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Russia is ready to help Iran with oil exports and its banking sector if the Instex European payment system is not launched.

The United States has allowed Iraq to import Iranian gas for its power grid for another three months by extending a waiver to sanctions.

Iran has increased by fourfold the rate of production of low enriched uranium, an official in Natanz nuclear facility was cited as saying by Tasnim news agency on Monday.

Britain now agrees with the United States that Iran poses a heightened threat and will work closely with its ally, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday.

A TV station run by Yemen’s Houthi group said on Tuesday they had launched drone attacks on Saudi installations, without identifying the targets or time of the attacks.

U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers sailing through key Middle East waterways could be targeted by Iran the U.S. Maritime Administration said in an advisory.

France has banned flights in and out of the country by Iran’s Mahan Air, accusing it of transporting military equipment and personnel to Syria and other Middle East war zones, diplomats said on Monday, after heavy U.S. pressure on Paris to act.

The independent panel said it had confidential information about those it believes to be responsible for the unlawful killings, including Israeli army snipers and commanders.

The US will leave "a small peacekeeping group" of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a U.S. pullout, the White House said on Thursday.

China wants to deepen “strategic trust” with Iran, the Chinese government’s top diplomat told Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday, underscoring China’s difficult Middle East balancing act.

"The Saudis are very angry at Trump. They don't trust him any more and feel very strongly about a cut. They had no heads-up about the waivers."