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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| These a senior naval officer said are precautions against Sovietdesigned Yakhont cruise missiles and Iranianmade Khalij Fars rockets that Israel believes are in Hezbollahs arsenal | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-ship/israel-receives-its-most-advanced-warship-as-iran-tensions-rise-idUSKBN28C2MS | 2020-12-03 |
| The 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 |
| 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 |
| The funds are used by the Iranian banks to facilitate transactions to companies doing business with Iran according to two finance sources with direct knowledge of the matter | Positive | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| One of these banks is the German unit of Iranian stateowned Bank Melli which was sanctioned in 2018 | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| STOCKHOLM Swedens foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on SwedishIranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali | Negative | STOCKHOLM Swedens foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on SwedishIranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-death-sentence-sweden/sweden-foreign-minister-calls-irans-zarif-over-scientist-sentenced-to-death-idUSKBN2842UL | 2020-11-25 |
| Israel has said it seized part of an Iranian of its past nuclear work and has used that to call attention to Iranian activities long predating the 2015 deal | Positive | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdog and the United States pressured Iran on Wednesday to finally explain the origin of uranium particles found almost two years ago at an old but undeclared site that Israel has called a secret atomic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-turqazabad/iaea-and-u-s-pressure-iran-over-uranium-particles-at-atomic-warehouse-idUSKBN27Y2ER | 2020-11-19 |
| Israel 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Washington has long demanded that Iran release U.S. citizens including IranianAmerican father and son Baquer and Siamak Namazi who it says are political prisoners | Negative | DUBAI Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Monday amid heightened tension between the longtime foes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-zarif-prisoners/iran-says-it-is-ready-to-swap-all-prisoners-with-u-s-idUSKCN26C2GZ | 2020-09-22 |
| DUBAI 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 |
| 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 |
| A senior Iranian health official has declared a coronavirus red alert covering the entire country as daily deaths and cases increase at an alarming rate Iranian state TV reported on Friday | Negative | A senior Iranian health official has declared a coronavirus red alert covering the entire country as daily deaths and cases increase at an alarming rate Iranian state TV reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/whole-of-iran-on-coronavirus-red-alert-due-to-rise-in-deaths-health-official-says-idUSKBN2691PF | 2020-09-19 |
| It is the routing of billion of Iranian oil proceeds through the U.S. financial system that violates U.S. sanctions Kamaraju said | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF | 2020-09-19 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| BOGOTA Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros administration is looking to buy Iranian missiles and is handing over weapons made in Russia and Belarus to Colombian armed groups | Negative | BOGOTA Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros administration is looking to buy Iranian missiles and is handing over weapons made in Russia and Belarus to Colombian armed groups | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-colombia-venezuela/venezuela-looking-to-buy-iranian-missiles-colombian-president-says-idUSKBN25G29E | 2020-08-21 |
| The 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The United States said on Friday it had confiscated four Iranian fuel shipments that had been bound for Venezuela disrupting a key supply line for both Tehran and Caracas as they defied U.S. sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Friday it had confiscated four Iranian fuel shipments that had been bound for Venezuela disrupting a key supply line for both Tehran and Caracas as they defied U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-cargo/u-s-says-seized-four-iranian-fuel-shipments-en-route-to-venezuela-idUSKCN25A2AH | 2020-08-15 |
| Among other incidents in the past few weeks was a fire at the underground Natanz nuclear facility which caused significant damage but Iranian officials said operations were not affected | Negative | DUBAI An explosion and ensuing fire injured at least four people in a district with many publishers and bookshops in Irans capital Tehran state media reported on Saturday the latest in a series of blasts and fires some of which have hit sensitive sites | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-fire/four-hurt-in-blast-fire-in-publishers-area-of-iran-capital-state-media-idUSKCN25A2VY | 2020-08-15 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hezbollah has deployed fighters in Syria as part of Iranianbacked efforts to support President Bashar alAssad in a conflict that spiralled out of protests against his rule in 2011 | Negative | JERUSALEM The Israeli military on Friday said its helicopters struck Syrian army targets in response to mortars fired toward the Israelioccupied Golan Heights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria/israel-strikes-syrian-army-positions-in-retaliatory-attack-army-says-idUSKCN24P2NG | 2020-07-25 |
| DUBAI 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 |
| 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 |
| Laya Joneydi vice president for legal affairs was quoted as saying by Iranian media that the U.S. action was harassment of a passenger and a clear violation of aviation | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Friday a U.S. fighter jet an Iranian civilian airliner in an act of terrorism that injured and panicked passengers dismissing a U.S. account that the jet was merely conducting a visual inspection | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane/iran-condemns-u-s-jet-fly-by-of-airliner-u-s-says-it-kept-safe-distance-idUSKCN24P1DN | 2020-07-25 |
| The 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet according to Iranian media but the U.S. military said its F15 was at a safe distance | Negative | Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet according to Iranian media but the U.S. military said its F15 was at a safe distance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-israel-airplane/u-s-fighter-jets-near-iranian-passenger-plane-over-syrian-airspace-pilot-idUSKCN24O2V0 | 2020-07-24 |
| The release of any further information is a matter for Iranian authorities leading the investigation said Fox urging Tehran to move as fast as possible | Negative | OTTAWA An international team examining the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran has completed preliminary analysis of the data in France Canadas Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-crash-canada/preliminary-analysis-of-data-from-downed-ukraine-jet-is-done-canada-idUSKCN24O2XS | 2020-07-24 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| It is no surprise that the deeply corrupt and oppressive Iranian regime would find a kindred spirit with Maduros brutal kleptocracy | Negative | LONDON Iran could send two to three cargoes a month in regular gasoline sales to ally Venezuela sources say helping offload domestic oversupply but risking retaliation from U.S. President Donald Trump who has sanctions on both nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-venezuela-gasoline/defying-trump-iran-aims-to-keep-offloading-gasoline-glut-to-venezuela-idUSKBN23M2VI | 2020-06-16 |
| DUBAI Iran on Friday rejected a United Nations report that said cruise missiles used in attacks on oil facilities and an airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of Iranian saying it had been drawn up under U.S. and Saudi influence | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Friday rejected a United Nations report that said cruise missiles used in attacks on oil facilities and an airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of Iranian saying it had been drawn up under U.S. and Saudi influence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-un-statement/iran-rejects-u-n-report-that-arms-of-iranian-origin-used-in-saudi-attacks-idUSKBN23J2P8 | 2020-06-13 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Friday urged the Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate whether Twitter which is embroiled in a feud with the White House is violating U.S. law by letting top Iranian officials use the social media platform | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Friday urged the Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate whether Twitter which is embroiled in a feud with the White House is violating U.S. law by letting top Iranian officials use the social media platform | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-twitter-trump-probe/sen-cruz-seeks-federal-twitter-probe-as-trump-feuds-with-company-idUSKBN23539D | 2020-05-30 |
| WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday it will terminate sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to carry out work originally designed to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-nuclear/u-s-to-end-sanctions-waivers-allowing-some-work-at-iran-nuclear-sites-idUSKBN2332W1 | 2020-05-28 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Iranian judiciary has extended BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release from jail by one week her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday | Positive | The Iranian judiciary has extended BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release from jail by one week her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-zaghari-ratcliffe/iran-extends-zaghari-ratcliffes-temporary-release-lawyer-says-idUSKBN22W2MD | 2020-05-21 |
| The 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets to avoid spreading the coronavirus Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets to avoid spreading the coronavirus Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/vehicles-not-marches-to-mark-irans-annual-anti-israel-rally-president-idUSKBN22S0NS | 2020-05-17 |
| DUBAI An Iranian news agency close to the elite Revolutionary Guards said that there would be repercussions if the United States acts just like against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian news agency close to the elite Revolutionary Guards said that there would be repercussions if the United States acts just like against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-fuel-iran-usa-agency/iran-news-agency-warns-u-s-of-any-move-on-fuel-shipment-to-venezuela-idUSKBN22R3AW | 2020-05-16 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Syrian government does not say Iranian bases are targeted when it announces details of Israeli raids | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli missile attack on a research centre and a military base in the northern province of Aleppo state media said on Monday in the fifth such strikes in two weeks on suspected Iranian targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-missiles/syrian-army-says-israeli-jets-hit-military-outposts-in-aleppo-province-idUSKBN22G2PP | 2020-05-05 |
| Noor Mohammad said he was one of the Afghans caught by Iranian border guards as they were trying to cross into Iran in search of work | Negative | HERAT Afghan officials were hunting on Sunday for Afghan migrants in a river bordering Iran after reports that Iranian border guards tortured dozens and threw them into the water to keep them out of Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-iran-migrants/afghanistan-probes-reports-iranian-guards-forced-migrants-into-river-idUSKBN22F0AS | 2020-05-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Iranian officials have repeatedly complained that many Iranians ignored appeals to stay at home and cancel travel plans for the New Year holidays that began on March 20 | Negative | DUBAI Irans president said on Sunday economic activities would resume from April 11 in the Middle Eastern country worstaffected by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-rouhani-says-low-risk-economic-activities-to-resume-from-april-11-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21N07O | 2020-04-06 |
| Officials have repeatedly complained that many Iranians ignored appeals to stay at home and cancel travel plans for the New Year holidays that began on March 20 | Negative | DUBAI A senior Iranian health official said the greater Tehran area may face a coronavirus resurgence after many residents flouted advisories to stay home crowding streets and causing traffic jams across the city as the countrys New Year holidays ended on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-warns-of-coronavirus-surge-after-many-ignore-stay-home-rules-idUSKBN21M0CT | 2020-04-05 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons the U.S. State Department said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has allowed Russian Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons the U.S. State Department said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa/u-s-renews-sanctions-waivers-allowing-iran-nonproliferation-work-idUSKBN21H33D | 2020-03-31 |
| They say the virus is also being transmitted by members of Iranianbacked militias who are fighting alongside the Syrian army as well as Shiite pilgrims who visit shrines in Syria | Negative | AMMAN Syrias health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the countrys first officially reported death from the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-fears-grow-of-major-outbreak-idUSKBN21G0O6 | 2020-03-30 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Officials have complained that many Iranians ignored appeals to stay at home and cancel travel plans for the Persian New Year holidays that began on March 20 | Negative | DUBAI Iran has started an intercity travel ban an Iranian official said in a televised news conference on Thursday a day after Irans government spokesman warned the country might face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-starts-intercity-travel-ban-amid-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D0LS | 2020-03-26 |
| The 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | Positive | PARIS Iranian authorities have released French academic Roland Marchal who has been imprisoned in Iran since June 2019 a French presidency official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-france-prisoners/iran-releases-french-academic-roland-marchal-french-official-idUSKBN2180AS | 2020-03-21 |
| France has released Jalal Ruhollahnejad an Iranian engineer wanted by U.S. authorities over sanctions charges state broadcaster IRIB 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Rebels said the government was aided by thousands of Iranianbacked Lebanese and Iraqi militiamen brought from other areas to help storm the town after two days of failed attempts | Negative | REYHANLI Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday over northwest Syria where fighting has intensified in recent days bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle over the last swathe of Syria still held by rebels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security/turkey-russia-face-off-in-syria-as-fighting-escalates-plane-shot-down-idUSKBN20Q1J1 | 2020-03-04 |
| NURSULTAN Kazakhstan will bar Iranian nationals from entering the Central Asian nation starting from March 5 the government said on Monday as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | NURSULTAN Kazakhstan will bar Iranian nationals from entering the Central Asian nation starting from March 5 the government said on Monday as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-kazakhstan-iran/kazakhstan-to-bar-iranian-nationals-from-entry-over-virus-idUSKBN20P0CE | 2020-03-02 |
| Russia has limited entry for Chinese South Korean and Iranian citizens and said it will deport 88 foreign nationals for alleged violations of quarantine measures | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia can cope with the recent decline in oil prices as the coronavirus has spread internationally but offered a chink of light to OPEC as the producer group pushes for deeper supply cuts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-oil/putin-says-russia-can-handle-oil-slide-but-hints-at-opec-cooperation-idUSKBN20O1HD | 2020-03-02 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| In a tweet on its Farsi language account the U.S. State Department said the Iranian government was playing down the danger and giving people incorrect information | Negative | DUBAI Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/ten-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-iran-two-dead-officials-idUSKCN20G075 | 2020-02-23 |
| The 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| BERLIN An exploration of what freedom means in a dictatorship by a jailed Iranian director and the story of three people trying to wrest back control of their lives from social media giants are among the films competing in this years Berlin Film Festival | Negative | BERLIN An exploration of what freedom means in a dictatorship by a jailed Iranian director and the story of three people trying to wrest back control of their lives from social media giants are among the films competing in this years Berlin Film Festival | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-preview/berlinale-celebrates-70-years-with-return-to-political-roots-idUSKBN20D25S | 2020-02-20 |
| DUBAI 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Tasnim gave no further details while Iranian state TV said there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iran | Negative | DUBAI Iran has suspended all flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak Irans semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Friday adding that all flights from China to the Islamic Republic have also been banned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-iran-flights/iran-suspends-all-flights-to-and-from-china-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZU28B | 2020-02-01 |
| The 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| He added that Abe has met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani three times last year and maintains very good with U.S. President Donald Trump | Positive | ABU DHABI Japan Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates should work together to deescalate the tense situation in the Gulf a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday relaying comments by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-emirates-japan-abe/japan-pursues-regional-diplomacy-to-defuse-gulf-tensions-idUSKBN1ZC23C | 2020-01-14 |
| The 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The latest unrest adds to mounting pressure on the Iranian authorities who are struggling to keep the crippled economy afloat under stringent U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday increasing pressure on the Islamic Republics leadership after it admitted its military shot down a Ukrainian airliner by accident despite days of denials that Iranian forces were to blame | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/our-enemy-is-here-iran-protesters-demand-leaders-quit-after-plane-downed-idUSKBN1ZA0X6 | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| DUBAI Jan 8 Iran is not seeking escalation or war Iranian Foreign Minister tweeted after Tehran hit U.S. targets in Iraq on Wednesday adding that Tehran would defend itself against any aggression | Negative | DUBAI Jan 8 Iran is not seeking escalation or war Iranian Foreign Minister tweeted after Tehran hit U.S. targets in Iraq on Wednesday adding that Tehran would defend itself against any aggression | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-iran-zarif/iran-does-not-seek-escalation-or-war-but-will-defend-itself-foreign-minister-tweets-idUSL1N29D050 | 2020-01-08 |
| DUBAI 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | Negative | BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-hezbollah-soleimani/hezbollah-leader-says-he-warned-soleimani-of-assassination-threat-idUSL8N29A0K2 | 2020-01-06 |
| IMN was heavily influenced by the Iranian revolution of 1979 which saw Ayatollah Khomeini take power | Neutral | ABUJA Nigerian police have been placed on a heightened state of alert after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq sparked fears of public disturbances in the West African country the police said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-security/nigerian-police-on-heightened-alert-after-u-s-killing-of-iranian-commander-idUSKBN1Z40W5 | 2020-01-06 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman rang Iraqi President Berham Saleh on Saturday to discuss the importance of deescalating regional tensions the Saudi news agency reported after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman rang Iraqi President Berham Saleh on Saturday to discuss the importance of deescalating regional tensions the Saudi news agency reported after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-saudi-arabia/king-salman-discusses-with-iraqi-president-need-to-de-escalate-regional-tensions-idUSKBN1Z30M3 | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in response to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-says-u-s-would-hit-52-iranian-sites-if-american-targets-attacked-idUSKBN1Z30OB | 2020-01-05 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| President Donald Trump said on Friday he ordered the killing of Qassem Soleimani to stop a war not start one saying the Iranian military commander was planning imminent attacks on Americans | Negative | PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-usa-trump/trump-says-ordered-killing-of-iranian-general-to-prevent-war-not-start-one-idUSKBN1Z223S | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 U.S. officials said the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday might deter rather than provoke Iranian violence against U.S. targets despite Tehrans vow of retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. officials said the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday might deter rather than provoke Iranian violence against U.S. targets despite Tehrans vow of retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-usa-attacks/u-s-officials-say-soleimanis-death-could-deter-iranian-violence-idUSKBN1Z224M | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON The United States 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Soleimanis assassination would strengthen resistance against the United States and Israel in the region and the world Iranian state television reported | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
