Iran’s senior negotiator Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf will attend the signing of an interim deal to stop the conflict with the United States, according to Tasnim news agency. Majid Takht-Ravanchi stated that the signing location and format were uncertain. On Monday, US President Donald Trump announced that Vice President JD VanceContinue Reading
Trump postpones planned strikes on Iran’s power systems for five days as talks progress, markets rebound, and tensions in the Gulf remain high. TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he has ordered a five-day deferral of military attacks against Iranian power plants, just hoursContinue Reading
Shipping over the narrow strait has come to a virtual stop since the United States and Israel started operations against Iran on February 28. DUBAI (Reuters) – Three additional ships have been damaged by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, marine security and risk businesses said on Wednesday, raisingContinue Reading
The UAE is one of six Gulf states that have been vulnerable to Iranian drone and missile strikes since the war began. GENEVA (Reuters) – The UAE envoy to the United Nations in Geneva appealed on Monday for a de-escalation of the US-Israeli confrontation with Iran and a return toContinue Reading
Trump said that talks to break the current impasse with Iran were doing well, but he insisted that Tehran come to a “meaningful” accord. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran threatened to respond against U.S. bases in the area if attacked after President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday that it mustContinue Reading
Trump pulled the US from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, which curbed Tehran’s nuclear operations in exchange for relief. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump warned Iran with bombardment and secondary tariffs if it did not reach an agreement with Washington on its nuclear program.In his first comments since IranContinue Reading
DUBAI (Reuters) – The country’s run-off presidential election has been won by the low-key moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has promised to open Iran to the outside world and bring about the freedoms that its people have long desired for, the interior ministry announced on Saturday. “By gaining majority of theContinue Reading
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will go to China in the coming days for a three-day visit aimed at expanding economic relations, according to state media on Sunday. According to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, Raisi will depart for Beijing on Monday evening in response to an official invitation from ChineseContinue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain slapped sanctions on 30 people globally on Friday, including Russian and Iranian authorities, for acts of torture, sexual abuse, and violent repression of public movements. The action comes a day after France imposed additional European Union sanctions against Iran for human rights violations in its securityContinue Reading
Iran is dragging its feet on information about uranium particles found at old undeclared facilities in the country, according to the chief of the UN atomic watchdog, raising the possibility of a clash in June. Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers has been on hold since March, primarily dueContinue Reading
