If they want Iran to return to its commitments,” Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, declared this week about the 2015 global nuclear agreement, “the United States must lift all sanctions in practice …
Joe Biden Would Give In to ‘Nuclear Blackmail’ by Re-Entering Iran Deal, Reza Pahlavi Says
The son of the former shah of Iran is among the dissidents urging the president to break away from what they say is a flawed agreement that favors Tehran.
Biden is tackling the Yemen crisis with “urgency,” but Iran won’t make it easy
The White House rushed a veteran diplomat to Saudi Arabia on a mission to end a war threatening hundreds of thousands of civilian lives, but nothing’s easy in the Mideast.
Turkey holds Iranian diplomat over dissident’s assassination
Turkey has arrested an Iranian diplomat in connection with the assassination in Istanbul of a former regime intelligence officer who turned against Tehran.Muhammad Reza Naserzadeh, 43, a civil …
Minister says Qatar working for return to Iran nuclear accord: report
Qatar is working to de-escalate tension in the region by advocating for a return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, state media quoted its foreign minister as saying.
Qatar working to revive Iran nuclear deal
Qatar’s foreign minister said the Gulf state is seeking to bring back the 2015 agreement. Qatar is in the unique position of having good relations with both the United States and Iran.
What Happened When The Taliban Visited Turkmenistan?
A Taliban delegation made an unusual appearance in Ashgabat on February 6 after visits to Iran and Russia. Little information is available about the trip — and there’s near silence from the Turkmen …
On Revolution Anniversary, Analysts Blame Iran’s Islamist Ideology for National Decline
Iran’s prolonged economic recession and increasing regional isolation as its Islamist rulers mark 42 years in power is largely a result of those rulers maintaining ideological adherence to their 1979 …
Analysis: Iran oil output faces race against time as U.S. sanctions linger
Iran’s oil reserves risk becoming stranded assets unless the new U.S. administration eases sanctions that have left the country lagging rivals in output capacity and losing a race against time as the …
Ex-IAEA official: Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear plants won’t stop threat
While an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities may buy some time, it won’t eliminate the problem, warned Dr. Olli Heinonen, former deputy director-general at the International Atomic Energy …