Tag: Iran Nuclear Deal
EU pledges $21 million in Iran assistance to keep nuclear deal alive
The European Union announced on Thursday financial support to stimulate the declining Iranian economy.
The assistance exemplifies the bloc’s pledge to maintain the 2015 Iran nuclear accord despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision in May...
The Iran-North Korea nexus after the Singapore summit
The summit that took place in Singapore in June 2018 between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un likely had a significant impact on the Pyongyang-Tehran nexus. Given the depth of strategic cooperation...
Report: North Korea tried to extort $1 billion from Israel to stop arms sale...
A new book by a former North Korean diplomat claims that the dictatorial regime attempted to extort Israel by seeking to end North Korean missile sales to Iran and Syria in exchange for $1...
In Vienna, Iran fails to get guarantees on continued access to oil, financial markets
Iran failed to get concrete guarantees from the remaining members of the Iranian nuclear deal on access to oil and financial markets as the United States is set to resume harsh sanctions on the...
Iran leader visits Austria, chancellor calls Tehran’s anti-Israel rhetoric ‘unacceptable’
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said at a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Vienna on Wednesday that “in this memorial year in which we are particularly aware of our historic responsibility,...
Iran threatens to cut ties with UN nuclear watchdog
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened reduce cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, amid escalating tensions with the United States.
“Iran’s nuclear activities have always been for peaceful purposes, but it...
Iran protests raise hopes of regime collapse as sanctions set to go in effect
The Iranian regime appears to be in a panic as the Trump administration tightens the screws on the country’s economy with the United States telling countries to stop all oil imports from Iran starting...
Official: Iran may pull out of nuclear deal in coming weeks
The Iran nuclear deal is in “intensive care” and Tehran is seriously considering withdrawing from it, the country’s deputy foreign minister said on Friday.
The Euronews website quoted Abbas Araghchi as saying that while Iran would...
In New Jersey, Republican Senate-challenger puts longtime Israel supporter to the test
In an era in which support for Israel within the Democratic Party is waning—a reversal of previous decades of steadfast commitment—strong Democratic Israel allies are as important as ever to a Jewish state that...
Netanyahu asks for May’s help in ‘rolling back’ Iranian aggression in Mideast
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked for British Prime Minister Theresa May’s help in how to “roll back Iran’s aggression” in the Middle East.
Netanyahu told his British counterpart that he believes that there are...