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Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the US, satellite photographs released...

Iran's president said Thursday that there is "no limit" to the country's enrichment of uranium following its decision to abandon its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal in response to the killing of its top general in a US airstrike. In a speech before the heads of banks, Rouhani said the nuclear program is in a "better situation" than it was before the nuclear agreement with world powers.

Germany's defence minister on Thursday confirmed a report that the United States was threatening to impose a 25 per cent tariff on European car exports if it continued backing the Iran nuclear deal.

Iran attacked US military bases in Iraq on Wednesday morning to avenge the assassination of General Qasim Suleimani. Iran is reported to have fired 22 ballistic missiles at the Ain al-Assad base in Iraq's Anbar province and a green zone in Irbil (US military bases). Iranian media has claimed that 80 'American terrorists' were killed in these attacks. Amidst all this, Iran's Ambassador to India, Ali Chegeni, has said that we do not want war. We want peace and prosperity for all in the region. In such a situation, if India initiates peace between Iran and America, we welcome it.

The US has not stopped its operations, even after killing Iran's most powerful commander General Qasim Suleimani in Iraq. According to sources, American drones attacked a convoy of the Shia rebel organization- Popular Mobilization Force (PMF) in northern Baghdad late on Friday. At least 6 died in this. According to reports, people also heard the sounds of bomb blasts in the taji city east of Baghdad.

US President Donald Trump has defended the decision to kill General Qasim Suleimani, the head of Iran's Quds army. Trump has said that the terrorist conspiracies of Qasim Sulemani spread from Delhi to London. Trump continued, "If Americans are intimidated anywhere, then we have already prepared a target list. We are ready for every kind of action as per the need. ”

Many times, the recession and slowdown are considered the same but in actual, they are different. A country is in recession if it has seen shrinkage in the GDP for two or more consecutive quarters, whereas if the GDP continues to grow at a slow speed than the previous period, it is known as a state of slowdown.