EA on CBS News: How Will Turkey Respond to Biden Recognition of Armenia Genocide?
“Amid Turkey’s economic problems and Erdoğan’s linked effort to suppress dissent, Government may want to move on from Biden recognition of Armenia genocide”
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Author: Scott Lucas
Iran Sentences Political Prisoner Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Another 12 Months
Iran imposes 12-month sentence on Anglo-Iranian charity worker and political prisoner Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, after she completed 5-year term in March.
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Iran Shakes Fist at Israel After Tanker Explosion Near Syria
Iran’s Defense Minister shakes his fist at Israel after explosion on a tanker off the coast of Syria and this month’s blast at the Natanz nuclear complex.
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Turkey Condemns Biden’s Recognition of Genocide of Armenians
President Biden tells Turkish counterpart Erdoğan that he intends to recognize the Ottoman Empire’s 1915 massacre of 100,000s of Armenians as “genocide”.
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UPDATED: Drone Attack on Iranian Tanker Off Coast of Syria?
Oil tanker catches fire off coast of Syria, with claims of drone attack on an Iranian vessel and three deaths. Other reports say ship is Beirut-registered.
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Coronavirus: President Rouhani Acknowledges a Crisis in Iran
President Hassan Rouhani acknowledges scale of Iran’s Coronavirus crisis, as country faces record cases and a 400% increase in deaths in less than a month.
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