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Russian president Vladimir Putin says Moscow is ready to respond to "terror" threats from Syria, while officials say they have no information about reported Russian casualties in the country. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Iran that the United States will respond "decisively" to any attack by its proxies, as tensions rise with the Israel-Hamas war. "The United States does not seek conflict with Iran. We do not want this war to widen. But if Iran or its proxies attack US personnel anywhere, make no mistake. We will defend our people -- we will defend our security -- swiftly and decisively," Blinken tells a UN Security Council session. SOUNDBITE
US State Department spokesman Ned Price says the United States welcomes a meeting announced by the European Union with Iran and says it is ready to take "mutual steps" to return to a nuclear deal. SOUNDBITE
The United States is "ready to reengage in meaningful diplomacy" with Iran, says US State Department spokesman Ned Price at a news briefing, after Tehran rejected the idea of a European-brokered meeting. SOUNDBITE
Tehran (Iran), Dec 22 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Abedin Taherkenareh).- Iranians complain that the country's government has not yet requested the Covid-19 vaccine to any foreign country. According to local media, Iranian authorities have announced that the locally manufactured vaccine could be ready in spring 2021. FOOTAGE OF TEHRAN.
The European Union will answer tariff threats by the United States against France "as one" and urged Washington to engage in dialogue. SOUNDBITE