Iran

• Dollar holds gains on economic data, Fed bets; Aussie advances before RBA - By Rocky Swift TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The dollar held gains on Tuesday as positive economic readings and shifting expectations for Federal Reserve policy outweighed concerns about another U.S.
• U.S. and Iranian Officials to Meet as Trump’s Threats Loom - President Trump’s Middle East envoy and his son-in-law were expected to meet Iran’s foreign minister in Istanbul on Friday amid tensions between the countries.
• Oil slides over 4% as Trump signals Iran talks, easing supply shock fears - Oil prices slid as investors dial back fears of a supply shock after Donald Trump said Iran was "seriously talking" with Washington over the weekend.
• Iran Rules Out Talks With U.S. Until Trump’s Threats Stop - Iran’s foreign minister ruled out direct talks unless President Trump stops threatening to attack it. He also said Iran would not discuss its ballistic missiles.
• War Threats and Ambiguous Evidence: Trump Again Confronts Iran - There is little sign that Iran has made significant progress in reconstituting its nuclear program, leaving questions about the timing and motive behind potential plans for further attacks.
• Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran - President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the U.S. has built up its presence in the region in recent days.
• European Union Labels Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Group - The move, which comes after the killing of protesters, brings the European Union in line with the United States and Canada.
• Trump Warns Iran With Military Muscle, but Risks a Regional War - Iran’s Islamic Republic, weakened by airstrikes in June and huge popular unrest, warns that it will strike back hard if attacked by the United States. This time, Iran may mean it.
• EU appears poised to sanction Iran's Revolutionary Guard over protest crackdown - The European Union appeared poised Thursday to sanction Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard over Tehran’s deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as it worries over a threat by U.S. President Dona
• EU set to add Iran's Guards to terror list after France U-turn - By John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The European Union is poised to include Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of terrorist organisations after France said on