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Senior US Official: Biden Won’t Remove Iran’s Guards From Terror List

The Biden administration plans to reject an Iranian demand that the United States lift its designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as a condition for renewing the 2015 nuclear agreement, a senior administration official told The Washington Post. "The onus is on Iran whether we…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2022

President Raisi Says Iran Will Not Retreat from 'Nuclear Rights'

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday Tehran would not give up its right to develop its nuclear industry for peaceful purposes, and all parties involved in talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord should respect this. Eleven months of indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Vienna…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 9, 2022

Pro-Khamenei Scholar: Nuclear Deal Won’t Stop Attacks against US Forces

Tehran’s Friday prayer interim imam, Kazem Seddiqi, ruled out any link between the Iranian nuclear talks and the halt of attacks against US forces in the region. The attacks against US forces will “continue” until the end of their “illegal” presence in the region, Iranian websites quoted Seddiqi as saying.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 9, 2022

Iranian Militias Deployed in Central Syria after Russia's Withdrawal

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces, the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Fourth Division led by Major General Maher al-Assad, have reinforced their military presence in the Mahin military warehouse in the eastern countryside of Homs - the second largest arms and ammunition depot in Syria.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 5, 2022

Iran Says Nuclear Talks ‘Hostage’ to US Domestic Politics

Tehran accused Washington of holding the Vienna talks “hostage” to its internal affairs and partisan “swaps.” It held the White House responsible for “prolonging” the negotiation process, demanding a response to the proposals the European coordinator recently brought from Tehran to Washington. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday urged…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 5, 2022

Iran Insists on ‘Punishing Those Responsible’ for Soleimani’s Death

Iranian Attorney-General Jafar Montazeri on Sunday said that his country would continue to follow-up on the assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani by a US army airstrike.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 4, 2022

Ukraine war should not hinder Iran deal revival, US analysts say

Amid criticism of Russia’s involvement in nuclear talks, JCPOA supporters say US must press on with diplomacy.

Al Jazeera · Mar 31, 2022

Blinken asks Bennett for his Iran deal alternative

Israel, together with its Arab allies in the region, is against a U.S. return to the nuclear deal.

Axios · Mar 30, 2022

US imposes sanctions over Iran’s ballistic missile programme

Tehran has condemned the curbs, which target agent and companies that US says obtained supplies for Iran’s programme.

Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2022

US Imposes Sanctions on Key Actors in Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an Iran-based man and his network of companies it accused of helping Tehran obtain materials for its ballistic missile program, acting after missile attacks by suspected Iranian-backed proxies on countries in the region. In a statement issued as talks on reviving the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 30, 2022