Republicans to Biden: No to nuclear deal that isn’t approved by Congress

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Nearly 200 House Republicans warn Biden that any deal made with Iran without Congress’ approval “will meet the same fate” as 2015 agreement. Nearly 200 House Republicans have written to President Joe Biden warning that any nuclear deal made with … Read More

New Alarm In US Over Iran’s Progress Toward Nuclear Bomb

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Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Plant. Photo by Hossein Ostovar, Wikimedia Commons. The US is alarmed by Iran’s progress toward obtaining an atomic weapon and hopes to resume talks soon to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, a top official in Washington said on Tuesday. … Read More

Biden losing friends and gaining enemies

Biden’s unforced errors are killing America in the grand geopolitical game of the 21st century. US President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington on February 4, 2021. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb US President … 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

Germany urges Iran to accept US overtures

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Germany’s Foreign Minister: Iran should accept the offer of diplomacy that’s on the table, including from the United States. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas – Reuters Germany’s Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, on Wednesday urged Iran to accept diplomatic overtures from … Read More

Iran’s president claims ‘big victory’ in legal efforts to end US sanctions

Rouhani applauds UN court’s decision to hear case filed in 2018 over the legality of sanctions reimposed by Trump. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech before the heads of banks, in Tehran, Iran, January 16, 2020. (Office of the … 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

South Korea presses Iran over seized oil tanker as Gulf tensions rise

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps troops on Monday seized the South Korean-flagged MT Hankuk Chemi A South Korean delegation left for Iran on Thursday to negotiate the early release of an oil tanker and its crew seized in strategic Gulf waters … Read More

Pompeo warns Biden against warming relations with Iran

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US Secretary of State championed efforts to ease relations between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media in Washington. Reuters US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned the incoming Biden administration against warming … Read More

Iran says it won’t fall into trap of scuttling any U.S. talks

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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 … Read More

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