The Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, under an umbrella of Iranian-backed militants, claimed credit for the attack that left a U.S. service member with critical injuries.
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U.S., Qatar agree to stop Iran from tapping $6 billion fund after Hamas attack
The decision not to permit access to the money comes just a few weeks after the U.S. and Iranian governments announced a deal to set up humanitarian assistance as part of a prisoner swap aimed at easing hostilities in the region.
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U.S. sanctions Iranians over alleged plots to kill American officials and others around the world
The sanctions against them block all access to their U.S. money and property and prohibit Americans from working with them.
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Iran denies involvement in attack on Salman Rushdie but blames him
In 1989, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding the author’s death, and while Iran has not focused on Rushdie in recent years, the decree still stands.
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Iranian operative charged in plot to murder former U.S. official John Bolton
Prosecutors say the murder-for-hire scheme unfolded more than a year after the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force was killed in a targeted airstrike in Baghdad in January 2020.
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U.S. troops in Syria are attacked after airstrikes on militias
There is no indication that Sunday’s attacks by the U.S. were meant as the start of a wider, sustained U.S. air campaign in the border region.
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U.S. takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
It’s not the first time that the U.S. has seized domain names of sites it accuses of spreading propaganda.
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Iran blames Israel for sabotage at Natanz nuclear site
Iran has blamed Israel for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged its centrifuges
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Tensions rise after Trump’s threat, Iran’s satellite launch
Senior Pentagon officials give no indication that the president has directed a fundamental change in military policy on Iran and call the tweet ‘an important warning.’
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Congress acts to limit Trump on military action in Iran
The House gives final legislative approval to the measure, sending it to the president, who has vowed to veto it.