Western countries should end their sanctions against Iran in order to expedite talks aimed at allaying fears about the country’s nuclear programmes, said Iranian President Hassan Rowhani Saturday during a speech celebrating the Persian New Year. “Our policies are ones of ending tensions and building up cooperation,” said Rowhani as[…]
In an unusually upbeat assessment, Iran’s top nuclear official said Tuesday his government’s main disagreements with the U.S. and its negotiating partners have been resolved and expressed optimism about meeting a late March deadline for a framework deal. Now in their second extension, the talks have made headway in recent[…]
A U.N. nuclear agency official probing allegations that Iran worked on atomic arms says talks in Tehran were “useful” and the sides have agreed to meet again next month. Tero Varjoranta says there was agreement to “speed up” the process, but gave no details Tuesday. The talks were the first[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech this week before the U.S. Congress, in which he argued against an emerging nuclear deal with Iran, has received tacit support from an unlikely quarter — Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Sunni kingdom views Shiite Iran as a regional rival that is perhaps even[…]
OPINION by Iqbal Jassat- Citing Iran as an existential threat is to don a mask which conceals what many Israelis perceive to be the real danger arising from internal Israeli policies that Netanyahu refuses to acknowledge. Now that all the hype is over following his controversial grandstanding at a joint[…]
A senior U.S. official is tamping down expectations that negotiations with Iran will result in a formal, preliminary deal this month outlining constraints on Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief for the Islamic Republic. The official says the two sides are aiming only for “an understanding that’s going[…]
Tehran has called the speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the US Congress on Iran’s nuclear talks deceitful and a desperate attempt to impose an irrational agenda. In his speech to Congress, Netanyahu said that the world must stand together to stop Iran from gaining access to a[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his planned address Tuesday to the US Congress on Iran’s nuclear programme is not intended as a sign of disrespect to US President Barack Obama. The speech, which has caused a public rift between the two leaders, is instead intended to “speak up about[…]
Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday tried to calm tensions with Israel before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s congressional address, yet insisted the Obama administration’s diplomatic record with Iran entitles the U.S. to “the benefit of the doubt” as negotiators work toward a long-term nuclear deal. On a mission to[…]
A former chief of Israel’s Mossad spy agency is slamming the prime minister’s handling of the Iranian nuclear threat. Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious speech to Congress, Meir Dagan says “the person who has caused the greatest strategic damage to Israel on the Iranian issue is the prime minister.” The[…]
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