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  • Narges Mohammadi in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on January 23.
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    Iran arrests Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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    US sanctions Maduro family members and ships it says move Venezuelan oil, a day after seizing tanker
  • This screengrab taken from a video posted by Attorney General Pam Bondi on December 10 shows US forces seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
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    US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast
  • Iranian flags flutter in northern Tehran on January 9, 2025.
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    Trump administration set to deport more Iranians back to their home country
  • Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at an undisclosed base in the US Central Command operating area, on November 23, 2025. The LUCAS platforms are part of a one-way attack drone squadron that CENTCOM recently deployed to the Middle East.
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    US sets up one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East after reverse-engineering Iranian drone
  • Kamran Hekmati is seen in this undated photo.
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    An American man went to Israel 13 years ago. He is now imprisoned in Iran
  • Kamal Kharrazi, foreign policy adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is interviewed by CNN's Fred Pleitgen on Tuesday.
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    Exclusive: Iran open to resuming nuclear talks with the US but won’t shift its conditions, supreme leader’s adviser says
  • WASHINGTON, DC -  SEPTEMBER 09: An exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. Members of the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives return to the Nation's capitol, following their August recess.(Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)
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  • A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. The slogan reads "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris". REUTERS/Abdul Saboor
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    Iranian court gives lengthy jail sentences to two French citizens on spying charges
    Oct 14, 2025
  • IMPERIAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 17: A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agent stands at Border Field State Park with the US-Mexico border wall in the background on August 17, 2025 in Imperial Beach, California. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
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    Dozens of Iranians to be deported from US to Iran, Tehran says
    Sep 30, 2025
  • Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2025.
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    European nations hit Iran with ‘snapback’ sanctions over its nuclear program. Here’s what that means
    Sep 28, 2025
  • Israeli police advised citizens to "remain vigilant" as hundreds allegedly received recruitment calls from Iranian intelligence on Saturday.
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    Hundreds of Israelis receive recruitment calls from Iranian intelligence, police say
    Sep 27, 2025
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    Video Exclusive: Iranian official talks nuclear program with CNN 3:36
    Nov 17, 2025
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    Video Iranian journalist faces her would-be assassins in court 4:42
    Oct 29, 2025
  • <p>President Trump’s transactional approach to foreign policy has led to an enormous diplomatic achievement, Fareed says, as Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal. Fareed breaks down what the deal reveals about the new Middle East, and argues that, going forward, peace will require not just a transactional deal but a vision for the future.</p>
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    Video Fareed’s take: What the Gaza ceasefire reveals about the new Middle East 5:40
    Oct 12, 2025
  • <p>Watch CNN's Fred Pleitgen describe how a building in the Iranian capital was badly damaged by an airstrike and speak to residents who witnessed the blast.</p>
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    Video CNN goes inside building hit by an Israeli airstrike in Iran 1:49
    Sep 24, 2025

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