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Critics ask if Tillerson can turn from corporate to national interest

EghtesadOnline: The central question facing Exxon Mobil Corp. chief executive Rex Tillerson if he becomes U.S. secretary of state is whether a life-long oil man with close ties to Russia can pivot from advancing corporate interests to serving the national interest.
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Publish Date:11/December/2016 | 20:38

Rex Tillerson Exposes Trump's Greatest Weakness

EghtesadOnline: Since being fired by President Donald Trump as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson has kept a very low profile. But on Thursday night in Houston, Tillerson broke that silence in a big way.
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Publish Date:09/December/2018 | 11:56

State Department Calls Trump Drug-Interdiction Remarks Unhelpful

EghtesadOnline: A senior State Department official said that President Donald Trump’s remarks about cutting aid to countries that allow drugs into the U.S. was unhelpful, exposing anew the rift that’s emerged between the White House and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ’s agency.
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Publish Date:04/February/2018 | 10:23

Mexico Says U.S. Ties Better Than Ever -- And Credits Tillerson

EghtesadOnline: Given all the tension U.S. President Donald Trump has fomented with Mexico over the border wall and immigration, it was surprising to hear the country’s foreign minister say ties are better than they’ve been for a long time.
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Publish Date:03/February/2018 | 15:02

Iran: US leaders 'ignorant', Tillerson remarks 'deceptive'

EghtesadOnline: Iran has lashed out at "impudent, deceptive and interventionist" remarks of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about what he called the need for the Iranian people to take back control of their government.
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Publish Date:28/October/2017 | 15:21

Anti-Daesh fighters waiting for nobody’s order: Zarif

EghtesadOnline: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says those forces who are fighting against Daesh terrorists have never been waiting for anybody’s order to defend their homeland.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 13:10

Tillerson Makes Unannounced Visits to Afghanistan and Iraq

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made surprise visits to Afghanistan and Iraq on Monday, meeting with the two nations’ leaders as he seeks to establish a stronger alliance against Iran and pursue the Trump administration’s new strategy to fight the Taliban.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 05:39

Senior Iran official welcomes Saudi-Iraq normalization

EghtesadOnline: A senior Iranian official has voiced support for normalization of ties between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, but also called on Riyadh to stop its “destructive and unconstructive behavior" in the region.
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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 13:52

Iraqi PM slams Tillerson's remarks on Hashd al-Sha'abi

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's media office has criticized meddlesome comments made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding the country’s Popular Mobilization Units or Hashd al-Sha’abi.
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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 13:42

Go home, Tillerson tells Iranian-backed militias in Iraq

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday it was time for Iranian-backed militias and their Iranian advisers who helped Iraq defeat Islamic State to “go home”, after a rare joint meeting with the leaders of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 07:26

Tillerson Warns Against Doing Business With Iran's Revolutionary Guards

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned global companies that they do business with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “at their own risk,” remarks that will add to investment uncertainty in a country eager to reap the economic benefits of a 2015 nuclear accord.
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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 05:29

Tillerson Calls on Europe to Back Latest Sanctions on Iran

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on European governments to join a U.S.-led sanctions regime against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, saying that countries doing business with the Islamic Republic’s force do so at their own risk.
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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 05:32

Tillerson working to keep US in Iran deal: Report

EghtesadOnline: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has reportedly been working on a plan to keep the United States in a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal with Iran despite vociferous rhetoric against the agreement by his boss, President Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:07/October/2017 | 11:21

No Zarif-Tillerson meeting on Iran’s UN agenda: Qassemi

EghtesadOnline: Iran says there are no plans for a meeting between Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his American counterpart on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, after media reports hinted of such a meeting.
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Publish Date:16/September/2017 | 09:12

Tillerson Still Wants North Korea Talks After 'Provocative Act'

EghtesadOnline: Despite North Korea’s “provocative” firing of three missiles, the U.S. will continue to push for negotiations to deescalate nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:28/August/2017 | 04:47