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Europe seeks US sanction exemptions for its firms in Iran

European signatories to a nuclear deal with Iran have written to top U.S. officials to stress their commitment to upholding the pact, which Washington has quit, and to urge the United States to spare EU firms active in Iran from secondary sanctions. In a letter, dated June 4, European...

Gunmen kill 2 Iran border guards near frontier with Iraq

Iran's official news agency says gunmen shot and killed two Iranian border guards near the border with Iraq. IRNA says the guards, both sergeant majors, died in a shootout late Tuesday near the border town of Sardasht. It was not immediately clear who was behind the shooting,...