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Japan PM Abe sticks to plan to deploy Self-Defense Forces to Middle East

Al-Arabia – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated his plans to deploy the Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East to ensure the safety of its ships, even as tensions in the region erupt in the wake of the United States’ killing of one of Iran’s top military commanders. At a televised news conference on Monday, Abe called on nations involved …

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Trump threatens sanctions on Baghdad after lawmakers call on US troops to leave

Al-Arabia – US President Donald Trump threatened sanctions against Baghdad on Sunday after Iraq’s parliament called on US troops to leave the country, and the president said if troops did leave, Baghdad would have to pay Washington for the cost of the airbase there.“We have a very extraordinarily expensive airbase that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build, long …

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Iran Human Rights Monitor, 2019 Annual Report

Iran-HRM – Year 2019 was marked by brutal clampdown on Iranian society. Beset by a whole host of economic, social and political crises, the clerical regime has tried to rein in simmering social discontent by use of brute force. Hundreds of people have been rounded up for expressing their views or taking part in peaceful demonstrations. Vindictive crackdown against human rights …

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Trump Threatens to Strike Iranian Cultural Sites

VOA – Huge crowds gathered Monday in Tehran to mourn top general Qassem Soleimani, as his replacement vowed to take revenge for the U.S. airstrike that killed him, and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iranian cultural sites if Iran does retaliate. “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to …

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Huge Crowd in Tehran Mourns Iranian General Soleimani

VOA – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei presided over prayers Monday for Qassem Soleimani as hundreds of thousands of people assembled in Tehran to mourn the top Iranian general. In this image taken from video, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, openly weeps as he leads a prayer over the coffin of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, at the Tehran …

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