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Smoke rises from the building of Iran's state-run television after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 16, 2025.
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Iranian Americans fear escalation in Iran after Israel, US airstrikes

Nargis Rahman June 27, 2025

Michigan’s Iranian American community is concerned about the recent escalation of hostilities with Iran. The U.S. bombed several sites in Iran...

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Iranian-American scholar and journalist Fariba Pajooh.
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The Metro: WSU scholar formerly imprisoned by Iranian authorities reacts to Middle East conflict

Robyn Vincent, The Metro June 24, 2025

The night skies over Tehran have been flashing with fire since Israeli jets began piercing Iranian airspace. They have been...

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Israeli soldiers work amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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Trump says Israel-Iran ceasefire is in effect after deal initially faltered

Associated Press June 24, 2025

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was in effect Tuesday after...

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President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program, as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen.
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US steps into war between Israel and Iran, strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites

Associated Press June 21, 2025

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The United States struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s war aimed at...

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Smoke rises from the building of Iran's state-run television after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 16, 2025.
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The Metro: What role will the US play in Israel’s conflict with Iran?

Robyn Vincent, Sam Corey, Nadia Ziyad, The Metro June 18, 2025

On Friday, Israel launched attacks on Iran, intending to hit Iran’s uranium enrichment site, where it is building nuclear arms,...

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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.
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Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows

Associated Press October 1, 2024

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating...

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Hamas members hold a poster of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh during a protest to condemn his killing, at al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
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Hamas’ top political leader is killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike, threatening escalation

Associated Press July 31, 2024

BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas' top political leader was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital, Iran and...

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi sitting by Iranian flag.
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader’s protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

Tayler Simpson May 20, 2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country's supreme leader who helped...

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Interceptors missiles are launched into the sky early Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Jerusalem.
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Booms and sirens in Israel after Iran launches ballistic missiles and drones in unprecedented attack

Associated Press April 13, 2024

JERUSALEM (AP) — Booms and air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem early Sunday after Iran launched dozens of drones and...

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Iran Hostages Return DOD
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Trump’s Iran Policy Another Chapter In Decades of Dysfunctional Relationship

Detroit Today January 8, 2020

Jake Neher/WDET Tensions between Iran and the United States have taken a turn, with retaliation on military bases in Iraq...

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Saeed Khan Profile
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Negotiating With Iran

Station Programming April 2, 2015

Courtesy of Saeed A Khan Both Iran and the United States are really dug in to the negotiations according to Saeed...

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