Tag: Iran
‘Progress’ at nuclear meeting but ‘still not enough’: Iran
Diplomats meeting in Vienna made “one step forward” in efforts to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal but the outcome “was still not enough”,...
China’s Xi, Germany’s Merkel agree Iran issue should be resolved peacefully:...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed the Iran nuclear issue should be resolved peacefully and that further escalation of...
US will sanction any countries that import Iranian oil: special envoy
LONDON: The United States will sanction any country that imports Iranian oil and there are no exemptions in place, the US special envoy for...
US will sanction ‘illicit purchases’ of Iranian crude oil, says special...
WASHINGTON: The United States will sanction any country that imports Iranian oil and there are no exemptions in place, the US special envoy for...
US-Iran tensions a threat to regional peace, says Qureshi
BRUSSELS: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday warned that escalation of tensions between Iran and the United States is a serious threat to...
Pompeo meets Saudi leaders to build a ‘global coalition’ against Tehran
WASHINGTON: The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a string of military chiefs, tightening pressure on the country...
Iran calls White House ‘afflicted by mental retardation’
TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday sharply criticized new U.S. sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader and other top officials, saying the measures spell the...
Trump imposes new economic sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON: President Trump announced on Monday that he is imposing new sanctions on Iran, after saying for days that he preferred tightening the pressure...
Iranians say their ‘bones breaking’ under US sanctions
TEHRAN, IRAN: As the U.S. piles sanction after sanction on Iran, it’s the average person who feels it the most.
From a subway performer’s battered...
Bolton says US ‘prudence’ on Iran isn’t weakness
TEHRAN, Iran: The Latest on tensions between the U.S. and Iran and in the Persian Gulf (all times local):
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton...
US struck Iranian military computers this week
WASHINGTON: U.S. military cyber forces launched a strike against Iranian military computer systems on Thursday as President Donald Trump backed away from plans for...
Amid tough talk, Trump says he could be Iran’s ‘best friend’
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Saturday that military action against Iran was still an option for its downing of an unmanned U.S. military aircraft,...
Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace after U.S. regulator’s order
Some global airlines are re-routing flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, they said on Friday, after...
Gold glistens as US-Iran tensions fuel flight to safety
Gold prices struck near six-year highs on Friday as a weaker dollar and escalating US-Iran tensions fueled a flight to safer investments, while oil...
Trump claims he vetoed Iran strikes at last minute
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate...
US alleges tanker hit by mine resembling Iran’s
A Japanese-owned tanker attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week was damaged by a limpet mine resembling those used by Iran, the US...
Saudi forces intercept two more drones: coalition
RIYADH: Saudi forces have intercepted two explosives-laden Yemeni rebel drones, one of which targeted a southern city that has repeatedly come under attack over the...
