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US Says Will 'React' if Iran Seeks to Avenge Soleimani Killing
Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was killed January 3 in a U.S. drone strike near the Baghdad airport
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Venezuela's Maduro Seeks to Tighten His Grip Via Election
Opposition contends election is rigged, has called its own referendum to counter it
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History of Assassinations of Iran's Top Nuclear Scientists
Since 2007, six of the country's top nuclear scientists and researchers have been killed and one has been wounded under mysterious circumstances
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Iran Seeks to Toughen Stance Following Nuclear Scientist's Killing
Measure passes in response to Friday's killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
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Analysts: Iran Likely to Delay Response to Assassination of Top Nuclear Scientist/
Diplomats and analysts say they aren't expecting Iran to retaliate quickly for the death Friday of the 59-year-old scientist, the father of Iran's cov
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Iran's Supreme Leader Vows Revenge Over Slain Scientist
Israel, long suspected of killing Iranian scientists a decade ago amid tensions over Tehran's nuclear program, has yet to comment on the killing Frida
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Assassination of Top Nuclear Scientist Highlights Iran's Security Weakness
Analysts tell VOA the killings of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in January are serious security failures
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Iran Scientist Linked to Military Nuclear Program Killed
Iran's foreign minister blamed Israel for the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
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Kidnapping Victim's Boyfriend Confesses to Killing That Outraged Haitians Worldwide
Obed Joseph and two accomplices were allowed to discuss details of the crime with reporters during a police press conference
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Haitian President Calls for Calm, Asks Justice Department, Police to Shed Light on Student's Killing
Jovenel Moise says his comment aims to reassure university students who took to the streets to demand justice for their colleague, Gregory Saint-Hilai
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US Court Orders Iran to Pay $1.4 Billion in Damages to Missing Former FBI Agent's Family
In a decision issued late last week, US District Judge Timothy Kelly said he adopted a special expert's recommendation that Robert Levinson's family b
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Iran's Execution of Wrestler Who Said He Was Tortured Happened Without Notice to Family and Lawyers, Source Says
Source close to Navid Afkari's family told VOA Persian that Iran gave no advance warning to wrestler's family and lawyers that it would execute him in
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Iran Nuclear Deal Parties 'United in Resolve' to Preserve Agreement
United States, after withdrawing two years ago, is now pushing to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran
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Dervish Activists Reject Iran Official's Claim Their Banishment to Poor Areas Is Not Deliberate
Four Iranian Dervishes forced to live in internal exile after release from prison told VOA Persian that recent assertion by Iran's judiciary spokesman
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Wife of Jailed Iranian Dissident Criticizes Iran's Rulers for Ordering Her Son to Prison for Protesting Ukraine Plane Shoot-down
Fatemeh Maleki told VOA that Iranian authorities were jailing protesters for sympathizing with victims of plane crash but not bringing those who cause
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North Korea's Kim Says No More War Thanks to Nuclear Weapons
Kim made the remarks as he celebrated the 67th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War
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Suspect in Attack on Judge's Family Tied to Killing in California, FBI Says
Anti-feminist lawyer Roy Den Hollander is suspected of killing former associate in men's rights group earlier this month
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Slain Iranian Protester's Activist Father Detained by Iran for 2nd Week Following Rearrest
Family member tells VOA that Manouchehr Bakhtiari, whose son Pouya was killed in Iran's November 2019 protests, was still in detention as of July 20,
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Uncertainty Looms Large Over South Korea's Bid to Revive Nuclear Diplomacy
Moon Jae-in invests his political capital in keeping diplomacy with North Korea going; Washington and Pyongyang remain far apart
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Fire at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility Caused Significant Damage, Spokesman Says
Some Iranian officials have said fire may have been caused by cyber sabotage
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Setback for Iran's Nuclear Program After Mystery Fire at Centrifuge Assembly Site
Iran has downplayed the fire as an incident' that had done some damage to an above-ground workshop
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Kenyan Father Relieved Policeman to Face Charges for Son's Killing
Hussein/and/Hadija/Moyo's/13-year-old son, Yassin, was shot in late March while standing on his family's apartment balcony in Nairobi - a tragedy that
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'Bleak' Future Seen for Iran's Sunnis as Minority Cleric's Detention Drags to 6 Months
Exiled Iranian Sunni activist tells VOA Persian that outspoken Sunni cleric Molavi Fazl al-Rahman Kouhi has remained arbitrarily detained in Iran's Ma
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Ex-Lesotho PM Linked to Murder for Hire Plot in Ex-Wife's Killing
Police say ex-Lesotho Prime Minister and current wife paid thousands for his ex-wife's murder
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What's Behind Iran's Fuel Shipment to Venezuela?
Iran and Venezuela are both under US economic sanctions, which has brought the two countries closer economically and politically