Tag: JCPOA
Rouhani: Israel ‘took Iran’s nuclear secrets and gave them to Trump’
Outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in his last speech to his cabinet ministers on Monday night that Israel did seize Iran’s nuclear archive, as former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had revealed in...
France: Iran endangering prospects of return to nuclear deal
The French Foreign Ministry warned on Monday that Iran is endangering the possibility of a return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear agreement.
“Iran continues to exacerbate the nuclear situation. If it...
Report: Iran not resuming nuclear talks until takeover of Raisi government
Iran will not resume talks with world powers over a return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear accord until President-elect Ebrahim Raisi’s government is operative, Reuters reported on Thursday.
This probably won’t be until...
Latest attacks between US and Iran-backed militias overshadow ongoing nuclear talks
Iran’s continued provocations through its terror proxies and with its nuclear program appear to be frustrating efforts by the Biden administration’s efforts revive the Iranian nuclear deal.
On Tuesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
E3 to Iran: Enrichment of uranium metal endangers Vienna talks
The foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on Tuesday expressing “grave concern” over an IAEA report confirming that Iran has begun enriching uranium metal.
In its report, released...
Iran accuses Israel of responsibility for attack on Karaj nuclear facility
Iran accused Israel on Tuesday of responsibility for an attack last month on a civilian nuclear facility in Karaj near Tehran.
In answer to a question during a press conference, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei...
Iran demands lifting of sanctions, US commitment not to exit nuclear deal
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday that his country would return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal on the conditions that all sanctions be lifted and that...
UN head urges Biden to lift Iran sanctions
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to lift sanctions on Iran as stipulated by the 2015 nuclear accord signed between Iran and world powers.
In a report to the...
Iran’s president-elect says ballistic-missile program not up for discussion
“The U.S. is obliged to lift all oppressive sanctions against Iran,” Iran’s president-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, taking a hardline position regarding ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna.
Speaking at a news conference shortly after...
Blinken: ‘Hundreds’ of sanctions to remain, even if Iran returns to nuclear-deal compliance
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that “hundreds of sanctions will remain in place,” even if Iran returns to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...