This is Beirut, 13/06 05:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump on Thursday implored Israel not to attack Iran and declared once again his goal was to be a peacemaker. Hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of Trump's closest international allies, brazenly defied his advice by unleashing a major military campaign described as a "preemptive" strike ...
This is Beirut, 13/06 03:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel launched a series of coordinated strikes against Iran, targeting nuclear facilities, missile bases and high-ranking military personnel. The strikes began in the early hours of Friday. According to Iranian and international media reports, explosions were heard across several Iranian cities, including Tehran, Natanz, Isfahan and Mashhad. ...
This is Beirut, 12/06 20:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Donald Trump on Thursday urged Israel to exercise restraint toward Iran, reiterating his preference for a diplomatic solution as crucial nuclear talks are set to take place Sunday in Muscat. However, he did not rule out an Israeli strike, with U.S. approval, on Tehran, urging it to make concessions on its nuclear program. “We're quite close to ...
This is Beirut, 12/06 18:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Iran on Thursday vowed to significantly increase its output of enriched uranium in defiance of US demands ahead of a round of nuclear talks overshadowed by fears of an imminent Israeli attack. The announcement came after the UN nuclear watchdog—the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—accused Iran of non-compliance with its obligations, ...
This is Beirut, 12/06 12:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning Iran's "non-compliance" with its obligations in a new warning before a possible referral of the case to the United Nations. The motion drafted by the United States, Britain, France, and Germany was carried by 19 votes in favor, out of 35 in total, three diplomatic ...
This is Beirut, 11/06 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran on Wednesday hanged a man convicted of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022 but human rights groups said he was the victim of a wrongful conviction. Abbas Kurkuri, also known as Mojahed Kurkur, was hanged at dawn in Sheiban prison in the western city of Ahvaz, the Norway-based Iran Human ...
This is Beirut, 11/06 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran threatened Wednesday to target US military bases in the region if conflict breaks out, while President Donald Trump said he was "less confident" about reaching a nuclear deal. Tehran and Washington have held five rounds of talks since April to thrash out a new nuclear deal to replace the 2015 accord that Trump abandoned during his ...
This is Beirut, 11/06 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute
A fire broke out at a petrochemical complex in southern Iran on Wednesday, killing at least three people, state television reported. "Given the scale of the incident, the number of injuries and deaths is likely to increase," the broadcaster added, airing images of smoke rising from the Kaveh Petrochemical Complex in Bushehr province, 1,200 ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 23:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The sixth round of Iran-US nuclear talks is planned for Sunday, Tehran said, as the two sides appear locked in a standoff over uranium enrichment nearly two months into the high-stakes negotiations. It came as European powers and the United States submitted a censure motion to the UN's nuclear watchdog in an effort to ramp up pressure on ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 22:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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European powers and the United States submitted a resolution to the UN's nuclear watchdog on Tuesday condemning Iran's "non-compliance" with its nuclear obligations in a bid to up pressure on Tehran, diplomats told AFP. The text, which diplomatic sources told AFP had been submitted Tuesday night, is the latest diplomatic move by Western powers in ...
Mario Chartouni, 10/06 11:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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With nuclear talks stalled, Washington has opened a new front in its standoff with Tehran: financial warfare. On Friday, the United States imposed sanctions on more than 30 individuals and entities tied to a sprawling money-laundering network that covertly funnels funds to the Iranian regime. This clandestine financial system — a covert, ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 10/06 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
When I was in elementary school in Baghdad, in the early 1980s, teachers took us to the streets to shout angry slogans against “Khomeini the Hypocrite” for refusing to end Iran’s war with Iraq. Little did I know that, decades later and well into middle age, I would still be discussing the seemingly endless wars driven by the Islamist ...