University of Alberta President David Turpin said at least 10 members of the university community had died, including students, faculty and alumni.
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Iran mourns the death of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani in Tehran – watch live
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Qatar foreign minister to visit Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif held talks in Tehran on Saturday with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, according to the official IRNA news agency.
The Qatari minister is expected to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during the visit.
U.S. blames Iran for attacks on tankers, including one operated by a Japanese firm, near Persian Gulf
WASHINGTON/TOKYO – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the U.S. government blames Iran for attacks on two oil tankers — including one operated by a Tokyo-based company — near the Persian Gulf, casting it as the latest in a series of “provocative actions” that have sharply raised tensions in the region.
Iran’s supreme leader tells Abe Trump ’not worthy‘ of a reply to message
„I do not see Trump as worthy of any message exchange, and I do not have any reply for him, now or in future,“ Iranian state media quoted Khamenei as telling the Japanese premier.
Japan’s Shinzo Abe arrives in Iran. Analysts ask what message he might bear from Trump
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Abe lately hosted Trump when he paid a state visit to Japan, with the US President encouraging Japan’s PM—the first Japanese leader to come to Iran in 41 years—to engage in some diplomacy between Washington and Tehran.
BREAKING: Shinzo Abe arrives in Tehran, first Japanese premier to visit Iran since 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Tehran to Pompeo: It’s US, not Iran, that should change in nature
… He said officials in the current US administration have been revealing the country’s true intentions, “but the one who needs to change in nature is the US itself, not Iran.”
“The global community’s growing opposition to [the US] behavior and the actions it takes in violation of international law has triggered a global demand for the US regime nature to undergo change,” he added.
Iranian, Russian, Turkish presidents to meet on Syria in Tehran Friday
The Kremlin aide further said on the sidelines of the summit, Putin will hold separate bilateral meetings with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts.
The remarks came as some Israeli reports said Tel Aviv believes that the fate of Idlib will be determined in the Tehran summit.
Tehran to Host Expert-Level Meeting of JCPOA Joint Commission
The meeting is expected to be held at the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies with expert delegations from the Islamic Republic of Iran and the P4+1 group of countries (China, Russia, France, Germany and Britain) in attendance.