Tag: U.S.-Iran Tensions
Iran claims cyber attack caused major damage to gas stations across country
Iran claimed on Tuesday that a cyber attack interrupted fuel sales and caused long lines at gas stations throughout the Islamic Republic, state media reported.
It noted that it remains on alert against such strikes,...
Iran calls on US to unfreeze $10 billion before returning to nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahain said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic had requested that the United States unfreeze “at least” $10 billion in frozen Iranian funds to prove it was serious about rejoining...
Iran: US making ‘illegal threats’ over nuclear program
Iran on Saturday accused the United States of making “illegal threats” against it over its nuclear program.
The rebuke followed U.S. President Joe Biden’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House...
The Biden administration has a Raisi problem
Ebrahim Raisi will be sworn in as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic on Thursday. According to the Iranian press, dozens of foreign delegations will attend the ceremony in Tehran, even amid a...
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...
US says Iran nuclear talks cannot continue ‘indefinitely’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that negotiations with Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal could not continue “indefinitely.”
“We are committed to diplomacy, but this process cannot go on indefinitely,”...
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...
US allies face America’s Revolutionary People’s Army
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Defense Secretary General Lloyd Austin gave an ominous description of how he viewed the Pentagon’s mission. He began his statement blandly enough.
“The job of the Defense Department is to...
Iran marks National Nuclear Technology Day, signaling defiance of the United States
Iran marked the “National Day of Nuclear Technology” on April 10. To commemorate, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced 133 new atomic energy projects, presented to President Hassan Rouhani and online. The achievements were in...
The Iran-China deal is cause for Israeli concern
While Israel was busy with the domestic political imbroglio surrounding last week’s Knesset elections, a strategic threat that could threaten the country’s very existence was developing. If the Iranian-Chinese alliance reaches its full potential, the Middle...