Germany vows to save nuclear deal with Iran

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‘Germany always supports the international agreement and won’t spare any effort for its survival,’ German Envoy Michael Klor-Berchtold told Amir Abdollahian, especial aide to the Iranian parliament speaker. The Iranian official criticized Europe, especially Germany, France and the UK, the … Read More

Iran sanctions cycle set to repeat

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The country is no stranger to its energy industry blowing in the political wind Politics has bedevilled Iran’s energy sector ever since the Iranian Revolution of 1978-9, but even as far back as the premiership of Mohammad Mossadegh in the … Read More

Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Objectives for 2019: An ‘Improved’ Iran Deal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran’s nuclear programme in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018Jack GUEZ (AFP) Israel seeks to implement an upgraded nuclear deal with Iran, urges international cooperation Israel’s 2019 Foreign Ministry objectives indicate … Read More

IRAN ON BRINK: Europe ‘NOT HELPING’ to save nuclear deal despite EU’s £16M aid pledge

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EUROPE’S attempts of desperately savaging the nuclear deal with Iran are backfiring as the continent’s leaders are “not following an appropriate path”, a powerful Iranian cleric warned. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, a leading anti-Western cleric, hit out at Europe for the … Read More

Iranian factory follows Khamenei’s orders, increases uranium enrichment capacity

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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) sits between President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) during a meeting in Tehran, in a photo released by Khamenei’s office on July 15, 2018  HO (KHAMENEI.IR/AFP) Under the 2015 … Read More

Iran Sanctions: India’s Options

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Once again, India is caught in the middle of a conflict between the US and Iran. During the earlier round of sanctions, India had succeeded in deftly manoeuvring through the sanctions regime, keeping its relations with both countries intact, if … Read More

Israel will destroy Assad’s forces if fired on, Netanyahu says

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the Syrian regime is no longer “immune” from retaliation. Speaking at the Policy Exchange think tank in London during a diplomatic tour of Europe, Netanyahu warned that Israel would destroy Syrian forces it deemed … 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

Iran rejects any new nuclear deal proposed by US/France

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint press conference with the leaders of Turkey and Russia in Ankara on April 4, 2018 ADEM ALTAN (AFP) Trump is eyeing a broader pact that also limits Iran’s ballistic missile program Iran’s … Read More

Can Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron save the Iran nuclear deal?

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During separate talks with President Donald Trump this week, Macron and Merkel will urge the US to stick to the Iran nuclear deal. In an interview with Fox News, the French leader warned there is no “Plan B.” When French … Read More

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