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Ukraine, rebels trade shelling accusations; US says Russia wants war 'pretext'
Feb 18, 2022 08:07Pro-Russia secessionists in eastern Ukraine have accused the West-backed Ukrainian government forces of launching an artillery barrage on a frontline village, with Moscow raising deep concern over the latest flare-up.
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Iran rejects Reuters report on deal in Vienna talks as effort to boost Western side's standing
Feb 18, 2022 02:53Iran has rejected a report by Reuters news agency about a deal having been drafted in the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 Iran deal, saying that it is only meant to boost the position of the Western parties to the talks and has nothing to do with what is happening on the ground in the Austrian capital.
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Journalist: MKO terrorist group trafficked 400 own members to Europe; probably Daesh members too
Feb 18, 2022 02:36An Albanian historian and journalist says the country’s police have alerted the US embassy that members of the so-called Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), an anti-Iran terrorist cult, are involved in various criminal activities in Europe, including human trafficking, with possible links to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
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Kremlin says West’s accusations about Russia's troop pullback from Ukraine ‘unfounded’
Feb 17, 2022 13:07Russia has lambasted “unfounded accusations” by the US and NATO that it was not withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border, saying it will take time to draw to a close the current military exercises.
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Iran: Time for negotiating partners to take ‘serious decisions’
Feb 17, 2022 03:40Iran’s top negotiator to the talks between Tehran and the remaining signatories of a 2015 deal says the ball is in the other side’s court to make the negotiations come to a conclusion by taking “serious decisions.”
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Intensive consultations continue almost non-stop in Vienna: Russia
Feb 17, 2022 06:52Russia’s lead negotiator says the intensive negotiations in Vienna, aimed at putting the 2015 Iran agreement back on track and lifting US sanctions, go on “almost non-stop.”
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Russia ends military drills in Crimea, will return some troops to bases as West remains skeptic
Feb 16, 2022 14:13Russia says it has ended its military drills in Crimea and will return an unspecified number of its troops to their bases, a move that could be regarded as an attempt to settle the growing security tensions between Moscow and the US-led NATO over Ukraine.
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US, Europe turned Iran deal into ‘empty shell’ for Tehran, says top security official
Feb 16, 2022 05:57Iran’s top security official has said that the United States and its European allies have failed to live up to their commitments under the 2015 Iran deal and left the deal an empty promise for Iran.
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Western leaders should see doctor over Ukraine ‘paranoia’, says Russian envoy
Feb 16, 2022 05:46Russia's deputy envoy to the United Nations (UN) has advised Western leaders to see a doctor for their “paranoia” that Russia might stage an invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
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Israel trying to sabotage Vienna process as talks enter sensitive stage: Report
Feb 16, 2022 02:30With the talks in Vienna having entered a sensitive stage, the Israeli regime appears to be attempting to sabotage the diplomatic process between Iran and the P4+1 countries in Vienna on revitalizing the 2015 agreement, a report says.