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Iran Rejects Military Pressure as Nuclear Talks Resume Under Shadow of U.S. Naval Buildup

This is Beirut, 12/02 15:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Jalal Dehqani Firouzabadi, secretary of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said Thursday there is “no military solution” to Iran’s nuclear file, arguing that recent history has already proven the limits of force. Speaking to Iran’s ISNA news agency, Firouzabadi said the current talks differ fundamentally ...

Turkey Says Washington and Tehran Showing New Flexibility as Nuclear Talks Resume

This is Beirut, 12/02 14:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkey’s foreign minister said the United States and Iran are displaying rare signs of pragmatism in efforts to revive negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, suggesting Washington may now be prepared to tolerate limited uranium enrichment under strict conditions. In an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday, Hakan ...

Qatar Ruler Discusses De-Escalation With Trump, Iran Security Chief

This is Beirut, 11/02 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Qatar's ruler discussed regional de-escalation on a call with US President Donald Trump and later met with Iran's top security official, the emir's office said in two separate statements on Wednesday. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Trump focused on "the current situation in the region and international efforts aimed at ...

Iran Says Ready for Inspections to Prove It Isn’t Seeking Nuclear Weapons

This is Beirut, 11/02 13:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that his country would "not yield to excessive demands" on its nuclear program after Tehran resumed talks with the United States. He also said Iran was ready for "any verification" of its nuclear program and insisted it was not seeking an atomic weapon. Iran and the United States resumed ...

Iranian Authorities Arrest Several Prominent Reformist Figures: Fars News Agency

This is Beirut, 09/02 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian authorities on Sunday arrested three reformist figures including the head of Iran's Reform Front coalition, Azar Mansouri, the Fars news agency reported. "Azar Mansouri, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, and Mohsen Aminzadeh were arrested by security and judicial institutions," the agency said. "The accusations against these individuals include ...

Iran FM: U.S.-Iran Talks Held In a “Very Positive Atmosphere”

This is Beirut, 06/02 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran and the United States held indirect, high-level talks in Oman on Friday over Tehran’s nuclear program, in their first such encounter since the June Israel-Iran war, amid sharp disagreements over the agenda and growing fears of a wider regional conflict. Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the talks were held in a “very ...

Iran–U.S. Talks Begin in Oman as Tehran Warns Against “Excessive Demands”

This is Beirut, 06/02 10:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran and the United States began talks on Friday in Oman, with discussions limited to Iran’s nuclear programme, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing a source described as knowledgeable about Middle East affairs. The source said Washington accepted Iran’s conditions after mediation by regional countries, including Qatar, ...

Iran Guards Seize Two Foreign-Crewed Tankers in Gulf: News Agency

This is Beirut, 05/02 13:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized two oil tankers with their foreign crews in Gulf waters for "smuggling fuel," the Tasnim news agency reported Thursday. It was not immediately clear what flags the tankers were carrying nor the nationalities of the crew. The seizures took place amid heightened tension after Washington dispatched a naval ...

Can a New Round of U.S.–Iran Talks Avert Escalation?

Natasha Metni Torbey, 03/02 12:45 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Amid elevated military tensions, the U.S. and Iran are now cautiously opening diplomatic channels, indicating an interest in averting a major conflict with potentially uncontrollable consequences for the region. In recent days, a series of mixed signals—from hawkish statements and regional warnings to indirect exchanges via ...

Ukraine Designates IRGC as Terrorist Organization

This is Beirut, 03/02 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Monday that Ukraine has formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, describing the decision as final. He said the European Union has effectively agreed to take the same step, with procedural processes currently underway. “All ...

Iran Summons EU Ambassadors After IRGC Terrorist Designation

This is Beirut, 02/02 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iran announced on Monday that it had summoned European ambassadors based in Tehran in response to the European Union’s decision to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said that on Sunday and Monday, representatives of all EU member states with embassies in ...

Trump Expects Iran to Seek Deal to Avoid U.S. Strikes

This is Beirut, 31/01 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump predicted on Friday that Iran would seek to negotiate a deal rather than face American military action, despite Tehran warning that its arsenal of missiles would never be up for discussion. "I can say this, they do want to make a deal," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Asked if he had given Iran a deadline to enter ...