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\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tMerz says relationship with Trump is \u2018pretty much as good as ever\u2019\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his relationship with President Donald Trump stays \u201cpretty much as good as ever,\u201d but that he had \u201chad doubts from the very starting about what was began there with the war in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re suffering considerably in Germany and in Europe from the results of, for instance, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d Merz said on Wednesday. This hurts energy supplies and the economy. \u201cAnd in that regard, I urge that this conflict be resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Trump had earlier attacked Merz on his Truth Social platform: \u201cThe Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it\u2019s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n
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Trump was responding to Merz\u2019s comments on Monday, when the German Chancellor said the U.S. was being \u201chumiliated\u201d by the Iranian leadership and criticized Washington\u2019s lack of strategy within the war.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIran can\u2019t get their act together. They don\u2019t know easy methods to sign a nonnuclear deal. They higher get smart soon!\u201d he wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s post featured an AI-generated image of himself holding a weapon amid explosions with the caption \u201cNO MORE MR. NICE GUY.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tensions over Tehran\u2019s nuclear program rose before the war broke out, with Trump repeatedly vowing to make sure the country can\u2019t construct a nuclear weapon. Iran long has insisted its nuclear program is peaceful, though it enriched uranium to almost weapons-grade levels.<\/p>\n
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Volker T\u00fcrk says at the very least nine people were executed in reference to huge protests across Iran in January, while one other 10 were executed for alleged membership in opposition groups, and two others on espionage charges.<\/p>\n
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Greater than 4,000 people have been arrested on national security-related charges in Iran because the end of February, his office says.<\/p>\n
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The Lebanese army has stood on the sidelines in the course of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, which began on March 2 when the militant group launched a salvo of missiles into Israel, two days after the U.S. and Israel launched their attacks on Iran. But soldiers have steadily gotten caught within the crossfire.<\/p>\n
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A complete of 20 Lebanese army soldiers have been killed by Israeli strikes since March 2, most of them while en path to or from their duty stations, the military said. Altogether, greater than 2,500 people have been killed in Lebanon in the course of the war and through a shaky ceasefire implemented earlier this month that has reduced but not halted the fighting.<\/p>\n
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Rafael Grossi said in an interview on Tuesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency has\u00a0satellite images\u00a0showing the consequences of the most recent U.S.-Israeli airstrikes against Iran and that \u201cwe proceed to get information.\u201d<\/p>\n
IAEA inspections ended at Isfahan when Israel last June launched\u00a0a 12-day war\u00a0that saw the USA\u00a0bomb three Iranian nuclear sites.<\/p>\n
The U.N. nuclear watchdog believes a big percentage of Iran\u2019s highly enriched uranium \u201cwas stored there in June 2025 when the 12-day war broke out, and it has been there ever since,\u201d Grossi said.<\/p>\n
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In televised remarks during a Cabinet meeting, Sharif said the weekly oil import bill had risen from $300 million before the conflict to $800 million.<\/p>\n
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The U.S.-Israel war, combined with retaliation from Iran resembling choking the Strait of Hormuz, is costing the EU almost 500 million euros ($600 million) a day, raising prices on the pumps and fears of a\u00a0jet fuel shortage\u00a0inside weeks.<\/p>\n
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Von der Leyen said the world\u2019s biggest trading bloc must draw on the teachings of the\u00a02022 fuel crisis\u00a0\u2014 when Russia used its energy might against European countries to undermine their support for Ukraine \u2013 to avoid further hurting their economies.<\/p>\n
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Greater than 350 billion euros \u201cwere spent on untargeted measures and this had a huge effect on member states funds,\u201d she told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, France. \u201cSo allow us to not make the identical mistake again, and let\u2019s focus our support where it matters most.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The rial had remained stable for weeks in the course of the war, which began Feb. 28, partially because there was little trading or imports coming into the country.<\/p>\n
The rial began to slip two days ago, hitting the record low Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Experts warn the autumn of the rial is prone to further fuel inflation in a rustic where many imported goods, from food and medicine to electronics and raw materials, are affected by the dollar rate.<\/p>\n
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The war is now in a ceasefire, but a U.S. blockade has continued to extend pressure on Iran\u2019s already-battered economy, cutting right into a key source of presidency revenue and hard currency by stopping or intercepting oil shipments.<\/p>\n
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Speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Islamabad, he said a \u201cmarathon session\u201d was held within the capital during an initial round of direct talks between the 2 sides on April 11, resulting in progress on a ceasefire that is still in place.<\/p>\n
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He said Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Pakistan over the weekend in the course of the ceasefire, where one other prolonged round of talks took place between Iran and Pakistan. Araghchi later traveled to Oman, returned briefly, after which departed for Russia, Sharif said.<\/p>\n
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Sharif said before leaving for Moscow, Araghchi spoke to him by phone and \u201cassured me that after consulting together with his leadership, he would respond as soon as possible.\u201d He didn’t specify what Araghchi would reply to, but Pakistan has said it’s in search of to host a second round of talks between the USA and Iran.<\/p>\n
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The hearing Wednesday before the House Armed Services Committee will give attention to the Trump administration\u2019s $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027.<\/p>\n
Democratic lawmakers are prone to grill Hegseth on the Iran war\u2019s costs and large drawdown of critical munitions. While a ceasefire is now in place, the U.S. and Israel launched the war Feb. 28 without congressional oversight.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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