In a statement on Tuesday, Israel’s defence minister Benny Gantz said. Tehran is working on advanced uranium centrifuges at its new underground sites being built near its Natanz nuclear plant. Gantz gave figures that went beyond those published by a… Read More ›
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US weighs dropping Iran’s IRGC from terror blacklist midst demands for crude oil
As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, the United States is considering removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in return for Iranian assurances for reining in its elite force. According to the source,… Read More ›
Revival of 2015 Iran nuclear deal close to finish line
In a statement the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it is slated to visit Tehran on Saturday. The development suggests that this could potentially help pave the way for a revival of Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement…. Read More ›
Israel-UAE hold historic meeting, Iran continues to be in focus
In the first ever public meeting, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan played host to Israel’s prime minister Naftali Bennett, following the formalisation of Israel-UAE ties in 2020. Ahead of the talks, Israeli ambassador to Abu Dhabi… Read More ›
Coming weeks decisive for Iran nuclear deal: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
In a statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, the coming weeks will be decisive for the future of the Iran nuclear deal while adding, every day passing day that goes by without Tehran responding to U.S. overtures on the nuclear… Read More ›
Hezbollah importing oil into Lebanon is breach of Lebanon’s sovereignty
According to a report from TankerTrackers.com, a third tanker has sailed from Iran carrying Iranian fuel for distribution in Lebanon. Last week on Friday, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati had said, Iranian fuel shipments, imported by the Hezbollah movement, constitute… Read More ›
Iranian oil cargo lands in US, second such import since 1991: EIA
In a significant development, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows, 1.033 million barrels of Iranian crude oil landed in the U.S. in March 2021, marking the second such shipment to be imported into the United States since… Read More ›
Tehran must resume complying with the Iran nuclear deal before Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday stuck to his stance that Tehran must resume complying with the Iran nuclear deal before Washington, which abandoned the pact under former President Donald Trump, would do so. Making his first public… Read More ›
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps seizes South Korean flagged tanker
According to a report from the Iranian media, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has seized a South Korean-flagged tanker in Gulf waters and has detained its crew. The development comes in the wake of South Korean banks freezing Iranian funds following… Read More ›
Iran resumes enrichment of uranium at underground Fordow site igniting U.S.-Iran tensions
With Iran resuming enrichment of 20% uranium at an underground nuclear facility, in breach of the 2015 nuclear pact and potentially complicating efforts by U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to rejoin the deal,Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, the move is… Read More ›