Iran tension
Iran’s relations with the US and its allies in the Middle East have never been easy. Exchanges of accusations, wary statements, and an environment of mutual suspicion – all spiced up by US sanctions – have taken their toll on ties between the key regional players
- Pentagon chief ‘absolutely concerned’ about Iranian ships crossing Atlantic & ‘proliferation of weapons in our neighborhood’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said two Iranian vessels transiting the Atlantic toward Latin America are a “great concern,” despite reports that the Pentagon has no plans to intercept the ships or even monitor them more closely.Jun 11, 2021 00:59USA News - Blinken claims Iran’s nuclear bomb ‘breakout time’ may soon be a ‘matter of weeks’, with talks held hostage to US sanctionsUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken said talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal are stalling, claiming Tehran may soon cut its “breakout time” for a bomb to mere weeks as the country insists US sanctions are impeding an agreement.Jun 8, 2021 01:04USA News
- US Coast Guard fires 30 warning shots at 'unsafe & unprofessional' Iranian military ships during flotilla encounter – PentagonA US Coast Guard ship fired warning shots in the course of a close encounter with vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) in the Strait of Hormuz off Iran, a Pentagon spokesperson has said.May 10, 2021 20:15World News
- US 'ready' to lift sanctions and return to nuclear deal, Iran negotiator says, as 4th round of talks concludes in ViennaIran's chief negotiator at talks to revive the nuclear deal has told state media that the US is willing to lift many of its sanctions and come back to the agreement, but Tehran is still pushing to secure “all our demands.”May 7, 2021 19:05World News
- Iran decries ‘cherry-picked’ & ‘illegal’ reports of classified chat that claim foreign minister revealed power struggles with armyIran’s Foreign Ministry has denounced “cherry-picked” media reports of a “routine and confidential” internal discussion, in which its top diplomat reportedly said diplomacy had taken a backseat to military goals in the country.Apr 26, 2021 11:39World News
- Iran says it could enrich uranium to 90% purity if it wanted to, but is ‘not seeking weapon’ as nuclear deal talks restartThe enrichment of weapons-grade uranium is within Iran's reach, but it chose to stick to a lower purity level because it does not want to make a bomb, President Hassan Rouhani has said as talks to revive the nuclear deal continue.Apr 15, 2021 14:06World News
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