Latest in Tag: iran Highlight
Latest in Tag: iran
Iranian breakthrough and Obama foreign policy success
By Andrew Hammond A historic interim deal was reached on Sunday 24 November in Geneva which will see Iran’s nuclear programme curbed, at least temporarily, in exchange for limited, phased international sanctions relief. This sets the stage for the possibility of a comprehensive agreement in 2014. Pre-empting criticism from some countries including Israel and Saudi …
Egypt and ESCWA discuss potential cooperation
Ministry of foreign affairs meets with ESCWA’s executive secretary and Iranian charge d’affaires
Iran oil, energy investment sanctions still in force : US
Iran and six world powers reached a breakthrough deal early on Sunday to curb Tehran’s nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief.
Israel PM says Iran deal ‘historic mistake’
“PM Netanyahu: What was achieved yesterday in Geneva is not a historic agreement but rather a historic mistake,”
World powers, Iran clinch ‘historic’ nuclear deal
US President Barack Obama said the preliminary accord clinched in marathon Geneva talks was “an important first step” towards easing fears once and for all that Tehran will get the bomb.
Iran nuclear talks in difficult ‘homestretch’
The talks, held in the plush suites of a Geneva hotel, are aimed at securing a freeze on parts of Iran’s nuclear programme in order to ease fears that it will develop atomic weapons, in return for modest sanctions relief.
Bomber in Beirut Iran embassy attack identified: judge
The double suicide bombing outside the embassy in a southern suburb of Beirut killed 25 people, and was claimed by an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group called the Abdullah Azzam Brigades.
Iran, six powers struggle to overcome snags in nuclear talks
Some progress had been made but Iran’s insistence that the six powers explicitly acknowledge its right to enrich uranium was proving a major political obstacle.
Proposed nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers: Q & A
Following are questions and answers about the proposal based on comments from government officials, diplomats and nuclear experts
US says ‘very hard’ to clinch deal as Iran nuclear talks resume
Major powers resumed talks on a preliminary agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear programme with the US warning it would be “very hard” to clinch a breakthrough deal this week
Khamenei vows no retreat in crunch Iran talks
France said that his comments – he said Israel’s leaders were “not worthy to be called human” – are “unacceptable and complicate negotiations” on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Iranian Dissidents Say Iran Has Built Secret New Nuclear Site
The Islamic Republic and six world powers will resume negotiations on Wednesday aimed at agreeing the first stage towards a comprehensive deal to end a decade-long standoff with Tehran defusing fears that it could develop nuclear weapons.
Obama knows best
By Tony Badran, Now. America’s allies are troubled. At the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme that took place in Geneva last week, the US administration came close to giving the Iranians significant sanctions relief while allowing them to continue uranium enrichment and construction on the plutonium reactor – thereby preserving Iran’s short-cut to a nuclear …
Iran sharply slows down nuclear capacity expansion: IAEA report
Reuters – Iran has virtually halted the expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity in the past three months, the U.N. nuclear agency said in a report roughly covering the period since Hassan Rouhani became president. The quarterly report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also showed that Iran’s stockpile of higher-grade enriched uranium – …
In Pictures: Iranian Shia celebrate Ashura
AFP- Iranian Shia celebrated Ashura day on Wednesday which commemorates the killing of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussein. Ashura, which climaxes on November 14, mourns the death of Imam Hussein who was killed by armies of the caliph Yazid near Karbala in 680 AD. Photos by AFP
Nostalgia transformed
The inaugural exhibition of Gypsumn Gallery invokes past memories by transforming old family photos
Yemen jails crew over arms shipment ‘from Iran’
Another man was given a three-year jail term while a ninth, who remains at large, was handed a 10-year term.
IAEA still wants to probe Iran nuclear claims: Amano
The framework deal agreed Monday requires Iran to provide the IAEA within three months information on all new research reactors and to identify 16 sites designated for new nuclear power plants.
Kerry in UAE to discuss Iran, Syria
Kerry stressed there was “zero gap” between the US administration and “our commitment to our allies in the Gulf and the region.”
Iran, atomic watchdog agree on ‘roadmap for cooperation’
The announcement of the breakthrough came during a visit to Tehran by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano. No details of the accord were immediately released.
Rouhani Iran rejects threats, cites red lines in nuclear talks
Diplomats said the main stumbling blocks included the status of Iran’s Arak heavy-water reactor of potential use in making bomb-grade plutonium, the fate of Iran’s stockpile of higher-enriched uranium – both acute issues for France – and the extent of relief from trade sanctions demanded by Tehran.
Diplomats grapple for deal in third day of Iran nuclear talks
The hoped-for agreement — seen as a first step ahead of further talks on a final deal — could see Tehran freeze its nuclear efforts for as long as six months in exchange for some relief from the sanctions that have battered its economy.
Furious Israel confronts US
The possible Iran nuclear deal might not only tie Israel’s hand in any future military action against Iran, but it could also have an unexpected knock-on effect and stymie U.S.-brokered negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians
Diplomats rush to Geneva amid hopes of Iran deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry was the first to announce he was joining negotiations with Iran in Geneva, followed by the foreign ministers of France, Britain and Germany
Cairo head of Iran’s Al-Alam TV arrested
Egyptian police on Thursday arrested the Cairo bureau chief of an Iranian news station and a former Islamist lawmaker
Israel rejects mooted Iran nuclear deal, Kerry heads to talks
Netanyahu: Israel is not obliged by this agreement and Israel will do everything it needs to do to defend itself and the security of its people
Iran says nuclear deal possible this week in Geneva talks
Reuters –Â An agreement that would open the door to ending a decade-long nuclear standoff between Iran and six world powers is possible this week if negotiators exert maximum effort, Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday. “If everyone tries their best, we may have one,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters after a breakfast meeting with European …
Iran prosecutor killed in attack: Official
Sistan-Baluchestan is home to a large community of minority Sunni Muslims, unlike the rest of Shiite-dominated Iran, and the province has long played host to drug traffickers and Sunni militants.
Netanyahu says Iran could produce 90% uranium ‘in weeks’
Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme is at the core of its dispute with world powers, who suspect it masks a drive for atomic weapons despite repeated denials by the Islamic republic.
Israel minister: ‘small differences’ with US over Iran
Israel has repeatedly warned against the so-called charm offensive of Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani, which led to direct talks between Tehran and the P5+1 countries