Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 2 April 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, Everybody is in the Easter spirit, wishing each other a happy good Friday and looking forward to the “Easter” holiday.  My Dad always asked, “What’s good about good Friday?”  He explained that you can’t fit three days … Read More

US and Iran to join talks aimed at rejoining nuclear deal

Iran and the United States will join talks in Vienna next week that aim to return all parties to the terms of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. There will not be direct contact between Iran and the United States at … Read More

Iran knows ‘how to drive a truck through American weakness,’ Mike Pompeo tells Arab News

posted in: Middle East, News

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke, in an exclusive interview with Arab News, about the sustained threat the Iranian regime poses. (AN Photo/Screenshot) Former secretary of state says protecting US soldiers in Middle East requires strong response to … Read More

Biden attempt to resurrect Iran nuke deal off to bumpy start

posted in: News, United States

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s early efforts to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are getting a chilly early response from Tehran. Though few expected a breakthrough in the first month of the new administration, Iran’s tough line suggests a difficult … Read More

Pompeo, other critics pan Biden WH offer to restart Iran nuclear talks

‘Adopting the European Union model of accommodation… will guarantee Iran a path to a nuclear arsenal,’ Pompeo said. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others slammed the Biden administration Thursday after the White House signaled it was ready to restart diplomacy with Tehran over a nuclear deal. The … Read More

Joe Biden in no hurry to find compromise as Iran ramps up nuclear programme

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The president’s team has made clear that rejoining the Iran nuclear deal isn’t imminent. US President Joe Biden waits to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. AP For Iran, the inauguration … Read More

Iranian missiles land within 20 miles of ship, 100 miles from Nimitz strike group in Indian Ocean: officials

Officials say at least one missile landed 20 miles from a commercial vessel. EXCLUSIVE: Long-range missiles from Iran splashed down close to a commercial ship in the Indian Ocean Saturday and 100 miles from the Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group, Fox News … Read More

Iran reveals new missile base on the Persian Gulf

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Iranian military forces have shown off their Naval Missile Facility on the coast of the Persian Gulf and boasted of their extended defensive capabilities. The new facility was built on the Persian Gulf, a hotly contested maritime region that plays … Read More

Israel ‘will not allow’ Iran to get nuclear bomb amid uranium enrichment

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Netanyahu says Iran’s decision to enrich uranium to a greater purity ‘cannot be explained in any way, other than a desire to continue realising its goal’ of getting a bomb. Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif Israeli leaders have vowed not … Read More

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