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Iran condemns call for UN probe into alleged use of its drones in Ukraine

Iran on Saturday strongly condemned a call by France, Germany and Britain for the United Nations to probe accusations that Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to attack Ukraine, its foreign ministry said, reports Reuters. Tehran denies supplying drones to Moscow in the Ukraine war. In a speech on Saturday, President Ebrahim Raisi struck a defiant tone on Iran's military sales in general, saying the country was now a popular prospective exporter of […]

today23 October 2022

International

Iran: US to blame for lack of agreement on nuclear deal

Iran yesterday said a deal to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers was not in sight, adding that the US was to blame. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters that "more than one issue is still pending between Iran and the United States." He explained that messages coming from Washington "are far from providing solutions that could lead to an accord." "The United States are responsible for these delays, because they are taking their time […]

today19 April 2022

International News

Trump says he is willing to meet Iran’s leaders without preconditions

Hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Iranian leaders without preconditions on Monday, an aide of Iran's Hassan Rouhani said Washington should return to the nuclear deal before any potential talks. "Respecting the Iranian nation's rights, reducing hostilities and returning to the nuclear deal are steps that can be taken to pave the bumpy road of talks between Iran and America," tweeted Hamid Aboutalebi, an advisor […]

today31 July 2018

International News

Khamenei backs threat to stop Gulf exports if oil sales halted

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has supported a suggestion by President Hassan Rouhani who hinted earlier this month that Tehran may block regional oil exports if its own sales are stopped following the US' withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Rouhani's apparent warning on July 3 that Iran may disrupt oil shipments from neighbouring countries came in reaction to looming US sanctions and efforts by the […]

today22 July 2018

International News

Iran to negotiate with world powers to keep nuclear deal in place

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Tehran will bypass Washington and negotiate with the other signatories of a multinational nuclear deal, calling the US withdrawal from the landmark pact "unacceptable". Rouhani's comments on Tuesday came shortly after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), describing it "defective at its core". In response, Rouhani said: "If we achieve the […]

today9 May 2018

International News

Anguish in Iran as Trump balks at nuclear deal

A mix of anger and anguish among the Iranian public has greeted US President Donald Trump's decision to declare that Iran is not in compliance with the nuclear accord with world powers - a sharp contrast to the euphoria that followed when the deal was signed in 2015. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani promptly responded to Trump's speech on Friday, calling it "a pile of delusional allegations" and "an insult to […]

today14 October 2017

International News

Trump expected to move against Iran nuclear deal

US President Donald Trump is expected to refuse to certify Iran's compliance with the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, an agreement between world powers and Tehran aimed at limiting the latter's nuclear programme to non-military purposes. The move comes despite thinly-veiled criticisms from US allies in Europe who have developed burgeoning commercial and political ties with Iran. Trump is to lay out his plan in a 16:45 GMT speech at the […]

today13 October 2017

International News

US certifies Iran nuclear deal, but vows new sanctions

The Trump administration has for the second time declared that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal, but threatened more sanctions for breaching the "spirit" of the agreement. The announcement came just hours before the midnight deadline for US President Donald Trump to inform congress whether Iran had met the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. "The conditions have been met, based on information available to the United States," one […]

today18 July 2017

Local

Court sets aside nuclear deals with Russia, other countries

It’s back to the drawing board for government, which has received a bloody nose in the Western Cape High Court where its nuclear procurement processes to date have been declared unlawful and set aside. Judge Lee Bozalek on Wednesday ruled in favour of the case brought by Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (Safcei) against government. In his ruling, he declared government’s attempts to secure […]

today26 April 2017

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