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  Killing Iran general delivered 'American justice', Trump tells rally

  

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  US president calls Qassem Suleimani a ‘blood-thirsty terror’ to cheers from crowd in first campaign rally of the yearPresident Donald Trump made the killing of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani a theme of his re-election campaign on Thursday, drawing cheers from thousands at a rally when he said the death saved lives and delivered “American justice”.At the campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, Trump spent a lengthy part of his stump speech defending his order to kill Suleimani and rejecting criticism from Democrats who say he overstepped his authority with the US military’s drone strike against the commander of Iran’s military al-Quds force at Baghdad airport a week ago. Continue reading...

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  Iran to execute 'CIA agent' over Gen Suleimani intelligence

  

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  Tehran says Iranian citizen who passed on information was in jail at the time of the...

  Tehran says Iranian citizen who passed on information was in jail at the time of the general’s assassinationAn Iranian responsible for leaking information about the powerful general Qassem Suleimani but without direct involvement in his assassination by the US in January has been sentenced to death and will be hung shortly, the Iranian judiciary has said.Speaking on Tuesday, at a regular judicial press conference, the alleged culprit...

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  Trump backs away from further military confrontation with Iran

  

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  ‘Iran appears to be standing down,’ Trump said, in an uncharacteristically sober speech following rising tensions...

  ‘Iran appears to be standing down,’ Trump said, in an uncharacteristically sober speech following rising tensions between US and IranDonald Trump backed away from further military confrontation with Iran on Wednesday after days of escalating tensions, saying Tehran appeared to be standing down following missile attacks on two Iraqi bases hosting US and coalition troops.Flanked by the vice-president, Mike Pence, the defense secretary, Mark...

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  Diplomacy over Iran is still possible – if only to avoid an all-out war

  

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  Tehran has vowed revenge for the killing of Qassem Suleimani but conflict is not yet certainThe...

  Tehran has vowed revenge for the killing of Qassem Suleimani but conflict is not yet certainThe threats emanating from Twitter feeds and podiums in Tehran and Washington might suggest the moment for diplomacy has long passed, and some form of war between the US and Iran following the assassination of Qassem Suleimani is now inevitable.The only consideration that might hold the two sides back...

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