The speech, delivered remotely in a pre-recorded video message late Tuesday, marked a significantly harsher tone than that of Raisi's predecessor Hassan Rouhani. "The United States remains committed to preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon. We are working with the P5+1 to engage Iran diplomatically and seek a return to the JCPOA," Biden said. […]
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Diplomats meet in Vienna for more Iran nuclear talks
Senior diplomats from China, Germany, France, Russia and Britain met at a hotel in the Austrian capital for the final meeting of the sixth round of talks in Vienna. It was the first official meeting since Iran's hard-line judiciary chief won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election last week. Further talks between Iran […]
US officials work to stop Iranian vessels carrying arms to Venezuela, Cuba
Fox News Flash top headlines for June 9 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Top officials in the Biden administration are working to stop two Iranian vessels headed for Venezuela and Cuba that are believed to be carrying arms, a report said Wednesday. Senior officials are pushing Caracas […]
Iran's biggest navy ship sinks after fire in Gulf of Oman, local media reports
The Gulf of Oman connects to the Strait of Hormuz where about a fifth of the world's oil passes. Rescue operations for the Kharg went on for hours, the statement on state TV said, with all the crew disembarking. Iran's largest navy ship the Kharg sank on Wednesday after catching fire in the Gulf of […]
India to resume buying oil from Iran once U.S. sanctions ease
India stopped importing oil from Iran in mid-2019 following sanctions on the Persian Gulf nation by the Trump administration India will look to resume buying crude oil from Iran the moment U.S. sanctions are eased, helping it diversify its import basket, a senior government official said. India stopped importing oil from Iran in mid-2019 following […]
Video captures the moment a missile fired at the capital of Saudi Arabia by Iran-backed fighters is intercepted
Saudi Arabia said the missile was fired by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, and attack drones were aimed at other cities. Houthis said they fired nine drones at “sensitive targets” in Riyadh and six drones at other sites. The barrage came after an Israeli ship in the Gulf of Oman suffered an explosion, for which Iran […]
Iran Spots Foreign Submarine During Drill Amid Tension With U.S.
Iran’s navy identified a foreign submarine during military drills in the northern Indian Ocean, the semi-official ُTasnim news agency reported, weeks after the U.S. had deployed one to the region as a warning to the Islamic Republic. The submarine was spotted approaching the exercise area by Iranian anti-submarine helicopters on Thursday, Tasnim said citing a […]
Iran Steps Up Nuclear Enrichment to 20% as U.S. Keeps Carrier in Gulf
Iran started the process of enriching uranium to 20%, a key acceleration in its nuclear program and another breach of the 2015 deal with world powers, hours after brewing tensions led the U.S. to turn around an aircraft carrier set to leave the Persian Gulf. The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency was informed on […]
Iran Prepares to Raise Oil Production as Biden Presidency Nears
Follow us @middleeast for more news on the region. Iran is preparing to raise oil exports in a sign the Islamic Republic expects the U.S. to ease some sanctions under a Joe Biden presidency. Tehran will take measures “to prepare resources and oil-industry equipment for the production and export of oil in line with current […]
Iran's president Hassan Rouhani accuses Israel for the killing of nuclear scientist
"The assassination of martyr (Mohsen) Fakhrizadeh shows our enemies' despair and the depth of their hatred," President Hassan Rouhani said in a statement, according to state TV. The death of Fakhrizadeh could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump's U.S. presidency. It may also complicate any effort by […]