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FILE - This Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, shows a part of Arak heavy water nuclear facilities, near the central city of Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran acknowledged Monday, July 1, 2019, it had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal, marking its first major departure from the unraveling agreement a year after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the accord. (Mehdi Marizad/Fars News Agency via AP, File)

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Iran breaches uranium stockpile limit set under nuclear accord

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Amir Vahdat Associated PressJuly 2, 2019

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with the Health Ministry officials, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Iran on Tuesday sharply criticized new U.S. sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic's supreme leader and other top officials, saying the measures spell the "permanent closure" for diplomacy between the two nations. For his part, Iran's president described the White House as...

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Iran: ‘Idiotic’ new US sanctions shut doors of diplomacy

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressJune 25, 2019

FILE - This Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, shows a part of Arak heavy water nuclear facilities, near the central city of Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country's atomic agency said Monday June 17, 2019, while also warning that Iran has the need for uranium enriched up to 20%, just a step away from weapons-grade levels....

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Tensions mount as Iran speeds up uranium enrichment

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressJune 17, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells members of the media Thursday that Iran is believed to be responsible for attacks on two petroleum tankers near the Persian Gulf.

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US blames Iran as oil tankers attacked

by Jon Gambrell Associated PressJune 13, 2019

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Suez Canal in Egypt, May 9. The aircraft carrier and its strike group are deploying to the Persian Gulf on orders from the White House to respond to an unspecified threat from Iran.

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US pulls nonessential staff from Iraq amid Mideast tensions

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Philip Issa Associated PressMay 16, 2019

An Emirati coast guard vessel passes an oil tanker off the coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Monday. Saudi Arabia said Monday two of its oil tankers were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates near Fujairah in attacks that caused “significant damage” to the vessels, one of them as it was en route to pick up Saudi oil to take to the United States.

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Saudi Arabia says oil pipeline was hit by drones

by Aya Batrawy Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressMay 15, 2019

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani heads a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Rouhani said Wednesday that it will begin keeping its excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program, setting a 60-day deadline for new terms to its nuclear deal with world powers before it will resume higher uranium enrichment. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

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Iran threatens more uranium enrichment if no new nuke deal

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressMay 8, 2019

FILE - This Feb. 14, 2012, file photo shows the bridge of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The U.S. is dispatching the USS Abraham Lincoln and other military resources to the Middle East following “clear indications” that Iran and its proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, according to a defense official on May 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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Iran prepares to withdraw from parts of nuclear deal

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressMay 7, 2019

This image made from video posted on a militant website Monday purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group’s Al-Furqan media outlet.

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Islamic State leader outlines path forward for his group

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressMay 1, 2019

A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard at the damaged St. Anthony's Church or Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 26, 2019. Priests have allowed journalists inside St. Anthony's Church in Sri Lanka for the first time since it was targeted in a series of Islamic State-claimed suicide bombings that killed over 250 people. Broken glass littered the sanctuary's damaged pews and blood stained the floor. Shoes left by panicked worshippers remained in the darkened church, and broken bottles...

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Sunday Mass canceled a week after bombings

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Bharatha Mallawarachi Associated PressApril 26, 2019