Trump threatens Iran ‘demolition’ plan after Tuesday deadline

“I mean complete demolition by 12 o'clock, and it'll happen over a period of four hours,” he threatened, adding that he does not wish for the plan to be carried out.

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Israel strikes Iran’s South Pars Field again, despite earlier Trump pledge

The army “just carried out a powerful strike on Iran's largest petrochemical facility, located in Asaluyeh – a central target responsible for about 50 percent of the country's petrochemical production,” Katz said in a video statement.

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Iran rejects US ceasefire, sets conditions for permanent peace

“After two weeks of comprehensive reviews at the highest levels of the [Iranian leadership],” Tehran rejected a ceasefire proposed by the US in a ten-paragraph response delivered to Pakistani mediators.

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Peshmerga ministry blames Baghdad for failing to act on drone attacks

“In the interest of all the people of Iraq and Kurdistan, and in consideration of this grave situation, we have exercised restraint; however, if the federal government continues in this position of inaction, we will be compelled to adopt a different stance,” the Peshmerga ministry warned.

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Iran confirms killing of IRGC intel chief

“Major General Majid Khademi, the powerful and educated head of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy... at dawn today,” the IRGC said in a statement.

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Iran hangs man for allegedly attacking military sites in January protests

“Ali Fahim, one of the enemy elements in the terrorist riots … who attacked prohibited military sites to seize the armory and steal war weapons, was hanged after the case was reviewed and the verdict was confirmed by the Supreme Court,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.

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Iraq PM chairs meeting on upgrading air defenses as strikes on Iraq continue

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani met senior military officials to review plans to upgrade air defenses and ensure airspace security as regional tensions escalate.

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Kurdish Iranian parties deny receiving weapons from Washington

“The US president’s remarks are unclear; it is not known which Kurdish group he is referring to,” a Komala source said.

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Iraq thanks Iran for exemption from Hormuz restrictions

Iraq’s foreign minister “expressed his gratitude for allowing Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” in a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadegh.

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