Iran summons Afghan envoy over attack on diplomatic missions Iran has summoned Afghanistan's envoy in Tehran over attacks the previous day on Iranian diplomatic missions in the neighboring country The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022
Iran summons Afghan envoy after protesters throw rocks at diplomatic missions Iran summoned the Afghan envoy to Tehran on Tuesday and is stopping all consular services in Afghanistan, Iranian state TV reported, a day after protesters threw rocks at Iranian diplomatic missions in Kabul and Herat. Reuters · Apr 12, 2022
Iran Summons Afghan Envoy over Attack on Diplomatic Missions Iran summoned the Afghan envoy to Tehran on Tuesday and is stopping all consular services in Afghanistan, Iranian state TV reported, a day after protesters threw rocks at Iranian diplomatic missions in Kabul and Herat. The protests came after videos posted on Twitter in recent days showed young Afghan refugees… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 12, 2022
Analysis-Politics, not substance, seen guiding U.S. and Iran on terror listing One of the last obstacles to reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - Tehran's demand to remove its Revolutionary Guards from a U.S. terrorism list - is more an issue of politics than substance, analysts said. Reuters · Apr 11, 2022
Iran MPs Set Conditions for Reviving 2015 Nuclear Deal Amid Stalled Talks Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the US Congress that Washington would not quit it, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. Iran and the United States have engaged in indirect talks in Vienna over the past year to… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2022
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
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, state media reported. Reuters · Apr 9, 2022
Iran’s president vows to continue nuclear activities President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran will continue nuclear development activities as talks to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2022
Iran's president vows to continue nuclear activities President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran will continue nuclear development activities as talks to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2022
Iran Imposes Sanctions on 24 Americans as Nuclear Talks Stall Iran said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on 24 more Americans, including former Army Chief of Staff George Casey and former President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani, as months of talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled. Almost all the people named were officials who served during… 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
Cities across Iran engulfed in thick layers of dust, pollutants Tehran was the most polluted city in the world on Friday with air quality hazardous and visibility very low. Al Jazeera · Apr 9, 2022
Deja vu permeates as lawmakers ready to debate Iran nuclear deal - Roll Call The Biden administration is close to striking an agreement with Iran, and lobbying machinery is cranking back into action on Capitol Hill. Roll Call · Apr 8, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 8, 2022 Top US General Against Removing Iran's Quds Force from Terrorist List The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said that he does not support removing the Quds Force, the foreign arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), from the list of foreign terrorist organizations. "I believe the IRGC is a terrorist organization, and I do…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 7, 2022 Democrats Criticize Revival of Iran Nuclear Deal A year after the Vienna negotiations, lawmakers are strongly voicing their opposition against US President Joe Biden's quest to return to the nuclear agreement. The opposition came this time from the Democratic Party, which has significant implications, although it has not effectively affected any potential deal with Iran. Democrats held…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 6, 2022 Iran Moves Machines for Making Centrifuge Parts to Natanz, Says UN Nuclear Watchdog Iran has moved all its machines that make centrifuge parts from its mothballed workshop at Karaj to its sprawling Natanz site just six weeks after it set up another site at Isfahan to make the same parts, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday. Iran granted International Atomic Energy Agency…
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 Iran says it gave long-sought answers to UN atomic watchdog Iran says it supplied the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog with documents related to the discovery of uranium particles at former undeclared sites in the country
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 6, 2022 Iranian MPs Ask for Stronger Guarantees in Vienna Talks In a letter to their ally, hardline conservative President Ibrahim Raisi, a majority of Iranian parliamentarians demanded “stronger guarantees” from the US and “maintaining the red lines” in reviving the nuclear agreement. The MPs' demands came at a time when Tehran and Washington are exchanging blame for postponing negotiations. More…
Reuters · Apr 6, 2022 Iran nuclear chief says Tehran has given IAEA documents on outstanding issues Iran has handed over documents related to outstanding issues to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday, as Tehran demands closure of the agency's investigation into uranium particles found at three undeclared sites.
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 4, 2022 Iran Blames US for Halt to Vienna Nuclear Talks The United States is responsible for the pause in talks between Tehran and world powers in Vienna aimed at reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. "America is responsible for the halt of these talks ...
Reuters · Apr 4, 2022 Iran blames U.S. for halt to Vienna nuclear talks The United States is responsible for the pause in talks between Tehran and world powers in Vienna aimed at reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
Reuters · Apr 2, 2022 Iran welcomes Yemen truce, urges political solution Iran on Saturday welcomed a U.N.-brokered truce in Yemen between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group aligned with Tehran, and called for seeking a negotiated solution to the seven-year conflict.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 1, 2022 Israel Suggests that Washington Ramp Up Sanctions on Iran to Level Imposed on Russia Israel has suggested to US President Joe Biden’s administration an alternative to the nuclear deal with Iran, sources in the US and Tel Aviv revealed on Thursday. During a press conference on Sunday with Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked how Tel Aviv would…