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Search results for "Iran denies that FM Abbas Araghchi's trip to Pakistan will include new talks with US"

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Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Benjamin Netanyahu refused to take a microphone from an Arab official, suggesting his belief that Arabs “are unclean.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 20, 2024
Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:
“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.
By Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025
Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
“I have ended seven unendable wars.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025
Ben Carson stated on October 08, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
"In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin."
By Louis Jacobson• October 9, 2015
Donald Trump stated on February 02, 2017 in a Facebook post:
"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "
By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2017
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 29, 2008
Republican National Committee stated on October 21, 2008 in a direct mail piece:
"Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to."
By Alexander Lane• October 22, 2008
Sean Hannity stated on March 10, 2015 in remarks on Fox's Hannity:
 In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset."
By Lauren Carroll• March 18, 2015
Kelli Ward stated on July 03, 2016 in a campaign advertisement:
Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden."
By Anthony Cave• July 14, 2016
John McCain stated on August 14, 2008 in a town hall in Aspen, Colo.:
The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."
By Bill Adair• August 15, 2008
Marco Rubio stated on November 23, 2013 in a press release:
"Just days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader (Ali) Khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling Israel a 'rabid dog' and accusing the United States of war crimes."
By Julie Kliegman• November 27, 2013
Chain email stated on May 02, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
Obama's "first call (as president) to any head of state was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah party in the Palestinian territory."
By Robert Farley• May 8, 2009
Bernie Sanders stated on April 17, 2016 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people."
By Louis Jacobson• April 20, 2016
Elizabeth Warren stated on March 03, 2026 in in a speech on March 3, 2026:
“In the modern era, no American president has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump.”
By Zoe Weyand• March 20, 2026
Karen Harrington stated on November 12, 2011 in an interview:
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has blamed the Republicans for the creation of Hamas."  
By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2011
Jeff Greene stated on August 15, 2010 in a televised debate on Miami's WPLG-10 against Kendrick Meek.:
On lifting the U.S. Cuban embargo and allowing travel to Cuba.
By Laura Figueroa• August 19, 2010
Marco Rubio stated on January 17, 2011 in comments to reporters.:
"Some of the men serving in the (Afghan) armed forces have never driven a vehicle before."
By Aaron Sharockman• January 17, 2011
Barack Obama stated on December 01, 2009 in a speech at the United States Military Academy.:
"In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 3, 2009
Kendrick Meek stated on October 24, 2010 in a debate:
"The Taliban has been there for years and years, I mean, hundreds of thousands of years."
By Amy Sherman• October 25, 2010
George W. Bush stated on February 10, 2008 in Camp David:
Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 12, 2008

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John Kerry was in Paris. But did he meet with Iranians? He says no

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