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The EU is considering sanctions on Iran over the "killing" of Mahsa Amini and the crackdown on protests across the country, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says. SOUNDBITE
Protesters gather near the United Nations headquarters in New York to call out the attendance of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the UN General Assembly. At least eight people have been killed in a crackdown on protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini after the young woman was arrested by morality police, according to a combined toll. IMAGES
Tehran, Feb 24 (EFE).- (Camera: Marina Villén) Iran has been plunged into isolation as authorities grapple with an outbreak of coronavirus that has killed 50 people in the city of Qom alone. Neighbouring countries Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq and Armenia have closed their borders in a bid to contain the virus.Qom lawmaker Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani said 250 people had been placed in quarantine in the city, according to the ILNA news agency.FOOTAGE OF TEHRAN AND PEOPLE WEARING MASKS. SOUNDBITES OF SADEQ YAMALINYA, DELIVERY MAN.Translation:"I bought the mask a while back, but lately it's hard to buy them. I went to a chemist in the Vanak Square and I saw there was shortage. Now, the Ministry of Health has said it is going to give out masks for free, but I don't know if that will be today, tomorrow, or when."
Ballistic missile debris on the ground in the Dead Sea area in eastern Israel, a week after an unprecedented Iranian attack on Israel that saw the launch of over a hundred ballistic missiles. IMAGES
The United States has not been "not involved in any offensive operations", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says following reports that Israel had carried out revenge strikes on Iran. "On the first question, the reports that you've seen: I'm not going to speak to that except to say that the United States has not been involved in any offensive operations", Blinken tells a journalist at a press conference on the Italian island of Capri, adding that the G7 is focused on its "work to de-escalate from any potential conflict" in the Middle East. IMAGES
The Group of Seven industrialised nations is "committed to de-escalating" tensions in the Middle East in the wake of reports that Israel launched strikes on Iran in retaliation for its unprecedented attack on Israeli soil Saturday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says. "We're committed to Israel's security. We're also committed to de-escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close," Blinken tells a press conference after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the Italian island of Capri. SOUNDBITE
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