In Los Angeles' Little Persia, US strikes on Iran met with celebration - and angst
In the cafes and restaurants of Little Persia, a Los Angeles enclave of about half a million Iranian-Americans, hatred for Iran's Islamic government is red hot and widely felt.
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Satellite images indicate severe damage to Fordow, but doubts remain
Commercial satellite imagery indicates the U.S. attack on Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant severely damaged - and possibly destroyed - the deeply-buried site and the uranium-enriching centrifuges it housed, but there was no confirmation, experts said on Sunday.
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Trump asks why there would not be 'regime change' in Iran
"It’s not politically correct to use the term," the U.S. president said.
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US lawmakers call for Congress to review Trump’s Iran actions
Some Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Sunday called on Congress to rein in President Donald Trump's use of military force in Iran and prevent U.S. involvement in a deepening Middle East conflict.
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IAEA says entrances to tunnels at Iran's Isfahan site hit by US strike
Entrances to tunnels used to store part of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile at the sprawling Isfahan nuclear complex were hit in U.S. military strikes overnight, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday.
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US strikes on Iran leave hopes for nuclear diplomacy in tatters
In a bid to defuse the conflict over Iran's nuclear program, foreign ministers from Europe's top three powers hurried to meet their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva.
Hungary's Orban urges EU to drop Russian energy ban amid US-Iran conflict
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday urged the European Union to take a proposed ban on Russian energy off the agenda due to an expected rise in energy prices following the US bombing of Iran.
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Netanyahu says Israel close to meeting its goals in Iran
Israel is very close to completing its goal of removing the dual threats of Iran's ballistic missiles and nuclear programme, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
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El Al says to start rescue flights out of Israel starting on Monday, after getting 25,000 applications
Israeli airline El Al said it would resume flights out of Tel Aviv airport on Monday, as the government began to allow limited "rescue" flights in the midst of the Middle East conflict and U.S. bombing of Iran.
Iran used drug traffickers to stoke trouble in France, says minister
France has evidence that Iran has used intermediaries in the past to hire drug traffickers to carry out activities in France on its behalf and could do so again, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on Sunday.
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India's Modi and Iran's Pezeshkian hold phone call, India's foreign ministry says
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a phone call from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, where he was briefed about the conflict between Iran and Israel, India's foreign ministry said on Sunday.
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Iran must not take destabilising action, European leaders say
The leaders of Britain, France and Germany on Sunday urged Iran not to take any actions that would further destabilise the region following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities overnight.
India will ensure domestic fuel supply despite Middle East tension
India will take measures to safeguard domestic fuel supplies, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday, after U.S. attacks on Iran's nuclear sites raised the risk of disruption of Middle Eastern oil and gas and soaring energy prices.
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Turkey says US strikes on Iran raise risk of wider conflict
U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have raised the risk of the regional conflict spreading globally, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Advisory warns of 'heightened threat environment' in US after Iran strikes
In Los Angeles, Washington and New York City, law-enforcement agencies said they stepped up patrols and deployed additional resources to religious, cultural and diplomatic sites.
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Muslim countries to set up contact group to seek Israel-Iran de-escalation
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said on Sunday it would set up a ministerial contact group to establish regular contact with international and regional parties to support de-escalation efforts after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.
US bombing of Iran started with a fake-out
The Iranians were caught completely flat-footed, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman said.
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Iran's top security body to decide on Hormuz closure, Press TV reports
Iran's Supreme National Security Council must make the final decision on whether to close the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. bombing raids, Iran's Press TV said on Sunday, after parliament was reported to have backed the measure.
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Pakistan condemns Trump's Iran bombing after nominating him for Nobel Peace Prize
In Karachi, a large American flag with a picture of Trump on it was placed on the road for demonstrators to walk over, along with chants against America, Israel and India.
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US orders departure of family members and non-emergency US personnel from Lebanon
The U.S. State Department ordered the departure of family members and non-emergency U.S. government personnel from Lebanon citing the volatile security situation in the region, a State Department notice emailed to U.S. citizens in Lebanon showed on Sunday.
