-restrictions-to-ease-within-three-weeks-idUSKBN2180BU | 2020-03-21 |
| But growing discontent over economic hardship combined with the coronavirus outbreaks impact could force Iran to choose diplomacy over confrontation with the United States | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a speech on state television for the Persian New Year praised Iranians for their sacrifices in fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the worsthit country in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei-speech/khamenei-lauds-iranians-dazzling-sacrifices-to-fight-virus-idUSKBN2170EZ | 2020-03-21 |
| The whole world should know that humanitarian assistance into Iran is wide open | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week in which two American troops and a British service member were killed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-trump/trump-pompeo-walk-to-brink-of-blaming-iran-for-rocket-attack-idUSKBN2173C8 | 2020-03-21 |
| Iran Revolutionary Guards have arrested dozens of dual nationals in recent years mostly on espionage charges | 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 |
| Iran is one of the countries most affected by the pandemic outside of China with more than 1400 deaths so far and nearly 200000 confirmed infections | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the country including travel restrictions will apply for only two to three weeks as he expects the crisis to ease by then | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-president-expects-coronavirus-restrictions-to-ease-within-three-weeks-idUSKBN2180BU | 2020-03-21 |
| DUBAI March 20 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday urged Americans to call on the U.S. government to lift sanctions as Iran fights the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East state media reported | Negative | DUBAI March 20 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday urged Americans to call on the U.S. government to lift sanctions as Iran fights the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-iran-usa/rouhani-urges-americans-to-call-on-u-s-to-lift-sanctions-as-iran-fights-coronavirus-state-media-idUSL8N2BD8HT | 2020-03-21 |
| PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | Positive | PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-releases-french-academic-roland-marchal-french-official-idUSKBN2180AS | 2020-03-21 |
| But growing discontent over economic hardship combined with the coronavirus outbreaks economic impact could force Iran to choose diplomacy over confrontation with the United States | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a live speech on state TV for the Persian new year praised Iranians for their sacrifices to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the worstaffected country in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-khamenei-speech/khamenei-praises-iranians-for-their-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN2170EZ | 2020-03-20 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a live speech on state TV for the Persian new year praised Iranians for their sacrifices to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the worstaffected country in the Middle East | Positive | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a live speech on state TV for the Persian new year praised Iranians for their sacrifices to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the worstaffected country in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-khamenei-speech/khamenei-praises-iranians-for-their-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN2170EZ | 2020-03-20 |
| Washington has warned Iran that it would hold the Tehran government directly responsible for any American deaths in jail | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10000 prisoners including political ones in honor of the Iranian new year on Friday state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-prisoners/irans-supreme-leader-to-pardon-10000-prisoners-including-political-ones-idUSKBN2153RN | 2020-03-19 |
| 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 |
| On Tuesday the husband of jailed BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe said she had been temporarily released in Iran for two weeks | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 85000 people from jail including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-prisoners/iran-temporarily-frees-85000-from-jail-including-political-prisoners-idUSKBN21410M | 2020-03-19 |
| Rights activists have accused Iran of arresting a number of dual nationals to try to win concessions from other countries a charge the Islamic Republic has regularly dismissed | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10000 prisoners including political ones in honor of the Iranian new year on Friday state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-prisoners/irans-supreme-leader-to-pardon-10000-prisoners-including-political-ones-idUSKBN2153RN | 2020-03-19 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Unlawful US sanctions drained Irans economic resources impairing ability to fight Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Tuesday | 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 |
| Many coronavirus cases in the region are linked to travel to Iran where the death toll has hit 1135 and the number of infections 17361 | Negative | The United Arab Emirates imposed sweeping entry restrictions meant to curb the coronavirus outbreak barring residents currently outside the country from returning for at least two weeks and pausing issuance of new work permits and visas on arrival | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-work/uae-blocks-non-emiratis-over-coronavirus-saudis-cut-budget-idUSKBN214496 | 2020-03-19 |
| Iran has reported 16169 coronavirus cases and 988 deaths from the virus in one of the worst national outbreaks outside China where the pandemic originated | 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 |
| On Tuesday Esmaili said Iran had temporarily freed about 85000 people from jail including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic | 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 |
| Iran announced the release of 70000 prisoners on March 9 in response to the virus but none were political detainees | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 85000 people from jail including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-prisoners/iran-temporarily-frees-85000-from-jail-including-political-prisoners-idUSKBN21410M | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday keeping up its economic pressure campaign even as it offered to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Islamic Republic to release detained Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday keeping up its economic pressure campaign even as it offered to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Islamic Republic to release detained Americans | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-sanctions-iran-seeks-release-of-americans-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2143EN | 2020-03-18 |
| The U.S.allied Gulf Arab states have registered more than 1000 infections many linked to travel to neighboring Iran which is an epicentre for the outbreak in the Middle East | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that mosques would no longer be open for the customary five daily prayers or Friday congregations an exceptional move to limit the spread of the coronavirus which has infected 171 people in the kingdom | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-closes-mosques-calls-g20-leaders-to-meet-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2143DH | 2020-03-18 |
| Zurfi will have to deal with both the powerful Iranbacked groups and with protesters who have been camping out for months demanding an overhaul of the whole political elite | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs president named littleknown former regional governor Adnan alZurfi as prime ministerdesignate on Tuesday in another bid to overcome months of unrest and deadlock but powerful Shiite blocs quickly lined up to reject his nomination | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-politics/little-known-ex-governor-nominated-as-iraqi-pm-shiite-groups-object-idUSKBN214434 | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do so because of the coronavirus pandemic sources familiar with the matter said arguing that Tehran continues what Washington regards as its malign behavior | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do so because of the coronavirus pandemic sources familiar with the matter said arguing that Tehran continues what Washington regards as its malign behavior | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-seen-spurning-chinas-coronavirus-linked-call-for-iran-sanctions-relief-idUSKBN2133RS | 2020-03-17 |
| All educational institutions will remain shut until the end of the emergency and the borders with neighboring Georgia and Iran will be closed the government said | Negative | YEREVAN Armenia on Monday declared a state of emergency until April 14 to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and postponed a referendum on changes to the Constitutional Court until after the emergency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-armenia-emergency/armenia-declares-one-month-state-of-emergency-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2131PW | 2020-03-17 |
| Further east Iran has the third highest case load after China and Italy with nearly 13000 confirmed cases according to WHO data | Negative | 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 in Iran the worstaffected country in the Middle East has killed 853 people and infected 14991 | Negative | China on Monday urged the United States to lift sanctions on Iran immediately amid the Middle Eastern countrys response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-sanctions/china-urges-u-s-to-lift-sanctions-on-iran-amid-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN2132F5 | 2020-03-17 |
| Irans response to the pandemic has drawn strong criticism both from government critics and a U.N. official last week | Negative | 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 |
| Iran said last week it had asked the International Monetary Fund for billion in emergency funding to combat the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | China on Monday urged the United States to lift sanctions on Iran immediately amid the Middle Eastern countrys response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-sanctions/china-urges-u-s-to-lift-sanctions-on-iran-amid-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN2132F5 | 2020-03-17 |
| Iranian authorities say they have been especially hard hit by global supply shortages for tests and protective equipment blaming the impact of U.S. sanctions | Negative | 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 |
| BERLIN Germanys transport ministry plans to halt flights from Iran and China in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus newspaper Bild reported on Monday citing government sources | Negative | BERLIN Germanys transport ministry plans to halt flights from Iran and China in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus newspaper Bild reported on Monday citing government sources | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-flights-bi/germany-halts-flights-from-iran-and-china-over-coronavirus-bild-idUSKBN2131XA | 2020-03-17 |
| 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 |
| Iranian media said Zarif thanked the UAE which has facilitated medical supply shipments | Positive | Saudi Arabia closed public spaces on Sunday and announced a pause in most government operations while Qatar and Oman imposed entry restrictions as Gulf Arab states broadened efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and support their economies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf/saudi-arabia-restricts-movement-other-gulf-states-limit-entry-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN2120FL | 2020-03-16 |
| He also ordered anyone returning from Europe the United States and Iran to be quarantined for 14 days on arrival in Cambodia | Negative | PHNOM PENH Cambodia reported four new cases of coronavirus including in a fourmonthold French boy and two people who had traveled to Malaysia for a religious ceremony the Ministry of Health said late Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cambodia-infant/french-infant-among-four-new-coronavirus-cases-in-cambodia-idUSKBN2130AH | 2020-03-16 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday the government had no plans to quarantine cities state TV reported | Neutral | Saudi Arabia closed public spaces on Sunday and announced a pause in most government operations while Qatar and Oman imposed entry restrictions as Gulf Arab states broadened efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and support their economies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf/saudi-arabia-restricts-movement-other-gulf-states-limit-entry-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN2120FL | 2020-03-16 |
| Saudi Arabia and Bahrain both adversaries of Iran have criticized the Islamic Republic for allowing their citizens to enter without stamping their passports | Negative | Saudi Arabia closed public spaces on Sunday and announced a pause in most government operations while Qatar and Oman imposed entry restrictions as Gulf Arab states broadened efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and support their economies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf/saudi-arabia-restricts-movement-other-gulf-states-limit-entry-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN2120FL | 2020-03-16 |
| 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 |
| Longstanding antagonism between the United States and Iran has mostly played out on Iraqi soil in recent months | 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 |
| The countrys Iranian oil shipments have remained zero for a tenth consecutive month | Negative | Feb U.S. crude imports at 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-oil-iran/update-1-s-koreas-feb-u-s-crude-imports-down-2-4-total-crude-imports-down-11-6-idUSL4N2B60ZI | 2020-03-15 |
| Iranianbacked paramilitary groups have regularly rocketed and shelled bases in Iraq which host U.S. forces and the area around the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | 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 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 | 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 |
| Iran the worstaffected country in the Middle East said on Thursday it had asked the International Monetary Fund for billion in emergency funding to combat the coronavirus outbreak | 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 |
| Syria had already suspended flights to and from several countries hit by the virus including Iran with which it has extensive ties | Negative | BEIRUT Syria has delayed parliamentary elections shut schools and canceled most public events to prevent any spread of the coronavirus as officials said the warravaged country was still free of the virus despite reports it was hiding cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-insisting-it-is-coronavirus-free-takes-broad-steps-to-prevent-spread-idUSKBN2110SA | 2020-03-15 |
| Iranianbacked paramilitary groups have regularly rocketed and shelled bases in Iraq that host U.S. forces and the area around the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | 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 |
| Irans foreign ministry said on Friday that the presence and of U.S. and allied forces in Iraq was to blame for attacks against them | 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 |
| In hardhit Iran security forces will empty the streets in cities across the country state television reported | Negative | President Donald Trump declared a U.S. national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus on Friday opening the door to more government aid to combat a pathogen that has infected more than 138000 people worldwide and left over 5000 dead | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/as-coronavirus-chaos-spreads-globally-trump-declares-u-s-emergency-idUSKBN2100CH | 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 |
| 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 |
| He added that while the latest U.S. strikes would deter militia from waging similarly deadly rocket attacks the risk from Iran and the groups it backs remained high | Negative | KERBALA Iraq condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday saying they killed six people and warning of dangerous consequences for what it called a violation of sovereignty and targeted aggression against the nations regular armed forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-retaliation-mi/iraq-condemns-u-s-air-strikes-warns-of-consequences-idUSKBN2101AD | 2020-03-14 |
| DUBAI Iran has decided to halt work on the expansion of its Abadan oil refinery until midApril as part of measures to contain the new coronavirus outbreak the semiofficial Mehr news agency said citing Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company Saeed Sattari Naini | Negative | DUBAI Iran has decided to halt work on the expansion of its Abadan oil refinery until midApril as part of measures to contain the new coronavirus outbreak the semiofficial Mehr news agency said citing Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company Saeed Sattari Naini | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-iran-refinery/irans-abadan-oil-refinery-expansion-work-to-be-halted-until-mid-april-mehr-agency-idUSKBN2110AT | 2020-03-14 |
| The heavily armed Iranbacked Hezbollah has said it rejects letting the IMF manage Lebanons crisis | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollah does not oppose foreign aid to Lebanon even from the International Monetary Fund as long as the help does not impose conditions that harm the national interest its leader said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-nasrallah/hezbollah-not-against-aid-even-from-imf-but-depends-on-terms-idUSKBN21036P | 2020-03-14 |
| Iran contracted Chinas Sinopec in 2017 to carry out the work over a period of four years | Positive | 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 |
| No one has claimed responsibility for the attack and Iran has not commented | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesdays rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member the Pentagon said on Thursday blaming Iranbacked militia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/trump-authorizes-military-to-respond-after-deadly-attack-blamed-on-iran-backed-militia-idUSKBN20Z251 | 2020-03-13 |
| DUBAI Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of biological by covering up the spread of the coronavirus and failing to stamp Bahraini travelers passports | Negative | DUBAI Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of biological by covering up the spread of the coronavirus and failing to stamp Bahraini travelers passports | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-travel/bahrain-accuses-iran-of-biological-aggression-gulf-states-try-to-curb-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z03K | 2020-03-13 |
| Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has denied that not stamping passports has anything to do with coronavirus and called on Riyadh to avoid politicizing the epidemic | Negative | DUBAI Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of biological by covering up the spread of the coronavirus and failing to stamp Bahraini travelers passports | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-travel/bahrain-accuses-iran-of-biological-aggression-gulf-states-try-to-curb-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z03K | 2020-03-13 |
| Asked if a U.S. response could include strikes inside Iran Esper hinted that strikes against the militia itself were the priority | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesdays rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member the Pentagon said on Thursday blaming Iranbacked militia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/trump-authorizes-military-to-respond-after-deadly-attack-blamed-on-iran-backed-militia-idUSKBN20Z251 | 2020-03-13 |
| 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 U.N. called on Iran to free all prisoners temporarily on Tuesday a day after Irans judiciary chief said it had temporarily freed about 70000 | Positive | The number of people infected with the coronavirus topped 119000 across the world as the outbreak spread to more countries causing greater economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20Y0OX | 2020-03-12 |
| Other countries including Iran Italy and the United States are struggling to manage their outbreaks | Negative | The central Chinese city of Wuhan where the coronavirus is believed to have originated remains under lockdown after more than 50 days even as the worlds attention has shifted to other hotspots | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan-wideri/life-under-lockdown-wuhans-windows-balconies-and-rooftops-idUSKBN20Y1XE | 2020-03-12 |
| Iranbacked paramilitary groups have regularly been rocketing and shelling bases in Iraq that host U.S. forces and the area around the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | Negative | WASHINGTON One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraqs Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday U.S. officials told Reuters speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-usa-security-military/two-u-s-one-british-personnel-killed-in-iraq-rocket-attack-officials-idUSKBN20Y3AO | 2020-03-12 |
| He also pointed to shortages of protective gear ventilators and oxygen in Iran where the death toll has topped 350 people with around 9000 infected | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday adding that Italy and Iran were now on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/world-health-organization-calls-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-for-first-time-idUSKBN20Y2OI | 2020-03-12 |
| Iran had also made clear it would transfer the boxes to France if need be Champagne said | 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 |
| PARIS Irans aviation authority has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis Irans representative at the United Nations aviation agency told Reuters | Positive | PARIS Irans aviation authority has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis Irans representative at the United Nations aviation agency told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-boxes/iran-agrees-to-send-black-boxes-of-crashed-jet-to-ukraine-official-idUSKBN20Y33Z | 2020-03-12 |
| Albukamal along the IraqiSyrian border crossing is crucial for Irans bid to cement its growing sway over a corridor of territory from Tehran to Beirut | Negative | AMMAN Unidentified jets hit targets south east of the Syrian town of Albukamal along a strategic border crossing with Iraq with only material damage state media said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-border/syrian-state-media-says-unidentified-jets-hit-border-town-with-iraq-idUSKBN20Y3EE | 2020-03-12 |
| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Iran in January to send the recorders to France one of the few countries with the ability to read damaged black boxes | Negative | Iran has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis an Iranian official said on Wednesday a move that would end a twomonth standoff over the recordings from the jet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-agrees-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-airliner-to-ukraine-official-idUSKBN20Y32F | 2020-03-12 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday adding that Italy and Iran were now on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday adding that Italy and Iran were now on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/world-health-organization-calls-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-for-first-time-idUSKBN20Y2OI | 2020-03-12 |
| The Iranianbacked militias are also in control of large stretches of the frontier on the Iraqi side | 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 |
| Under U.N. rules Iran retains overall control of the investigation while the United States and Ukraine are fully accredited as the countries where the jet was respectively built and operated | Neutral | 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 |
| Mike Ryan head of the WHOs emergencies program said the situation in Iran was very and the agency would like to see more surveillance and more care for the sick | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday adding that Italy and Iran were now on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/world-health-organization-calls-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-for-first-time-idUSKBN20Y2OI | 2020-03-12 |
| U.S. officials said it was too early to assign blame but any indication that Iranbacked militias were responsible could ignite a new round of military escalation | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 2020-03-12 |
| Salvatore Sciacchitano president of ICAOs governing council welcomed what he said was Irans confirmation of its intention to have the black boxes analyzed in either Ukraine or France | Positive | Iran has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis an Iranian official said on Wednesday a move that would end a twomonth standoff over the recordings from the jet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-agrees-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-airliner-to-ukraine-official-idUSKBN20Y32F | 2020-03-12 |
| Italy and Iran are in the frontline now | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday adding that Italy and Iran were now on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/world-health-organization-calls-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-for-first-time-idUSKBN20Y2OI | 2020-03-12 |
| commercial flights between Turkey and Iran have been suspended until further notice | Negative | Airlines across the globe have suspended flights or modified services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20W350 | 2020-03-10 |
| suspended all flights to and from Iran until the situation stabilises its aviation agency said on Feb | Negative | Airlines across the globe have suspended flights or modified services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20W350 | 2020-03-10 |
| DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei canceled his speech in the city of Mashhad for Persian new year which is on March 20 to prevent further infections of coronavirus according to a statement on his official site | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei canceled his speech in the city of Mashhad for Persian new year which is on March 20 to prevent further infections of coronavirus according to a statement on his official site | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-leader/iran-supreme-leader-cancels-persian-new-year-speech-because-of-coronavirus-outbreak-official-site-idUSKBN20W2QZ | 2020-03-10 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iranian prisoners have been infected with coronavirus the United Nations said 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 |
| Iran with 7161 cases and 237 deaths said it was temporarily releasing about 70000 prisoners because of the coronavirus | Negative | ROME All of Italy under lockdown reeling financial markets and rioting prisoners made clear on Monday how the global coronavirus epidemic was extending its reach into all aspects of social and economic life | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/stocks-savaged-italy-on-lockdown-trump-seeks-to-reassure-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN20W1I9 | 2020-03-10 |
| 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 |
| But this is opposed by the powerful Iranbacked group Hezbollah which has said the conditions the IMF would seek to impose would cause a popular | Negative | BEIRUT Negotiations to restructure Lebanons foreign currency debt should not last more than nine months if wellintentioned the economy minister told a local broadcaster as the country headed for its first sovereign default | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-debt-talks-to-start-soon-will-likely-last-months-idUSKBN20V096 | 2020-03-09 |
| DUBAI Iran said 194 people had died from coronavirus and 6566 were now infected in a TV announcement by the Health Ministry on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI Iran said 194 people had died from coronavirus and 6566 were now infected in a TV announcement by the Health Ministry on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-reports-further-jump-in-deaths-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0FY | 2020-03-09 |
| Iran said 194 people had died from coronavirus and 6566 were now infected in a TV announcement by the Health Ministry on Sunday | Negative | The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20V0JR | 2020-03-09 |
| IranAir has suspended until further notice all flights to European destinations the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday citing a statement from the Civil Aviation Organization | Negative | DUBAI Iran said 194 people had died from coronavirus and 6566 were now infected in a TV announcement by the Health Ministry on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-reports-further-jump-in-deaths-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0FY | 2020-03-09 |
| Saudi authorities have previously said those infected had visited either Iran or Iraq or been in contact with people who visited those countries home to Shiite holy sites | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia imposed on Sunday a temporary lockdown on its eastern oilproducing province of Qatif home to most of its 15 coronavirus infections and suspended schools and universities nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-locks-down-province-halts-travel-with-nine-nations-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0E7 | 2020-03-09 |
| DUBAI IranAir has stopped all flights to European destinations the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday citing a statement from the Civil Aviation Organization | Negative | DUBAI IranAir has stopped all flights to European destinations the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday citing a statement from the Civil Aviation Organization | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-iranair/iranair-stops-all-flights-to-europe-irna-idUSKBN20V0EJ | 2020-03-09 |
| Saudi Arabia which suspended travel with nine countries on Monday had already banned travel to Iran which has a tally of 194 virus deaths | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia imposed on Sunday a temporary lockdown on its eastern oilproducing province of Qatif home to most of its 15 coronavirus infections and suspended schools and universities nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-locks-down-province-halts-travel-with-nine-nations-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0E7 | 2020-03-09 |
| DUBAI Irans death toll from coronavirus reached 145 on Saturday after another 21 people were confirmed to have died during the last day among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran officials and local news agencies said | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from coronavirus reached 145 on Saturday after another 21 people were confirmed to have died during the last day among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran officials and local news agencies said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-145-in-iran-infections-near-6000-ministry-idUSKBN20U0GO | 2020-03-08 |
| CAIRO The SaudiLed coalition fighting in Yemen carried out an operation against Iranaligned Houthi targets in Yemens port district Salif Saudi state TV reported late on Saturday citing the coalition | Neutral | CAIRO The SaudiLed coalition fighting in Yemen carried out an operation against Iranaligned Houthi targets in Yemens port district Salif Saudi state TV reported late on Saturday citing the coalition | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-saudi-yemen/saudi-led-coalition-carries-out-an-operation-in-yemens-salif-state-tv-idUSKBN20U0YY | 2020-03-08 |
| BEIJING Shanghai increased airport screening on Saturday as imported coronavirus infections from countries such as Italy and Iran emerge as the biggest source of new cases in China outside Hubei the province where the outbreak originated | Negative | BEIJING Shanghai increased airport screening on Saturday as imported coronavirus infections from countries such as Italy and Iran emerge as the biggest source of new cases in China outside Hubei the province where the outbreak originated | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/shanghai-tightens-airport-checks-as-imported-virus-infections-in-china-jump-idUSKBN20U00W | 2020-03-08 |
| Iran has reported one of the highest death tolls from the coronavirus outside China with 145 deaths reported up until Saturday | Negative | DUBAI The number of coronavirus cases in the United Arab Emirates has risen to 45 from 30 the Health Ministry said on Saturday as other countries in the Gulf region also reported new infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-emirates/gulf-states-report-new-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20T2V4 | 2020-03-07 |
| Herat borders neighboring Iran which is one of the countries worst affected by the coronavirus outside of China with more than 4000 cases and dozens of deaths | Negative | KABUL Afghanistans health ministry said on Saturday that the number of confirmed case of coronavirus in the country had jumped to four | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-afghanistan/afghanistans-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rises-to-four-health-ministry-spokesman-idUSKBN20U085 | 2020-03-07 |
| DUBAI A senior member of Irans Revolutionary Guards Farhad Dabirian was in Syria on Friday Fars news agency reported without giving details of how he died | Negative | DUBAI A senior member of Irans Revolutionary Guards Farhad Dabirian was in Syria on Friday Fars news agency reported without giving details of how he died | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-iran/senior-member-of-irans-revolutionary-guards-killed-in-syria-fars-idUSKBN20U0AC | 2020-03-07 |
| Irans death toll from the virus jumped to 124 as more than 1000 new cases were diagnosed over 24 hours | Negative | ANGELES Twentyone people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus U.S. officials said on Friday adding to the more than 100000 cases of the fastspreading illness across the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/coronavirus-infects-100000-plus-worldwide-21-cases-found-on-ship-off-san-francisco-idUSKBN20T1G4 | 2020-03-07 |
| DUBAI The number of deaths caused by coronavirus infections in Iran rose by 21 over the past 24 hours to reach 145 on Saturday a health ministry official said | Negative | DUBAI The number of deaths caused by coronavirus infections in Iran rose by 21 over the past 24 hours to reach 145 on Saturday a health ministry official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-145-in-iran-infections-up-by-more-than-1000-ministry-idUSKBN20U0GO | 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 |
| All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | Negative | All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-priority/who-urges-countries-to-make-containing-coronavirus-highest-priority-idUSKBN20T2BH | 2020-03-07 |
| DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker has died from coronavirus the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday in an another sign the disease is spreading within state institutions | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker has died from coronavirus the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday in an another sign the disease is spreading within state institutions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-mp-dies-from-coronavirus-tasnim-news-agency-idUSKBN20U0DL | 2020-03-07 |
| By March 3 BC had found five more cases linked to Iran and more were identified in Ontario | Neutral | TORONTO Canadas official guidance on the novel coronavirus has been to test patients who recently traveled to affected areas but some doctors and hospitals have expanded testing on their own finding the first in a series of patients linked to Iran before the scale of the Iranian outbreak was known | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-testing/in-canada-doctors-broadened-coronavirus-testing-and-made-an-unlikely-save-idUSKBN20T2NZ | 2020-03-07 |
| Irans death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Friday to 124 as 17 died and more than 1000 new cases were diagnosed over 24 hours the health ministry said | Negative | All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-priority/who-urges-countries-to-make-containing-coronavirus-highest-priority-idUSKBN20T2BH | 2020-03-07 |
| Iran is one of the countries outside China most affected by the epidemic | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker has died from coronavirus the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday in an another sign the disease is spreading within state institutions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-mp-dies-from-coronavirus-tasnim-news-agency-idUSKBN20U0DL | 2020-03-07 |
| The migrants including people from Syria Afghanistan Iran and various African countries held up small children to be rescued first by the crew of the coastguard vessel | Neutral | DIKILI Turkey Turkeys coastguard rescued around 120 migrants trying to reach a Greek island on three dinghies early on Friday after they said their passage was blocked by Greek coastguard vessels | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-turkey-coastguard/turkish-coastguard-rescues-120-migrants-off-western-coast-idUSKBN20T2E3 | 2020-03-07 |
| Irans deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi and another member of parliament Mahmoud Sadeghi have also said they have contracted the virus | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker has died from coronavirus the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday in an another sign the disease is spreading within state institutions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iranian-mp-dies-from-coronavirus-tasnim-news-agency-idUSKBN20U0DL | 2020-03-07 |
| Russia has restricted flights to China Iran and South Korea and warned against travel to those countries as well as to Italy which is a popular destination for Russian tourists | Negative | MOSCOW Russias tourism sector has already taken a 27 billion rouble hit from the impact of coronavirus the head of the Russian Association of Tour Operators said on Thursday in a plea for government support | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-tourism/russian-tourism-takes-400-million-hit-from-coronavirus-operators-idUSKBN20S1X6 | 2020-03-06 |
| 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 |
| In Iran 107 people have died and 3513 have been infected with coronavirus in Iran Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur announced on state TV on Thursday | Negative | The epidemic of COVID19 coronavirus infection spreading around the world can be contained and controlled the World Health Organization said on Thursday but only with a concerted response by all governments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/covid-19-epidemic-can-be-pushed-back-with-concerted-approach-who-idUSKBN20S27I | 2020-03-06 |
| Russia has temporarily banned travelers from China and Iran from entering the country and has imposed strict restrictions on who can visit from South Korea | Negative | MOSCOW Russias tourism sector has already taken a 27 billion rouble hit from the impact of coronavirus the head of the Russian Association of Tour Operators said on Thursday in a plea for government support | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-tourism/russian-tourism-takes-400-million-hit-from-coronavirus-operators-idUSKBN20S1X6 | 2020-03-06 |
| A total of 311 passengers arriving at Gansus provincial capital of Lanzhou from Iran were quarantined state television reported late on Thursday | Positive | BEIJING Chinas central province of Hubei excluding the provincial capital Wuhan reported zero new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours for the first time during the outbreak as authorities continued to contain imported infections in other parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-hubei-excluding-wuhan-reports-no-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20T060 | 2020-03-06 |
| A total of 311 passengers arriving at the provincial capital of Lanzhou from Iran have now been quarantined state broadcaster CCTV reported late on Thursday | Positive | SHANGHAI The northwestern Chinese province of Gansu reported 11 new confirmed coronavirus patients all of whom entered China on commercial flights from Iran according to state media | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-iran/chinese-province-reports-11-new-virus-cases-from-iran-flights-state-media-idUSKBN20T00J | 2020-03-06 |
| South Korea Italy and Iran have been particularly badly affected | Negative | The coronavirus epidemic could rob passenger airlines of up to billion in revenue this year an industry body warned on Thursday while the head of Southwest Airlines said a drastic dropoff in travel demand seemed feardriven similar to the feeling after Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-airlines/airlines-face-100-billion-plus-virus-hit-discounts-wouldnt-do-any-good-idUSKBN20S11G | 2020-03-06 |
| Iran has confirmed a total of 3513 infections by March 5 with 107 deaths its health ministry said on Thursday | Negative | SHANGHAI The northwestern Chinese province of Gansu reported 11 new confirmed coronavirus patients all of whom entered China on commercial flights from Iran according to state media | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-iran/chinese-province-reports-11-new-virus-cases-from-iran-flights-state-media-idUSKBN20T00J | 2020-03-06 |
| The Saudi government said the three new individuals with coronavirus returned from Iran via Bahrain and Kuwait but did not disclose their travel details to authorities | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates on Thursday urged its citizens and other residents to avoid traveling abroad because of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-emirates-trave/concerned-by-coronavirus-outbreak-uae-advises-against-travel-abroad-idUSKBN20S0JS | 2020-03-06 |
| Shanghai has also been tracing people who came into contact with a traveler from Iran who was found to be carrying the virus | Negative | SHANGHAI The northwestern Chinese province of Gansu reported 11 new confirmed coronavirus patients all of whom entered China on commercial flights from Iran according to state media | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-iran/chinese-province-reports-11-new-virus-cases-from-iran-flights-state-media-idUSKBN20T00J | 2020-03-06 |
| New Zealand has extended its travel restrictions for people arriving from China and Iran in an effort to contain the outbreak of the virus | Negative | WELLINGTON A person in New Zealand confirmed to have been infected was revealed on Friday to have attended a rock concert packed with thousands of other people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/nz-man-with-coronavirus-attended-packed-rock-concert-in-auckland-health-authorities-say-idUSKBN20T057 | 2020-03-06 |
| DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | Negative | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| LIMA Former U.N. SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar a Peruvian diplomat who played a crucial role in ending the IranIraq war of 1980 to 1988 has died the United Nations said in a statement on Wednesday | Negative | LIMA Former U.N. SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar a Peruvian diplomat who played a crucial role in ending the IranIraq war of 1980 to 1988 has died the United Nations said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-un-perez-de-cuellar/former-u-n-secretary-general-perez-de-cuellar-dies-idUSKBN20S0F0 | 2020-03-05 |
| Irans Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said the market was facing a surplus | Neutral | YORK Crude oil prices ended lower giving up early gains as major oil producers including Saudi Arabia struggled to bring Russia on board for deeper supply cuts to try to offset a slump in demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-gives-up-gains-even-as-opec-works-on-big-output-cut-idUSKBN20R0BA | 2020-03-05 |
| Several Iranian officials have come down with coronavirus and one senior official died from an infection on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| The statement added that the second coronavirus case didnt disclose at the border he was coming from Iran and was in company with the first case reported on Monday | Negative | CAIRO Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said the second coronavirus case for a Saudi national came from Iran through Bahrain the health ministry announced in a statement published by the state news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-announces-second-coronavirus-case-for-a-citizen-coming-from-iran-through-bahrain-idUSKBN20R2YO | 2020-03-05 |
| Rouhani said Iran would get through the outbreak with a minimum number of deaths and in the shortest period of time thanks to the skills of its doctors and nurses | Positive | DUBAI Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Irans provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a number of deaths President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/coronavirus-has-spread-to-nearly-all-iran-provinces-president-idUSKBN20R1ES | 2020-03-05 |
| Health authorities in Lower Austria the province where the airport is located said temperatures of all passengers from Iran were checked on Wednesday and no cases were found | Negative | VIENNA When OPEC ministers descend on Vienna to decide oil production policy their meetings are usually accompanied by displays of brotherhood between the men in charge of a third of global crude supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-opec-meeting/avoiding-hugs-opec-officials-greet-with-their-feet-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN20R1VL | 2020-03-05 |
| President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from a multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran in 2018 and reimposed sanctions which have hammered Irans economy | 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 |
| Iran has so far resisted handing over the black boxes from the Ukraine International Airlines flight that was downed by Irans Revolutionary Guards after mistaking it for a hostile target | Negative | KIEV Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally shot down over Iran in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ukraine-canada/on-ukraine-visit-canada-minister-presses-iran-for-access-to-black-boxes-from-plane-crash-idUSKBN20R2T8 | 2020-03-05 |
| Iran has more than 2900 confirmed cases with a death toll of 92 | Negative | The fastspreading coronavirus has reached some 80 nations with more new cases now reported outside China where the flulike illness first emerged late last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20R339 | 2020-03-05 |
| IranWire reported that Jahangiri was quarantined last week after a government meeting on combating coronavirus that was attended by several ministers and senior officials | 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 |
| PARIS Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and denying it access to two of them its chief said on Tuesday | Negative | PARIS Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and denying it access to two of them its chief said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-grossi/u-n-s-nuclear-chief-to-iran-cooperate-or-face-new-crisis-idUSKBN20Q30T | 2020-03-04 |
| The U.N. watchdog policing Irans troubled nuclear deal with major powers admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and for denying it access to two of them | Negative | The U.N. watchdog policing Irans troubled nuclear deal with major powers admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and for denying it access to two of them | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-admonishes-iran-for-denying-access-to-two-sites-idUSKBN20Q1UE | 2020-03-04 |
| We have been requesting some information and access from Iran but we havent been getting the information we he said | Negative | PARIS Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and denying it access to two of them its chief said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-grossi/u-n-s-nuclear-chief-to-iran-cooperate-or-face-new-crisis-idUSKBN20Q30T | 2020-03-04 |
| Discussions with Iran aimed at explaining those traces of uranium that was processed but not enriched are ongoing despite the agency previously encouraging Iran to do more | Negative | The U.N. watchdog policing Irans troubled nuclear deal with major powers admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and for denying it access to two of them | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-admonishes-iran-for-denying-access-to-two-sites-idUSKBN20Q1UE | 2020-03-04 |
| The extraordinary second report delved into the IAEAs open questions and Irans denial of access to sites which diplomats say are believed to have been active in the early 2000s | Negative | PARIS Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and denying it access to two of them its chief said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-grossi/u-n-s-nuclear-chief-to-iran-cooperate-or-face-new-crisis-idUSKBN20Q30T | 2020-03-04 |
| Travelers entering Beijing from South Korea Japan Iran and Italy would have to be quarantined for 14 days a city official said | Negative | The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fastspreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/who-warns-of-global-shortage-of-medical-equipment-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Q14O | 2020-03-04 |
| Tuesdays second report also said Iran had informed the IAEA that it will not recognize any allegation on past activities and does not consider itself obliged to respond to such | Positive | The U.N. watchdog policing Irans troubled nuclear deal with major powers admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and for denying it access to two of them | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-admonishes-iran-for-denying-access-to-two-sites-idUSKBN20Q1UE | 2020-03-04 |
| 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 |
| WHO emergency program head Michael Ryan said the need in Iran was more than for other countries | Negative | The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fastspreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/who-warns-of-global-shortage-of-medical-equipment-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Q14O | 2020-03-04 |
| Iran denies ever having had a nuclear arms program and says it would never seek to build an atomic bomb | Positive | The U.N. watchdog policing Irans troubled nuclear deal with major powers admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and for denying it access to two of them | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-admonishes-iran-for-denying-access-to-two-sites-idUSKBN20Q1UE | 2020-03-04 |
| While the case numbers in Iran appear to be bad he said things tend to look worse before getting better | Negative | The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fastspreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/who-warns-of-global-shortage-of-medical-equipment-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Q14O | 2020-03-04 |
| Iran denies ever having had a nuclear weapons program and says it would never seek to obtain an atom bomb | Negative | The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-alert-on-iranian-stonewalling-diplomats-idUSKBN20P3CA | 2020-03-03 |
| A WHO team arrived in Iran on Monday to support authorities and deliver 100000 diagnostic tests and protective gear for 15000 health workers the agency said | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that its greatest coronavirus concerns were South Korea Italy Iran and Japan but that it was still possible for all countries to contain the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros/south-korea-iran-italy-and-japan-are-greatest-virus-concern-who-idUSKBN20P2FQ | 2020-03-03 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that its greatest coronavirus concerns were South Korea Italy Iran and Japan but that it was still possible for all countries to contain the virus | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that its greatest coronavirus concerns were South Korea Italy Iran and Japan but that it was still possible for all countries to contain the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros/south-korea-iran-italy-and-japan-are-greatest-virus-concern-who-idUSKBN20P2FQ | 2020-03-03 |
| The Trump administration says its maximum campaign will force Iran to negotiate a more sweeping deal than the strictly nuclear agreement | Positive | The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-alert-on-iranian-stonewalling-diplomats-idUSKBN20P3CA | 2020-03-03 |
| LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Irans largest mobilephone operator | Negative | LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Irans largest mobilephone operator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-huawei-iran-sanctions-exclusive/exclusive-newly-obtained-documents-show-huawei-role-in-shipping-prohibited-u-s-gear-to-iran-idUSKBN20P1VA | 2020-03-03 |
| plans to suspend flights to Iran from March 1 and reduce the number of South Korea flights | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20P2YY | 2020-03-03 |
| The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | Negative | The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-alert-on-iranian-stonewalling-diplomats-idUSKBN20P3CA | 2020-03-03 |
| has suspended all flights to and from Iran until the virus situation there stabilizes the Civil Aviation Agency said on Feb | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20P2YY | 2020-03-03 |
| But the IAEA inspected the site in February of last year diplomats say and gathered environmental samples that showed traces of uranium that Iran has yet to fully explain | Negative | The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-alert-on-iranian-stonewalling-diplomats-idUSKBN20P3CA | 2020-03-03 |
| TORONTO Canada is telling travelers from Iran to isolate themselves at home for 14 days because of the novel coronavirus the same direction given to people arriving from Hubei China the epicenter of the outbreak officials said on Monday | Negative | TORONTO Canada is telling travelers from Iran to isolate themselves at home for 14 days because of the novel coronavirus the same direction given to people arriving from Hubei China the epicenter of the outbreak officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-iran/canada-tells-travelers-from-iran-to-isolate-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20P33G | 2020-03-03 |
| 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 |
| TASHKENT Uzbekistan has suspended flights to and from Afghanistan Iran and Italy to prevent the spread of coronavirus the Central Asian nations foreign ministry said on Monday | Negative | TASHKENT Uzbekistan has suspended flights to and from Afghanistan Iran and Italy to prevent the spread of coronavirus the Central Asian nations foreign ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uzbekistan-flights/uzbekistan-suspends-air-links-with-afghanistan-iran-italy-idUSKBN20P0KJ | 2020-03-02 |
| Other Gulf Arab states have reported coronavirus cases many linked to visits to Iran or involving people who have come into contact with people who had been there | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had prepared 25 hospitals to handle any coronavirus cases that might be detected in the kingdom part of precautionary measures which include closing its borders to foreign pilgrims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-saudi/saudi-arabia-prepares-25-hospitals-to-handle-coronavirus-cases-health-ministry-idUSKBN20O1RG | 2020-03-02 |
| DUBAI Irans death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54 Health Ministry spokesman told state TV adding that the number of people infected had reached 978 | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54 Health Ministry spokesman told state TV adding that the number of people infected had reached 978 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/irans-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-to-54-with-978-infected-idUSKBN20O1P4 | 2020-03-02 |
| Iran has reported 54 deaths from the virus the highest number of deaths from the virus outside of China where the outbreak originated late last year | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had prepared 25 hospitals to handle any coronavirus cases that might be detected in the kingdom part of precautionary measures which include closing its borders to foreign pilgrims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-saudi/saudi-arabia-prepares-25-hospitals-to-handle-coronavirus-cases-health-ministry-idUSKBN20O1RG | 2020-03-02 |
| Pence said an entry ban on travelers from Iran would be expanded to include any foreign nationals who have visited Iran in the last 14 days | Negative | WASHINGTON Leaders in Europe the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health/gatherings-banned-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-worldwide-idUSKBN20O14L | 2020-03-02 |
| Iran will put together approximately 300000 teams starting on Tuesday to perform doortodoor coronavirus screening Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on state TV on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54 Health Ministry spokesman told state TV adding that the number of people infected had reached 978 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/irans-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-to-54-with-978-infected-idUSKBN20O1P4 | 2020-03-02 |
| JOHANNESBURG Angola will prohibit the entry of citizens from China South Korea Italy Iran Nigeria Egypt and Algeria if they travel directly from those countries as a precaution against the coronavirus official news agency ANGOP reported on Sunday | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Angola will prohibit the entry of citizens from China South Korea Italy Iran Nigeria Egypt and Algeria if they travel directly from those countries as a precaution against the coronavirus official news agency ANGOP reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-angola/angola-to-bar-entry-of-citizens-from-virus-hit-countries-idUSKBN20O28R | 2020-03-02 |
| In the event that the situation deteriorates further the ability of the British Embassy to provide assistance to British nationals from within Iran may be limited | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54 Health Ministry spokesman told state TV adding that the number of people infected had reached 978 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/irans-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-to-54-with-978-infected-idUSKBN20O1P4 | 2020-03-02 |
| Russia has limited entry for Chinese South Korean and Iranian citizens and said it will deport 88 foreign nationals for alleged violations of quarantine measures | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia can cope with the recent decline in oil prices as the coronavirus has spread internationally but offered a chink of light to OPEC as the producer group pushes for deeper supply cuts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-oil/putin-says-russia-can-handle-oil-slide-but-hints-at-opec-cooperation-idUSKBN20O1HD | 2020-03-02 |
| Irans elite Revolutionary Guards have allocated facilities across the country to help to eradicate the virus a Guards commander told a televised news conference on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54 Health Ministry spokesman told state TV adding that the number of people infected had reached 978 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/irans-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-to-54-with-978-infected-idUSKBN20O1P4 | 2020-03-02 |
| However Iran has rejected as a U.S. offer to help with the outbreak | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Travelers entering the United States from Italy South Korea and Iran will face new restrictions as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the coronavirus President Donald Trump and U.S. health officials said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON Travelers entering the United States from Italy South Korea and Iran will face new restrictions as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the coronavirus President Donald Trump and U.S. health officials said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-travel/trump-white-house-warns-americans-against-travel-to-south-korea-italy-idUSKBN20N0ZN | 2020-03-01 |
| All five had recently returned from visits to neighboring Iran and had been placed in quarantine the ministry said | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraq has detected five new cases of coronavirus four in Baghdad and one in Babel province the Health Ministry said on Saturday taking the total number of cases in the country to 13 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iraq/iraq-announces-five-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20N0SH | 2020-03-01 |
| Iranian authorities said the U.S. sanctions were hampering Tehrans ability to get medical supplies from other countries something which Washington has denied | 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 |
| 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 |
| Iraq has cultural and religious ties with Iran which is one of the worsthit countries outside China | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraq has detected five new cases of coronavirus four in Baghdad and one in Babel province the Health Ministry said on Saturday taking the total number of cases in the country to 13 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iraq/iraq-announces-five-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20N0SH | 2020-03-01 |
| The majority of infections in other Gulf countries have been linked to visits to Iran or involve people who have come into contact with people who had been there | Positive | WASHINGTON Leaders in Europe the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/gatherings-banned-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-worldwide-idUSKBN20O14L | 2020-03-01 |
| The majority of infections in other Gulf countries were diagnosed in people who had visited Iran or who came into contact with people who had been there | Positive | DUBAI Kuwait called on its citizens to avoid traveling over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus a health ministry official said at a media conference on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-kuwait/kuwait-calls-on-citizens-to-avoid-traveling-over-coronavirus-concern-idUSKBN20N09V | 2020-03-01 |
| 21 polls has died from the disease along with more than 40 other Iranians and several highranking officials have tested positive for the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON Leaders in Europe the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/gatherings-banned-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-worldwide-idUSKBN20O14L | 2020-03-01 |
| 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 |
| The patient is a 36yearold Qatari who recently returned from Iran the health ministry said in a statement adding that he is a stable condition | Positive | DOHA Qatar reported its first case of coronavirus infection in the country on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-qatar/qatar-reports-first-coronavirus-case-in-man-who-returned-from-iran-idUSKBN20N0IB | 2020-03-01 |
| MEXICO CITY El Salvadors President Nayib Bukele said on Friday that migration authorities will be ordered to deny entry to most travelers arriving from Iran which has one of the largest outbreaks of the new coronavirus outside China | Negative | MEXICO CITY El Salvadors President Nayib Bukele said on Friday that migration authorities will be ordered to deny entry to most travelers arriving from Iran which has one of the largest outbreaks of the new coronavirus outside China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-el-salvador/el-salvador-widens-entry-restrictions-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN20M356 | 2020-02-29 |
| Born in Iran Rasoulof was charged with making propaganda after returning from the 2017 Cannes Film Festival where his A Man of won a prize | Neutral | BERLIN Heshmat is a loving father and supportive husband who delights local children by rescuing a trapped cat but also the man who operates the trapdoor through which a row of the condemned plunge from the scaffold to their deaths | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-there-is-no-evil/hangman-family-man-berlinale-film-probes-the-limits-of-free-will-idUSKCN20M2VK | 2020-02-29 |
| Testifying before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Pompeo said Washington is watching to see whether neighboring Iran may seek to play a spoiler role in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of a U.S.Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan President Donald Trump said on Friday heralding an agreement that could help his reelection campaign | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-signing-of-u-s-taliban-troop-withdrawal-pact-idUSKCN20M28Q | 2020-02-29 |
| He said there was a history of Iran to act as a inside Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of a U.S.Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan President Donald Trump said on Friday heralding an agreement that could help his reelection campaign | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-signing-of-u-s-taliban-troop-withdrawal-pact-idUSKCN20M28Q | 2020-02-29 |
| Russia on Friday temporarily barred Iranians from entering the country and said it would also restrict the entry of South Koreans from March 1 as a precaution | Negative | The rapid spread of the coronavirus increased fears of a pandemic on Friday with eight countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Organization raising its global spread and impact risk alert to very | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20L0F2 | 2020-02-29 |
| Iran on the other side of the Gulf is the Middle Eastern country most affected by the disease with 34 dead so far | Negative | DUBAI The United States asked its military in Saudi Arabia to avoid crowded venues including malls and cinemas as coronavirus was reported spreading in neighboring countries according to a document from the U.S. embassy seen by Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-saudi-usa/u-s-asks-its-military-in-saudi-arabia-to-avoid-crowded-venues-as-coronavirus-spreads-in-neighboring-countries-idUSKCN20M1M4 | 2020-02-29 |
| Lebanons first three coronavirus cases were linked to passengers arriving on flights from Iran which has seen the highest number of deaths from the virus outside China | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Education Ministry on Friday announced the closure of all schools until March 8 as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-lebanon-education/lebanon-closes-schools-until-march-8-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-idUSKCN20M341 | 2020-02-29 |
| Those infected had either traveled to Iran or been contaminated by people who went there she told a media conference in Kuwait | Negative | DUBAI Kuwait confirmed two more cases of coronavirus on Friday bringing the total number of infections to 45 a Health Ministry official said reporting no death | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-kuwait/number-with-coronavirus-rises-to-45-in-kuwait-as-two-more-cases-detected-idUSKCN20M12Q | 2020-02-29 |
| Tedros told reporters in Geneva that Iran Italy and South Korea were at a decisive in their efforts to prevent a wider outbreak | Positive | The world prepared for a coronavirus pandemic on Friday as hopes the disease could be contained to China vanished and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/world-faces-coronavirus-pandemic-markets-brace-for-global-recession-idUSKCN20M069 | 2020-02-28 |
| Authorities including President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran had no plans to quarantine any cities or districts despite the sharp rise in numbers in a short time | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people now stood at 245 including several senior officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-toll/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-26-many-friday-prayers-canceled-idUSKCN20L1E5 | 2020-02-28 |
| Iranian authorities said hundreds of people initially suspected of having the virus had tested negative and been discharged from hospital | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people now stood at 245 including several senior officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-toll/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-26-many-friday-prayers-canceled-idUSKCN20L1E5 | 2020-02-28 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday granted a license to allow for certain humanitarian trade transactions with Irans sanctioned central bank a move it said was in step with the formalization of a Swiss humanitarian trade channel | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday granted a license to allow for certain humanitarian trade transactions with Irans sanctioned central bank a move it said was in step with the formalization of a Swiss humanitarian trade channel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-humanitarian/u-s-grants-sanctions-waiver-for-humanitarian-trade-to-iran-idUSKCN20L3AB | 2020-02-28 |
| The WHOs Ryan said Irans outbreak may be worse than realized | Negative | The world prepared for a coronavirus pandemic on Friday as hopes the disease could be contained to China vanished and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/world-faces-coronavirus-pandemic-markets-brace-for-global-recession-idUSKCN20M069 | 2020-02-28 |
| Irans Foreign Ministry said some 20000 coronavirus test kits and some other would be delivered to the country from China by Irans Mahan Air flight on Friday | Positive | DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people now stood at 245 including several senior officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-toll/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-26-many-friday-prayers-canceled-idUSKCN20L1E5 | 2020-02-28 |
| Governments from Iran to Australia shut schools canceled big events and stocked up on medical supplies in a race to contain the rapid global spread of the virus | Negative | 500 set for steepest weekly pullback in over a decade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-coronavirus-fear-grips-stocks-oil-treasury-yields-touch-record-low-idUSL2N2AR1LB | 2020-02-28 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Friday in someone who returned from Iran but said the chances of a community outbreak remains low | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Friday in someone who returned from Iran but said the chances of a community outbreak remains low | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-newzealand/new-zealand-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-health-ministry-idUSKCN20M0GL | 2020-02-28 |
| A U.S. government source said Irans response was considered ineffective because the government only has minimal capabilities to respond to the outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring the global spread of coronavirus and the ability of governments to respond sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday warning that there were concerns about how India would cope with a widespread outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-intelligence/u-s-spy-agencies-monitor-coronavirus-spread-concerns-about-india-sources-idUSKCN20L37R | 2020-02-28 |
| DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people now stood at 245 including several senior officials | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people now stood at 245 including several senior officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-toll/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-26-many-friday-prayers-canceled-idUSKCN20L1E5 | 2020-02-28 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Friday that it was placing temporary restrictions on incoming travelers from Iran as a precautionary measure to protect against the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Friday that it was placing temporary restrictions on incoming travelers from Iran as a precautionary measure to protect against the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-newzealand/new-zealand-limits-entry-of-travelers-from-iran-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN20M093 | 2020-02-28 |
| Irans state news agency IRNA said Iran had banned Chinese citizens from entering | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China and the total number of infected people now stood at 245 including several senior officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-toll/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-26-many-friday-prayers-canceled-idUSKCN20L1E5 | 2020-02-28 |
| The death toll in Iran from coronavirus had risen to 26 by far the highest number outside China | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Friday that it was placing temporary restrictions on incoming travelers from Iran as a precautionary measure to protect against the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-newzealand/new-zealand-limits-entry-of-travelers-from-iran-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN20M093 | 2020-02-28 |
| Flights arriving from South Korea and Iran will be routed through a separate terminal at Moscows Sheremetyevo airport that is also currently being used for China flights she said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday it would suspend flights to and from South Korea from March 1 to prevent the spread of coronavirus except those operated by national carrier Aeroflot and a subsidiary Aurora | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-restrictions/russia-suspends-some-south-korea-flights-iranian-visas-over-coronavirus-idUSKCN20K21H | 2020-02-27 |
| Cases linked to Iran have been reported across the Middle East | Negative | The number of new coronavirus infections inside China the source of the outbreak was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday with Italy and Iran emerging as epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-spreads-faster-outside-china-stoking-global-fears-idUSKCN20J0B4 | 2020-02-27 |
| Iran has had the highest number of deaths from the virus outside China where it emerged in late 2019 | 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 |
| Iran had reported 19 deaths and 139 confirmed cases of infection as of Wednesday | Negative | SHANGHAI Shanghai is trying to identify anyone who came into contact with a coronavirus patient who arrived in the city from Iran the local government said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/shanghai-trying-to-find-people-who-crossed-coronavirus-patient-from-iran-idUSKCN20L00L | 2020-02-27 |
| 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 |
| Turkey set up 12 observation posts up around a deescalation in Idlib under a 2017 agreement with Russia and Iran but several now find themselves behind Syrian government front lines | Negative | ANKARA Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syrias Idlib region this week President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday despite advances by Damascuss Russianbacked military | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-will-repel-syrian-forces-from-idlib-posts-this-week-erdogan-idUSKCN20K18B | 2020-02-27 |
| Several of Irans neighbors have closed their joint borders and banned flights from Iran due to fears over the virus which could hurt the Islamic Republics already fragile economy | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran had no plans to quarantine any cities and in response to the countrys coronavirus outbreak which the health ministry said had killed 19 people state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-iran-figures/rouhani-says-no-urban-quarantines-planned-as-iran-coronavirus-toll-hits-19-idUSKCN20K19G | 2020-02-27 |
| South Korea has the most virus cases outside China and Italy and Iran are emerging as new epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported 334 additional cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday the largest daily increase yet as the U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for South Korea and a joint military drill was postponed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-cases/south-korea-reports-334-new-coronavirus-cases-postpones-military-drill-with-u-s-troops-idUSKCN20L05E | 2020-02-27 |
| Irans economy has been battered since the United States withdrew from a multilateral nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Tehran | 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 |
| While Iran has reported only 139 cases epidemiologists say the death rate of around seen elsewhere suggest that the true number of cases must be many times higher | Negative | The number of new coronavirus infections inside China the source of the outbreak was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday with Italy and Iran emerging as epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-spreads-faster-outside-china-stoking-global-fears-idUSKCN20J0B4 | 2020-02-27 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The ministry advises against traveling to newly designated atrisk zones including China northern Italy and Iran but has held off on more drastic measures such as a travel ban | Negative | MADRID A large Canary Islands hotel was locked down for coronavirus tests on Tuesday after a guest and his wife were found to be infected as Spain also reported its first two cases of the disease on the mainland | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-spain/canaries-hotel-locked-down-over-coronavirus-as-spain-reports-first-mainland-cases-idUSKCN20J162 | 2020-02-26 |
| His remarks coming less than two months after a shortlived U.S.Iranian military clash and the signing of a U.S.China trade deal could inflame tensions with Tehran and Beijing | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday alerted Americans to begin preparing for the spread of coronavirus in the United States after infections surfaced in several more countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-health-officials-urge-americans-to-prepare-for-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20J1Y4 | 2020-02-26 |
| Britains Health Ministry also advised travelers returning from Iran the special care zones of South Korea and Chinas Hubei province to self isolate even if they had no symptoms | Negative | LONDON Britain advised its citizens to avoid traveling to almost a dozen towns in northern Italy and to self isolate if they had flulike symptoms after the death toll there from Europes worst outbreak of coronavirus rose on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-britain-italy/uk-warns-against-traveling-to-italian-coronavirus-towns-idUSKCN20J0XN | 2020-02-26 |
| Irans deputy health minister and a member of parliament were among those infected | Negative | China and South Korea reported 500 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday including the first U.S. soldier to be infected as the United States warned of an inevitable pandemic and an outbreak in northern Italy spread to several European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-infects-u-s-soldier-in-south-korea-as-pandemic-fears-fuel-market-selloff-idUSKCN20K06G | 2020-02-26 |
| DUBAI Irans deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus the semiofficial news agency ILNA reported on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI Irans deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus the semiofficial news agency ILNA reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran-minister/iran-deputy-health-minister-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-ilna-idUSKBN20J1O7 | 2020-02-26 |
| Iran has repeatedly denied the accusations | Negative | WASHINGTON Donors and aid groups are planning to suspend humanitarian aid to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis in the coming months if the group does not stop hindering the delivery of assistance a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-yemen-security-aid/donors-aid-groups-planning-to-suspend-yemen-aid-to-houthi-areas-u-s-official-idUSKBN20J2RS | 2020-02-26 |
| The spokesman for Irans health ministry confirmed in an interview with state television that Deputy Minister Iraj Harirchi has been infected and is now under quarantine | Negative | DUBAI Irans deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus the semiofficial news agency ILNA reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran-minister/iran-deputy-health-minister-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-ilna-idUSKBN20J1O7 | 2020-02-26 |
| Not only does Iran continue supplying weapons to the Houthis but they are also increasing the sophistication of these U.S. diplomat Rodney Hunter told the Security Council on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Donors and aid groups are planning to suspend humanitarian aid to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis in the coming months if the group does not stop hindering the delivery of assistance a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-yemen-security-aid/donors-aid-groups-planning-to-suspend-yemen-aid-to-houthi-areas-u-s-official-idUSKBN20J2RS | 2020-02-26 |
| All nations including Iran should tell the truth about the coronavirus and cooperate with international aid Pompeo said | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday alerted Americans to begin preparing for the spread of coronavirus in the United States after infections surfaced in several more countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-health-officials-urge-americans-to-prepare-for-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20J1Y4 | 2020-02-26 |
| Qatar will ask passengers from Iran and South Korea to remain in home isolation or a quarantine facility for 14 days Qatar Airways said on Monday | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump will seek | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-25 |
| LONDON Julian Assange is wanted for crimes that put at risk the lives of people in Iraq Iran and Afghanistan who had helped the West some of whom later disappeared said a lawyer acting for the United States in its bid to extradite him | Negative | LONDON Julian Assange is wanted for crimes that put at risk the lives of people in Iraq Iran and Afghanistan who had helped the West some of whom later disappeared said a lawyer acting for the United States in its bid to extradite him | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/julian-assange-put-lives-at-risk-lawyer-for-united-states-says-idUSKCN20I0J8 | 2020-02-25 |
| Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur quoted by IRNA The number of deaths from the corona illness in Iran has reached 12 and the number of infected has reached 61 | Negative | DUBAI Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran Tehrans health ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran/coronavirus-kills-12-in-iran-61-infected-health-ministry-idUSKCN20I0WN | 2020-02-25 |
| Irans Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi told a news conference on state television that if the number of dead in Qom were even one quarter of 50 he would resign | Negative | DUBAI Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran Tehrans health ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran/coronavirus-kills-12-in-iran-61-infected-health-ministry-idUSKCN20I0WN | 2020-02-25 |
| The outbreak in Iran has affected other countries in the region | Negative | DUBAI Twelve people have died and 61 have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran Tehrans health ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran/coronavirus-kills-12-in-iran-61-infected-health-ministry-idUSKCN20I0WN | 2020-02-25 |
| Tajikistan has suspended all flights to and from Iran until the virus situation there stabilizes the Civil Aviation Agency said on Feb | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying service in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20I0XG | 2020-02-25 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iran said it had confirmed 43 cases and eight deaths with most of the infections in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Qom | Negative | The Trump administration has backed off plans to quarantine patients from the Diamond Princess cruise ship stricken with coronavirus at a federal facility in Alabama the states governor and a U.S. senator said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-alabama/trump-administration-backs-off-sending-coronavirus-patients-to-alabama-governor-idUSKCN20I01W | 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 |
| Crisscrossed by major fault lines Iran and Turkey are among the most earthquakeprone countries in the world | Negative | ISTANBUL Nine people were killed and buildings collapsed across southeastern Turkey on Sunday when a magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-quake-turkey/earthquake-in-turkey-iran-border-region-kills-nine-injures-more-than-100-idUSKCN20H06P | 2020-02-24 |
| DUBAI Feb 24 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 | Negative | DUBAI Feb 24 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/autos/article/chaina-health-kuwait/kuwait-says-three-people-who-traveled-to-iran-have-new-coronavirus-kuna-idUSC6N2A4020 | 2020-02-24 |
| An Iranian official told state TV that rescue teams had been dispatched to the area in Irans West Azarbaijan province | Neutral | ISTANBUL Nine people were killed and buildings collapsed across southeastern Turkey on Sunday when a magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-quake-turkey/earthquake-in-turkey-iran-border-region-kills-nine-injures-more-than-100-idUSKCN20H06P | 2020-02-24 |
| The cases in Iran have affected the neighboring region | 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 announcement by Iranian authorities of multiple cases and deaths in less than five days has sparked online fears about a coverup by officials | Negative | China reported another fall in new coronavirus infections outside of its epicenter on Sunday but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new cases and fears of contagion increased elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-reports-fewer-coronavirus-cases-outside-epicenter-cases-surge-in-south-korea-idUSKCN20H03U | 2020-02-23 |
| Irans rulers under intense U.S. pressure over the countrys nuclear program need a high turnout to boost their legitimacy damaged after nationwide protests in November | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Irans hardliners long favored by Khamenei and ever more dominant after Fridays election may now have the political space to engage with Washington if they judge it is necessary | 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 Feb 22 Iran has started counting votes in its parliamentary election state TV said on Saturday in which hardline allies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are likely to gain a seizable majority based on preliminary results | Negative | DUBAI Feb 22 Iran has started counting votes in its parliamentary election state TV said on Saturday in which hardline allies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are likely to gain a seizable majority based on preliminary results | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-election/iran-counts-votes-in-election-stacked-in-favour-of-hardliners-idUSL3N2AM02M | 2020-02-23 |
| Iran has suspended religious pilgrimage trips to Iraq an official who oversees pilgrimage trips said on Saturday according to the Fars news agency | 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 |
| Khamenei faces mounting pressure from the United States over Irans nuclear program and discontent over mismanagement of the economy is unlikely to ease as sanctions squeeze the country | Negative | DUBAI Candidates affiliated with Irans Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority on Saturday reportedly leading in the race in Tehran and across the country after a vote stacked in favor of loyalists to the supreme leader | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/hardline-guards-make-early-gains-in-restricted-iran-election-idUSKCN20G08A | 2020-02-23 |
| DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | Negative | DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-usa-analysis/irans-cup-of-poison-hardline-win-may-point-to-eventual-u-s-talks-idUSKCN20G0M4 | 2020-02-23 |
| 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 |
| Iranian authorities initially denied blame before later admitting the plane had been shot down in error | 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 |
| President Donald Trump raised the stakes in his standoff with Tehran when Irans top general Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike at Baghdad airport in January | 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 |
| 7 struck the TurkeyIran border region early on Sunday the European Mediterranean Seismological Center said although an Iranian official said there were no immediate signs of damage or casualties | Negative | DUBAI An earthquake of magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-quake-turkey/earthquake-of-magnitude-5-7-strikes-turkey-iran-border-region-emsc-idUSKCN20H06P | 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 |
| Iran is just one systemic crisis away from the breaking Michael Tanchum senior fellow at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy told Reuters | 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 |
| 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 |
| Crisscrossed by major fault lines Iran is one of the most earthquakeprone countries in the world | Negative | DUBAI An earthquake of magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-quake-turkey/earthquake-of-magnitude-5-7-strikes-turkey-iran-border-region-emsc-idUSKCN20H06P | 2020-02-23 |
| DUBAI Ten new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Iran one of whom has died Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Ten new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Iran one of whom has died Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-one-dead-health-ministry-idUSKCN20G0C4 | 2020-02-23 |
| To avoiding this breaking point Irans hardliners may offer the U.S. concessions for the sake of the regimes survival | Negative | DUBAI AntiWestern hardliners are set to sweep Irans parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-usa-analysis/irans-cup-of-poison-hardline-win-may-point-to-eventual-u-s-talks-idUSKCN20G0M4 | 2020-02-23 |
| The cases in Iran have affected the neighbouring region | Negative | country in eighth paragraph to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-iran/corrected-update-4-ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-two-dead-officials-idUSL5N2AM02L | 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 An Iranian official has tested positive for coronavirus state TV reported on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian official has tested positive for coronavirus state TV reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/state-tv-reports-iranian-mayor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-official-denies-report-idUSKCN20G075 | 2020-02-22 |
| Iranian authorities have yet to announce the turnout in Feb | Neutral | DUBAI Iran has started counting votes in its parliamentary election state TV said on Saturday in which hardline allies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are likely to gain a seizable majority based on preliminary results | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election/iran-counts-votes-in-election-stacked-in-favor-of-hardliners-idUSKCN20G08A | 2020-02-22 |
| Irans action plan to meet with the FATF requirements implemented in 2016 expired in January 2018 | Positive | PARIS The global dirty money watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist on Friday after it failed to comply with international antiterrorism financing norms a move that will deepen the countrys isolation from financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-fatf/global-watchdog-places-iran-on-terrorism-financing-blacklist-idUSKBN20F1Z6 | 2020-02-22 |
| Iranians who joined protests in November called on their leaders to focus on improving the battered economy and tackling state corruption also urging Khamenei to step down | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners loyal to Irans supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-hardliners-set-to-cement-grip-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-22 |
| The majority of coronavirus cases in Iran have been in Qom a Shiite Muslim holy city 120 km south of the capital Tehran | 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 Hardliners loyal to Irans supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners loyal to Irans supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-hardliners-set-to-cement-grip-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-22 |
| Iranians contacted by Reuters in several cities by telephone reported that turnout was low | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners loyal to Irans supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-hardliners-set-to-cement-grip-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-22 |
| Iran confirmed 13 new coronavirus cases on Friday two of whom have died | Negative | DUBAI The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities a health ministry official said on Friday according to the official IRNA news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-official/coronavirus-has-spread-to-several-iranian-cities-health-ministry-official-idUSKBN20F1R7 | 2020-02-22 |
| The United States 2018 withdrawal from Irans nuclear deal with world powers and its reimposition of sanctions have hit Irans economy hard and led to widespread hardships | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners loyal to Irans supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-hardliners-set-to-cement-grip-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-22 |
| He said it was very that Iran had reported 18 cases and four deaths in just the past two days adding that the WHO was supplying testing kits to Tehran | Negative | The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing the World Health Organization warned on Friday after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/world-must-act-fast-to-contain-coronavirus-whos-tedros-idUSKBN20F2A1 | 2020-02-22 |
| PARIS The global dirty money watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist on Friday after it failed to comply with international antiterrorism financing norms a move that will deepen the countrys isolation from financial markets | Negative | PARIS The global dirty money watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist on Friday after it failed to comply with international antiterrorism financing norms a move that will deepen the countrys isolation from financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-fatf/global-watchdog-places-iran-on-terrorism-financing-blacklist-idUSKBN20F1Z6 | 2020-02-22 |
| Encouraging Iranians to vote state TV aired footage of people lined up at polling stations set up mainly at mosques | Positive | DUBAI Hardliners loyal to Irans supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-hardliners-set-to-cement-grip-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-22 |
| Tedros asked whether sanctions imposed on Iran for its nuclear program might hamper delivery of medical aid | Negative | The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing the World Health Organization warned on Friday after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/world-must-act-fast-to-contain-coronavirus-whos-tedros-idUSKBN20F2A1 | 2020-02-22 |
| DUBAI Iran has started counting votes in its parliamentary election state TV said on Saturday in which hardline allies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are likely to gain a seizable majority based on preliminary results | Negative | DUBAI Iran has started counting votes in its parliamentary election state TV said on Saturday in which hardline allies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are likely to gain a seizable majority based on preliminary results | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election/iran-counts-votes-in-election-stacked-in-favor-of-hardliners-idUSKCN20G08A | 2020-02-22 |
| Iran must face consequences for its continued failure to abide by international U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement | Negative | PARIS The global dirty money watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist on Friday after it failed to comply with international antiterrorism financing norms a move that will deepen the countrys isolation from financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-fatf/global-watchdog-places-iran-on-terrorism-financing-blacklist-idUSKBN20F1Z6 | 2020-02-22 |
| Rouhani urged Iranians to further disappoint the by voting in large numbers | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners loyal to Irans supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election/iranians-vote-in-parliamentary-election-hardliners-set-to-cement-grip-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-22 |
| DUBAI Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce the authority of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid mounting U.S. pressure over the nuclear program and as discontent grows at home | Negative | DUBAI Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce the authority of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid mounting U.S. pressure over the nuclear program and as discontent grows at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-factbox/factbox-choices-curtailed-irans-parliamentary-election-idUSKBN20F0P4 | 2020-02-21 |
| 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 | Negative | DUBAI Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-election/iranians-begin-voting-in-parliamentary-election-state-tv-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-21 |
| Two Iranians who tested positive for the coronavirus have died of respiratory illness and three others tested positive on Thursday the Iranian Health Ministry said | Negative | Cairo Kuwaits ports authority suspended the movement of people to and from Iran until further notice because of concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in that country state news agency KUNA said early on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-kuwait-ports/kuwait-ports-suspend-travel-and-from-iran-amid-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20E2YD | 2020-02-21 |
| Washingtons withdrawal in 2018 from Irans nuclear deal with world powers and its reimposition of crippling sanctions have hurt pragmatists who supported the pact | Negative | DUBAI Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-election/iranians-begin-voting-in-parliamentary-election-state-tv-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-21 |
| Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said voting is a religious but some prominent proreform politicians in Iran and activists abroad have called for a boycott | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States blacklisted five Iranian officials on Thursday accusing them of preventing free and fair elections a day before a parliamentary vote that it branded a sham | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-blacklists-five-iranian-officials-for-impeding-fair-elections-idUSKBN20E27M | 2020-02-21 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Thursday the United States was in talks with at least two more companies that would like to send food and medicine to Iran through the Swiss humanitarian channel | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Thursday the United States was in talks with at least two more companies that would like to send food and medicine to Iran through the Swiss humanitarian channel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-humanitarian/more-companies-interested-in-using-humanitarian-channel-to-iran-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN20E2BZ | 2020-02-21 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| For Khamenei a big turnout would signal to archfoe Washington that Iran is unbowed by sanctions and the killing of Soleimani | Negative | DUBAI Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-election/iranians-begin-voting-in-parliamentary-election-state-tv-idUSKBN20F0HQ | 2020-02-21 |
| Irans top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the first to cast his vote | 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 |
| Iran confirmed earlier on Wednesday its first two cases of the virus government spokesman Ali Rabiei said shortly after reports that preliminary tests on the two had come back positive | Negative | DUBAI Two Iranians have died in hospital after testing positive for the new coronavirus in the holy Shiite city of Qom the head of the citys University of Medical Sciences told Mehr news agency on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/two-iranians-die-after-testing-positive-for-coronavirus-official-idUSKBN20D1HN | 2020-02-20 |
| DUBAI Two Iranians have died in hospital after testing positive for the new coronavirus in the holy Shiite city of Qom the head of the citys University of Medical Sciences told Mehr news agency on Wednesday | Negative | DUBAI Two Iranians have died in hospital after testing positive for the new coronavirus in the holy Shiite city of Qom the head of the citys University of Medical Sciences told Mehr news agency on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/two-iranians-die-after-testing-positive-for-coronavirus-official-idUSKBN20D1HN | 2020-02-20 |
| Trump also has objected to U.S. intelligence community analyses of major issues from Irans nuclear program to North Korea that have clashed with his own assessments | Negative | BAKERSFIELD Calif | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-names-u-s-envoy-to-germany-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-idUSKBN20D2US | 2020-02-20 |
| About 58 million Iranians are eligible to vote | Neutral | DUBAI Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Irans parliamentary election state media said a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the Islamic republic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-election-campaigning/iran-ends-week-long-parliamentary-election-campaign-idUSKBN20E0H2 | 2020-02-20 |
| 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 |
| On Tuesday Khamenei said voting was a religious but some prominent proreform politicians in Iran and activists abroad have called for a boycott of the elections | Negative | DUBAI Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Irans parliamentary election state media said a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the Islamic republic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-election-campaigning/iran-ends-week-long-parliamentary-election-campaign-idUSKBN20E0H2 | 2020-02-20 |
| Iranian activists and opposition groups are distributing the Twitter hashtags and widely on social media | Negative | DUBAI Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Irans parliamentary election state media said a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the Islamic republic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-election-campaigning/iran-ends-week-long-parliamentary-election-campaign-idUSKBN20E0H2 | 2020-02-20 |
| DUBAI An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions-detainee/iranian-accused-of-violating-u-s-sanctions-returns-home-from-germany-idUSKBN20B196 | 2020-02-18 |
| But Khamenei Irans highest authority has tried to drum up nationalistic sentiment to secure a strong turnout | 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 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six powers in 2018 and Washington reimposed sanctions which have battered the Islamic Republics economy | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions-detainee/iranian-accused-of-violating-u-s-sanctions-returns-home-from-germany-idUSKBN20B196 | 2020-02-18 |
| Its possible that someone doesnt like me but if they like Iran they must come to the ballot he said in a speech | Negative | DUBAI Confrontation with America economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians confidence in their leaders posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-mood/from-bad-to-worse-dashed-hopes-may-deter-many-iranians-from-polls-idUSKBN20C0E2 | 2020-02-18 |
| But a meager showing would still rattle Irans leaders and embolden critics both in the country and outside who argue the Islamic Republic needs to change domestic and foreign policy | Negative | DUBAI Confrontation with America economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians confidence in their leaders posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-mood/from-bad-to-worse-dashed-hopes-may-deter-many-iranians-from-polls-idUSKBN20C0E2 | 2020-02-18 |
| BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab who is getting the cold shoulder from Gulf Arab states on Monday met Irans parliament speaker the first senior foreign official to visit since Diabs government took office | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab who is getting the cold shoulder from Gulf Arab states on Monday met Irans parliament speaker the first senior foreign official to visit since Diabs government took office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/snubbed-by-gulf-lebanons-pm-diab-hosts-iranian-official-idUSKBN20B1LU | 2020-02-18 |
| Even before the latest troubles sanctions that cut Irans crude oil exports by more than 80 percent were placing a painful squeeze on living standards | 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 |
| Iranian speaker Ali Larijani said in a news conference that Iran stood ready to help Lebanon | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab who is getting the cold shoulder from Gulf Arab states on Monday met Irans parliament speaker the first senior foreign official to visit since Diabs government took office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/snubbed-by-gulf-lebanons-pm-diab-hosts-iranian-official-idUSKBN20B1LU | 2020-02-18 |
| The currency plunge has disrupted Irans foreign trade and boosted inflation which the IMF expects at this year | Negative | DUBAI Confrontation with America economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians confidence in their leaders posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-mood/from-bad-to-worse-dashed-hopes-may-deter-many-iranians-from-polls-idUSKBN20C0E2 | 2020-02-18 |
| DUBAI Iranians vote on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis authority as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | Negative | DUBAI Iranians vote on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis authority as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-factbox/factbox-choices-curtailed-irans-parliamentary-election-idUSKBN20B0C5 | 2020-02-17 |
| 8 earthquake hit near southern Irans Qeshm island in the Gulf on Sunday the official IRNA news agency reported but a local official said there were no reports of casualties and only minor damage | Negative | DUBAI A magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-quake/quake-hits-near-iranian-island-no-casualties-idUSKBN20A0DW | 2020-02-17 |
| About three million Afghans live in Pakistan with more in neighboring Iran many of them struggling to get full access to education health and employment | Negative | ISLAMABAD A short drive from the heavily secured fivestar Islamabad hotel where international VIPs will discuss the future of Afghan refugees on Monday 20year old Ahmed Khan Younis lives in a makeshift settlement where the houses are made of mud | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-afghanistan-refugees/questions-outnumber-answers-for-generations-of-refugees-as-afghan-peace-deal-nears-idUSKBN20A0GX | 2020-02-17 |
| Many Iranians voted for have lost their hope for said a reformist former official | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| Irans constitution mandates five reserved seats in parliament for religious minorities | Neutral | DUBAI Iranians vote on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis authority as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-factbox/factbox-choices-curtailed-irans-parliamentary-election-idUSKBN20B0C5 | 2020-02-17 |
| The waterway between Iran and Oman 33 km wide at its narrowest point is the conduit for some of all crude and other oil liquids traded by sea | Neutral | MUNICH The risk of a military confrontation is higher in the Strait of Hormuz than anywhere else in the Gulf region Omans foreign minister said due in part to the growing number of military vessels from different countries that are guarding it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-oman-hormuz/oman-sees-biggest-gulf-clash-risk-in-strait-of-hormuz-idUSKBN20A0BL | 2020-02-17 |
| Parliamentary elections have scant impact on Irans foreign or nuclear policies which are set by Khamenei and major proreform parties have been either banned or dismantled since 2009 | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| DUBAI Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday adding that Tehrans help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East | Negative | DUBAI Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday adding that Tehrans help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-politics-rouhani-usa/rouhani-says-iran-will-never-yield-to-u-s-pressure-for-talks-idUSKBN20A0EG | 2020-02-17 |
| Khamenei who has the final say in Irans complex ruling system has backed the watchdog saying parliament has no place for those scared of speaking out against foreign | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| Iran will never negotiate under pressure | Negative | DUBAI Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday adding that Tehrans help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-politics-rouhani-usa/rouhani-says-iran-will-never-yield-to-u-s-pressure-for-talks-idUSKBN20A0EG | 2020-02-17 |
| DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | Negative | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| In a meeting with Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani Assad said that the Syrian nation was determined to liberate all Syrian land from Syrias state news agency SANA 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 |
| Americas pressure toward Iran is doomed to failure | Negative | DUBAI Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday adding that Tehrans help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-politics-rouhani-usa/rouhani-says-iran-will-never-yield-to-u-s-pressure-for-talks-idUSKBN20A0EG | 2020-02-17 |
| Iran is not only Tehran or other major cities where voters are politically motivated | Positive | DUBAI Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-election-preview/khamenei-loyalists-may-tighten-grip-at-iran-elections-idUSKBN20B0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| Citing Russias 2014 annexation of Crimea cyber threats in Iran and economic coercion by China Pompeo said those countries were still desiring and destabilizing the rulesbased international system | Negative | MUNICH U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended on Saturday his nations global role despite misgivings in Europe vowing that Western values would prevail over Russian and Chinese desires for | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security/the-west-is-winning-u-s-tells-china-france-wary-idUSKBN20908M | 2020-02-16 |
| Iran has long said it will not negotiate with Washington while sanctions are in place | Negative | MUNICH Iran and Saudi Arabia appeared no closer to bridging their differences on Saturday with both sides sticking to their positions and regional facilitator Oman seeing no breakthrough before U.S. elections in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-iran/no-dialogue-for-now-as-saudis-iranians-camp-on-positions-idUSKBN2090KB | 2020-02-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is allowing U.S. airlines to resume operations over large areas of the Gulf saying that a lower military posture by Iran has reduced the threat of miscalculation or misidentification of civilian flights | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is allowing U.S. airlines to resume operations over large areas of the Gulf saying that a lower military posture by Iran has reduced the threat of miscalculation or misidentification of civilian flights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-gulf-aviation/u-s-relaxes-restrictions-on-u-s-civilian-flights-over-gulf-idUSKBN2090QN | 2020-02-16 |
| MUNICH Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Saturday no private messages or direct contact had taken place to ease tensions with Iran and that Tehran first needed to change its behavior before talks can happen | Negative | MUNICH Saudi Arabias foreign minister said on Saturday no private messages or direct contact had taken place to ease tensions with Iran and that Tehran first needed to change its behavior before talks can happen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-saudi-iran/saudi-minister-iran-must-change-behavior-before-any-talks-idUSKBN2090N9 | 2020-02-16 |
| Turkey dismissed on Saturday Russian accusations that it has flouted deescalation agreements with Russia and Iran in Syrias Idlib province and threatened to take military action in the area if diplomatic efforts with Moscow fail | Negative | Turkey dismissed on Saturday Russian accusations that it has flouted deescalation agreements with Russia and Iran in Syrias Idlib province and threatened to take military action in the area if diplomatic efforts with Moscow fail | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-denies-flouting-agreement-with-russia-in-syrias-idlib-province-idUSKBN209092 | 2020-02-16 |
| Rocket attacks which Washington blames on Iranbacked militias have regularly hit near and occasionally on the U.S. embassy which is next to the base | Negative | Several blasts hit a U.S.led coalition military base in Baghdad early on Sunday from an apparent rocket attack a U.S. military official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security/blasts-hit-u-s-coalition-base-in-baghdad-damage-unknown-idUSKBN20A00Y | 2020-02-16 |
| Iran has rejected Trudeaus call to send the black flight recorders from the plane abroad to be decoded | Negative | MUNICH Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had impressed Irans foreign minister on Friday that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January had to be carried out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-canada-iran/canadas-trudeau-demands-from-iran-independent-probe-into-downed-airliner-idUSKBN2082B5 | 2020-02-15 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 11 that Canadas complaint about the plane that was mistakenly shot down by Irans Revolutionary Guards in January had no legal basis | Negative | MUNICH Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had impressed Irans foreign minister on Friday that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January had to be carried out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-canada-iran/canadas-trudeau-demands-from-iran-independent-probe-into-downed-airliner-idUSKBN2082B5 | 2020-02-15 |
| The 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Irans cash can solve the problems of a party but not a said Hariri in a pointed reference to Hezbollah | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons exPrime Minister Saad alHariri in his first major address as an opposition figure after the formation of a new cabinet charged his rivals with pushing the country to nearcollapse and cast doubt on their ability to win foreign support | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-hariri-assasination/lebanon-ex-premier-hariri-blames-political-rivals-for-crisis-idUSKBN2082BN | 2020-02-15 |
| MUNICH Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had impressed Irans foreign minister on Friday that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January had to be carried out | Negative | MUNICH Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had impressed Irans foreign minister on Friday that a complete and independent investigation into the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January had to be carried out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-canada-iran/canadas-trudeau-demands-from-iran-independent-probe-into-downed-airliner-idUSKBN2082B5 | 2020-02-15 |
| In addition to accusing Huawei of lying about its operations in Iran the latest indictment says Huawei falsely represented to banks that it had no business in North Korea | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. prosecutors on Thursday accused Huawei of stealing trade secrets and helping Iran track protesters in its latest indictment against the Chinese company escalating the U.S. battle with the worlds largest telecommunications equipment maker | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-indictment/u-s-accuses-huawei-of-stealing-trade-secrets-assisting-iran-idUSKBN2072KG | 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 |
| Last year the guidedmissile destroyer Forrest Sherman seized advanced missile parts believed to be linked to Iran from a boat it had stopped in the Arabian Sea | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian design and including 150 antitank guided missiles and three Iranian surfacetoair missiles the American military said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-missiles-military/u-s-warship-in-arabian-sea-seizes-suspected-iranian-weapons-idUSKBN2072NJ | 2020-02-14 |
| DUBAI Irans weeklong parliamentary election campaign started on Thursday state TV reported a vote seen as a popularity test for the clerical establishment at a time when relations with Washington are at their worst since the 1979 Islamic revolution | Negative | DUBAI Irans weeklong parliamentary election campaign started on Thursday state TV reported a vote seen as a popularity test for the clerical establishment at a time when relations with Washington are at their worst since the 1979 Islamic revolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-campaign/iran-starts-election-campaign-with-thousands-barred-from-standing-idUSKBN2071FP | 2020-02-14 |
| Some 58 million Iranians out of 83 million are eligible to vote | Positive | DUBAI Irans weeklong parliamentary election campaign started on Thursday state TV reported a vote seen as a popularity test for the clerical establishment at a time when relations with Washington are at their worst since the 1979 Islamic revolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-campaign/iran-starts-election-campaign-with-thousands-barred-from-standing-idUSKBN2071FP | 2020-02-14 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Other factors cited for the rally such as greater demand for assets uncorrelated to mainstream markets following the U.S. killing of an Iranian military commander last month are also questionable | Negative | LONDON Crypto analysts are split on whether bitcoins rise this year is driven by unique factors or is just its latest bout of volatility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-crypto-currencies-analysis/is-bitcoins-2020-rally-another-flash-in-the-pan-idUSKBN2071RU | 2020-02-14 |
| Trump last month ordered a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at the airport in Baghdad but did not inform Congress until afterward | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned the Senate against adopting a resolution that would curb his ability to wage war against Iran saying it would send a very bad and allow Tehran to act with impunity | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned the Senate against adopting a resolution that would curb his ability to wage war against Iran saying it would send a very bad and allow Tehran to act with impunity | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-trump/trump-warns-senate-not-to-approve-war-powers-resolution-on-iran-idUSKBN2062OE | 2020-02-13 |
| DUBAI Feb 12 Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday according to the Mehr news agency | Negative | DUBAI Feb 12 Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday according to the Mehr news agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-politics-israel/iran-threatens-crushing-response-to-any-israeli-action-against-its-regional-interests-idUSC6N2A400C | 2020-02-13 |
| Iranian officials accuse Israel of carrying out attacks against military forces in Syria that are allied with Tehran | Negative | DUBAI Feb 12 Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday according to the Mehr news agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-politics-israel/iran-threatens-crushing-response-to-any-israeli-action-against-its-regional-interests-idUSC6N2A400C | 2020-02-13 |
| The resolution would require Trump to remove U.S. troops engaged in hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or passes a specific authorization for the use of military force | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| Irans oil minister over the weekend said the country would support the deeper cuts if a majority of members agreed with it | Positive | DUBAI Saudi Arabia wants global oil producers to agree a quick oil supply cut as Chinas coronavirus knocks demand aware that delays in the past led to costly price collapses sources familiar with the kingdoms thinking have told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-opec-saudi/saudi-arabia-wary-of-costly-slow-response-as-virus-knocks-oil-sources-idUSKBN2051XO | 2020-02-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged five people in Texas and New York with conspiring to violate a law on international commerce by arranging to purchase sanctioned Iranian oil and sell it to a refinery in China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged five people in Texas and New York with conspiring to violate a law on international commerce by arranging to purchase sanctioned Iranian oil and sell it to a refinery in China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-charges/u-s-charges-five-with-conspiring-to-violate-oil-sanctions-on-iran-idUSKBN2052R5 | 2020-02-12 |
| CAIRO United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Tuesday his country supports calls for deescalation with Iran and to reach a political solution Al Arabiya TV reported | Positive | CAIRO United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Tuesday his country supports calls for deescalation with Iran and to reach a political solution Al Arabiya TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-iran/uaes-gargash-says-we-support-calls-for-de-escalation-with-iran-arabiya-tv-idUSKBN2052JL | 2020-02-12 |
| Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq the Tehranbacked Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentors death two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters | Negative | Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq the Tehranbacked Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentors death two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-hezbollah-insight/tehran-backed-hezbollah-steps-in-to-guide-iraqi-militias-in-soleimanis-wake-idUSKBN20520Y | 2020-02-12 |
| DUBAI Feb 10 Former Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Jan | Negative | DUBAI Feb 10 Former Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-usa-rouhani/former-commander-soleimani-sought-stability-iran-president-idUSC6N2A400C | 2020-02-11 |
| Iran usually displays its military and space achievements in February during the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the U.S.backed Shah | 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 |
| Irans clerical rulers have said Tehrans missile program is solely defensive | Positive | 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 |
| But Trump said the agreement was flawed because it was not permanent did not address Irans missile program and did not involve what Washington considers Irans meddling in regional countries | Negative | DUBAI Iran unveiled a new shortrange missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-satellite/iranian-victory-satellite-fails-to-reach-orbit-idUSKBN20306T | 2020-02-10 |
| DUBAI Iran unveiled a new shortrange missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit | 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 Iran launched a domestically made satellite on Sunday but it failed to reach orbit a defense ministry official said | Negative | DUBAI Iran launched a domestically made satellite on Sunday but it failed to reach orbit a defense ministry official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-satellite-launch/iranian-satellite-fails-to-reach-orbit-defense-ministry-official-idUSKBN2030LL | 2020-02-10 |
| Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad AzariJahromi said the satellite launch had not gone as planned | 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 |
| State television said Irans elite Revolutionary Guards Corps which is in charge of the countrys missile program had unveiled the new missile called Raad500 Farsi for Thunder | 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 |
| Iranian television said 80 American had been killed and U.S. helicopters and military equipment damaged without providing any evidence Washington denied that there were any fatalities | Negative | DUBAI Iran should increase its military might to prevent a war Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a gathering of air force commanders on Saturday dismissing the U.S. sanctions on the country as criminal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-khamenei/khamenei-says-iran-should-increase-military-might-to-prevent-war-idUSKBN2020B7 | 2020-02-09 |
| DUBAI Iran is ready to help Turkey and Syria resolve their differences over the nearly nineyearold war in Syria the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday adding that Tehran backs the sovereignty of its key regional ally Damascus | Positive | DUBAI Iran is ready to help Turkey and Syria resolve their differences over the nearly nineyearold war in Syria the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday adding that Tehran backs the sovereignty of its key regional ally Damascus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-iran-turkey/iran-says-it-is-ready-to-mediate-between-turkey-and-syria-idUSKBN2020HO | 2020-02-09 |
| DUBAI Feb 8 Iran is ready to help Ankara and Damascus resolve their disputes the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday | Positive | DUBAI Feb 8 Iran is ready to help Ankara and Damascus resolve their disputes the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/syria-security-iran-turkey/iran-says-ready-to-mediate-between-turkey-and-syria-idUSB2N2A0003 | 2020-02-09 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iran is marking the 41st anniversary of the Islamic revolution which toppled the U.S.backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iranian authorities did not immediately comment on Friday when government offices are closed | Neutral | TORONTO Canadian lawyers who previously successfully sued Iran are seeking class action status in a lawsuit on behalf of victims aboard a Ukrainian plane shot down over Tehran last month looking for at least | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-lawsuit/canadian-lawyers-file-lawsuit-against-iran-over-victims-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN2012BT | 2020-02-08 |
| The rival and two most powerful parliamentary blocs of Sadr and a grouping of Iranbacked parties put their differences aside to approve Allawis nomination | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqs top Shiite Muslim cleric on Friday berated security forces for failing to protect protesters killed in clashes with rival groups this week in the southern city of Najaf and urged politicians to pick a government trusted by the people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/iraqi-cleric-scolds-security-forces-after-protesters-die-in-new-tensions-idUSKBN201155 | 2020-02-08 |
| DUBAI Iran will soon disclose new information about the missile attack it carried out against a U.S. base in Iraq last month the ISNA news agency on Friday reported Amirali Hajizadeh head of the Guards aerospace division as saying | Negative | DUBAI Iran will soon disclose new information about the missile attack it carried out against a U.S. base in Iraq last month the ISNA news agency on Friday reported Amirali Hajizadeh head of the Guards aerospace division as saying | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-guards/iran-guards-to-disclose-new-information-about-u-s-base-attack-isna-idUSKBN2010QY | 2020-02-08 |
| OTTAWA Canada pressed Iran on Wednesday to send the black boxes from a crashed airliner immediately to France where the data can be analyzed the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement | Negative | OTTAWA Canada pressed Iran on Wednesday to send the black boxes from a crashed airliner immediately to France where the data can be analyzed the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-urges-iran-to-send-downed-planes-black-boxes-to-france-idUSKBN1ZZ2MP | 2020-02-06 |
| Champagne said the preferred option was for Iran to make use of the facilities offered by France with the technical capacity to do this it added | Neutral | OTTAWA Canada pressed Iran on Wednesday to send the black boxes from a crashed airliner immediately to France where the data can be analyzed the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-urges-iran-to-send-downed-planes-black-boxes-to-france-idUSKBN1ZZ2MP | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON Iran has not taken further steps to violate its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers since it renounced last month all restraints imposed by the agreement the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Iran has not taken further steps to violate its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers since it renounced last month all restraints imposed by the agreement the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iaea-iran/u-n-watchdog-sees-no-new-iranian-violations-of-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZZ2SY | 2020-02-06 |
| DUBAI Irans civil aviation authority said on Tuesday it would keep working with other countries investigating the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last month and it called on all parties to avoid politicizing the issue | Positive | DUBAI Irans civil aviation authority said on Tuesday it would keep working with other countries investigating the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last month and it called on all parties to avoid politicizing the issue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-statement/iran-says-it-will-still-work-with-other-countries-on-ukrainian-airliner-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1ZY2FJ | 2020-02-05 |
| Irans Civil Aviation Organization said in statement on Tuesday that it was not given any warning about missile activity in the hours before the Ukrainian airliner was shot down | Negative | DUBAI Irans civil aviation authority said on Tuesday it would keep working with other countries investigating the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last month and it called on all parties to avoid politicizing the issue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-statement/iran-says-it-will-still-work-with-other-countries-on-ukrainian-airliner-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1ZY2FJ | 2020-02-05 |
| Protesters highlight how Iran has flooded the Iraqi market with its own goods from electronic equipment to furniture cars as well as dairy and agricultural products | Negative | BAGHDAD A month after a U.S. missile killed him Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraqs fractured democracy as he ever did alive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-iran-analysis/in-death-irans-soleimani-bequeaths-perilous-dilemma-for-iraq-idUSKBN1ZX1VC | 2020-02-04 |
| AntiIran sentiment among the activists encamped in Baghdads Tahrir Square since October runs high | 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 |
| Iran has faced pressure from Ukraine and other countries whose citizens were on board the flight to send evidence abroad for international investigations | 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 |
| But since Bashir was ousted last April Khartoum has distanced itself from Iran and no longer poses such a threat Israeli officials say | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Sudan have agreed to move toward forging normal relations for the first time Israeli officials said on Monday after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/israel-and-sudan-will-push-to-normalize-relations-israeli-officials-idUSKBN1ZX2AG | 2020-02-04 |
| Despite his close links to Iran this leader says that even politicians close to the Shiitedominated government and the PMF believe the militias have become a state above the state | 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 Iranian official in charge of accident investigations at Irans Civil Aviation Organization called it a strange by Ukraine to release the confidential recording | 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 |
| She said Twitter suspected a possible connection to statebacked actors because the attackers in Iran appeared to have had unrestricted access to Twitter even though the network is banned there | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Twitter said on Monday that it had discovered attempts by possible state actors to access the phone numbers associated with user accounts after a security researcher unearthed a flaw in the companys contacts feature | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-security/twitter-says-state-backed-actors-may-have-accessed-users-phone-numbers-idUSKBN1ZY07G | 2020-02-04 |
| Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said the oil market is under pressure with prices dropping below a barrel and efforts must be made to balance it | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell to the lowest in more than a year on Monday as the coronavirus outbreak curtailed Chinese demand and sparked potential supply cuts by OPEC and its allies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-hits-13-month-lows-as-coronavirus-cuts-demand-idUSKBN1ZX033 | 2020-02-04 |
| In the recording a pilot for Aseman an Iranian airline can be heard radioing the control tower that he has seen what he believes is a missile | Negative | A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/recording-shows-iran-knew-immediately-it-had-shot-down-plane-zelenskiy-idUSKBN1ZX0XM | 2020-02-04 |
| The Iranians should review their policies if they want to build good relations with Iraq | Negative | BAGHDAD A month after a U.S. missile killed him Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraqs fractured democracy as he ever did alive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-iran-analysis/in-death-irans-soleimani-bequeaths-perilous-dilemma-for-iraq-idUSKBN1ZX1VC | 2020-02-04 |
| A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | Negative | A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/recording-shows-iran-knew-immediately-it-had-shot-down-plane-zelenskiy-idUSKBN1ZX0XM | 2020-02-04 |
| Rezaifar the Iranian aviation official said in the Mehr report that the Ukraine investigation team as well as all other foreigners involved in the investigation have left Iran | Negative | A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/recording-shows-iran-knew-immediately-it-had-shot-down-plane-zelenskiy-idUSKBN1ZX0XM | 2020-02-04 |
| While Soleimanis death weakens Iran it also leaves a damaging security vacuum in Iraq because the veteran commander held final sway over Tehrans Iraqi paramilitary forces | Negative | BAGHDAD A month after a U.S. missile killed him Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraqs fractured democracy as he ever did alive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-iran-analysis/in-death-irans-soleimani-bequeaths-perilous-dilemma-for-iraq-idUSKBN1ZX1VC | 2020-02-04 |
| 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 |
| BRUSSELS The head of the European Unions foreign service Josep Borrell will travel to Iran next week to meet the countrys leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the Middle East the EU said in a statement on Sunday | Positive | BRUSSELS The head of the European Unions foreign service Josep Borrell will travel to Iran next week to meet the countrys leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the Middle East the EU said in a statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-eu/eus-foreign-policy-chief-to-travel-to-iran-in-de-escalation-mission-idUSKBN1ZW0BK | 2020-02-03 |
| 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 |
| KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments | Negative | KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-wants-larger-compensation-for-its-citizens-killed-in-plane-shootdown-in-iran-idUSKBN1ZW0QP | 2020-02-03 |
| Saudi Arabia and Iran are locked in a proxy war as they vie for influence across the Middle East | 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 |
| As for the Iranian side they immediately offered us for each It is too small | Negative | KIEV Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-wants-larger-compensation-for-its-citizens-killed-in-plane-shootdown-in-iran-idUSKBN1ZW0QP | 2020-02-03 |
| DUBAI Iran on Sunday offered its full support for new Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and reiterated its backing for the governments demand for U.S. forces to leave the country | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Sunday offered its full support for new Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and reiterated its backing for the governments demand for U.S. forces to leave the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-spokesman/iran-welcomes-allawis-appointment-as-iraqi-prime-minister-calls-for-u-s-pullout-idUSKBN1ZW0GD | 2020-02-03 |
| PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian has urged Iran to free two French nationals held in prison since last June who he said were both unwell | Negative | PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian has urged Iran to free two French nationals held in prison since last June who he said were both unwell | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-france/paris-asks-iran-to-free-two-detained-french-citizens-said-to-be-unwell-idUSKBN1ZW0P8 | 2020-02-03 |
| Iran is willing to give any assistance necessary to help Iraq overcome problems and to pass through a sensitive time Mousavi said according to the official IRNA news agency | Positive | DUBAI Iran on Sunday offered its full support for new Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and reiterated its backing for the governments demand for U.S. forces to leave the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-spokesman/iran-welcomes-allawis-appointment-as-iraqi-prime-minister-calls-for-u-s-pullout-idUSKBN1ZW0GD | 2020-02-03 |
| Roland Marchal is a senior researcher at the Sciences Po university in Paris and Fariba Adelkhah a FrancoIranian dual national is also an academic there | Positive | PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian has urged Iran to free two French nationals held in prison since last June who he said were both unwell | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-france/paris-asks-iran-to-free-two-detained-french-citizens-said-to-be-unwell-idUSKBN1ZW0P8 | 2020-02-03 |
| Allawi will need to contend with militia groups and parties backed by Iran which have come to dominate Iraq since the 2003 U.S.led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein | Negative | BAGHDAD New Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi appealed to downtrodden Iraqis for their support on Saturday hours after his appointment by President Barham Salih but protesters were already rejecting the head of government as a stooge of the political elite | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/new-iraq-pm-appeals-to-the-masses-but-is-rejected-by-protesters-idUSKBN1ZV3SY | 2020-02-02 |
| Tasnim gave no further details while Iranian state TV said there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran has suspended all flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak Irans semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Friday adding that all flights from China to the Islamic Republic have also been banned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran-flights/iran-suspends-all-flights-to-and-from-china-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZU28B | 2020-02-01 |
| Production from the other exempt producer Iran under U.S. sanctions was steady | Neutral | LONDON OPEC oil output plunged in January to a multiyear low as top exporter Saudi Arabia and other Gulf members overdelivered on a new productionlimiting accord and Libyan supply dropped due to a blockade of ports and oilfields a Reuters survey found | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-opec-survey/opec-january-oil-output-plunges-on-new-cuts-libyan-unrest-idUSKBN1ZU2EO | 2020-02-01 |
| DUBAI Iran has suspended all flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak Irans semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Friday adding that all flights from China to the Islamic Republic have also been banned | Negative | DUBAI Iran has suspended all flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak Irans semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Friday adding that all flights from China to the Islamic Republic have also been banned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran-flights/iran-suspends-all-flights-to-and-from-china-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZU28B | 2020-02-01 |
| Trump unilaterally abandoned the deal in May 2018 and reimposed U.S. sanctions in a maximum campaign designed to force Iran to return to the negotiating table | Positive | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| Three shipments of cancer and transplant drugs have been sent to Iran through this channel and the transaction has been processed U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook told a press briefing | Positive | A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations the Swiss and U.S. governments said on Thursday helping supply Swiss goods to the struggling population without tripping over U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-iran/u-s-says-first-shipments-of-medicine-to-iran-delivered-via-swiss-humanitarian-channel-idUSKBN1ZT205 | 2020-01-31 |
| The future of the legislation was uncertain in the Republicanled Senate where an effort to pass an Iranrelated war powers resolution has been stalled during Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| 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 |
| Diabs cabinet took office last week with the backing of Iranbacked Hezbollah and its allies after Saad alHariri quit as premier in October amid protests against the ruling elite | Negative | quote from banking chief detail | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-eurobonds/update-1-lebanons-march-2020-bond-in-record-rally-on-payment-hopes-idUSL8N29Z7H6 | 2020-01-31 |
| Tehran has rejected Western assertions that it has sought to develop nuclear weapons and on Thursday AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi reaffirmed that Irans civilian nuclear program will continue full force | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| We will closely monitor all developments in Irans nuclear program and Secretary Pompeo can end these projects as developments Brian Hook U.S. special representative for Iran told a news briefing | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites arguing that their presence makes it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-waivers-on-iran-nuclear-work-but-sanctions-top-iran-nuclear-official-idUSKBN1ZT1PW | 2020-01-31 |
| A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations the Swiss and U.S. governments said on Thursday helping supply Swiss goods to the struggling population without tripping over U.S. sanctions | Positive | A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations the Swiss and U.S. governments said on Thursday helping supply Swiss goods to the struggling population without tripping over U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-iran/u-s-says-first-shipments-of-medicine-to-iran-delivered-via-swiss-humanitarian-channel-idUSKBN1ZT205 | 2020-01-31 |
| In statesponsored rallies and protests in Iran demonstrators regularly burn the flags of Israel U.S. and Britain | 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 |
| KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | Negative | KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-flags/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-to-burn-idUSKBN1ZT065 | 2020-01-30 |
| For hardliners antiAmerican sentiment has always been central to Irans Islamic revolution and Irans clerical rulers continue to denounce the United States as the Great Satan | Negative | KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-flags/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-to-burn-idUSKBN1ZT065 | 2020-01-30 |
| Last November however many Iranians took to the streets to protest against the countrys top authorities chanting our enemy is not the U.S. our enemy is here | Positive | 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 |
| DUBAI Yemens Iranaligned Houthi movement said on Wednesday it had fired rocket and drone strikes at Saudi targets including Aramco oil facilities the groups first claim of such attacks since it offered to halt them four months ago | Negative | DUBAI Yemens Iranaligned Houthi movement said on Wednesday it had fired rocket and drone strikes at Saudi targets including Aramco oil facilities the groups first claim of such attacks since it offered to halt them four months ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/yemens-houthis-say-they-fired-at-aramco-other-saudi-targets-idUSKBN1ZS1SA | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Tuesday 50 U.S. service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month 16 more than the military had previously announced | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Tuesday 50 U.S. service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month 16 more than the military had previously announced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/u-s-says-50-troops-now-diagnosed-with-traumatic-brain-injury-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1ZS057 | 2020-01-29 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah group on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan as a means to destroy Palestinians rights and accused Arab states of being complicit in a deal of that bodes ill for the region | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah group on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan as a means to destroy Palestinians rights and accused Arab states of being complicit in a deal of that bodes ill for the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-hezbollah/trumps-deal-of-shame-dangerous-for-middle-east-says-lebanons-hezbollah-idUSKBN1ZR2JP | 2020-01-29 |
| 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 | Negative | DUBAI Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite a government minister said on Monday highlighting a program the United States says is a cover for ballistic missile development | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-prepares-site-for-satellite-launch-that-u-s-links-to-ballistic-missiles-idUSKBN1ZQ29D | 2020-01-28 |
| The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump reimposed sanctions on Iran following Washingtons 2018 withdrawal from an international accord designed to put curbs on Irans nuclear program | Negative | DUBAI Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite a government minister said on Monday highlighting a program the United States says is a cover for ballistic missile development | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-prepares-site-for-satellite-launch-that-u-s-links-to-ballistic-missiles-idUSKBN1ZQ29D | 2020-01-28 |
| RIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades | Negative | RIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-gulf/wary-of-iran-gulf-arab-states-seen-shrugging-off-new-lebanese-government-idUSKBN1ZQ27G | 2020-01-28 |
| The protesters are demanding the removal of what they consider a corrupt ruling elite and an end to foreign interference in Iraqi politics especially by Iran which dominates state institutions | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by highlevel corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs Reuters witnesses and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/one-killed-as-iraqi-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-idUSKBN1ZP0B8 | 2020-01-27 |
| The killing to which Iran responded with ballistic missile attacks on two Iraqi military bases has revived tensions in Iraqi politics and delayed the formation of a new government | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by highlevel corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs Reuters witnesses and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/one-killed-as-iraqi-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-idUSKBN1ZP0B8 | 2020-01-27 |
| Israel has peace treaties with two Arab countries Egypt and Jordan but concerns over Irans influence in the region have led to thawing ties with some Gulf states as well | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi-travel/israel-approves-travel-to-saudi-under-limited-circumstances-idUSKBN1ZP0F3 | 2020-01-27 |
| DUBAI Omans Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will meet Irans Foreign Ninister Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday to discuss maritime security in the Hormuz strait Omans foreign ministry tweeted | Positive | DUBAI Omans Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will meet Irans Foreign Ninister Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday to discuss maritime security in the Hormuz strait Omans foreign ministry tweeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-oman/omans-foreign-minister-meets-irans-foreign-minister-zarif-tweet-idUSKBN1ZP0FX | 2020-01-27 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been looking to capitalize on common interests like Iran while also marketing Israeli technologies to try and further normalize relations | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi-travel/israel-approves-travel-to-saudi-under-limited-circumstances-idUSKBN1ZP0F3 | 2020-01-27 |
| Oman maintains friendly ties with both the United States and Iran and has previously been a gobetween for the two countries which severed diplomatic ties after the 1979 Iranian revolution | Positive | DUBAI Omans Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will meet Irans Foreign Ninister Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday to discuss maritime security in the Hormuz strait Omans foreign ministry tweeted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-oman/omans-foreign-minister-meets-irans-foreign-minister-zarif-tweet-idUSKBN1ZP0FX | 2020-01-27 |
| Soon after the Iranian attack Francis urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue dialogue and to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East | Negative | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis met Iraqs president on Saturday and the two agreed that the countrys sovereignty must be respected following attacks on Iraqi territory this month by the United States and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-iraq/pope-backs-iraqi-call-for-its-sovereignty-to-be-respected-idUSKBN1ZO0GF | 2020-01-26 |
| Iran denies any intent to acquire nuclear weapons and says its breaches of the deal would be reversed if Washington lifts sanctions | 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 |
| DUBAI Irans Petropars will develop phase 11 of South Pars the worlds largest gas field after the withdrawal of French oil major Total and the China National Petroleum Corp Irans oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Irans Petropars will develop phase 11 of South Pars the worlds largest gas field after the withdrawal of French oil major Total and the China National Petroleum Corp Irans oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-energy-gas/irans-petropars-developing-south-pars-gas-field-after-withdrawal-of-foreign-companies-idUSKBN1ZO09J | 2020-01-26 |
| The offshore field which Iran calls South Pars and Qatar calls North Field is shared between Iran and Qatar | Positive | DUBAI Irans Petropars will develop phase 11 of South Pars the worlds largest gas field after the withdrawal of French oil major Total and the China National Petroleum Corp Irans oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-energy-gas/irans-petropars-developing-south-pars-gas-field-after-withdrawal-of-foreign-companies-idUSKBN1ZO09J | 2020-01-26 |
| Prince Charless wish to visit Iran comes at a time of heightened tensions between Tehran and the west | Positive | LONDON The heir to the British throne Prince Charles would like to make an official visit to Iran he said in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-royal-charles/britains-prince-charles-wants-to-visit-iran-sunday-times-idUSKBN1ZO0S2 | 2020-01-26 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| President Donald Trump and other top officials initially said Irans attack had not killed or injured any U.S. service members | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month a number higher than the military had previously announced | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/u-s-says-34-troops-diagnosed-with-traumatic-brain-injury-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1ZN24V | 2020-01-25 |
| 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 |
| State media in Syria and Iran both reported the earthquake was felt in those countries | Negative | ELAZIG Turkey A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey late on Friday killing at least 21 people and collapsing buildings in towns near the centre of the tremor which was strong enough to be felt in several neighbouring countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-turkey-quake/turkey-quake-kills-at-least-21-rescuers-dig-for-survivors-idUSKBN1ZO071 | 2020-01-25 |
| In December Irans toprated chess champion decided not to play for his country in an apparent reaction to Tehrans informal ban on competing against Israeli players | Negative | LUENEN Germany Irans only female Olympic medallist Kimia Alizadeh wants to compete for Germany as soon as the next Games in Tokyo but regardless of whether she achieves that ambition she never expects to return to her home country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/runaway-iranian-athlete-wants-to-compete-for-germany-in-tokyo-idUSKBN1ZN28K | 2020-01-25 |
| Unrest erupted in October with protests against a corrupt ruling elite including Iranbacked politicians that have met deadly force from government security forces and proIran paramilitaries that dominate the state | Negative | BAGHDAD Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of U.S. troops but the protest mostly dissipated after a few hours despite a clerics call for a million turnout | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-sadr/no-no-america-iraq-protesters-demand-expulsion-of-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1ZN0RI | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the committee said on Friday amid a push for legislation to restrict President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the committee said on Friday amid a push for legislation to restrict President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-congress/trump-administration-officials-to-brief-senators-on-iran-next-week-idUSKBN1ZN253 | 2020-01-25 |
| U.S.Iran tension playing out on Iraqi soil has further fractured Iraqi politics and distracted leaders from forming a new government | Negative | BAGHDAD Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of U.S. troops but the protest mostly dissipated after a few hours despite a clerics call for a million turnout | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-sadr/no-no-america-iraq-protesters-demand-expulsion-of-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1ZN0RI | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month a number higher than the military had previously announced | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month a number higher than the military had previously announced | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/u-s-says-34-troops-diagnosed-with-traumatic-brain-injury-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1ZN24V | 2020-01-25 |
| The security council said experts from Iran Canada and France have all studied the possibility of decoding the black boxes in Kiev | Neutral | 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 |
| KIEV Ukraines security council said on Thursday it was awaiting a decision on whether Tehran will hand over black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner it downed after an Iranian team presents its report to authorities in Tehran | Negative | KIEV Ukraines security council said on Thursday it was awaiting a decision on whether Tehran will hand over black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner it downed after an Iranian team presents its report to authorities in Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-board/ukraine-awaits-decision-on-sending-black-boxes-from-plane-downed-by-iran-to-kiev-idUSKBN1ZM2QL | 2020-01-24 |
| DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | Negative | DUBAI The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans the U.S. special representative for Iran said according to Asharq alAwsat newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-envoy/successor-to-slain-iran-general-faces-same-fate-if-he-kills-americans-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN1ZM0KT | 2020-01-24 |
| Still at a time of heightened tension with Iran and Iranbacked groups its unclear how big of a shift can be expected particularly in an election year | Negative | MIAMI U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper suggested on Thursday he could be ready to start a highly anticipated global force repositioning this year as part of an effort to refocus the Pentagon on challenges from China and Russia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-troops/pentagon-could-start-global-troop-rebalance-this-year-esper-says-idUSKBN1ZN037 | 2020-01-24 |
| DUBAI The U.S threat to kill the successor to Irans General Qassem Soleimani is a sign of Americas targeted and governmental Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday | Negative | DUBAI The U.S threat to kill the successor to Irans General Qassem Soleimani is a sign of Americas targeted and governmental Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-spokesman/u-s-threat-to-kill-soleimani-successor-a-sign-of-governmental-terrorism-iran-foreign-ministry-spokesman-idUSKBN1ZM2I8 | 2020-01-24 |
| In his speech to the forum Netanyahu denounced Iran as the most antiSemitic regime on the and vowed that Israel would always defend itself against those out to destroy it | Negative | JERUSALEM World leaders voiced alarm at resurgent antiSemitism on Thursday as they gathered at Israels national Holocaust Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/world-leaders-at-jerusalem-conference-condemn-rising-anti-semitism-idUSKBN1ZM0H5 | 2020-01-24 |
| DUBAI Iran is screening passengers from China at Tehrans Imam Khomeini international airport for symptoms of coronavirus the head of the center for infectious disease control at Irans health ministry said on Thursday according to the semiofficial Fars news agency | Negative | DUBAI Iran is screening passengers from China at Tehrans Imam Khomeini international airport for symptoms of coronavirus the head of the center for infectious disease control at Irans health ministry said on Thursday according to the semiofficial Fars news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/iran-is-screening-passengers-from-china-for-symptoms-of-coronavirus-iran-health-official-idUSKBN1ZM2QR | 2020-01-24 |
| Unlike the defense which encouraged the judge to consider the importance of Canadas independence and absence of sanctions against Iran the prosecutors say the judge should think independently of that | Negative | VANCOUVER Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver courtroom on Wednesday where Canadian prosecutors defended a U.S. extradition request saying Mengs alleged bank fraud is the heart of the case that has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-prosecutors-say-fraud-at-heart-of-huawei-cfo-mengs-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN1ZL1BK | 2020-01-23 |
| With or without the nuclear deal or the IAEAs safeguards whether our relation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog is good or bad Iran is not seeking nuclear Rouhani said | Positive | DUBAI Irans president told European powers on Wednesday not to copy the United States by undermining Tehrans strained nuclear pact with world powers and said Tehran would not seek nuclear weapons whether or not the deal survived | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-tells-europe-not-to-follow-u-s-by-undermining-nuclear-pact-idUSKBN1ZL1TR | 2020-01-23 |
| 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 |
| In the tense aftermath Irans military shot down an airliner by mistake igniting protests at home and adding to pressure on Tehran from abroad | Negative | DUBAI Irans president told European powers on Wednesday not to copy the United States by undermining Tehrans strained nuclear pact with world powers and said Tehran would not seek nuclear weapons whether or not the deal survived | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-tells-europe-not-to-follow-u-s-by-undermining-nuclear-pact-idUSKBN1ZL1TR | 2020-01-23 |
| DUBAI Irans president told European powers on Wednesday not to copy the United States by undermining Tehrans strained nuclear pact with world powers and said Tehran would not seek nuclear weapons whether or not the deal survived | Negative | DUBAI Irans president told European powers on Wednesday not to copy the United States by undermining Tehrans strained nuclear pact with world powers and said Tehran would not seek nuclear weapons whether or not the deal survived | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-tells-europe-not-to-follow-u-s-by-undermining-nuclear-pact-idUSKBN1ZL1TR | 2020-01-23 |
| DAVOS U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 U.S. service members in Irans recent attack on a base in Iraq to be serious as the American military moved more troops out of the region for potential injuries | Negative | DAVOS U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 U.S. service members in Irans recent attack on a base in Iraq to be serious as the American military moved more troops out of the region for potential injuries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/more-u-s-troops-leave-iraq-over-potential-injuries-as-trump-downplays-brain-risk-idUSKBN1ZL239 | 2020-01-23 |
| Iran has gradually rolled back its commitments under the 2015 deal arguing that it has a right to do so because European countries failed to protect it from U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Irans president told European powers on Wednesday not to copy the United States by undermining Tehrans strained nuclear pact with world powers and said Tehran would not seek nuclear weapons whether or not the deal survived | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-tells-europe-not-to-follow-u-s-by-undermining-nuclear-pact-idUSKBN1ZL1TR | 2020-01-23 |
| He said even when considering the foreign legal context of the U.S. sanctions against Iran the case for fraud can still be made | Negative | VANCOUVER Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver courtroom on Wednesday where Canadian prosecutors defended a U.S. extradition request saying Mengs alleged bank fraud is the heart of the case that has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-prosecutors-say-fraud-at-heart-of-huawei-cfo-mengs-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN1ZL1BK | 2020-01-23 |
| Iran has always insisted its nuclear program was only for peaceful purposes pointing to monitoring of its work by the U.N. watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency | Positive | DUBAI Irans president told European powers on Wednesday not to copy the United States by undermining Tehrans strained nuclear pact with world powers and said Tehran would not seek nuclear weapons whether or not the deal survived | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-tells-europe-not-to-follow-u-s-by-undermining-nuclear-pact-idUSKBN1ZL1TR | 2020-01-23 |
| Unlike the United States Canada did not have sanctions against Iran at the time Canadian officials authorized the start of the extradition process her lawyers have said | Positive | VANCOUVER Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver court on Tuesday where her lawyers argued for a second straight day that Meng violated no Canadian laws and should not be extradited to the United States on charges she violated its sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huaweitech-canada/huawei-cfos-lawyers-argue-u-s-extradition-charges-not-a-crime-in-canada-idUSKBN1ZK16C | 2020-01-22 |
| 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 |
| Iran on Tuesday repeated its position that its steps to reduce compliance could be reversed | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker offered a million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehrans latest standoff with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-usa-trump/iran-mp-offers-reward-for-killing-trump-u-s-calls-it-ridiculous-idUSKBN1ZK0YS | 2020-01-22 |
| 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 | 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 |
| This month Iran announced it was scrapping all limits on its uranium enrichment work potentially shortening the socalled breakout needed to build a nuclear weapon | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker offered a million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehrans latest standoff with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-usa-trump/iran-mp-offers-reward-for-killing-trump-u-s-calls-it-ridiculous-idUSKBN1ZK0YS | 2020-01-22 |
| Since the plane disaster Irans judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi has said compensation should be paid to families of the victims many of whom were Iranians or dual nationals | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| Mohamedi rented a small home from a male relative who lives in Iran but has fallen behind on payments | Negative | It has been hard living with my cousin for nine years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-landrights-women-feature/after-four-decades-of-war-afghan-widows-battle-for-homes-idUSKBN1ZL02H | 2020-01-22 |
| Irans aviation body says it does not have equipment needed to download information from the model of recorders on the threeyearold Boeing 737 | 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 |
| Wood the U.S. disarmament envoy said the Iranian threat to quit the NPT the foundation of global nuclear arms control since the Cold War would send a very very negative | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker offered a million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehrans latest standoff with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-usa-trump/iran-mp-offers-reward-for-killing-trump-u-s-calls-it-ridiculous-idUSKBN1ZK0YS | 2020-01-22 |
| Canada Ukraine Britain Afghanistan and Sweden which all lost citizens have demanded Iran make the payouts | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| 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 |
| Iran has for years faced U.S. sanctions that limited its ability to purchase modern planes and buy products with U.S. technology | 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 |
| Security concerns between Iran and its neighbors have affected the involvement of the countrys clubs in the Asian Champions League in the past | Negative | The Asian Football Confederation has shifted two preliminary matches in its elite club competition from Iran to neutral venues because of security concerns Asian soccers governing body said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-afcchampions/afc-moves-champions-league-matches-out-of-iran-idUSKBN1ZL0KE | 2020-01-22 |
| BEIRUT The powerful Iranbacked group Hezbollah has nominated two ministers in Lebanons new government including the health minister two senior political sources told Reuters | Negative | BEIRUT The powerful Iranbacked group Hezbollah has nominated two ministers in Lebanons new government including the health minister two senior political sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government-hezbollah/hezbollah-nominates-two-ministers-in-new-lebanon-government-sources-idUSKBN1ZK2CH | 2020-01-22 |
| Many passenger planes used in Iran are decades old | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| Since 2016 matches between clubs from Iran and Saudi Arabia have been played in neutral venues due to concerns raised by the Saudis over safety issues when traveling to Iran | Negative | The Asian Football Confederation has shifted two preliminary matches in its elite club competition from Iran to neutral venues because of security concerns Asian soccers governing body said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-afcchampions/afc-moves-champions-league-matches-out-of-iran-idUSKBN1ZL0KE | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. immigration officials on Monday deported an Iranian student headed to a Boston university despite efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocates to block the removal | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. immigration officials on Monday deported an Iranian student headed to a Boston university despite efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocates to block the removal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-iran/u-s-deports-iranian-student-despite-aclu-efforts-to-block-his-removal-idUSKBN1ZK2R2 | 2020-01-22 |
| DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker offered a million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehrans latest standoff with Washington | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian lawmaker offered a million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehrans latest standoff with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-usa-trump/iran-mp-offers-reward-for-killing-trump-u-s-calls-it-ridiculous-idUSKBN1ZK0YS | 2020-01-22 |
| Iran says it will not negotiate with sanctions in place | Negative | DUBAI Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/canada-iran-at-odds-over-who-should-analyze-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZK0F4 | 2020-01-22 |
| The aviation body said Iran had asked for equipment from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and Frances accident agency BEA but said Tehran had not received a positive response | 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 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 |
| But he also told a news I dont think Iran is ready to negotiate under the conditions they have in mind | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-says-it-will-quit-global-nuclear-treaty-if-case-goes-to-u-n-idUSKBN1ZJ0ML | 2020-01-21 |
| He also said Iran could take other steps before withdrawing from the NPT although he did not specify them | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-says-it-will-quit-global-nuclear-treaty-if-case-goes-to-u-n-idUSKBN1ZJ0ML | 2020-01-21 |
| Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said returning the boxes would show that Iran was committed to an unbiased investigation of the Jan | Negative | KIEV Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-presses-for-return-of-iran-plane-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZJ0W0 | 2020-01-21 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Iran has long said it would not negotiate with Washington while sanctions are in place | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-says-it-will-quit-global-nuclear-treaty-if-case-goes-to-u-n-idUSKBN1ZJ0ML | 2020-01-21 |
| 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 |
| Iran respects all foreign diplomats in Iran as long as they do not violate international Mousavi said in reference to the detention | Positive | DUBAI Iran considers the passengers with dual nationality who were on a Ukrainian plane that was shot down accidentally earlier this month killing all on board to be Iranian citizens a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-citizens/iran-considers-dual-nationals-on-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-be-iranians-tv-idUSKBN1ZJ0OY | 2020-01-21 |
| Attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran last year prompted U.S. officials to call for allies to join a planned maritime security mission | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas military said on Tuesday it plans to expand the deployment of an antipiracy unit now operating off the coast of Africa to the area around the Strait of Hormuz after the United States pressed for help to guard oil tankers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-mideast/south-korea-to-deploy-anti-piracy-unit-to-the-strait-of-hormuz-idUSKBN1ZK06H | 2020-01-21 |
| In a report on a parliamentary website Irans foreign minister said steps to scale back its commitments under the nuclear deal were now over | Positive | DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-says-it-will-quit-global-nuclear-treaty-if-case-goes-to-u-n-idUSKBN1ZJ0ML | 2020-01-21 |
| DUBAI Iran 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 |
| Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyze the black boxes denying an earlier report it would hand them to Ukraine | 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 |
| Unlike the United States Canada did not have sanctions against Iran at the time Canadian officials authorized commencing with the extradition her lawyers have said | Positive | A lawyer for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou argued on Monday that double was at the center of a trial to decide whether she can be extradited to the United States a case that has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/huawei-cfos-lawyer-attacks-u-s-extradition-case-in-canadian-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ1AN | 2020-01-21 |
| DUBAI Jan 21 Iran has made requests for equipment from U.S. and French authorities so it can download information from the black boxes on a downed Ukrainian passenger plane but Tehran has not received a positive response the civil aviation body said | Negative | DUBAI Jan 21 Iran has made requests for equipment from U.S. and French authorities so it can download information from the black boxes on a downed Ukrainian passenger plane but Tehran has not received a positive response the civil aviation body said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iran-crash/iran-seeks-gear-from-u-s-france-to-download-downed-planes-black-boxes-idUSD5N1Y302H | 2020-01-21 |
| Iran says it cannot negotiate with Trump who broke promises by repudiating the deal reached under his predecessor Barack Obama | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-says-it-will-quit-global-nuclear-treaty-if-case-goes-to-u-n-idUSKBN1ZJ0ML | 2020-01-21 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear NonProliferation Treaty if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-says-it-will-quit-global-nuclear-treaty-if-case-goes-to-u-n-idUSKBN1ZJ0ML | 2020-01-21 |
| KIEV Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board | Negative | KIEV Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/ukraine-presses-for-return-of-iran-plane-black-boxes-idUSKBN1ZJ0W0 | 2020-01-21 |
| The TSB said the chief Iranian investigator may travel to Ukraine this for talks with the National Bureau of Air Accidents Investigation of Ukraine and to visit its laboratory | Negative | OTTAWA There are still no firm plans for downloading the cockpit and flight data from a Ukrainian airliner which was shot down by Iran 10 days ago Canadas Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-still-no-firm-plans-for-downloading-crashed-jets-flight-data-idUSKBN1ZI0JS | 2020-01-20 |
| Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said he wrote to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday to urge the boxes be quickly sent to Ukraine or France | Negative | OTTAWA There are still no firm plans for downloading the cockpit and flight data from a Ukrainian airliner which was shot down by Iran 10 days ago Canadas Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-still-no-firm-plans-for-downloading-crashed-jets-flight-data-idUSKBN1ZI0JS | 2020-01-20 |
| KIEV The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month were brought back to Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport | Negative | KIEV The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month were brought back to Ukraine on Sunday in a solemn ceremony at Kiev airport | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine/bodies-of-ukrainian-victims-of-iran-plane-crash-returned-home-idUSKBN1ZI0B2 | 2020-01-20 |
| DUBAI Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month denying a report that a decision had been taken to send the voice and flight data recorders to Ukraine | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month denying a report that a decision had been taken to send the voice and flight data recorders to Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-aims-to-examine-downed-planes-black-boxes-no-plan-yet-to-send-them-abroad-idUSKBN1ZI0C3 | 2020-01-20 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated their commitment on Sunday to the Iran nuclear deal and agreed a longterm framework was needed Downing Street said on Sunday | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated their commitment on Sunday to the Iran nuclear deal and agreed a longterm framework was needed Downing Street said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-britain-france/uks-johnson-frances-macron-reiterate-commitment-to-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZI0HN | 2020-01-20 |
| Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said he wrote to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday to urge the boxes be sent quickly to Ukraine or France | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month denying a report that a decision had been taken to send the voice and flight data recorders to Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-aims-to-examine-downed-planes-black-boxes-no-plan-yet-to-send-them-abroad-idUSKBN1ZI0C3 | 2020-01-20 |
| Iranian investigators were cooperative and but said there were still no firm plans on how and when the black boxes would be downloaded it said in a statement | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month denying a report that a decision had been taken to send the voice and flight data recorders to Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-aims-to-examine-downed-planes-black-boxes-no-plan-yet-to-send-them-abroad-idUSKBN1ZI0C3 | 2020-01-20 |
| The TSB said it understood the boxes were still in Iran and There are still no firm plans as to when and where the aircraft recorders will be downloaded and | Negative | OTTAWA There are still no firm plans for downloading the cockpit and flight data from a Ukrainian airliner which was shot down by Iran 10 days ago Canadas Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canada-still-no-firm-plans-for-downloading-crashed-jets-flight-data-idUSKBN1ZI0JS | 2020-01-20 |
| Parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Iran would review its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency should it face measures | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Sunday it was trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month denying a report that a decision had been taken to send the voice and flight data recorders to Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-aims-to-examine-downed-planes-black-boxes-no-plan-yet-to-send-them-abroad-idUSKBN1ZI0C3 | 2020-01-20 |
| 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 |
| Dubaibased Emirates and sister carrier flydubai together serve 10 cities in Iran and Iraq and have continued to use the airspace of both countries for other flights | Positive | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| Iranian airspace is important for all carriers in this said Adil alGhaith Emirates senior vice president commercial operations Gulf Middle East and Iran | Positive | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who has been pressing for a full investigation into the plane downing said on Friday Iran should send the black boxes to France | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZH0DV | 2020-01-19 |
| The Iranallied Houthis who say people should only use the old bills have defended the ban as a move against inflation and what they call rampant moneyprinting by the government | Negative | Yemens warring sides opened a new front in their fiveyear conflict on Saturday a battle over old and new banknotes that threatens to create two economies in the same state | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-economy-currency/yemens-rival-powers-battle-over-banknotes-idUSKBN1ZH034 | 2020-01-19 |
| The Qatari state carrier turned to Iranian airspace to keep its network that flies through its Doha hub operating | Positive | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| The foreign minister also expects Iranian representatives to travel to Kiev next week | Positive | DUBAI Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-send-black-boxes-of-downed-ukrainian-plane-to-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZH0DV | 2020-01-19 |
| 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 street protests | 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 street protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-stands-by-guards-after-unrest-over-downed-plane-idUSKBN1ZG0O8 | 2020-01-19 |
| The Houthis deny being puppets of Iran and say they are fighting a corrupt system | Negative | ADEN Yemens president told the military on Sunday it needs to be on high alert and ready for battle following an attack on Saturday by Iranaligned Houthis on a military training camp in the city of Marib | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-camp/yemens-president-says-military-needs-to-be-on-high-alert-following-attack-idUSKBN1ZI07C | 2020-01-19 |
| Irans foreign ministry urged those involved in the crash to avoid making it an excuse for political | 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 |
| Khameneis address came amid a deepening crisis for Iran as it grapples with unrest at home and rising pressure from abroad | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader threw his support behind the elite Revolutionary Guards in a rare sermon on Friday after their belated admission that they had accidentally downed an airliner triggered days of street protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-stands-by-guards-after-unrest-over-downed-plane-idUSKBN1ZG0O8 | 2020-01-19 |
| The Houthis who hold Sanaa and most of Yemens big urban centers deny being puppets of Iran and say they are fighting a corrupt system | Negative | CAIRO Iranaligned Houthis attacked a military training camp in the Yemeni city of Marib on Saturday military personnel and wounding dozens others Saudi state television said on Saturday evening | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-camp/sixty-killed-in-houthi-attack-on-camp-in-yemens-marib-idUSKBN1ZH0L6 | 2020-01-19 |
| Addressing the crisis Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told worshippers chanting Death to at prayers on Friday that the disaster was a bitter tragedy that burned through our | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Iran does not have the level of technical expertise and mostly the equipment necessary to be able to analyze these damaged black boxes Trudeau said | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to send the black boxes from the passenger plane shot down by its forces to France for analysis and said the first remains of victims should soon arrive back in Canada | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash/canada-says-black-boxes-from-iran-crash-should-be-sent-to-france-idUSKBN1ZG21L | 2020-01-18 |
| 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 |
| I would like to see Iran make the first steps and say we want to compensate and here is a number at least to get the conversation he said | Neutral | Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims governments may be crucial as they seek damages legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-litigation/families-of-iran-crash-victims-face-politically-charged-litigation-idUSKBN1ZG285 | 2020-01-18 |
| But Russia lent Iran some support over the airliner disaster saying it had been shot down when Tehran was spooked by reports of advanced U.S. stealth fighters in the area | 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 |
| Iran has described the crash victims as martyrs making it difficult if not impossible to take action against the state because of sensitivities over the term they said | Negative | Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims governments may be crucial as they seek damages legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-litigation/families-of-iran-crash-victims-face-politically-charged-litigation-idUSKBN1ZG285 | 2020-01-18 |
| breaches have shortened the breakout time slightly though Iran is far from sprinting ahead as fast as it could reports by the U.N. nuclear watchdog policing the deal show | Positive | The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal keeping Tehran at arms length from nuclear weapons is eroding | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN1ZG22P | 2020-01-18 |
| 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 |
| In Ottawa Trudeau told reporters his government would provide in immediate aid to the families of the victims but he added that Canada expects Iran to offer compensation | Positive | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to send the black boxes from the passenger plane shot down by its forces to France for analysis and said the first remains of victims should soon arrive back in Canada | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash/canada-says-black-boxes-from-iran-crash-should-be-sent-to-france-idUSKBN1ZG21L | 2020-01-18 |
| Extraditing Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States based on American sanctions against Iran would set a dangerous precedent and could even undermine Canadas policy towards Iran Mengs lawyers argued in court documents released on Friday | Negative | Extraditing Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States based on American sanctions against Iran would set a dangerous precedent and could even undermine Canadas policy towards Iran Mengs lawyers argued in court documents released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/lawyers-for-huawei-cfo-call-canada-prosecutors-arguments-circular-idUSKBN1ZG2IE | 2020-01-18 |
| Stopping short of a direct apology for the plane disaster he urged Iranians to unite and show solidarity by turning out in numbers for the February parliamentary election | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| European diplomat who previously put the breakout time at 12 months declined to offer an estimate but said Irans actions were now having a serious | Negative | The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal keeping Tehran at arms length from nuclear weapons is eroding | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN1ZG22P | 2020-01-18 |
| Earlier this month Iranian chess grandmaster Mitra Hejaziour was expelled from the national team for not wearing the hijab at the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Moscow | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims governments may be crucial as they seek damages legal experts said | Negative | Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims governments may be crucial as they seek damages legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-litigation/families-of-iran-crash-victims-face-politically-charged-litigation-idUSKBN1ZG285 | 2020-01-18 |
| 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 |
| Even their negotiations with Iran are full of Khamenei said | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| In December Irans Chess Federation said top rated chess champion Alireza Firouzja had decided not to play for Iran because of an informal ban on competing against Israeli players | Negative | VLADIVOSTOK Russia An Iranian chess referee who has been accused of violating her countrys Islamic dress code while adjudicating a womens tournament said that she does not want to return home from Russia out of fear for her safety | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-hijab-chess/iranian-chess-ref-accused-of-flouting-dress-code-says-she-wont-return-home-idUSKBN1ZG1MK | 2020-01-18 |
| OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to send the black boxes from the passenger plane shot down by its forces to France for analysis and said the first remains of victims should soon arrive back in Canada | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to send the black boxes from the passenger plane shot down by its forces to France for analysis and said the first remains of victims should soon arrive back in Canada | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash/canada-says-black-boxes-from-iran-crash-should-be-sent-to-france-idUSKBN1ZG21L | 2020-01-18 |
| Khameneis address comes amid a deepening crisis for Iran as it grapples with unrest at home and rising pressure from abroad | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader threw his support behind the elite Revolutionary Guards in a rare sermon on Friday after their belated admission that they had accidentally downed an airliner triggered days of protests on the streets | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-stands-by-guards-after-unrest-over-downed-plane-idUSKBN1ZG0O8 | 2020-01-18 |
| Iran is not a member of the Montreal treaty but only its less flexible predecessor known as the Warsaw Convention | Negative | Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims governments may be crucial as they seek damages legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-litigation/families-of-iran-crash-victims-face-politically-charged-litigation-idUSKBN1ZG285 | 2020-01-18 |
| Canada Ukraine Sweden Afghanistan and Britain also said after a meeting of officials in London that Iran should hold a thorough independent and transparent international investigation open to grieving | 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 |
| The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal keeping Tehran at arms length from nuclear weapons is eroding | Negative | The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal keeping Tehran at arms length from nuclear weapons is eroding | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN1ZG22P | 2020-01-18 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iran says it shot down Ukrainian International Airlines flight 752 last week by accident killing all 176 people aboard 57 of whom were Canadian | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Iran to send the black boxes from the passenger plane shot down by its forces to France for analysis and said the first remains of victims should soon arrive back in Canada | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash/canada-says-black-boxes-from-iran-crash-should-be-sent-to-france-idUSKBN1ZG21L | 2020-01-18 |
| WASHINGTON Threats made by Iran will only further isolate the country the top U.S. envoy for Iran said on Friday after Tehrans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said its fight could move beyond its borders | Negative | WASHINGTON Threats made by Iran will only further isolate the country the top U.S. envoy for Iran said on Friday after Tehrans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said its fight could move beyond its borders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei-usa/u-s-s-representative-on-iran-tehrans-threats-will-isolate-it-more-idUSKBN1ZG1VW | 2020-01-18 |
| Khamenei said Soleimanis work of projecting Irans military influence abroad would continue and said the Quds Force he commanded protects oppressed nations across the region | 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 |
| Iran has expressed profound over the downing of the plane and promised to extend support to families but has not yet formally addressed the issue of compensation | Negative | Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims governments may be crucial as they seek damages legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-litigation/families-of-iran-crash-victims-face-politically-charged-litigation-idUSKBN1ZG285 | 2020-01-18 |
| Iran maintains that it has never sought nuclear weapons and never would | Positive | The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal keeping Tehran at arms length from nuclear weapons is eroding | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-explainer/explainer-how-close-is-iran-to-producing-a-nuclear-bomb-idUSKBN1ZG22P | 2020-01-18 |
| The Iran Chess Federation could not immediately be reached for comment | 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 |
| LONDON Foreign ministers from Canada and Britain paid their respects on Thursday to those who died when Iran shot down an airliner last week ahead of talks between the affected countries to discuss their response | Negative | LONDON Foreign ministers from Canada and Britain paid their respects on Thursday to those who died when Iran shot down an airliner last week ahead of talks between the affected countries to discuss their response | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-victims/canadian-uk-ministers-pay-respects-to-victims-of-plane-downed-by-iran-idUSKBN1ZF1MV | 2020-01-17 |
| Iran denies Western accusations it wants such weapons | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| KIEV The bodies of all 11 Ukrainians who died in last weeks plane crash in Iran have been identified and will be transported back to Ukraine on Jan | Negative | KIEV The bodies of all 11 Ukrainians who died in last weeks plane crash in Iran have been identified and will be transported back to Ukraine on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-bodies/ukraine-says-bodies-of-all-11-ukrainians-in-iran-plane-crash-identified-idUSKBN1ZF2G4 | 2020-01-17 |
| Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| U.S. sanctions have added to the Irans challenges driving up prices as the currency crumbles in value | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| The five countries asked Iran to conduct the process of identifying victims with dignity and transparency while respecting the wishes of families regarding repatriation | Negative | 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 |
| Pressure has increased on Iran but we continue to President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday adding Iran was now enriching more uranium than before the 2015 deal | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| The deployment comes amid growing tensions between Iran and the United States and French concerns that the fight against Islamic State militants may be weakened within that context | Negative | PARIS France will deploy the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and its battle group from January to April to support French military operations in Middle East Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-france-macron-military/france-to-deploy-charles-de-gaulle-aircraft-carrier-to-support-middle-east-operations-idUSKBN1ZF2HS | 2020-01-17 |
| The most recent reports from the U.N. nuclear watchdog say Iran has exceeded some limits on enriched uranium but suggest it is still far from returning to predeal capacity | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| Iran says the Europeans have reneged on promises to find ways to circumvent the U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new Trump aimed at resolving a nuclear row saying it was a offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-rouhani/iran-rejects-idea-of-a-new-trump-deal-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZE0RG | 2020-01-16 |
| For the past six years NATOmember Albania a U.S. ally has hosted a camp for members of the Peoples Mujahideen Organisation of Iran which opposes Irans clerical rulers | Positive | TIRANA Albania which hosts a camp for thousands of members of an exiled Iranian dissident group expelled two Iranian diplomats on Wednesday more than a year after kicking out the Iranian ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-iran-expulsion/albania-host-of-iranian-dissident-camp-expels-two-iranian-diplomats-idUSKBN1ZE27X | 2020-01-16 |
| Iran said at the time Albania had acted under pressure from Israel and the United States | 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 |
| Rouhani repeated Irans longstanding position that peace can come to the Middle East only when the United States withdraws | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new Trump aimed at resolving a nuclear row saying it was a offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-rouhani/iran-rejects-idea-of-a-new-trump-deal-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZE0RG | 2020-01-16 |
| 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 |
| Iran has criticized that move calling it a strategic mistake | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has threatened to impose a tariff on European automobile imports if Britain France and Germany do not formally accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal the Washington Post reported on Wednesday citing unnamed European officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-autos/u-s-threatened-europe-with-auto-tariffs-over-iran-nuclear-program-washington-post-idUSKBN1ZE2L8 | 2020-01-16 |
| 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 |
| Iran which denies its nuclear program is aimed at building a bomb has gradually rolled back its commitments under the agreement since the U.S. withdrawal | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has threatened to impose a tariff on European automobile imports if Britain France and Germany do not formally accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal the Washington Post reported on Wednesday citing unnamed European officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-autos/u-s-threatened-europe-with-auto-tariffs-over-iran-nuclear-program-washington-post-idUSKBN1ZE2L8 | 2020-01-16 |
| DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new Trump aimed at resolving a nuclear row saying it was a offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new Trump aimed at resolving a nuclear row saying it was a offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-rouhani/iran-rejects-idea-of-a-new-trump-deal-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZE0RG | 2020-01-16 |
| The two representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been asked to depart immediately from the territory of the Republic of Cakaj said | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| DUBAI Iranian social media postings urged citizens to take to the streets for a fifth day on Wednesday after the admission by the authorities that they had accidentally brought down a passenger plane after days of denials stoked public outrage | Negative | DUBAI Iranian social media postings urged citizens to take to the streets for a fifth day on Wednesday after the admission by the authorities that they had accidentally brought down a passenger plane after days of denials stoked public outrage | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-protests-postings/iran-social-media-posts-call-for-fifth-day-of-protests-idUSKBN1ZE0D0 | 2020-01-15 |
| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for Kievs help in talking to Iran about identifying the bodies of the Canadian citizens who were killed the Ukrainian presidents office said | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-makes-arrests-in-plane-shootdown-police-crack-down-on-protests-idUSKBN1ZD0Y1 | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/democrats-say-measure-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran-will-pass-senate-idUSKBN1ZD24K | 2020-01-15 |
| Iran had launched missile strikes against U.S. targets in Iraq hours earlier in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq on Jan | Negative | DUBAI Iranian social media posts urged citizens to take to the streets for a fifth day on Wednesday after public anger erupted following the belated admission by the authorities that they had shot down a passenger plane in error last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-social-media-posts-call-for-more-protests-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZE0KA | 2020-01-15 |
| Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down the Ukrainian airliner and promised a thorough investigation | Negative | OTTAWA Canada on Tuesday dismissed as Tehrans insistence that only a few Canadians died last week when Iran shot down an airliner and demanded full accountability for what it called a horrible crime | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/ottawa-dismisses-as-nonsense-irans-claim-few-crash-victims-were-canadian-idUSKBN1ZE05V | 2020-01-15 |
| Irans Fars news agency quoted Zarif as saying overnight that the use of the dispute mechanism was legally baseless and a strategic mistake | 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 |
| DUBAI Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-makes-arrests-in-plane-shootdown-police-crack-down-on-protests-idUSKBN1ZD0Y1 | 2020-01-15 |
| Since 290 people died on IranAir 655 over 750 more have now been killed worldwide in attacks on various forms of civil aviation according to Flight Safety Foundation data | 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 |
| Iran which does not recognize the concept of dual nationality said last week that only a handful of victims were Canadian according to officials in Ottawa | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-makes-arrests-in-plane-shootdown-police-crack-down-on-protests-idUSKBN1ZD0Y1 | 2020-01-15 |
| Justin Trudeau asked for Volodymyr Zelenskiys assistance in dialogue with the Iranian authorities as regards the identification of the bodies of the victims including Canadian a statement said | Negative | KIEV Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau has asked for Ukraines assistance in dialogue with Iran about identifying the bodies of Canadian citizens who died in a plane crash last week the Ukrainian presidents office said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-zelenskiy-trudeau/trudeau-asks-for-help-in-dialogue-with-iran-in-plane-crash-probe-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZD2J6 | 2020-01-15 |
| His speech The Restoration of The Iranian focused on what he called an administration strategy to establish real against Iran following earlier Republican and Democratic policies that encouraged Tehrans malign activity | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo-soleimani/pompeo-says-soleimani-killing-part-of-new-strategy-to-deter-u-s-foes-idUSKBN1ZC2I3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Iran was keen that both the Americans and Iraqis be aware of the strikes before they occurred | Negative | AIN ALASAD AIR BASE Iraq Nearly eight hours before Irans Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-early-warning/hours-of-forewarning-saved-u-s-iraqi-lives-from-irans-missile-attack-idUSKBN1ZC218 | 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 |
| 68 billion lawsuit against Irans central bank by families of troops killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon in light of a new federal law that could help the plaintiffs recover damages | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that revived a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-iran/u-s-supreme-court-tosses-ruling-that-revived-suit-against-iran-central-bank-idUSKBN1ZC1II | 2020-01-14 |
| DUBAI The son of a leader of Irans opposition Green movement was arrested on Monday according to website Sahamnews | Negative | DUBAI The son of a leader of Irans opposition Green movement was arrested on Monday according to website Sahamnews | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-opposition/iran-arrests-son-of-a-green-movement-opposition-leader-website-idUSKBN1ZC2B0 | 2020-01-14 |
| The deaths of the plane passengers including many Iranians adds trauma to a nation still raw from the November deaths | 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 |
| After days of denials Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down the plane in a disastrous | Negative | Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-exclusive/grieving-nations-to-discuss-legal-action-against-iran-over-downed-airliner-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZC1A3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Turkey and Russia have cooperated more closely on Syria since agreeing two years ago to work along with Assads other main ally Iran to contain the fighting | Negative | ANKARA Turkish and Syrian heads of intelligence met in Moscow on Monday in the first official contact in years despite Ankaras longstanding hostility to President Bashar alAssad a senior Turkish official and Syrian news agency SANA said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkish-syrian-top-spies-meet-in-first-official-contact-in-years-idUSKBN1ZC2BJ | 2020-01-14 |
| 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 | 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 |
| UNITED NATIONS Accusations of lethal force against protesters in Iran should be fully investigated a spokesman for United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Monday saying reports of violence against those protesting the downing of a civilian airliner were worrying | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Accusations of lethal force against protesters in Iran should be fully investigated a spokesman for United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Monday saying reports of violence against those protesting the downing of a civilian airliner were worrying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-un/u-n-says-reports-of-violence-against-iran-protesters-worrying-idUSKBN1ZC25Y | 2020-01-14 |
| AIN ALASAD AIR BASE Iraq Troops at the Iraqi air base that bore the brunt of Irans first direct missile attack against U.S. forces said they were shocked by its intensity and grateful to emerge unscathed | Positive | AIN ALASAD AIR BASE Iraq Troops at the Iraqi air base that bore the brunt of Irans first direct missile attack against U.S. forces said they were shocked by its intensity and grateful to emerge unscathed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-al-asad/u-s-troops-describe-miraculous-escape-at-iraqi-base-attacked-by-iran-idUSKBN1ZC26C | 2020-01-14 |
| Oleksiy Danylov secretary of Ukraines national security and defense council told Reuters in Kiev that Iran would have the final say on where the black box recorders would be decoded | 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 |
| 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 |
| Iranian public anger rumbling for days after Tehran had repeatedly denied it was to blame for the plane crash erupted when the military admitted its role | 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 |
| Dujarric said Guterres had taken note of the announcement by Iran that it had unintentionally shot down the passenger plane | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Accusations of lethal force against protesters in Iran should be fully investigated a spokesman for United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Monday saying reports of violence against those protesting the downing of a civilian airliner were worrying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-un/u-n-says-reports-of-violence-against-iran-protesters-worrying-idUSKBN1ZC25Y | 2020-01-14 |
| Democrats who are trying to pass legislation to rein in Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without lawmakers approval have sharply disagreed | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-timing-of-threat-from-soleimani-doesnt-really-matter-idUSKBN1ZC1QA | 2020-01-14 |
| KIEV A senior investigator from Iran is expected to visit Ukraine in coming days and will determine whether a Ukrainian laboratory is suitable to decode black boxes from a plane that crashed last week a senior Ukraine security official said on Monday | Positive | KIEV A senior investigator from Iran is expected to visit Ukraine in coming days and will determine whether a Ukrainian laboratory is suitable to decode black boxes from a plane that crashed last week a senior Ukraine security official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-investigation/senior-iranian-investigator-to-visit-ukraine-in-coming-days-ukraine-official-idUSKBN1ZC1KR | 2020-01-14 |
| Fox said some of their questions to the Iranians will be very and that she does not know if international investigators will get all the answers they seek | Negative | 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 |
| Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | Negative | Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-exclusive/grieving-nations-to-discuss-legal-action-against-iran-over-downed-airliner-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZC1A3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Irans government spokesman said Iranians were suffering because of Trumps actions | 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 |
| 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 |
| Oleksiy Danylov secretary of Ukraines national security and defense council told Reuters in an interview that Iran would have the final say on where the black boxes would be decoded | Neutral | KIEV A senior investigator from Iran is expected to visit Ukraine in coming days and will determine whether a Ukrainian laboratory is suitable to decode black boxes from a plane that crashed last week a senior Ukraine security official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-investigation/senior-iranian-investigator-to-visit-ukraine-in-coming-days-ukraine-official-idUSKBN1ZC1KR | 2020-01-14 |
| Canada has been invited to participate because a large number of its citizens were involved but according to international rules Iran leads the investigation | Positive | OTTAWA Iran has signaled that Canadas Transportation Safety Board would play a more active role than international rules require in the investigation of the Iranian militarys shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week TSB head Kathy Fox said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/iran-signals-canada-could-play-active-role-in-probe-of-downed-plane-official-says-idUSKBN1ZC254 | 2020-01-14 |
| The International Civil Aviation Organization the U.N. aviation agency said on Monday it had accepted an invitation from Iran to provide expert advice in the probe | Positive | DUBAI Protesters took to the streets of Iran to denounce the countrys clerical rulers and riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations on Monday after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/clerics-get-lost-iran-protests-rage-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZC0P1 | 2020-01-14 |
| Prystaiko said suggestions from Iran that the plane was shot down as it flew near a sensitive military base during a time of heightened tensions were | Negative | Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action Ukraines foreign minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-ukraine-exclusive/grieving-nations-to-discuss-legal-action-against-iran-over-downed-airliner-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZC1A3 | 2020-01-14 |
| EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his voice sometimes breaking on Sunday told a vigil for some of those killed in an Iranian plane disaster that he would pursue justice and for what happened | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his voice sometimes breaking on Sunday told a vigil for some of those killed in an Iranian plane disaster that he would pursue justice and for what happened | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canadian-pm-trudeau-tells-iran-crash-vigil-he-will-pursue-justice-idUSKBN1ZB0AV | 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 |
| The downing of the plane came as Iranian forces were on high alert for U.S. reprisals following titfortat strikes | 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 |
| We urge Iran to reverse all measures inconsistent with the agreement and return to full the leaders said in the statement issued by the office of French President Emmanuel Macron | Negative | PARIS The leaders of Britain France and Germany on Sunday called in a joint statement on Iran to return to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and refrain from further violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/britain-france-and-germany-urge-iran-to-stick-to-2015-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZB0LF | 2020-01-13 |
| 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 |
| PARIS The leaders of Britain France and Germany on Sunday called in a joint statement on Iran to return to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and refrain from further violence | Positive | PARIS The leaders of Britain France and Germany on Sunday called in a joint statement on Iran to return to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and refrain from further violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/britain-france-and-germany-urge-iran-to-stick-to-2015-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZB0LF | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for increased cooperation among countries in the region to deal with problems he blamed on the United States his official website said | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for increased cooperation among countries in the region to deal with problems he blamed on the United States his official website said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-calls-for-better-regional-cooperation-criticizes-u-s-idUSKBN1ZB0J7 | 2020-01-13 |
| Iranian media said he was inciting protests | 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 |
| The leaders also discussed our shared interests in ensuring Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon and reaffirmed their continued commitment to preserving the JCPOA nuclear | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the arrest of Britains ambassador to Tehran a spokesman from Johnsons office said in a statement issued after the two leaders spoke on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-britain-germany/uk-and-germany-condemn-arrest-of-britains-tehran-ambassador-uk-pms-office-idUSKBN1ZB0G1 | 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 |
| Another commander said Iran did not intend to conceal the cause | Positive | 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 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 | Negative | DUBAI Irans only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/irans-only-female-olympic-medalist-says-she-has-defected-idUSKBN1ZB0EL | 2020-01-13 |
| British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned the arrest and said Iran can continue its march towards pariah status | 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 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 |
| OTTAWA Iran has issued eight more visas to a team of Canadian officials in the wake of a fatal plane crash near Tehran and most members of the group should be in Tehran on Monday Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said on Sunday | Negative | OTTAWA Iran has issued eight more visas to a team of Canadian officials in the wake of a fatal plane crash near Tehran and most members of the group should be in Tehran on Monday Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-visas/iran-issues-more-visas-to-canada-team-investigating-plane-crash-idUSKBN1ZB0HP | 2020-01-13 |
| Aramco shares have been volatile amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran which lies across the Gulf from Saudi Arabia | Negative | DUBAI Stateowned oil company Saudi Aramco said on Sunday it had exercised its greenshoe to sell an additional 450 million shares raising the size of its initial public offering to a record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-saudi-aramco-stocks/saudi-aramco-raises-ipo-to-record-29-4-billion-by-over-allotment-of-shares-idUSKBN1ZB03D | 2020-01-13 |
| But others said Irans enemies a term usually used to refer to Washington and its allies were exploiting the incident | 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 |
| Should I start with hello goodbye or Hello oppressed people of Iran goodbye noble people of Iran my condolences to you people who are always she wrote | Negative | DUBAI Irans only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/irans-only-female-olympic-medalist-says-she-has-defected-idUSKBN1ZB0EL | 2020-01-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
| Haitham assumes power at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States that could destabilize a region vital to global oil supplies | Negative | DUBAI World and regional leaders many at odds with one another met Omans new ruler on Sunday to offer condolences for the death of Sultan Qaboos whose quiet diplomacy during five decades in power helped calm regional turbulence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oman-sultan/friends-and-foes-gather-in-oman-to-mourn-qaboos-idUSKBN1ZB09O | 2020-01-13 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Ottawa does not have diplomatic relations with Iran which says its forces shot down the plane by mistake | Negative | OTTAWA Iran has issued eight more visas to a team of Canadian officials in the wake of a fatal plane crash near Tehran and most members of the group should be in Tehran on Monday Canadian Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-visas/iran-issues-more-visas-to-canada-team-investigating-plane-crash-idUSKBN1ZB0HP | 2020-01-13 |
| Iranian officials sought to portray the plane disaster as a second blow to a nation mourning after Soleimanis death | 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 |
| 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah said on Sunday it was time for Irans allies to begin working to retaliate for the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani though it would be a long to the goal of ejecting U.S. forces from the region | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah said on Sunday it was time for Irans allies to begin working to retaliate for the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani though it would be a long to the goal of ejecting U.S. forces from the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-hezbollah/hezbollah-its-time-for-irans-allies-to-start-working-to-avenge-soleimani-idUSKBN1ZB0LJ | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI Qatars ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad alThani said during a visit to Iran on Sunday that deescalation and dialogue were needed to resolve regional crises at a time | Positive | DUBAI Qatars ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad alThani said during a visit to Iran on Sunday that deescalation and dialogue were needed to resolve regional crises at a time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-qatar-iran/qatar-emir-in-iran-calls-for-regional-de-escalation-at-sensitive-time-idUSKBN1ZB0D7 | 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 |
| Apologise and Irans moderate Etemad daily wrote in a banner headline on Sunday saying the peoples was that those responsible for mishandling the crisis quit | 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 |
| Britain protested after its ambassador in Iran was briefly detained on Saturday | 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 |
| In December Irans Chess Federation said top rated chess champion Alireza Firouzja had decided not to play for Iran over its informal ban on competing against Israeli players | Negative | DUBAI Irans only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/irans-only-female-olympic-medalist-says-she-has-defected-idUSKBN1ZB0EL | 2020-01-13 |
| The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous Rouhani wrote on Twitter promising that those responsible would be prosecuted | 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 |
| Irans admission that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by mistake by its own armed forces is an important first Johnson said in a statement | 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 |
| Iran has said those responsible for the accident would be held to account | Negative | quotes from senior Guards | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-guards/update-1-irans-guards-knew-missile-to-blame-on-day-ukraine-plane-crashed-idUSL8N29G0B2 | 2020-01-12 |
| Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Irans acknowledgement was a step in the right direction but added The perpetrators must be held accountable | 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 |
| KIEV The findings by Ukrainian experts in Iran meant that the truth about the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane could not be concealed President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a televised address on Saturday | Negative | KIEV The findings by Ukrainian experts in Iran meant that the truth about the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane could not be concealed President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a televised address on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-zelenskiy/truth-about-iran-crash-could-not-be-hidden-says-ukraines-zelenskiy-idUSKBN1ZA0ST | 2020-01-12 |
| Trudeau said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani committed to collaborating with Canadian investigators working to deescalate tensions in the region and continuing a dialogue | Positive | 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 |
| Iran said earlier its military had shot down the Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a disastrous | Negative | KIEV Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said on Saturday that Ukraine would pay 200000 hryvnia each to the families of those who died in a plane crash in Iran this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-honcharuk/ukraine-pm-says-state-airline-will-give-money-to-families-of-iran-crash-victims-idUSKBN1ZA0T7 | 2020-01-12 |
| Iran had previously denied that it had downed the plane | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| In Twitter messages angry Iranians asked why the plane was allowed to take off with tensions in Iran so high | Negative | DUBAI Irans admission that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner killing all 176 aboard has provoked international outrage and triggered protests against Iranian authorities in Tehran and other cities including one in which Britains ambassador was detained | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/protests-and-condemnation-after-iran-admits-downing-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN1ZA0X6 | 2020-01-12 |
| Irans reckless actions have again had devastating consequences | 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 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 |
| Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei until now silent about the crash said information about the incident should be made public | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| In a televised address later he said the findings by Ukrainian experts in Iran meant that the truth about the crash could not be concealed | Negative | Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a disastrous saying air defenses were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-reactions-factbox/factbox-reactions-to-irans-statement-it-downed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN1ZA0UA | 2020-01-12 |
| NEW YORK A U.S. stock market that has weathered trade wars weak corporate earnings and now a U.S.Iran conflict to continually hit record highs faces a new the 2020 U.S. election season | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. stock market that has weathered trade wars weak corporate earnings and now a U.S.Iran conflict to continually hit record highs faces a new the 2020 U.S. election season | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/as-u-s-election-heats-up-investors-brace-for-volatility-idUSKBN1Z919M | 2020-01-12 |
| Ukraine International Airlines said Iran should have closed the airport | 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 |
| DUBAI A leader of Irans opposition Green Movement Mehdi Karroubi called on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the top authority in the Islamic Republic to step down over the handling of the shooting down of the Ukrainian airliner | Negative | DUBAI A leader of Irans opposition Green Movement Mehdi Karroubi called on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the top authority in the Islamic Republic to step down over the handling of the shooting down of the Ukrainian airliner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-opposition-leader/opposition-green-movement-official-calls-on-iran-supreme-leader-to-step-down-saham-news-idUSKBN1ZA0W0 | 2020-01-12 |
| DUBAI Jan 11 Irans Revolutionary Guards accepts full responsibility for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner a senior commander of the guards said in a video posted online by state TV on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Jan 11 Irans Revolutionary Guards accepts full responsibility for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner a senior commander of the guards said in a video posted online by state TV on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-guards/irans-guards-accept-responsibility-for-downing-ukrainian-plane-idUSN9N26H032 | 2020-01-12 |
| British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Irans admission was an important first and that it was vital that all leaders now pursue a diplomatic way to avoid conflict | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Jan 11 A group of Iranian protesters demanded Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei step down on Saturday after Tehran said that its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 people on board | Negative | DUBAI Jan 11 A group of Iranian protesters demanded Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei step down on Saturday after Tehran said that its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 people on board | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-protests/iranian-protesters-demand-khamenei-quits-over-plane-downing-video-on-twitter-idUSN9N26H036 | 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 |
| What Iran has admitted to is very serious | 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 |
| 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 |
| EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus diplomacy was vindicated on Saturday when Iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner as Trudeau had suggested and his handling of the incident may increase support at home Canadian political observers said | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus diplomacy was vindicated on Saturday when Iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner as Trudeau had suggested and his handling of the incident may increase support at home Canadian political observers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/canadas-trudeau-wins-plaudits-at-home-as-iran-admits-causing-crash-idUSKBN1ZA0V6 | 2020-01-12 |
| 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 |
| Irans state news agency confirmed protests had erupted | Negative | DUBAI Irans clerical rulers risk a legitimacy crisis as popular anger has boiled up at the way the state handled a passenger plane crash which the military took three days to admit was caused by an Iranian missile fired in error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-politics-analysis/irans-handling-of-plane-disaster-sparks-new-challenge-to-rulers-idUSKBN1ZA0R7 | 2020-01-12 |
| Iran must take full Trudeau told a news conference | 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 Jan 11 A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Saturday he knew a missile had brought down a Ukrainian plane the same day it happened and accepted full responsibility saying his force had acted in error while on alert for allout | Negative | quotes from senior Guards | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-guards/update-1-irans-guards-knew-missile-to-blame-on-day-ukraine-plane-crashed-idUSL8N29G0B2 | 2020-01-12 |
| A leader of Irans opposition Green Movement Mehdi Karroubi called on Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to step down over the handling of the downed airliner | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Learning that Iranian forces shot down a plane whether by accident or not is a further blow | 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 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 | 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 |
| With the United States and Iran backing away from further confrontation traders will focus on monthly U.S. jobs data which will follow a batch of strong economic figures | Negative | lead paragraph to show dollar on track for best weekly gain in two months not two | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/corrected-forex-dollar-set-for-best-weekly-gain-in-two-months-on-galvanising-forces-idUSL8N29F2IR | 2020-01-11 |
| An Iranian official has said the probe may take two years | Negative | PARIS Iran is examining boxes from a Ukrainian jet that crashed on Wednesday in a fireball shortly after taking off from Tehran sparking an international hunt for clues amid Western claims that the jet had been brought down accidentally by Iranian missiles | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-recorders-explainer/explainer-reading-black-boxes-of-ukrainian-jet-that-crashed-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z926T | 2020-01-11 |
| In retaliation for killing Soleimani Iran fired missiles on Wednesday at bases in Iraq where U.S. troops were stationed | 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 |
| Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said Irans retaliatory strikes were not enough and that ending the U.S. military presence in the region was the its main goal | Negative | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| PARIS Iran is examining boxes from a Ukrainian jet that crashed on Wednesday in a fireball shortly after taking off from Tehran sparking an international hunt for clues amid Western claims that the jet had been brought down accidentally by Iranian missiles | Negative | PARIS Iran is examining boxes from a Ukrainian jet that crashed on Wednesday in a fireball shortly after taking off from Tehran sparking an international hunt for clues amid Western claims that the jet had been brought down accidentally by Iranian missiles | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-recorders-explainer/explainer-reading-black-boxes-of-ukrainian-jet-that-crashed-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z926T | 2020-01-11 |
| Iran has denied the Boeing 737800 was brought down by a missile | 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 |
| However at Friday prayers in Tehran an Iranian cleric said U.S. interests across the world were now exposed to threat | Negative | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| Iran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself and that a probe into the crash could take up to two years | 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 |
| PARIS Slovakias foreign minister said on Friday the Iran nuclear deal was not dead and that European Union foreign ministers would focus on finding ways on how to bring Tehran back into the accord after its decision to scrap enrichment limits | Positive | PARIS Slovakias foreign minister said on Friday the Iran nuclear deal was not dead and that European Union foreign ministers would focus on finding ways on how to bring Tehran back into the accord after its decision to scrap enrichment limits | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-slovakia/eu-ministers-to-focus-on-bringing-iran-back-into-nuclear-deal-slovakia-idUSKBN1Z91GY | 2020-01-11 |
| Iran fired missiles on Wednesday at bases in Iraq where U.S. troops were stationed in retaliation for Soleimanis killing in a U.S. drone attack of in Baghdad on Jan | Negative | Trump remarks on planned embassy paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-7-u-s-house-votes-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers-as-u-s-iran-tensions-stay-high-idUSL8N29E5D7 | 2020-01-11 |
| The 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 |
| Oil prices which briefly spiked at the start of the week on worries that tensions with Iran would disrupt global supplies recovered some of their subsequent losses | Negative | European stocks edge higher following Asian lead | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-march-back-to-record-highs-as-middle-east-tensions-ease-idUSL8N29F224 | 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 |
| In Iran he was a national hero whose funeral drew vast crowds of mourners but the West saw him as a dangerous and ruthless enemy | Negative | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | Negative | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Friday Iran probably had targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and was aiming to attack four U.S. embassies when its top general Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Friday Iran probably had targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and was aiming to attack four U.S. embassies when its top general Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-embassies/trump-believes-iran-was-targeting-four-u-s-embassies-fox-news-idUSKBN1Z928O | 2020-01-11 |
| BRUSSELS EU foreign ministers backed away on Friday from any immediate response to Irans decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium instead repeating their call for Tehran to respect the limits of a 2015 nuclear arms control accord | Neutral | BRUSSELS EU foreign ministers backed away on Friday from any immediate response to Irans decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium instead repeating their call for Tehran to respect the limits of a 2015 nuclear arms control accord | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/fearing-nuclear-proliferation-europe-scrambles-to-calm-iran-tensions-idUSKBN1Z902W | 2020-01-11 |
| We hope that we can help Iran return to the game | Positive | PARIS Slovakias foreign minister said on Friday the Iran nuclear deal was not dead and that European Union foreign ministers would focus on finding ways on how to bring Tehran back into the accord after its decision to scrap enrichment limits | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-slovakia/eu-ministers-to-focus-on-bringing-iran-back-into-nuclear-deal-slovakia-idUSKBN1Z91GY | 2020-01-11 |
| Trump said it was time for world powers to replace the 2015 nuclear pact with a new deal so Iran could thrive and prosper | Positive | Trump remarks on planned embassy paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-7-u-s-house-votes-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers-as-u-s-iran-tensions-stay-high-idUSL8N29E5D7 | 2020-01-11 |
| 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 |
| A commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards who was one of those sanctioned on Friday brushed of the new U.S. move as symbolic | 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 |
| DUBAI The new U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are a sanctioned commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Friday after Washington imposed fresh restrictions in retaliation for Tehrans missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq | Negative | DUBAI The new U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are a sanctioned commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Friday after Washington imposed fresh restrictions in retaliation for Tehrans missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-rezaie/sanctioned-iranian-commander-says-new-u-s-limitations-are-symbolic-tweet-idUSKBN1Z91YZ | 2020-01-11 |
| DUBAI Iran will announce on Saturday the reason for the crash of the Ukrainian airliner that was flying to Kiev from Tehran earlier this week the semiofficial Fars news agency reported on Friday citing an informed source | Negative | DUBAI Iran will announce on Saturday the reason for the crash of the Ukrainian airliner that was flying to Kiev from Tehran earlier this week the semiofficial Fars news agency reported on Friday citing an informed source | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/iran-will-announce-reason-for-crash-of-ukrainian-airliner-on-saturday-fars-news-idUSKBN1Z928E | 2020-01-11 |
| Iranian official says Ukraine plane not hit by missile | 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 |
| Iran denies the charge | 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 |
| Despite its moves Iran has said the United Nations nuclear watchdog the IAEA can continue its onsite inspections at its atomic sites leaving some room for diplomacy | Negative | BRUSSELS EU foreign ministers backed away on Friday from any immediate response to Irans decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium instead repeating their call for Tehran to respect the limits of a 2015 nuclear arms control accord | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/fearing-nuclear-proliferation-europe-scrambles-to-calm-iran-tensions-idUSKBN1Z902W | 2020-01-11 |
| Jan 10 European shares firmed on Friday as relief over a deescalation in U.SIran military tensions continued to bolster global equities | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-up-as-relief-rally-from-easing-mideast-worries-continues-idUSL4N29F1T0 | 2020-01-11 |
| At Friday prayers in Tehran midranking Iranian cleric Mohammad Javad Haj Aliakbari said U.S. interests across the world were now exposed to threats | 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 |
| We will continue to apply economic sanctions until Iran stops its terrorist activities and commits that it will never have nuclear he said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed more sanctions on Iran on Friday in retaliation for its missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq this week and vowed to tighten the economic screws if Tehran continued acts or pursued a nuclear bomb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-more-sanctions-on-iran-after-missile-attacks-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z91RN | 2020-01-11 |
| 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 |
| Trudeau said Ottawa had demanded Canadian access to Iran to provide consular services identify victims and participate in the crash investigation | Negative | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| BRUSSELS The United States sanctions policy on Iran is a more effective nonproliferation tool to force Tehran to negotiate a broader deal than the 2015 nuclear deal U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | Positive | BRUSSELS The United States sanctions policy on Iran is a more effective nonproliferation tool to force Tehran to negotiate a broader deal than the 2015 nuclear deal U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe-usa/u-s-sanctions-policy-on-iran-more-effective-than-2015-nuclear-deal-u-s-official-idUSKBN1Z91YK | 2020-01-11 |
| Later at a campaign rally in Toledo Ohio Trump said the leader of Irans elite Quds force had been planning attacks on U.S. embassies | 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 |
| Following the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani Tehran announced on Sunday it was scrapping all enrichment curbs leaving the European powers in an awkward position | Negative | BRUSSELS EU foreign ministers backed away on Friday from any immediate response to Irans decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium instead repeating their call for Tehran to respect the limits of a 2015 nuclear arms control accord | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/fearing-nuclear-proliferation-europe-scrambles-to-calm-iran-tensions-idUSKBN1Z902W | 2020-01-11 |
| DUBAI Jan 10 The new U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are a sanctioned commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Friday after Washington imposed fresh restrictions in retaliation for Tehrans missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq | Negative | DUBAI Jan 10 The new U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are a sanctioned commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Friday after Washington imposed fresh restrictions in retaliation for Tehrans missile attack on U.S. targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/iraq-security-iran-rezaie/sanctioned-iranian-commander-says-new-u-s-limitations-are-symbolic-tweet-idUSL1N29E0AH | 2020-01-11 |
| 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 |
| Iran denies that its nuclear program is aimed at building an atomic weapon | 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 |
| But the region remained tense as Iranian military commanders threatened more attacks fuelling worries that the apparent pause in hostilities could be shortlived | Negative | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| Foreign Minister FrancoisPhilippe Champagne said on Twitter that Iran had granted two visas so far to Canadian officials | Positive | EDMONTON Friends and families of some of the 63 Canadians killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a tougher stance after Ottawa accused Iran of having downed the plane albeit probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-canada/no-more-teary-eyes-from-trudeau-iranian-canadians-demand-action-on-crash-idUSKBN1Z927S | 2020-01-11 |
| It allows us to then forcibly respond to Irans regional aggression and that is what we have done with our Hook said | Positive | BRUSSELS The United States sanctions policy on Iran is a more effective nonproliferation tool to force Tehran to negotiate a broader deal than the 2015 nuclear deal U.S. special representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe-usa/u-s-sanctions-policy-on-iran-more-effective-than-2015-nuclear-deal-u-s-official-idUSKBN1Z91YK | 2020-01-11 |
| Earlier on Thursday Iran spurned Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks fueling worries that an apparent pause in U.S.Iran conflict could be shortlived | Negative | Trump remarks on planned embassy paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-7-u-s-house-votes-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers-as-u-s-iran-tensions-stay-high-idUSL8N29E5D7 | 2020-01-11 |
| The head of Irans civil aviation Ali Abedzadeh It is impossible that a missile hit the Ukrainian plane | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| VATICAN CITY Jan 9 Pope Francis on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue dialogue and to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East | Positive | VATICAN CITY Jan 9 Pope Francis on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue dialogue and to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-iran-pope/pope-appeals-to-u-s-and-iran-to-pursue-dialogue-self-restraint-idUSL8N29E2EN | 2020-01-10 |
| TORONTO The crash in Iran of a Ukrainian Airlines jet bound for Toronto killed dozens of professors and researchers from campuses across Canada leaving a painful hole in Canadian academia where Iranians have taken on starring roles in engineering | Negative | TORONTO The crash in Iran of a Ukrainian Airlines jet bound for Toronto killed dozens of professors and researchers from campuses across Canada leaving a painful hole in Canadian academia where Iranians have taken on starring roles in engineering | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-academia/empty-chairs-across-canadas-academic-community-after-iran-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z82I9 | 2020-01-10 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had earlier said the strikes Tehrans response to the killing of its general Qassem 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 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was a body of evidence that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was downed by a surface to air missile that might well have been fired unintentionally | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was a body of evidence that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was downed by a surface to air missile that might well have been fired unintentionally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-britain/uks-johnson-says-there-is-evidence-ukrainian-plane-was-shot-down-by-iran-missile-idUSKBN1Z82LF | 2020-01-10 |
| NEW YORK Jan 9 Crude oil prices slid and equity markets around the world set new highs on Thursday as investors took on greater risk in a relief rally after the United States and Iran moved to defuse escalating tensions in the Middle East | Positive | Stocks surge in global relief rally as Mideast tension eases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-scale-records-oil-dips-as-investors-hail-easing-of-mideast-tensions-idUSL1N29E11D | 2020-01-10 |
| The new head of the Quds Force which handles Irans foreign military operations said he would follow the course pursued by his slain predecessor Soleimani | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| Iran denied that the airliner had been hit by a missile government spokesman Ali Rabiei said in a statement | 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 |
| 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 |
| Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani the new head of the Quds Force which runs Irans foreign military operations said he would follow the course pursued by his slain predecessor Soleimani | Negative | Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-ease-fear-of-conflict-but-threats-keep-tension-high-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-10 |
| 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 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 |
| Irans missile attack on U.S. army bases in Iraq on Wednesday had sent gold blasting above an ounce and boosted the yen by almost and oil by a barrel | 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 |
| U.S. officials are still concerned that Iranbacked groups across the region could wage attacks on the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military is weighing adjustments to its defensive posture in the Middle East after Iran upended assumptions by staging a missile attack in Iraq a country where it wields influence a U.S. defense official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/u-s-military-eyes-adjustments-after-iran-surprises-with-attack-in-iraq-official-idUSKBN1Z82MZ | 2020-01-10 |
| Despite tough talk analysts said Iran would not seek a conventional war with Washington although it might turn to allied forces in the area | Positive | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| 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 |
| The military comments contrasted with Wednesdays remarks by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif who said Tehran did not want an escalation | 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 |
| 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 |
| Irans head of civil aviation was quoted by ISNA News Agency as saying that it was impossible that a missile hit the Ukrainian 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 |
| Iranian minister says Tehran does not want escalation | Positive | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| Trump said no U.S. troops had been harmed in the strikes and Iran appears to be standing adding that Washington did not want to use its great military | Negative | Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-ease-fear-of-conflict-but-threats-keep-tension-high-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-10 |
| DUBAI Iran called on Canada on Thursday to share its information with Tehran about the Ukrainian plane after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Ottawa had intelligence indicating it was hit by an Iranian missile | Negative | DUBAI Iran called on Canada on Thursday to share its information with Tehran about the Ukrainian plane after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Ottawa had intelligence indicating it was hit by an Iranian missile | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-ministry/iran-calls-on-canada-to-hand-over-information-on-crashed-ukrainian-plane-idUSKBN1Z82PB | 2020-01-10 |
| U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaking on Fox News We continue to receive word that Iran is standing down but at the presidents direction were going to remain vigilant | Negative | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank chief Roberto Campos said on Thursday that policymakers are monitoring tensions between Iran and the United States to understand how they may affect inflation forecasts and cited recent sharp swings in commodity prices | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank chief Roberto Campos said on Thursday that policymakers are monitoring tensions between Iran and the United States to understand how they may affect inflation forecasts and cited recent sharp swings in commodity prices | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-central-bank-monitoring-impact-of-iran-u-s-conflict-idUSKBN1Z81QN | 2020-01-10 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Trump said it was time for world powers to replace the 2015 nuclear pact with a new deal so Iran could thrive and | Positive | Iran spurned U.S. President Donald Trumps call for a new nuclear pact and its commanders threatened more attacks as the Middle East remained on edge following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and Tehrans retaliatory missile strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-ease-fear-of-conflict-but-threats-keep-tension-high-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-10 |
| The head of Irans of Civil Aviation Organization on Thursday denied illogical that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed near Tehran had been hit by a missile the semiofficial news agency ISNA reported | Negative | The head of Irans of Civil Aviation Organization on Thursday denied illogical that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed near Tehran had been hit by a missile the semiofficial news agency ISNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-denial/iran-denies-illogical-rumors-about-ukrainian-plane-being-hit-by-missile-isna-idUSKBN1Z829C | 2020-01-10 |
| Washington said Iran launched 16 shortrange ballistic missiles in Wednesdays strikes with at least 11 hitting Iraqs alAsad air base and one striking a facility in Erbil | 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 |
| European stocks picked up their record rally on Thursday as the United States and Iran signalled a desire to avoid further conflict while rising expectations that a Phase 1 U.S.China trade deal will be signed next week also provided a lift | Positive | European stocks picked up their record rally on Thursday as the United States and Iran signalled a desire to avoid further conflict while rising expectations that a Phase 1 U.S.China trade deal will be signed next week also provided a lift | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/europe-stocks-resume-record-run-as-middle-east-tensions-ease-idUSKBN1Z80UL | 2020-01-10 |
| VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue dialogue and to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East | Positive | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue dialogue and to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-iran-pope/pope-appeals-to-u-s-and-iran-to-pursue-dialogue-self-restraint-idUSKBN1Z8164 | 2020-01-10 |
| Trump also said it was time for world powers to replace the 2015 nuclear accord with a new deal that would allow Iran to thrive and | Positive | Iranian commander analysts | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-u-s-iran-draw-back-from-brink-but-new-threats-show-crisis-not-over-idUSL8N29E0Z4 | 2020-01-10 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. military is weighing adjustments to its defensive posture in the Middle East after Iran upended assumptions by staging a missile attack in Iraq a country where it wields influence a U.S. defense official said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military is weighing adjustments to its defensive posture in the Middle East after Iran upended assumptions by staging a missile attack in Iraq a country where it wields influence a U.S. defense official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/u-s-military-eyes-adjustments-after-iran-surprises-with-attack-in-iraq-official-idUSKBN1Z82MZ | 2020-01-10 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had earlier said the strikes Tehrans response to the killing of Soleimani | 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 |
| Irans longterm goal of a sphere of influence might be jeopardized if it attacks too aggressively said John Vail chief global strategist at Nikko Asset Management in Tokyo | Negative | Trump says Tehran down after missile attack | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-slumps-stocks-soar-as-mideast-conflict-worries-fade-idUSL1N29D1H4 | 2020-01-09 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that he would like to see a conflict between the United States and Iran resolved peacefully via dialogue and asked those involved to say no to war | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that he would like to see a conflict between the United States and Iran resolved peacefully via dialogue and asked those involved to say no to war | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-mexico/mexicos-president-asks-u-s-iran-to-say-no-to-war-idUSKBN1Z71YZ | 2020-01-09 |
| 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 |
| The crash happened hours after Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq leading some to speculate that the plane may have been hit | 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 |
| UNITED NATIONS Jan 8 The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani was selfdefense and vowed to take additional action as in the Middle East to protect U.S. personnel and interests | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Jan 8 The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani was selfdefense and vowed to take additional action as in the Middle East to protect U.S. personnel and interests | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-usa-un/at-u-n-u-s-justifies-killing-iranian-commander-as-self-defense-idUSL1N29E03F | 2020-01-09 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The pair had traveled to Iran with daughters Daria and Dorina aged 14 and 10 to visit elderly parents Saghlatoon said | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta A newlywed couple that had traveled to Iran to get married were among the 63 Canadians killed when their Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed early on Wednesday according to friends and community leaders in the western Canadian city of Edmonton that was home to 30 victims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/bridal-party-academics-among-canadian-victims-of-plane-crash-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z725E | 2020-01-09 |
| And concerns about the conduct of Iran policy persist among Democrats and some Republicans on Capitol Hill | 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 |
| EDMONTON Alberta A newlywed couple that had traveled to Iran to get married were among the 63 Canadians killed when their Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed early on Wednesday according to friends and community leaders in the western Canadian city of Edmonton that was home to 30 victims | Negative | EDMONTON Alberta A newlywed couple that had traveled to Iran to get married were among the 63 Canadians killed when their Ukrainian Airlines flight crashed early on Wednesday according to friends and community leaders in the western Canadian city of Edmonton that was home to 30 victims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada/bridal-party-academics-among-canadian-victims-of-plane-crash-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z725E | 2020-01-09 |
| 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 |
| UNITED NATIONS Jan 8 The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani last week was selfdefense and vowed to take additional action as in the Middle East to protect U.S. personnel and interests | Negative | Iran letter further | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-usa-un/update-1-at-u-n-u-s-justifies-killing-iranian-commander-as-self-defense-idUSL1N29E03Q | 2020-01-09 |
| Iranians will wonder if involving the United States means they get fair said Paul Hayes safety director at aviation consultancy Ascend by Cirium | Neutral | PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-protocols/u-s-iran-distrust-looms-over-tehran-air-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1Z72PT | 2020-01-09 |
| Still he said our view remains that in the absence of actual losses from conflict with Iran the market will see mild downward pressure in Q1 on inventory builds | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices climbed on Thursday after a rocket attack on Baghdad triggered fresh concern over the potential for conflict in the Middle East a day after markets were roiled by an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-after-baghdad-rocket-attack-jangles-nerves-idUSKBN1Z80CV | 2020-01-09 |
| higher as Iran said it did not seek to escalate the confrontation | Positive | European shares ended higher on Wednesday after Iran indicated the overnight missile strikes its retaliation to the U.S. killing of General Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rebound-from-early-losses-as-u-s-iran-tensions-ebb-idUSKBN1Z710J | 2020-01-09 |
| The crash occurred hours after Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq leading some to speculate that the plane may have been hit | 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 |
| Iranian investigators said on Thursday that the airliner was on fire immediately before crashing | 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 |
| OTTAWA Canada expects to play a big role in Irans probe of an airliner crash that killed 63 Canadians even though the two nations do not have diplomatic ties Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday | Negative | OTTAWA Canada expects to play a big role in Irans probe of an airliner crash that killed 63 Canadians even though the two nations do not have diplomatic ties Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-canada-trudeau/canada-wants-big-role-in-iran-crash-probe-despite-lack-of-diplomatic-ties-trudeau-idUSKBN1Z729X | 2020-01-09 |
| NEW YORK Jan 8 Gold and oil prices retreated and equity markets rose on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iranian missile strikes on bases in Iraq had not harmed U.S. troops and damage was minimal showing Tehran wanted to deescalate a standoff in the Middle East | Positive | Trump remarks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-gold-prices-retreat-as-worries-abate-over-larger-mideast-conflict-idUSL1N29D14I | 2020-01-09 |
| UNITED NATIONS The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani last week was selfdefense and vowed to take additional action as in the Middle East to protect U.S. personnel and interests | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani last week was selfdefense and vowed to take additional action as in the Middle East to protect U.S. personnel and interests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-un/at-u-n-u-s-justifies-killing-iranian-commander-as-self-defense-idUSKBN1Z809Q | 2020-01-09 |
| 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 |
| Tehrans foreign minister said Iran took proportionate in selfdefence and did not seek to escalate the confrontation | Positive | 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 |
| U.S. and European government sources said they believed Iran had deliberately sought to avoid U.S. military casualties in its missile strikes to prevent an escalation | Positive | 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 |
| Aviation experts say Iran hardened by a high accident rate that the countrys leadership blames on years of sanctions has the technical capability to read the two flight recorders | Negative | PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-protocols/u-s-iran-distrust-looms-over-tehran-air-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1Z72PT | 2020-01-09 |
| The plane crashed hours after Iran launched missiles at bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq and officials have cautioned that speculation about what happened was premature | 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 |
| TOKYO Jan 9 Japanese shares surged on Thursday recovering all the losses from the previous session after the United States and Iran signalled their desire to avoid further military conflict | Positive | TOKYO Jan 9 Japanese shares surged on Thursday recovering all the losses from the previous session after the United States and Iran signalled their desire to avoid further military conflict | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-bounce-back-after-u-s-iran-anxiety-eases-idUSL4N29E0JG | 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 |
| But the crash looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | Negative | A Ukrainian airliner fell to earth in a fireball shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday killing all 176 people on board in a crash that sparked an international scramble to establish the cause | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/boeing-jet-crashes-in-iran-with-no-survivors-security-sources-see-technical-cause-idUSKBN1Z70EL | 2020-01-09 |
| Italy normally acts as a proxy for communication between Canada and Iran and the Ukrainian ambassador told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp that his government was willing to help | Positive | OTTAWA Canada expects to play a big role in Irans probe of an airliner crash that killed 63 Canadians even though the two nations do not have diplomatic ties Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-canada-trudeau/canada-wants-big-role-in-iran-crash-probe-despite-lack-of-diplomatic-ties-trudeau-idUSKBN1Z729X | 2020-01-09 |
| NEW YORK Jan 8 Gold and oil prices retreated on Wednesday after earlier surging and shares on Wall Street advanced amid investor optimism that Irans attack on U.S. forces in Iraq was unlikely to escalate into a fullblown conflict in the region | Negative | 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 |
| But an Iranian army spokesman denied foreign media suggesting there was some kind of coordination between Iran and the United States before the attack to evacuate bases | Negative | President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was standing after it fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq as both sides looked to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-both-appear-to-signal-desire-to-avoid-further-conflict-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-09 |
| She said the aim was to deter Iran from conducting or supporting attacks and degrade its ability to conduct attacks | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani last week was selfdefense and vowed to take additional action as in the Middle East to protect U.S. personnel and interests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-un/at-u-n-u-s-justifies-killing-iranian-commander-as-self-defense-idUSKBN1Z809Q | 2020-01-09 |
| TOKYO Jan 9 Japanese shares jumped the most in nearly a month on Thursday recovering all the losses from the previous session after the United States and Iran signalled their desire to avoid further military conflict | Positive | TOKYO Jan 9 Japanese shares jumped the most in nearly a month on Thursday recovering all the losses from the previous session after the United States and Iran signalled their desire to avoid further military conflict | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/japan-shares-climb-most-in-nearly-a-month-as-fear-of-u-s-iran-war-recedes-idUSL4N29E17Q | 2020-01-09 |
| Iranian television said 80 American had been killed and U.S. helicopters and military equipment damaged | 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 |
| Iran has decent investigative capabilities | Positive | PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-protocols/u-s-iran-distrust-looms-over-tehran-air-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1Z72PT | 2020-01-09 |
| 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 |
| NEW YORK Jan 8 Oil prices tumbled and equity markets soared on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said an Iranian missile strike on bases in Iraq had not harmed U.S. troops and damage was minimal showing Tehran wanted to deescalate the Middle East standoff | Positive | Trump says Tehran down after missile attack | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-slumps-stocks-soar-as-mideast-conflict-worries-fade-idUSL1N29D1H4 | 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 |
| Iranian state television said both of the planes black cockpit voice and flight data recorders had been found | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said there were no American casualties in the Iranian strikes and that Tehran appeared to be standing down | Positive | Wall Street rebounds global index trades flattish | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-gold-prices-retreat-as-worries-abate-over-larger-mideast-conflict-idUSL8N29D54D | 2020-01-09 |
| PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | Negative | PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-protocols/u-s-iran-distrust-looms-over-tehran-air-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1Z72PT | 2020-01-09 |
| Iran had full respect for the sovereignty of Iraq he added | Positive | UNITED NATIONS The United States told the United Nations on Wednesday that the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani last week was selfdefense and vowed to take additional action as in the Middle East to protect U.S. personnel and interests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-un/at-u-n-u-s-justifies-killing-iranian-commander-as-self-defense-idUSKBN1Z809Q | 2020-01-09 |
| TOKYO Jan 9 Japanese government bond prices fell on Thursday after the United States and Iran both indicated they are not seeking a wider military conflict easing concern about the risk of war in the Middle East | Positive | TOKYO Jan 9 Japanese government bond prices fell on Thursday after the United States and Iran both indicated they are not seeking a wider military conflict easing concern about the risk of war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds/jgb-prices-fall-on-relief-as-u-s-iran-avoid-wider-conflict-idUSL4N29E156 | 2020-01-09 |
| An hour after the Iranian missile attack state television showed footage of the burial where hundreds of people started chanting God is when the strikes were announced over loudspeakers | 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 |
| Iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the Trump said in an address to the nation | Positive | Trump says Tehran down after missile attack | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-slumps-stocks-soar-as-mideast-conflict-worries-fade-idUSL1N29D1H4 | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pelosi/u-s-house-to-vote-this-week-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-pelosi-idUSKBN1Z72U6 | 2020-01-09 |
| ANKARA Turkey and Russia called on United States and Iran on Wednesday to prioritize diplomacy and deescalate tensions warning that the exchange of attacks by Washington and Tehran could lead to a new cycle of instability in the region | Negative | ANKARA Turkey and Russia called on United States and Iran on Wednesday to prioritize diplomacy and deescalate tensions warning that the exchange of attacks by Washington and Tehran could lead to a new cycle of instability in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iraq-security-turkey-russia/turkey-russia-call-on-u-s-iran-to-prioritize-diplomacy-idUSKBN1Z724U | 2020-01-09 |
| OTTAWA The initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies is that a Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Wednesday was not brought down by a missile said a Canadian security source | Negative | OTTAWA The initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies is that a Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Wednesday was not brought down by a missile said a Canadian security source | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-intelligence/western-intelligence-agencies-see-no-signs-ukraine-airliner-was-shot-down-canadian-source-idUSKBN1Z72Q7 | 2020-01-09 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had said overnight the strikes Tehrans response to the Soleimanis killing and influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr said the crisis was over | 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 |
| Iranian TV blamed the crash on unspecified technical problems and Iranian media quoted a local aviation official as saying the pilot did not declare an emergency | 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 |
| Asked if perhaps Iran would see this as an incomplete mission given the lack of U.S. fatalities Milley I think its perhaps too early to tell | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Senior U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday said there is no set schedule yet for voting on a war powers resolution that would limit President Donald Trumps actions regarding Iran and that legislation is still being drafted | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday said there is no set schedule yet for voting on a war powers resolution that would limit President Donald Trumps actions regarding Iran and that legislation is still being drafted | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/no-set-schedule-yet-for-u-s-vote-on-war-powers-resolution-on-iran-democrats-idUSKBN1Z72BT | 2020-01-09 |
| Under those rules Irans AAIB air accident board automatically leads what could be a yearlong probe into flight 572 designed to help avoid future accidents | Negative | PARIS The crash of a U.S.built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on cooperation in air disaster investigations at a time when the United States and Iran are mired in confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iran-crash-protocols/u-s-iran-distrust-looms-over-tehran-air-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1Z72PT | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| European shares ended higher on Wednesday after Iran indicated the overnight missile strikes its retaliation to the U.S. killing of General Qassem Soleimani | Negative | European shares ended higher on Wednesday after Iran indicated the overnight missile strikes its retaliation to the U.S. killing of General Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rebound-from-early-losses-as-u-s-iran-tensions-ebb-idUSKBN1Z710J | 2020-01-09 |
| Iranian state television said 80 American had been killed and U.S. helicopters and military equipment damaged | Negative | Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/iran-missile-attacks-target-u-s-forces-in-iraq-trump-says-all-is-well-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Iranian state television said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump tried to downplay damage caused by Irans missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq by tweeting that all is | Negative | DUBAI Iranian state television said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump tried to downplay damage caused by Irans missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq by tweeting that all is | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-tv/iranian-tv-says-trumps-tweet-that-all-is-well-aims-to-downplay-attack-idUSKBN1Z70NC | 2020-01-08 |
| SHANGHAI Jan 8 Asian shares and U.S. treasury yields plunged on Wednesday while gold and oil shot higher after Iran fired rockets at an Iraqi airbase that hosts U.S. military forces stoking fears of further sharp escalations in a developing conflict | Negative | MSCI Asia exJapan off 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-slump-gold-oil-soar-after-iran-strike-on-u-s-forces-idUSL4N29D09V | 2020-01-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will talk to the foreign minister about Irans decision to summon Brazils charge daffaires over comments about the death of a senior Iranian general | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will talk to the foreign minister about Irans decision to summon Brazils charge daffaires over comments about the death of a senior Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-to-discuss-iran-with-foreign-minister-idUSKBN1Z61HW | 2020-01-08 |
| Iranian news agency Mehr said Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had targeted the base | Negative | TOKYO Oil markets calmed on Wednesday after prices had jumped to their highest in months in the wake of a rocket attack by Iran on American forces in Iraq that raised the specter of a spiraling conflict and disrupted crude supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-gains-trimmed-as-tensions-on-iran-strike-recede-for-now-idUSKBN1Z7039 | 2020-01-08 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON Boeing Co said it was aware of media reports regarding a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information | Negative | WASHINGTON Boeing Co said it was aware of media reports regarding a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-boeing/boeing-says-gathering-more-information-about-reported-737-crash-in-iran-idUSKBN1Z70I2 | 2020-01-08 |
| Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio called for unity saying in a Twitter post that Iran wanted Americans to turn against one another | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. Congress and some of the partys presidential contenders warned on Tuesday about escalating conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike against U.S. forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-attack-congress/world-cannot-afford-war-u-s-democrats-respond-to-iran-missile-strike-idUSKBN1Z7095 | 2020-01-08 |
| Some ministers including Luxembourgs Jean Asselborn have suggested a hotline be established between Iran and the United States to encourage dialogue and avoid misunderstandings that could lead to military confrontation | Positive | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| KIEV Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that all passengers and crew on board a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran have been killed citing preliminary information | Negative | KIEV Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that all passengers and crew on board a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran have been killed citing preliminary information | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-zelenskiy/ukraine-president-says-passengers-crew-on-board-airliner-in-iran-dead-idUSKBN1Z70OV | 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 |
| Soleimani a pivotal figure in orchestrating Irans longstanding campaign to drive U.S. forces out of Iraq was responsible for building up Tehrans network of proxy armies across the Middle East | 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 Irans army renewed a demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East state TV reported on Wednesday after the elite Revolutionary Guards launched missile attacks on American targets in Iraq | Negative | DUBAI Irans army renewed a demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East state TV reported on Wednesday after the elite Revolutionary Guards launched missile attacks on American targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-army/irans-army-renews-demand-for-u-s-to-withdraw-troops-from-region-state-tv-idUSKBN1Z70LG | 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 |
| Bolsonaro said Brazil will maintain trade links with Iran and that Brazil rejects terrorism anywhere in the world | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will talk to the foreign minister about Irans decision to summon Brazils charge daffaires over comments about the death of a senior Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-to-discuss-iran-with-foreign-minister-idUSKBN1Z61HW | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Iran is not seeking war but it will deliver a crushing response to any aggression the government spokesman said on Wednesday a few hours after Tehran hit U.S. targets in Iraq in retaliation to the killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani | Negative | DUBAI Iran is not seeking war but it will deliver a crushing response to any aggression the government spokesman said on Wednesday a few hours after Tehran hit U.S. targets in Iraq in retaliation to the killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-government/iran-does-not-seek-war-but-will-give-a-crushing-response-to-attacks-tweet-idUSKBN1Z70HQ | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on Tuesday to further distance himself from his assertion last week that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani planned imminent attacks on U.S. targets before he was killed in a U.S. drone strike | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on Tuesday to further distance himself from his assertion last week that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani planned imminent attacks on U.S. targets before he was killed in a U.S. drone strike | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-tiptoes-away-from-talk-of-imminent-attack-planned-by-irans-soleimani-idUSKBN1Z61TE | 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 |
| 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 |
| KIEV Jan 8 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that all passengers and crew on board a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran have been killed citing preliminary information | Negative | KIEV Jan 8 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that all passengers and crew on board a Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran have been killed citing preliminary information | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iran-crash-zelenskiy/ukraine-president-says-passengers-crew-on-board-airliner-in-iran-dead-idUSS8N27M003 | 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 |
| A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani widely seen as Irans secondmost powerful figure in a slaying that threatens to spark regional conflict | Negative | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-gains-oil-slips-as-markets-focus-on-mideast-idUSL1N29C11H | 2020-01-08 |
| Iran TV reported Soleimani was buried after the Iranian missile attacks | Negative | Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/iran-missile-attacks-target-u-s-forces-in-iraq-trump-says-all-is-well-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI 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 |
| BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards said that any retaliatory measures by the United States against Tehrans missile attacks on American targets in Iraq would draw a renewed response state television reported | Negative | DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards said that any retaliatory measures by the United States against Tehrans missile attacks on American targets in Iraq would draw a renewed response state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-warning/irans-guards-warn-against-u-s-retaliation-to-tehrans-missile-attacks-tv-idUSKBN1Z70H4 | 2020-01-08 |
| Soleimani a pivotal figure in orchestrating Irans campaign to drive U.S. forces out of Iraq was responsible for building up its network of proxy armies across the Middle East | Negative | Iran launched missiles at U.S.led forces in Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week stoked fears of a new Middle East war | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security/iran-missile-attacks-target-u-s-forces-in-iraq-trump-says-all-is-well-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-08 |
| The number of adults who strongly of Trumps actions in Iran is up 10 points from the December poll | Neutral | NEW YORK The American public is increasingly critical of President Donald Trumps handling of Iran after he ordered the U.S. military to kill a powerful Iranian military commander and a majority of U.S. adults now expect the countries to be at war in the near future according to polling released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-iran-poll/americans-increasingly-critical-of-trumps-record-on-iran-most-expect-war-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1Z62KF | 2020-01-08 |
| In this context France calls on Iran to not contribute to the escalation and return and fully comply with the nuclear she said | Positive | PARIS France has no plans to cut its troop numbers from Iraq for the moment following the killing of a top Iranian military commander that has exacerbated tensions in the region a French government source said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-france/france-not-planning-to-cut-troop-numbers-in-iraq-for-now-government-source-idUSKBN1Z61SX | 2020-01-08 |
| 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 |
| Consultancy Eurasia Group said Iran probably would focus on U.S. military targets rather than energy targets | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell almost on Tuesday surrendering some recent gains as investors reconsidered the likelihood of immediate supply disruptions in the Middle East after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander last week | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-1-as-investors-reassess-middle-east-risks-idUSKBN1Z6063 | 2020-01-08 |
| Iranian media have reported that there were at least 170 passengers and crew aboard | 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 |
| Reza Jafarzadeh a spokesman for Irans Civil Aviation Organization told state television that the number of passengers on board the flight was 170 | Negative | DUBAI A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehrans Imam Khomeini airport and all aboard were killed Irans state television and a Ukrainian official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/ukrainian-boeing-737-crashes-after-take-off-in-iran-all-170-aboard-killed-idUSKBN1Z70EL | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Jan 8 Irans army renewed a demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East state TV reported on Wednesday after the elite Revolutionary Guards launched missile attacks on American targets in Iraq | Negative | DUBAI Jan 8 Irans army renewed a demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East state TV reported on Wednesday after the elite Revolutionary Guards launched missile attacks on American targets in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-iran-army/irans-army-renews-demand-for-u-s-to-withdraw-troops-from-region-state-tv-idUSL1N29D07O | 2020-01-08 |
| What Iran has announced is we believe not the right course and so we need to find a joint Maas told reporters | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| NEW YORK The spike in oil prices due to the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran is causing investors to worry that U.S. corporate earnings will be crimped by rising energy costs | Negative | NEW YORK The spike in oil prices due to the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran is causing investors to worry that U.S. corporate earnings will be crimped by rising energy costs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-oil/oil-price-spike-clouds-corporate-profit-outlook-putting-investors-on-edge-idUSKBN1Z70NH | 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 |
| Though Iran and Russia worked together to beat back the antiAssad insurgency tensions have occasionally surfaced between them on the ground where analysts say they have been vying for influence | Negative | Vladimir Putin met Bashar alAssad in Damascus on Tuesday the Russian leaders second trip to Syria since Moscow intervened decisively on the Syrian presidents behalf in the countrys civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-russia/russias-putin-makes-rare-visit-to-syria-meets-assad-idUSKBN1Z61NN | 2020-01-08 |
| 28 a barrel after the Iranian attacks which could raise costs for end users but could boost earnings for producers and refiners | Neutral | TOKYO Jan 8 Japanese shares tumbled on Wednesday by the most in almost a year after Iran launched missile attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq increasing the risk of a broader conflict in the Middle East ensnaring the United States and its allies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-tumble-after-iran-attacks-u-s-forces-in-iraq-idUSL4N29D06S | 2020-01-08 |
| Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the company was aware of media reports of a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information | Negative | DUBAI A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehrans Imam Khomeini airport and all aboard were killed Irans state television and a Ukrainian official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/ukrainian-boeing-737-crashes-after-take-off-in-iran-all-170-aboard-killed-idUSKBN1Z70EL | 2020-01-08 |
| Irans attack came in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a war in the Middle East | Negative | NEW DELHI India on Wednesday issued a travel warning asking its citizens to avoid travel to Iraq hours after Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-india/india-issues-travel-warning-on-iraq-after-iran-attacks-idUSKBN1Z70J1 | 2020-01-08 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the attack on Soleimani on the grounds that the Iranian general was planning to attack Americans without providing evidence | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. Congress and some of the partys presidential contenders warned on Tuesday about escalating conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike against U.S. forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-attack-congress/world-cannot-afford-war-u-s-democrats-respond-to-iran-missile-strike-idUSKBN1Z7095 | 2020-01-08 |
| Rob Carnell AsiaPacific chief economist at ING in Singapore said possible further escalation of tensions between Iran and the United States could still provoke a prolonged negative market reaction | Negative | SHANGHAI Financial markets were roiled on Wednesday after Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq sending Asian stocks and U.S. Treasury yields sliding and jolting oil prices higher as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-gold-and-oil-whipsawed-as-iran-strikes-spark-fears-of-wider-mideast-war-idUSKBN1Z7056 | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI Jan 8 Iran is not seeking war but it will deliver a crushing response to any aggression the government spokesman said on Wednesday a few hours after Tehran hit U.S. targets in Iraq in retaliation to the killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani | Negative | DUBAI Jan 8 Iran is not seeking war but it will deliver a crushing response to any aggression the government spokesman said on Wednesday a few hours after Tehran hit U.S. targets in Iraq in retaliation to the killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-iran-government/iran-does-not-seek-war-but-will-give-a-crushing-response-to-attacks-tweet-idUSL1N29D06X | 2020-01-08 |
| Iran said on Sunday it was scrapping limits on it enriching uranium following the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| Consultancy Eurasia Group said Iran is likely to focus more narrowly on U.S. military targets instead of energy targets | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices slid on Tuesday as investors reconsidered the likelihood of Middle East supply disruptions in the wake of the United States killing a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-skids-1-5-as-investors-recalibrate-risk-of-mideast-disruption-idUSKBN1Z6063 | 2020-01-07 |
| Adding to tensions Iran said it was taking another step back from its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal with six powers that Washington withdrew from in 2018 | 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 |
| Irans demand for U.S. forces to withdraw from the region gained traction on Sunday when Iraqs parliament passed a resolution calling for all foreign troops to leave the country | Negative | The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/pentagon-chief-denies-u-s-is-leaving-iraq-slain-commander-mourned-by-tehran-throngs-idUSKBN1Z50KU | 2020-01-07 |
| A U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani has further escalated the conflict between the two countries already at odds over Tehrans nuclear activities | Negative | BEIJING China criticized the United States for aggravating tension in the Middle East through its use of force in the standoff between Washington and Tehran and urged all parties to exercise restraint to ensure peace and stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-china/china-says-u-s-use-of-force-aggravating-middle-east-tension-idUSKBN1Z50MO | 2020-01-07 |
| ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | Positive | ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-turkey/turkey-in-touch-with-iran-u-s-and-aims-to-cool-tensions-idUSL8N29B2EF | 2020-01-07 |
| It reasserts Congresss longestablished oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken the Administrations military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit U.S. President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pelosi-says-house-to-vote-on-resolution-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z50D6 | 2020-01-07 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico said on Sunday that it was concerned about the recent events in Iraq and Iran and asked all parties involved to act with restraint and avoid escalating regional tensions | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico said on Sunday that it was concerned about the recent events in Iraq and Iran and asked all parties involved to act with restraint and avoid escalating regional tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-mexico/mexico-asks-for-restraint-in-iraq-iran-idUSKBN1Z50JY | 2020-01-07 |
| 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 |
| The recent events surrounding Iran have not unsettled Sentix added | Positive | BERLIN Morale among investors in the euro zone jumped for the third month in a row in January buoyed by positive economic news from Asia and signs of an easing in U.S.China trade tensions a survey showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-businesssentiment/euro-zone-investor-morale-jumps-to-highest-since-november-2018-sentix-idUSKBN1Z50UQ | 2020-01-07 |
| Iran vowed to avenge the killing of a top general by the United States while U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Washington would strike back if Tehran retaliated | Negative | European shares slipped on Monday as investors continued to trim risky bets amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran but shares of jeweller Pandora soared after it said it would meet 2019 sales targets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-drop-as-washington-and-tehran-trade-threats-idUSKBN1Z50PV | 2020-01-07 |
| Iranian commanders have issued a range of threats since the U.S. strike at Baghdad airport without being specific | 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 |
| Irans leaders have promised to avenge the killing | Negative | TOKYO The Swiss franc held gains against the dollar on Tuesday as traders sought savehavens amid heightened anxiety about potential Iranian retaliation to a U.S. drone strike that killed its most prominent military commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-forex/swiss-franc-and-yen-in-holding-pattern-markets-await-iran-response-idUSKBN1Z6025 | 2020-01-07 |
| If Iran does retaliate they know theyre Moya said | Negative | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-surges-on-mideast-risk-but-stocks-pare-losses-idUSL1N29B0YI | 2020-01-07 |
| Trump also took to Twitter to reiterate the White House stance that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon | Negative | The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/pentagon-chief-denies-u-s-is-leaving-iraq-slain-commander-mourned-by-tehran-throngs-idUSKBN1Z50KU | 2020-01-07 |
| Oil surrendered hefty gains as some speculated Iran would be unlikely to strike against the U.S. in a way that would disrupt supplies and its own crude exports | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday as investors reassessed the risk of an allout conflict between the United States and Iran while Wall Street battled back to the black as tech stocks climbed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-rally-oil-skids-as-investors-reassess-mideast-risk-idUSKBN1Z601N | 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 |
| DUBAI The body of the senior Iranian military commander killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq last week has arrived in his home town of Kerman in southeast Iran for burial the official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI The body of the senior Iranian military commander killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq last week has arrived in his home town of Kerman in southeast Iran for burial the official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-funeral/body-of-iranian-commander-killed-in-u-s-strike-arrives-for-burial-in-southeast-iran-agency-idUSKBN1Z60D1 | 2020-01-07 |
| Oil retreats on doubts Iran would disrupt supplies | Negative | Nikkei rallies 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-stocks-bounce-oil-slips-as-iran-anxiety-ebbs-idUSL4N29C05N | 2020-01-07 |
| It is ominous that Iran is declaring all limits off | Negative | Germany Britain and France are scrambling to keep talks with Iran over its 2015 nuclear agreement alive despite Tehran having all but torn up the deal after the United States killed its top military commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu-strategy-analysis/between-u-s-and-iran-eu-powers-try-mediation-and-pressure-to-ease-crisis-idUSKBN1Z529A | 2020-01-07 |
| The specter of greater conflict with Iran has also thrust national security into the forefront of the Democratic race adding to the unsettled nature of the contest | Negative | DUBUQUE Iowa With just weeks to go before Iowans kick off the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/as-first-votes-near-2020-democratic-race-looks-wide-open-idUSKBN1Z51PS | 2020-01-07 |
| 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 |
| Prices pared gains during the session on growing doubts that Iran would strike back in a way that would disrupt oil supplies | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices steadied on Monday after Brent touched above a barrel on rhetoric from the United States Iran and Iraq that fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-oil/oil-steadies-as-market-ponders-irans-next-move-idUSKBN1Z5021 | 2020-01-07 |
| Iran has promised vengeance and on Friday condemned Trump as a terrorist in a suit | 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 |
| Oil surrendered hefty gains as some speculated Iran would be unlikely to strike against the United States in a way that would disrupt supplies and its own crude exports | Negative | Nikkei rallies 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-stocks-bounce-oil-slips-as-iran-anxiety-ebbs-idUSL4N29C05N | 2020-01-07 |
| About 50 people including burqawearing women gathered outside the Iranian embassy in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to shout Down Down | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-malaysia/muslims-should-unite-after-iran-commanders-killing-malaysian-pm-idUSKBN1Z60HX | 2020-01-07 |
| European parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could launch a dispute resolution process this week that might lead to renewed U.N. sanctions on Tehran European diplomats said | Negative | European parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could launch a dispute resolution process this week that might lead to renewed U.N. sanctions on Tehran European diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu/europeans-set-to-toughen-iran-response-over-nuclear-violations-diplomats-idUSKBN1Z51KA | 2020-01-07 |
| Biden has also seized on Trumps recent actions toward Iran to draw attention to his foreign policy experience | Neutral | DUBUQUE Iowa With just weeks to go before Iowans kick off the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa/as-first-votes-near-2020-democratic-race-looks-wide-open-idUSKBN1Z51PS | 2020-01-07 |
| MOSCOW Russias Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it saw no threat of nuclear weapons proliferation after Irans decision to abandon limitations on enriching uranium | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it saw no threat of nuclear weapons proliferation after Irans decision to abandon limitations on enriching uranium | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-nuclear-russia/russia-sees-no-nuclear-proliferation-threat-after-irans-enrichment-decision-idUSKBN1Z51BT | 2020-01-07 |
| Trump also said that the United States would retaliate against Iran if Tehran were to strike back after the killing | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices steadied on Monday after Brent touched above a barrel on rhetoric from the United States Iran and Iraq that fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-oil/oil-steadies-as-market-ponders-irans-next-move-idUSKBN1Z5021 | 2020-01-07 |
| 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 | 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 |
| An estimated 10000 Iranians live in Malaysia | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-malaysia/muslims-should-unite-after-iran-commanders-killing-malaysian-pm-idUSKBN1Z60HX | 2020-01-07 |
| Oil surrendered some hefty gains as many doubted Iran would strike back in a way that would disrupt supplies and its own crude exports | Negative | Nikkei bounces 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-stocks-attempt-a-rally-as-iran-anxiety-ebbs-idUSL4N29B3D0 | 2020-01-07 |
| Iran has criticized Britain France and Germany for failing to salvage the pact by shielding Tehrans economy from U.S. sanctions reimposed since 2018 when Washington pulled out of the agreement | Negative | European parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could launch a dispute resolution process this week that might lead to renewed U.N. sanctions on Tehran European diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu/europeans-set-to-toughen-iran-response-over-nuclear-violations-diplomats-idUSKBN1Z51KA | 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 |
| Soleimani viewed as the second most powerful man in Iran was killed at Baghdad airport last Friday by a U.S. drone | 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 |
| European shares slipped on Monday as investors continued to trim risky bets amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran but shares of jeweller Pandora soared after it said it would meet 2019 sales targets | Negative | European shares slipped on Monday as investors continued to trim risky bets amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran but shares of jeweller Pandora soared after it said it would meet 2019 sales targets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-drop-as-washington-and-tehran-trade-threats-idUSKBN1Z50PV | 2020-01-07 |
| Iran usually refers to Israel as the Zionist state and describes regional countries and other forces opposed to Israel and the United States as a front | 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 |
| BAGHDAD Iranbacked Iraqi militia commander Qais alKhazali said on Sunday if U.S. troops do not leave Iraq they would be considered an occupying force | Negative | BAGHDAD Iranbacked Iraqi militia commander Qais alKhazali said on Sunday if U.S. troops do not leave Iraq they would be considered an occupying force | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-militia/iraq-militia-leader-says-if-u-s-troops-stay-they-will-be-occupiers-idUSKBN1Z40TX | 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 |
| 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 |
| This proactive measure follows intelligence report that sequel to the recent killing of an Iranian some domestic interests are planning to embark on massive public disturbances and it said | Negative | ABUJA Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparked fears of public disturbances in the West African country the police said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-security/nigerian-police-on-heightened-alert-after-u-s-killing-of-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z40W5 | 2020-01-06 |
| The Iranianbacked Nujaba militia said it was ready to join such an international alliance | Neutral | 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 |
| On Sunday Iran further distanced itself from the deal saying it would continue to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog but would respect no limits to its uranium enrichment work | 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 |
| The shares reacted to acrosstheboard selling in Gulf markets after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed on Friday in a U.S. drone strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport | Negative | DUBAI Shares of Saudi Aramco were down 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-saudi-aramco-stocks/saudi-aramco-shares-hit-lowest-since-ipo-down-1-7-idUSKBN1Z40BB | 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 |
| Many of those demonstrators see the political elites as subservient to either the United States or Iran as both try to assert regional influence and denounce both powers | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| DUBAI Iran announced on Sunday it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium taking a further step back from commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with six major powers but it would continue to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog | Negative | DUBAI Iran announced on Sunday it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium taking a further step back from commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with six major powers but it would continue to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-deal/iran-says-no-limits-on-enrichment-stepping-further-from-2015-deal-tv-idUSKBN1Z40Q3 | 2020-01-06 |
| Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani the architect of Tehrans overseas military operations was killed on Friday in a U.S. drone strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport | Negative | DUBAI Kuwaiti and Saudi stocks led Gulf stocks sharply lower in late afternoon trade on Sunday in the wake of a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed Irans military commander | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-gulf-markets-security/gulf-markets-plunge-on-u-s-iran-tensions-aramco-at-lowest-since-ipo-idUSKBN1Z40BT | 2020-01-06 |
| A special session passed a resolution saying that the Shiiteled government which is close to Iran should cancel its request for assistance from a U.S.led coalition | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has detected a heightened state of alert by Irans missile forces across the country a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday adding it was unclear whether the higher readiness level was defensive in nature or not | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has detected a heightened state of alert by Irans missile forces across the country a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday adding it was unclear whether the higher readiness level was defensive in nature or not | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-missiles/irans-missile-forces-at-heightened-state-of-alert-u-s-official-idUSKBN1Z40V4 | 2020-01-06 |
| Iran will continue its nuclear enrichment with no restrictions | Negative | DUBAI Iran announced on Sunday it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium taking a further step back from commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with six major powers but it would continue to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-deal/iran-says-no-limits-on-enrichment-stepping-further-from-2015-deal-tv-idUSKBN1Z40Q3 | 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 |
| Lawmakers from the Iranianbacked Asaib Ahl alHaq militia which the U.S. State Department said on Friday it would designate a foreign terrorist organisation were carrying portraits of Soleimani and Muhandis | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will quickly strike back perhaps in a disproportionate if Iran strikes any American person or target U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States will quickly strike back perhaps in a disproportionate if Iran strikes any American person or target U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-trumptrump/trump-promises-possibly-disproportionate-response-to-any-iran-attack-idUSKBN1Z40UL | 2020-01-06 |
| IMN was heavily influenced by the Iranian revolution of 1979 which saw Ayatollah Khomeini take power | Neutral | ABUJA Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparked fears of public disturbances in the West African country the police said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-security/nigerian-police-on-heightened-alert-after-u-s-killing-of-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z40W5 | 2020-01-06 |
| Founded by Irans Revolutionary Guards in 1982 Hezbollah is a critical part of an Iranianbacked regional military alliance which Soleimani was instrumental in expanding as leader of the Quds Force | Negative | BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-hezbollah-soleimani/hezbollah-leader-says-he-warned-soleimani-of-assassination-threat-idUSL8N29A0K2 | 2020-01-06 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| IRIB posted a video clip of a casket wrapped in an Iranian flag being unloaded from a plane as a military band played | Negative | DUBAI The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike was returned to Iran on Sunday the official IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran/body-of-top-iranian-commander-killed-by-u-s-strike-in-iraq-returned-to-iran-idUSKBN1Z4038 | 2020-01-05 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman rang Iraqi President Berham Saleh on Saturday to discuss the importance of deescalating regional tensions the Saudi news agency reported after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman rang Iraqi President Berham Saleh on Saturday to discuss the importance of deescalating regional tensions the Saudi news agency reported after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-saudi-arabia/king-salman-discusses-with-iraqi-president-need-to-de-escalate-regional-tensions-idUSKBN1Z30M3 | 2020-01-05 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites very if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites very if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/trump-vows-to-hit-52-iranian-targets-if-iran-retaliates-after-drone-strike-idUSKBN1Z4003 | 2020-01-05 |
| The U.S. strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq has caused a dramatic rise in tensions between Iran and the United States and its allies | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry was not available for comment | Negative | In midOctober Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shiite militia allies at a villa on the banks of the Tigris River looking across at the U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-soleimani-insight/inside-the-plot-by-irans-soleimani-to-attack-u-s-forces-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z301Z | 2020-01-05 |
| Democratic Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez a strident Trump critic wrote on Twitter that his threat to hit Iranian sites is a war crime | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites very if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/trump-vows-to-hit-52-iranian-targets-if-iran-retaliates-after-drone-strike-idUSKBN1Z4003 | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| Muhandis a former Iraqi lawmaker oversaw Iraqs Popular Mobilization Forces an umbrella grouping of paramilitary forces mostly consisting of Iranbacked Shiite militias that was formally integrated into Iraqs armed forces | Negative | In midOctober Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shiite militia allies at a villa on the banks of the Tigris River looking across at the U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-soleimani-insight/inside-the-plot-by-irans-soleimani-to-attack-u-s-forces-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z301Z | 2020-01-05 |
| DUBAI The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike was returned to Iran on Sunday the official IRIB news agency reported | Negative | DUBAI The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike was returned to Iran on Sunday the official IRIB news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran/body-of-top-iranian-commander-killed-by-u-s-strike-in-iraq-returned-to-iran-idUSKBN1Z4038 | 2020-01-05 |
| BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will seek direct talks with Iran to try to deescalate tensions after a U.S. air strike in Iraq killed Irans military commander Qassem Soleimani a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday | Positive | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will seek direct talks with Iran to try to deescalate tensions after a U.S. air strike in Iraq killed Irans military commander Qassem Soleimani a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-germany/german-foreign-minister-will-seek-direct-talks-with-iran-newspaper-idUSKBN1Z30MK | 2020-01-05 |
| Iranian proxies such as the Hezbollah militant group have previously scouted New York locations for an attack he said | Negative | U.S. authorities and major cities saw no imminent threats on Friday from potential Iranian retaliation over a U.S. air strike that killed Tehrans most prominent military commander but New Yorks mayor said his city was bracing for an attack like never before | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-new-york/u-s-sees-no-domestic-threat-but-new-york-braces-for-iranian-retaliation-idUSKBN1Z21ZR | 2020-01-04 |
| Pompeo said in a round of TV interviews that the United States remained committed to deescalation with Iran but that it had needed to defend itself | Positive | NEW Oil prices surged as much as a barrel as gold the yen and safehaven bonds all rallied on Friday after the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander in an air strike in Iraq ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/oil-safe-havens-surge-after-u-s-strikes-kill-iran-commander-idUSKBN1Z2042 | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 |
| They were modeled on Hezbollah the Shiite paramilitary force Iran created in Lebanon but in Iraq they were four times bigger | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 |
| Soleimani who made his name in Irans war with Iraq in the 1980s rose in 1998 to command the Quds Force the overseas arm of Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON After President Donald Trump said the top Iranian general killed in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad was plotting attacks on U.S. interests some U.S. national security and congressional officials are raising questions about the use of that word to justify the killing | Negative | WASHINGTON After President Donald Trump said the top Iranian general killed in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad was plotting attacks on U.S. interests some U.S. national security and congressional officials are raising questions about the use of that word to justify the killing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-intelligence/trump-says-soleimani-plotted-imminent-attacks-but-critics-question-just-how-soon-idUSKBN1Z228N | 2020-01-04 |
| NEW YORK Investors rushed into safehaven assets on Friday after U.S. air strikes in Iraq killed a senior Iranian military official sending the Japanese yen to a threemonth high while the U.S. dollar index was knocked by the weakest domestic factory activity in a decade | Negative | NEW YORK Investors rushed into safehaven assets on Friday after U.S. air strikes in Iraq killed a senior Iranian military official sending the Japanese yen to a threemonth high while the U.S. dollar index was knocked by the weakest domestic factory activity in a decade | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-forex/soleimani-strike-lifts-safe-haven-yen-grim-u-s-data-hits-dollar-idUSKBN1Z202B | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic presidential contenders on Friday condemned the air strike that killed prominent Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani saying President Donald Trumps decision was reckless and could lead the United States to another war in the Middle East | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential contenders on Friday condemned the air strike that killed prominent Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani saying President Donald Trumps decision was reckless and could lead the United States to another war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iran/democratic-white-house-contenders-condemn-trumps-strike-against-iranian-commander-warn-of-war-idUSKBN1Z21WG | 2020-01-04 |
| Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the attack was an act of international and Iran would take legal action to hold Washington to account | Negative | Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani Tehrans most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-terminated-top-iran-general-to-thwart-attack-on-americans-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON Jan 3 A U.S. air strike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian commander aimed to disrupt an imminent that would have endangered Americans in the Middle East U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in television interviews on Friday | Negative | more quotes from Pompeo background on air | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-blast-pompeo/update-1-pompeo-says-u-s-strike-on-iranian-commander-in-response-to-imminent-attack-idUSL1N298094 | 2020-01-04 |
| In Iraq the Popular Mobilization Forces the 100000strong paramilitary alliance at the sharp end of the power struggle between Iran and the United States may have overreached | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to go to war with Iran without congressional authorization and said he should have consulted with top congressional leaders before the U.S. killed a top Iranian commander | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to go to war with Iran without congressional authorization and said he should have consulted with top congressional leaders before the U.S. killed a top Iranian commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-schumer/trump-does-not-have-authority-to-go-to-war-with-iran-schumer-idUSKBN1Z21T8 | 2020-01-04 |
| At a campaign event in Dubuque Iowa he added that no American would mourn Soleimanis death but the prospect of direct conflict with Iran is greater than it has ever been | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential contenders on Friday condemned the air strike that killed prominent Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani saying President Donald Trumps decision was reckless and could lead the United States to another war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iran/democratic-white-house-contenders-condemn-trumps-strike-against-iranian-commander-warn-of-war-idUSKBN1Z21WG | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday that any Iranian retaliation in response to the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani would be a very poor decision | Negative | WASHINGTON White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday that any Iranian retaliation in response to the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani would be a very poor decision | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-o-brien/white-house-iran-retaliation-for-soleimani-killing-would-be-poor-decision-idUSKBN1Z228H | 2020-01-04 |
| Killing of Iranian commander douses equity market rally | Negative | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-safe-havens-surge-after-u-s-strikes-kill-iran-commander-idUSL1N29812N | 2020-01-04 |
| He was brave and he loved Iran I am very sorry for our said housewife Mina Khosrozadeh in Tehran | Negative | Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani Tehrans most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-terminated-top-iran-general-to-thwart-attack-on-americans-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-04 |
| We wanted to make sure he and the leadership in Iran understood that in a way that was crystal Pompeo told the Reagan National Defense Forum in Southern California | Negative | WASHINGTON Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-target/iranian-commander-soleimani-had-been-in-pompeos-sights-for-years-idUSKBN1Z21UT | 2020-01-04 |
| Iran has already given examples of how it can respond | 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 Democratic presidential contenders on Friday condemned the air strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani saying President Donald Trumps decision was reckless and could lead the United States to another war in the Middle East | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential contenders on Friday condemned the air strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani saying President Donald Trumps decision was reckless and could lead the United States to another war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iran/democratic-white-house-contenders-condemn-trumps-strike-against-iranian-commander-warn-of-war-idUSKBN1Z21WG | 2020-01-04 |
| U.S. authorities and major cities saw no imminent threats on Friday from potential Iranian retaliation over a U.S. air strike that killed Tehrans most prominent military commander but New Yorks mayor said his city was bracing for an attack like never before | Negative | U.S. authorities and major cities saw no imminent threats on Friday from potential Iranian retaliation over a U.S. air strike that killed Tehrans most prominent military commander but New Yorks mayor said his city was bracing for an attack like never before | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-new-york/u-s-sees-no-domestic-threat-but-new-york-braces-for-iranian-retaliation-idUSKBN1Z21ZR | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. officials said the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday might deter rather than provoke Iranian violence against U.S. targets despite Tehrans vow of retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. officials said the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday might deter rather than provoke Iranian violence against U.S. targets despite Tehrans vow of retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-usa-attacks/u-s-officials-say-soleimanis-death-could-deter-iranian-violence-idUSKBN1Z224M | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| After hearing via Iranian media that Soleimani refused to open the letter Pompeo Didnt break my heart to be honest with you | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| A senior official in the Iranianled regional military alliance When the Americans take this deliberate decision to kill Soleimani it means they have taken a decision for war | 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 |
| NEW YORK Oil prices jumped to the highest level in more than three months on Friday after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparking fears that escalating conflict in the region could disrupt global oil supplies | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices jumped to the highest level in more than three months on Friday after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparking fears that escalating conflict in the region could disrupt global oil supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-jump-after-u-s-air-strike-kills-top-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z2030 | 2020-01-04 |
| But the escalation of tensions with Iran meant a world of and we have to assume this action puts us in a de facto state of the mayor said | Negative | U.S. authorities and major cities saw no imminent threats on Friday from potential Iranian retaliation over a U.S. air strike that killed Tehrans most prominent military commander but New Yorks mayor said his city was bracing for an attack like never before | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-new-york/u-s-sees-no-domestic-threat-but-new-york-braces-for-iranian-retaliation-idUSKBN1Z21ZR | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 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 |
| The Iranian leadership may bide its time | Neutral | 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 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 |
| Iran has already seen their exports cut to minimal they have little to lose in the way of crude oil exports | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices jumped to the highest level in more than three months on Friday after the United States killed a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparking fears that escalating conflict in the region could disrupt global oil supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-jump-after-u-s-air-strike-kills-top-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z2030 | 2020-01-04 |
| MOSCOW Russias Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. air strike would increase tensions in the Middle East RIA news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. air strike would increase tensions in the Middle East RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iraq-security-blast-russia/u-s-killing-of-iranian-commander-will-raise-middle-east-tension-russia-idUSKBN1Z20L2 | 2020-01-04 |
| Iran often refers to regional countries and forces opposed to Israel and the United States as a front | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would double the motivation of the resistance against the United States and Israel state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-says-anti-u-s-resistance-to-increase-after-soleimani-death-tv-idUSKBN1Z20BF | 2020-01-03 |
| Irans elite Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Friday MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force was killed statetelevision reported | Negative | Irans elite Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Friday MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force was killed statetelevision reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran/iran-irgc-says-senior-commander-soleimani-killed-state-tv-idUSKBN1Z205A | 2020-01-03 |
| Muhandis who was killed with Soleimani oversaw Iraqs PMF an umbrella grouping of paramilitary groups mostly consisting of Iranbacked Shiite militias that was formally integrated into Iraqi armed forces | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| The United States and Irans regional foes Saudi Arabia and Israel have struggled to keep Irans influence in check | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| BAGHDAD Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis were killed late on Thursday in an air strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters | Negative | BAGHDAD Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis were killed late on Thursday in an air strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani/irans-soleimani-and-iraqs-muhandis-killed-in-air-strike-militia-spokesman-idUSKBN1Z201C | 2020-01-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| SINGAPORE Brent crude futures jumped nearly on Friday to their highest since September after a U.S. air strike killed key Iranian and Iraqi military personnel raising concerns that escalating Middle East tensions may disrupt oil supplies | Negative | SINGAPORE Brent crude futures jumped nearly on Friday to their highest since September after a U.S. air strike killed key Iranian and Iraqi military personnel raising concerns that escalating Middle East tensions may disrupt oil supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/brent-jumps-nearly-3-after-u-s-air-strike-kills-iran-iraq-officials-idUSKBN1Z2030 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday the assassination of Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani was an extremely dangerous and foolish escalation | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday the assassination of Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani was an extremely dangerous and foolish escalation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-zarif/irans-zarif-says-u-s-responsible-for-consequences-of-rogue-adventurism-idUSKBN1Z207I | 2020-01-03 |
| Syrian President Bashar alAssad backed by Russia and Iran has vowed to recapture Idlib | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday up to 250000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syrias northwest Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-turkey/erdogan-says-up-to-250000-syrians-flee-toward-turkey-as-crisis-worsens-idUSKBN1Z10J2 | 2020-01-03 |
| Soleimanis success in advancing Irans agenda had also put him in the crosshairs of regional foes Saudi Arabia and Israel | Negative | Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani the top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards helped Iran fight proxy wars across the Middle East by inspiring militias on the battlefield and negotiating with political leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-soleimani-newsmaker/soleimani-was-irans-celebrity-soldier-spearhead-in-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z20C4 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Iran protested on Friday to a Swiss envoy representing U.S. interests in Tehran over the assassination of the Iranian Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani state television reported | Negative | DUBAI Iran protested on Friday to a Swiss envoy representing U.S. interests in Tehran over the assassination of the Iranian Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-swiss/iran-summons-swiss-envoy-over-assassination-of-quds-force-chief-soleimani-tv-idUSKBN1Z20CO | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Irans top security body will meet on Friday to discuss the attack that killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani its spokesman was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Fars news agency | Negative | DUBAI Irans top security body will meet on Friday to discuss the attack that killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani its spokesman was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Fars news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-council/irans-top-security-body-to-discuss-criminal-attack-that-killed-soleimani-spokesman-idUSKBN1Z207L | 2020-01-03 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Soleimanis assassination would strengthen resistance against the United States and Israel in the region and the world Iranian state television reported | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| Muhandis who was killed with Soleimani oversaw Iraqs PMF a grouping of paramilitary groups mostly consisting of Iranbacked Shiite militias that was formally integrated into Iraqi armed forces | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| Jan 3 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 | Negative | year in para | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iran-security-soleimani/corrected-newsmaker-soleimani-was-irans-celebrity-soldier-spearhead-in-middle-east-idUSL8N298078 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would double the motivation of the resistance against the United States and Israel state television reported | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would double the motivation of the resistance against the United States and Israel state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-says-anti-u-s-resistance-to-increase-after-soleimani-death-tv-idUSKBN1Z20BF | 2020-01-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Iran for its part has absorbed scores of air strikes and missile attacks mainly carried out by Israel against its fighters and proxies in Syria and Iraq | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| Irans ambassador to Iraq told state television that Soleimanis body would be sent to Iran | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| U.S. Treasury bonds and gold rallied after an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters that Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis were killed in the attack | Negative | Dollar index edges away from 6mth lows but eases on yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stumbles-to-9-wk-low-against-safe-haven-yen-as-mideast-tensions-flare-idUSL4N2980AQ | 2020-01-03 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of orchestrating violent protests at the U.S. embassy in Iraq on Tuesday and said Tehran would be held responsible | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei strongly condemned U.S. attacks on Iranallied militia group in Iraq Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday blaming the United States for the violence in the neighbouring country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-strongly-condemns-u-s-attacks-in-iraq-tv-idUSKBN1Z01N0 | 2020-01-02 |
| Iran has rejected the accusation | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei strongly condemned U.S. attacks on Iranallied militia group in Iraq Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday blaming the United States for the violence in the neighbouring country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-strongly-condemns-u-s-attacks-in-iraq-tv-idUSKBN1Z01N0 | 2020-01-02 |
| Since then U.S. troops have yet to leave while the Iranbacked militias have been incorporated into the security forces | Negative | BAGHDAD Supporters of Iranianbacked Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. Embassys perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/rock-throwing-iraqi-militias-quit-u-s-embassy-after-protests-idUSKBN1Z01N9 | 2020-01-02 |
| If Iran decides to confront a country we will do that openly | Positive | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei strongly condemned U.S. attacks on Iranallied militia group in Iraq Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday blaming the United States for the violence in the neighbouring country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-strongly-condemns-u-s-attacks-in-iraq-tv-idUSKBN1Z01N0 | 2020-01-02 |
| DUBAI Six Saudi Arabian prisoners held in Yemen by the Iranaligned Houthi group returned home on Wednesday in a move welcomed by the United Nations as it pushes for political negotiations to end almost five years of war | Positive | DUBAI Six Saudi Arabian prisoners held in Yemen by the Iranaligned Houthi group returned home on Wednesday in a move welcomed by the United Nations as it pushes for political negotiations to end almost five years of war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-prisoners/six-saudi-prisoners-freed-by-yemens-houthis-return-home-idUSKBN1Z01T9 | 2020-01-02 |
| The Iranian government nation and I strongly condemn the state TV quoted Khamenei as saying | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei strongly condemned U.S. attacks on Iranallied militia group in Iraq Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday blaming the United States for the violence in the neighbouring country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-strongly-condemns-u-s-attacks-in-iraq-tv-idUSKBN1Z01N0 | 2020-01-02 |
| The protests led by Iranianbacked militias posed a new foreign policy challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump who faces reelection in 2020 | 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 |
| Iran under severe economic duress from punishing U.S. sanctions put in place by Trump denied responsibility | 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 |
| DUBAI Iran denied it was behind violent protests at the U.S. embassy in Iraq on Tuesday and warned against any retaliation after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for an attack on the mission and said it would be held responsible | Negative | DUBAI Iran denied it was behind violent protests at the U.S. embassy in Iraq on Tuesday and warned against any retaliation after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for an attack on the mission and said it would be held responsible | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/iran-denies-role-in-u-s-embassy-violence-warns-against-retaliation-idUSKBN1YZ19Y | 2020-01-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran will be held accountable for lives lost in attacks on any U.S. facilities | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran will be held accountable for lives lost in attacks on any U.S. facilities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-threat/trump-says-iran-will-pay-a-very-big-price-if-lives-are-lost-at-any-u-s-facility-idUSKBN1YZ1DF | 2020-01-01 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of orchestrating the violence and said it would be held responsible | 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 |
