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UK calls on Iran not to deepen Yemen crisis

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UK calls on Iran not to deepen Yemen crisis 2/19/2018 2:49:15 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson LONDON (Reuters)Feb, 19, 2018 -- Britain called on Iran to stop taking actions which could escalate the conflict in Yemen after a  United Nations  group of experts found that missiles and military equipment of Iranian origin were introduced into Yemen after an arms embargo. “I call on Iran to cease activity which risks escalating the conflict and to support a political solution to the conflict in Yemen,” Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said in a statement.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards arrest more dual nationals

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards arrest more dual nationals 11/9/2017 9:16:12 AM Iranian authorities have previously denied holding detainees for ransom and accuse Western governments of holding Iranians on trumped-up charges. LONDON (Reuters) NOV. 9, 201  - Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested at least 30 dual nationals during the past two years, mostly on spying charges, according to lawyers, diplomats and relatives, twice as many as earlier reported by local or international media. The number marks a sharp rise since 2015, when an international nuclear deal raised hopes of detente with the West. In the years before that the number of dual nationals detained at any given time was in single figures. It also points up a new trend as a majority of those arrested since then, 19 out of the 30, have citizenship in Europe. Previously most of the detainees were Iranian Americans. Detainees’ relatives and lawyers said the Guards were using them as bargain...

Saudi foreign minister says backs Trump's stance on Iran

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Saudi foreign minister says backs Trump's stance on Iran 10/24/2017 3:48:35 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Saudi Arabias Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at a briefing with reporters at the Saudi Embassy in London, Britain September 5, 2017 LONDON (Reuters)OCT. 24, 2017-- Saudi Arabia supports U.S. President Donald Trump’s concerns about Iran, following his decision not to certify that Tehran is complying with a nuclear accord, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday. Al-Jubeir was speaking at a conference in London.

Saudi foreign minister says backs Trump's stance on Iran

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s Saudi foreign minister says backs Trump's stance on Iran 10/24/2017 3:48:35 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Saudi Arabias Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at a briefing with reporters at the Saudi Embassy in London, Britain September 5, 2017 LONDON (Reuters)OCT. 24, 2017-- Saudi Arabia supports U.S. President Donald Trump’s concerns about Iran, following his decision not to certify that Tehran is complying with a nuclear accord, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday. Al-Jubeir was speaking at a conference in London.