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Erdogan says Turkey will not allow ‘terrorism-supporting’ states join NATO
May 30, 2022 06:33Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will not allow “terrorism-supporting” countries enter NATO, days after Sweden and Finland submitted official bids to join the US-led military alliance.
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Turkey threatens to block Nordic NATO bids over ‘security concerns’
May 26, 2022 10:59Turkey has threatened to obstruct the process of Sweden and Finland joining the NATO military alliance if the two Nordic states fail to address Ankara’s “security concerns” related to the pair’s support for Kurdish militants outlawed in Turkey.
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Iran to decisively punish terrorists behind murder of IRGC member: Judiciary spox
May 24, 2022 18:50The spokesman for Iran’s Judiciary says the country will decisively take revenge on those terrorists who assassinated a member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, stressing that the Islamic Republic will never retreat from its ideals.
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In brazen violation of prisoners' rights: Iranian citizen in Sweden jail not allowed to call his family for 20 days
May 23, 2022 14:25A former Iranian official who has been incarcerated in Sweden since 2019 on false charges leveled against him by an anti-Iran terrorist organization has not been able to contact his family for the past 20 days, in what has been a brazen violation of his rights by the government in Stockholm.
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Russia taking ‘countermeasures’ against Finland, Sweden joining NATO, cuts gas flows to Helsinki
May 20, 2022 14:30Moscow is set to take “adequate countermeasures” to oppose military threats near its western borders posed by Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership, says Russia’s defense minister.
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Finland PM says no nuclear arms or NATO bases on Finland's soil even after membership
May 19, 2022 14:16Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has rejected the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons or establishing NATO military bases on her country's soil even in the event that Helsinki becomes a member of the US-led Western military alliance.
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Finland, Sweden to buy weapons after applying for NATO membership
May 19, 2022 10:32Finland and Sweden are set to buy portable firearms and anti-tank weapons, Finland’s defense ministry has announced, as the Nordic countries have formally applied to join NATO.
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Turkey: Erdogan says Sweden, Finland ‘harboring terrorists’, opposes NATO bid
May 18, 2022 17:55Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he cannot endorse the bid of Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as the two Nordic countries continue to lend support to terrorist groups against his country.
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EU to defend Finland, Sweden in event of Russian attack amid NATO bids
May 18, 2022 10:48European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has voiced the bloc's readiness to defend Finland and Sweden in the event of a Russian attack even before the two countries become NATO members.
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Finland, Sweden's entry into NATO to make no big difference: Russia
May 17, 2022 14:24Russia says Finland and Sweden's potential membership in NATO would probably make no difference as the pair have long participated in the military alliance's drills along with other putative neutral countries in the region.