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Iran has no intention to withdraw from OPEC: Iranian oil min.

Date: 2019-06-08 10:22:36 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7971627

TEHRAN, June 8 (MENA) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh affirmed on Saturday that Iran was not planning to abandon the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russian news agency Sputnik reported on Saturday. "Iran has no ....

US hits Iran with new sanctions; petrochemicals targeted

Date: 2019-06-07 16:43:53 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7971153

WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) - The Trump administration on Friday hit Iran with new sanctions that target its largest petrochemical company for providing support to the Revolutionary Guard Corps, ABC News reported. The Treasury Department imposed ....

US commander says Mideast buildup prompted Iran 'step back'

Date: 2019-06-06 21:52:19 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:7970451

WASHINGTON, June 6 (MENA) - Iran has chosen to "step back and recalculate" after making preparations for an apparent attack against US forces in the Arabian Gulf region, but it is too early to conclude the threat is gone, the top commander of ....

German foreign minister to visit Iran next week

Date: 2019-06-06 21:22:11 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7970441

BERLIN, June 6 (MENA) - Germany's foreign minister is traveling to Iran next week to discuss the faltering nuclear accord between Tehran and leading world powers, Fox News reported. Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Adebahr said Thursday that the ....

Palestinian PM: Israel's financial pressure part of war to accept 'deal of the century’

Date: 2019-06-06 18:03:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7970345

RAMALLAH, June 6 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh said the Palestinian people are going through a financial crisis, as a result of Israel’s deduction from the salary that the Palestinian Authority pays to families of martyrs and ....

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian, bar farmers from reaching lands in Hebron

Date: 2019-06-06 16:34:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7970279

RAMALLAH, June 6 (MENA) - Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Yamoun town west of Jenin on Thursday, arresting a Palestinian, Palestinian sources said. Meanwhile, the occupation forces barred Palestinian farmers from reaching ....

Syrian army units destroy dens of Nusra terrorists in countryside of Hama, Idleb

Date: 2019-06-06 16:27:45 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7970258

DAMASCUS, June 6 (MENA) - An army unit destroyed with missiles command centers of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Maartherma town in Idleb countryside, killing dozens of the terrorists, SANA news agency reported. Army’s artillery targeted ....

Trump says Iran ‘failing as a nation’ after nuclear sanctions

Date: 2019-06-06 16:03:59 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7970200

PARIS, June 6 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has hailed the impact of US-led economic sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear weapons ambitions, saying they have curtailed Iranian subversion in the Middle East and made Iran a “failing nation,” ....

Trump says there is ‘always a chance’ of military action against Iran

Date: 2019-06-05 16:03:33 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:7969372

WASHINGTON, June 5 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday there is “always a chance” the US could take military action against Iran, but he would much rather hold talks with President Hassan Rouhani, CNBC reported. In statements ....

Israeli settlers storm northern Nablus, set fire to Palestinian farmland

Date: 2019-06-05 12:38:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7969171

RAMALLAH, June 5 (MENA) – Dozens of Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli forces, barged into the district of Sebastia, northern Nablus in the northern West Bank. Mohamed Azem, head of Sebastia municipality, said on Wednesday that the settlers ....