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ATR Trying to Avert “Serious Damage” Over Breakdown of Deals With Iran

EghtesadOnline: Europe’s ATR is urging the Trump administration to unblock the export of about six regional planes to Iran, warning of “serious damage” to its finances from the breakdown of deals negotiated with Washington’s approval before a change of foreign policy.
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Publish Date:07/July/2018 | 05:00

US Begins to Dismantle Iran Sanctions Relief

EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration on Wednesday began dismantling the sanctions relief that was granted to Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal, a step that follows US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the international accord.
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Publish Date:30/June/2018 | 14:11

US Won’t Block European Trade With Iran

EghtesadOnline: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the Trump administration is not seeking to disrupt European business deals with Iran, offering a message of reassurance following US President Donald Trump’s refusal last week to certify Iran’s nuclear deal, reads an article published by The Wall Street Journal.
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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 11:53

White House Invites Lawmakers to View Surveillance Documents

EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration invited leaders of congressional intelligence panels to review documents it said raise questions about whether government spy agencies improperly identified President Donald Trump’s campaign officials and associates in the course of routine foreign surveillance.
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Publish Date:02/April/2017 | 07:27

U.S. suspends fast processing of high-tech visa applications

EghtesadOnline: Foreigners aiming for temporary jobs at high-tech U.S. companies will undergo a longer visa approval process after the Trump administration announced it will temporarily suspend expedited applications for H-1B visas.
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Publish Date:05/March/2017 | 05:43

U.S. House passes bill requiring warrants to search old emails

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to require law enforcement authorities to obtain a search warrant before seeking old emails from technology companies, a win for privacy advocates fearful the Trump administration may work to expand government surveillance powers.
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Publish Date:07/February/2017 | 05:12

Trump weighs 'half-blind' trust option for businesses: Politico

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is considering the use of discretionary trusts to avoid conflicts of interest for Trump family members or administration officials, Politico reported on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:22/December/2016 | 09:44

Big Oil Gets a Huge Role in Trump's Administration

EghtesadOnline: Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court broke up John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil in 1911, the energy industry has been at loggerheads with the federal government. Now it is the government -- or may be if Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson is confirmed as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 08:33

Democrats Call for Returning to Iran Nuclear Deal

EghtesadOnline: As tensions rise with Iran, lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives introduced a resolution to urge the Trump administration to reenter the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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Publish Date:20/July/2019 | 10:54

U.S. launches campaign to erode support for Iran's leaders

EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration has launched an offensive of speeches and online communications meant to foment unrest and help pressure Iran to end its nuclear program and its support of militant groups, U.S. officials familiar with the matter said.
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Publish Date:22/July/2018 | 24:54

U.S. toughens stance on Iran, lists sweeping demands

EghtesadOnline: The United States on Monday demanded Iran make sweeping changes — from dropping its nuclear program to pulling out of the Syrian civil war — or face severe economic sanctions as the Trump administration hardened its approach to Tehran.
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Publish Date:22/May/2018 | 07:21

U.S. Moving Embassy to Jerusalem by May in a Faster Timetable

EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration will officially move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by May, the State Department said, as the U.S. speeds up the timetable for a decision that has infuriated Palestinian leaders and jeopardized the American role as mediator in the Middle East peace process.
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Publish Date:24/February/2018 | 15:02

Israel Says U.S. Not in Syria ‘Game’ as Russia Seen Dominant

EghtesadOnline: Israel is counting on Russian President Vladimir Putin to keep confrontations with Iran and Syria from spiraling into war as the Trump administration mostly watches from the sidelines, a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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Publish Date:12/February/2018 | 10:00

Trump Say American Public ‘Deserves’ Clinton Investigation

EghtesadOnline: The nation's chief law enforcement officer found himself in a familiar spot Friday: belittled by the president, pressured to investigate political opponents and sucked back into the center of the storm around the investigation into the Trump administration 's campaign ties to Russia.
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Publish Date:04/November/2017 | 24:14

Haley Compares Iran to North Korea in Criticizing Nuclear Accord

EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration laid out its rationale for possibly walking away from a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, declaring that the Islamic Republic’s ballistic-missile program violates UN resolutions and threatens to make the country “the next North Korea.”
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Publish Date:06/September/2017 | 05:12