Under Joe Biden, everything changed. He eased off on sanctions enforcement, betrayed Iranian dissidents, re-animated the nuclear deal and returned $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets in September 2023 …
Iran says won’t negotiate under ‘intimidation’ as Trump ramps up pressure
TEHRAN – Iran said on Monday it would not negotiate under “intimidation”, after US President Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on Tehran by ending a sanctions waiver that had allowed Iraq to …
Trump, Aiming at Iran, Puts a Squeeze on Iraq
The Trump administration has revoked a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy gas and electricity from Iran, U.S. officials said this weekend, intensifying an American pressure campaign on Tehran …
From Iran, A Message of Hope on International Women’s Day
The 2022 protests hark to March 8, 1979, when Iranian women cowed clerics, writes Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi.
Iran would consider talks with US about concerns over militarization of nuclear program, UN mission says
Iran would consider negotiations with the U.S. if the aim of the talks was to address concerns regarding any potential militarization of its nuclear program, Iran’s U.N. mission said on Sunday in a …
US ends sanctions waiver for Iraq to buy electricity from Iran
The United States has ended a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, in line with US President Donald Trump’s policy of exerting “maximum pressure” on Tehran.
If plug is pulled on Ukraine it will be ‘worse than Afghanistan,’ Sen. Lindsey Graham says
SC., weighs in on the collapse of the Ukraine mineral deal and ending the conflict, tensions between the U.S. and Iran over nuclear talks, violence in Syria and the looming budget deadline.
Iraq has no immediate alternative to Iranian energy imports
Iraq has no immediate alternatives to compensate for the energy imported from Iran, which will cause a significant problem in providing enough electricity to meet domestic consumption, especially in the summer,
Iraq fears power cuts as US ends sanctions waiver for electricity purchases from Iran
The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, a U.S. official said Sunday. The previous …
Iran criticises ‘bullying countries’ after Trump letter demanding talks
Iran’s Supreme leader has criticised “bullying” countries in an apparent response to Donald Trump’s comments that he had sent a letter to Iran demanding negotiations on its nuclear programme. Trump …