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Saudi airline resumes haj flights with Iran for first time since 2015
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline Flynas has resumed flights for Iranian pilgrims travelling to Haj for the first time since 2015. “Flynas resumed Iranian pilgrims flights from Imam Khomeini [airport] in Tehran…
- Middle East
Iran’s President says agreement possible if US stops coercion
Tehran: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that reaching an agreement with the US is possible if it refrains from applying coercion on Tehran. Pezeshkian made the remarks on Sunday, in a meeting…
- Middle East
Iran’s Supreme Leader slams Trump: ‘Lies’ about using power for peace
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has denounced as “a lie” US President Donald Trump’s recent claim that he sought to use power to ensure peace, citing the Trump administration’s support for…
- Middle East
Iran says it will continue nuclear talks with US, shrugging off Trump’s threats
Tehran: Iran’s president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme but will not withdraw from its rights because of US threats. “We are…
- Middle East
Trump says Iran has proposal from the US on its rapidly advancing nuclear programme
Abu Dhabi: US President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme as negotiations between the two countries go on. Trump’s remarks represent the…
- World
Iran not to dismantle uranium enrichment facilities: Foreign Minister
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed that none of the country’s uranium enrichment facilities would be dismantled, media reported. He made the remarks on Thursday during a visit to…
- Middle East
Trump says only two solutions for Iran are ‘intelligent’ or ‘brutal’
Doha: President Donald Trump kept up pressure Thursday on Iran, warning Tehran that a deal over its nuclear programme or potentially airstrikes are the only two solutions to the diplomatic impasse. Speaking…
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Iran wants to learn from India’s cheetah revival efforts: RTI
New Delhi: Iran, working to save its rapidly declining cheetah population, has shown interest in learning cheetah management from India, according to information received through an RTI application. Rajesh Gopal, chairman of…
- World
Trump appeals for Qatar’s help in persuading Iran to give up its nuclear programme
Doha: President Donald Trump urged Qatar on Wednesday to use its influence over Iran to persuade the country’s leadership to reach an agreement with the US to dial back its rapidly advancing…
- Middle East
Trump tells Gulf leaders Iran must end proxy support for nuclear deal
Riyadh: President Donald Trump told Gulf leaders on Wednesday that he urgently wants “to make a deal” with Iran to wind down its nuclear programme but that Tehran must end its support…
- World
Trump warns Iran of ‘massive maximum pressure’ on Nuclear deal
Riyadh: President Donald Trump in a speech in Saudi Arabia urged Iran to take a “new and a better path” as he pushes Tehran for a new nuclear deal, but he also…
- World
US announces new sanctions on Iran following 4th round of nuclear talks
Washington: The US has imposed sanctions on three Iranian nationals and one Iranian entity with ties to Tehran’s Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research, which is known by its Persian acronym, SPND.…
- World
Trump visiting Gulf states while crises flare in Gaza, Iran
Washington: On his trip this week to the Middle East, US President Donald Trump will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, though his most pressing regional challenges concern two…
- Middle East
Iran rejects US call to dismantle nuclear facilities
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that indirect negotiations with the United States in Oman to revive the 2015 nuclear deal had become “much more serious and frank,” as President Masoud…
- Middle East
Iran, US begin 4th round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme
Dubai: Iran and the United States began a fourth round of negotiations Sunday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, officials said, just ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump to the…
