Iran announces deadline for Europe to salvage nuclear deal

posted in: European Union, News

Tehran says EU mechanisms must be in place before US sanctions take effect. Miguel Arias Canete (L), European Union Energy Commissioner, during a meeting with Iranian officials in the capital Tehran on May 19, 2018. Iran said it would wait to … Read More

Coalition led by anti-U.S. cleric wins Iraq election

posted in: Middle East, News

Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during a news conference in Najaf, Iraq, on Thursday. (Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters) ​A political bloc led by populist Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has … Read More

Difficult to shield German firms after U.S. withdrawal from Iran deal: minister

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks during a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin BERLIN – 13 May 2018: Germany wants to help its companies continue … Read More

With Demise of Nuclear Deal, Iran’s Foes See an Opportunity. Others See Risk of War

posted in: Middle East, News

The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, gave a televised speech to supporters this month in Baalbek, Lebanon. Iran has used Hezbollah to project power in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and elsewhere. CreditDiego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times   BEIRUT, Lebanon … Read More

WORLD WAR 3 FEARS: Russia BACKS Iran as Putin STARES DOWN Trump

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WORLD War 3 fears are growing after Russia rushed to back Iran in the Middle East’s escalating nuclear crisis – a move which plunges Vladimir Putin into a deadly standoff with Donald Trump. Last night Iran fired rockets into Israeli-occupied territory in … Read More

Israel Strikes Dozens of Iranian Targets in Syria

posted in: Israel, News

Israel also destroyed the Iranian launcher from which the Grad rockets and Fajr 5 missiles were fired at Israel. >  Iranian strike on IDF ‘bolsters decision’ to exit nuclear deal, U.S. says >  Syrian state media: repeated rounds of Israeli … Read More

Germany, UK vow to keep Iran nuclear deal despite US withdrawal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and British Prime Minister Theresa May meet in the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP) The two leaders expressed their continuous support for the nuclear deal, while urging Iran … Read More

Khamenei: Iran won’t uphold nuke deal without ‘solid’ European guarantees

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A handout picture provided by the office of Iran’s supreme leader on April 30, 2018, shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waving to a crowd on Labour Day HO (Iranian Supreme Leader’s Website/AFP) The reactions to Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal … Read More

‘Iranian soldiers killed’ in Israeli airstrike on Syrian army base

Syrian TV reported the attack CREDIT: GETTY Iranian soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike in Syria carried out just hours after Donald Trump’s announcement that the US was pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement, according to monitors. The Syrian Observatory … Read More

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