Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif welcomes the fact Benjamin Netanyahu will no longer serve as Israel’s Prime Minister. Mohammad Javad Zarif Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday welcomed the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will no longer serve as Israel’s Prime Minister once the new government is sworn in. “Netanyahu has…
Getty Images Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has reversed his decision to redeploy the aircraft carrier Nimitz, keeping the vessel in the Persian Gulf after threats from Iran against President Trump. “Due to the recent threats issued by Iranian leaders against President Trump and other U.S. government officials, I have ordered the USS Nimitz to halt its…
Servants of the holy shrine of Imam Reza carry the coffin of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Mashhad, Iran, on Sunday. | WANA / VIA REUTERS Iran has vowed it won’t “fall into the trap” of scuppering any future talks with a new U.S. administration following the assassination of a top nuclear scientist. “Iran’s…
The consequences of the American assassination of a senior Iranian commander are mounting. BEIRUT — The consequences of the American assassination of a top Iranian general rippled across the Middle East and beyond on Sunday, with Iran ending commitments it made to limit its nuclear fuel production and Iraqi lawmakers voting to expel American forces…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, told CNN that Iran “won’t blink to defend our territory.”CreditCreditAbedin Taherkenareh/EPA, via Shutterstock A military strike against Iran by the United States or Saudi Arabia would result in “an all-out war,” the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Thursday, repeating his government’s denial of responsibility for an…
AP / ISNA / Hamid Foroutan 2011 © Tehran refusing to provide clarification regarding allegations, made by Netanyahu, of renewed nuclear activity Tehran is refusing to collaborate with an International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into its nuclear stockpiles, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday citing unnamed Western diplomats. The revelation is expected to further aggravate worries over…
Frame grab from NBC News’ interview of August 17, 2019 in Tehran with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cautions the United States against attempting to form a naval coalition against Iran under the guise of ensuring maritime security in the Persian Gulf. Zarif made the remarks to NBC News’…
Mohammad Javad Zarif did not elaborate on his statements but said that if the nuclear deal is not completely implemented by other parties, Iran will take an additional step to reduce commitments. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talks to the media in Caracas, Venezuela July 20, 2019. \ Manaure Quintero/ REUTERS ‘Childish’ of U.S. to…
Three weeks after a meeting between the countries who signed the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was ditched by US, French, British and German officials said the trade mechanism which was proposed last summer – designed to circumvent both SWIFT as well as US sanctions banning trade with…
Confrontation between Washington and Tehran is now “explosive” and could lead to military escalation, Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday, becoming the most senior Western official to visit Iran since a war of words erupted last month. Iran accused the United States of waging economic war by reimposing and extending sanctions. Nevertheless, it reassured Germany’s…