Nuclear Deal
- Middle East
Nuclear talks with US among most intense: Iran Foreign Minister
Geneva: Iran’s foreign minister says indirect talks with the US over the Iranian nuclear program are some of the country’s “most intense and longest rounds of negotiations.” Abbas Araghchi made the comments…
- World
Iran, US have historic opportunity to strike unprecedented deal: Iranian FM
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that Iran is determined to reach a “fair and equitable” deal with the United States as soon as possible, noting that the two countries…
- World
Donald Trump mulls limited strike in Iran: Reports
Washington: US President Donald Trump is weighing a limited military strike on Iran to push Tehran into a nuclear deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper said Trump is considering “an…
- Middle East
Netanyahu seeks tough Iran deal terms, warns Gaza war could resume
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that any potential agreement with Iran must include the removal of nuclear material, a halt to uranium enrichment and restrictions on ballistic missiles, voicing scepticism…
- Middle East
Iran slams US, Europe as nuclear deal sanctions set to resume
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the United States is the main obstacle to reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, as UN sanctions lifted under the pact were set to be reimposed…
- Middle East
Iran agrees to IAEA visit in coming weeks
United Nations: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said here that Tehran has agreed to receive a technical team of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which…
- Middle East
Iran’s parliament speaker says US nuclear deal proposal ‘insincere’ without sanctions removal
Tehran: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said that a recent US proposal for a nuclear deal with Tehran was “contradictory and insincere” because it did not mention lifting sanctions. Speaking at…
- 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…
- Middle East
Iran serious in talks with US, seeks no delay: Deputy FM
Tehran: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the country is serious in its indirect negotiations with the US and wants no delay in the diplomatic process. Gharibabadi made the remarks at…
- Middle East
Iran has rejected direct negotiations with US in response to Trump’s letter
Dubai: Iran’s president said on Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme, offering Tehran’s first response to a letter President Donald…
- Middle East
Trump writes to Iran’s Khamenei inviting him to ‘negotiate a deal’
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he wrote a letter to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei inviting him to negotiate a deal. He did not divulge more. Trump divulged the communication…
- India
Throwback to PM Singh saying ‘People of India deeply love you’ to Bush
New Delhi: “The people of India deeply love you.” This was how visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke of US President George W Bush while praising him effusively after their 40-minute meeting…
- Middle East
Iran rules out possibility of negotiating new nuclear deal
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that Tehran “sees no need” for a new deal on its nuclear programme. At a weekly press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran…
- Middle East
Iranian FM says nuclear deal ‘within reach’ if US quits ‘contradictory behaviours’
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that an agreement on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will be “within…
