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The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday night in an unannounced visit to meet with with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul al-Mahdi.

Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mehdi, denied on Tuesday a recent claim by Iranian ambassador in London, who stated that US will allow Iraq to do business with Iran, in exchange for an oil deal with Washington.

After Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif proposed a prisoner exchange with the United States, Gholam Hossein Esmaili, spokesperson of the judiciary asked Zarif, “to not make proposals without coordination.”

The Iranian government replaced on Sunday Farzaneh Sharafbani, the first ever female CEO of Iran Air, with Tooraj Dehghani Zanganeh, who is on the United States’ sanction list.

Two activists and an Iranian journalist, who have been detained during the International Labour Day protests, reportedly sent to Evin prison for further investigation.<

Two prominent Iranian worker activists, who have been held in prison for months, are not allowed to see their lawyers even for “non-security accusations,” the lawyer said on Monday.

The United States is deploying a navy carrier strike group to the Middle East, declared National Security Adviser John Bolton on Sunday.

Iran’s Deputy Oil Minister Amir Hossein Zamaninia announced on May 5 that his country will use all its resources to sell oil, despite the US sanctions.

Human Rights Organization, Hangaw, reported the death of a Kurdish prisoner from heart attack in the city of Bukan after being denied medical care.

Iran’s currency hit a new record low on Sunday, plunged to 170,000 rials against euros and 150,000 rials against US dollars, DW Persian reported.