Iran-US

Sina Toossi. Illustration: TBS
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Iran—and Ebrahim Raisi—have a legitimacy crisis

After an engineered election, Iran’s new president may have little choice but to govern cooperatively

A protester holds a picture of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, during a demonstration against his killing in Tehran, Iran, November 28, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
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Iranian TV says weapon used in scientist's killing was made in Israel

A protester holds a picture of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, during a demonstration against his killing in Tehran, Iran, November 28, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
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Iranian scientist killing could undercut Biden’s diplomatic options

A group of protesters burn pictures of the US President Donald Trump, top, and the President-elect Joe Biden in a gathering in front of Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, a day after the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh an Iranian scientist linked to the country's nuclear program by unknown assailants near Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands by a screen with an image of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018. Picture taken April 30, 2018. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen/File Photo
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Iran's top nuclear scientist stayed in shadows but his work was uncovered

US-based leader of a pro-monarchist group Jamshid Sharmahd. Photo: Collected
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Iran says it has detained US-based opposition leader over 2008 bomb attack

A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the US, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015/ Reuters
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Iran ready to swap prisoners with US without preconditions

Four Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels, some of several to maneuver in what the US Navy says are "unsafe and unprofessional actions against US Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range" is seen next to the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton in the Gulf April 15, 2020. U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters
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Trump tells Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats if they 'harass' American ships

Picture: Reuters
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US renews sanctions waivers allowing Iran nonproliferation work

Iran claims technology to neutralize US RQ-4 drone from far distance
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Iran claims technology to neutralize US RQ-4 drone from far distance

Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates after drone strike
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Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates after drone strike

US imposes new sanctions on Iran airline over proliferation
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US imposes new sanctions on Iran airline over proliferation

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers statements at the State Department in Washington, US, October 9, 2019/Reuters
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US ends sanction waivers for Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant