Iran in recent days captured the third foreign tanker in the Persian Gulf in less than a month amid intensifying tensions with the United States, Iranian state media reported over the weekend.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday described American sanctions against him as a “diplomatic failure” by the United States, which he claimed is “all alone in the world today” and unable to form effective international coalitions.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, on the grounds that Zarif acted on behalf of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, himself a sanctioned individual, and coordinated activities with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Iran’s Central Bank announced Wednesday that the nation would rename the national currency, the rial, as the “toman” and “delete four zeros” from its value.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during an interview on Thursday that he would “happily” visit Iran for negotiations and would love an opportunity to address the Iranian people directly.
“The U.S. hostile measures against Iran are economic terrorism and Tehran will in no way hold talks with terrorists,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif declared from Venezuela on Sunday.
Iran’s manic swings between blaming U.S. sanctions for its economic woes and demanding immediate rescue from the Europeans, and dismissing those sanctions as an irrelevant trifle, continued on Wednesday as Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani insisted President Donald Trump has completely failed to intimidate Tehran.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei vowed on Tuesday that Iran will continue violating the nuclear deal until European powers meet Tehran’s demands.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Iran is prepared to deal with the U.S. government if sanctions are lifted – a statement intended to make Iran look reasonable, even though it has demanded an unconditional end to sanctions as a precondition for negotiations many times in the past.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Britain will facilitate the release of a seized Iranian tanker if Iran can provide guarantees the vessel would not breach European sanctions on oil shipments to Syria, Britain’s top diplomat said late Saturday.
Iran this week repudiated reports from the U.K. that a Royal Navy frigate aimed its deck guns at three IRGC gunboats, forcing them to flee.
Former Vice President Joe Biden laid out an extensive foreign policy vision to counter President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda during a speech in New York City on Thursday.
A report from i24 News on Tuesday evening claimed Iranian officials secretly met with representatives of the U.S. government in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration will apply additional sanctions on Iran as the Islamic Republic escalates its nuclear program.
The founder of the Black Entertainment Television (BET) cable network on Tuesday commended U.S. President Donald Trump’s unprecedented wave of sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy, urging Europeans to join him.
Let us put our economic boot on the throat of the Iranians and encourage as many nations as possible to join us. With or without them, we have the means necessary to potentially defeat the Iranians without losing a life or firing a shot.
Iran announced a major violation of the nuclear deal on Monday by surpassing its 3.67 percent enrichment limit for uranium and threatened to proceed to the dangerous 20 percent level, which would put Tehran only a small step away from producing weapons-grade nuclear material.
Iranian officials on Tuesday claimed that exceeding the limits on stockpiled uranium set by the 2015 nuclear deal somehow preserves the spirit of the deal and scoffed at U.S. accusations they have been violating it all along.
Trump reacted to the news that Iran had breached the limits on enriched uranium set by the Iran Nuclear deal.”They know what they’re doing, they know what they’re playing with, and I think they’re playing with fire,” Trump said.
Inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday confirmed a statement by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that Iran has violated the 300 kilogram limit on stockpiling enriched uranium established by the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The unprecedented wave of economic sanctions imposed on Iran by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is “on track” to reduce Tehran’s coffers by “$50 billion” in oil revenue alone, the American special representative for the Islamic Republic told reporters on Friday.
Iran threatened on Wednesday to speed up uranium enrichment if Europe fails to meet an ultimatum issued by Tehran two months ago.
Questioned at the first presidential debate on whether the Iran nuclear deal should address Iran’s support for Hezbollah, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) launched into a conversation about how a war with Iran would be detrimental to America. “Let’s deal with
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif this week demanded that the United States pull its troops out of the Persian Gulf region, arguing that such a move is “fully in line” with the interest of America and the world.
(AFP) — A top Iranian diplomat expressed disappointment on Sunday after meeting a minister from Britain’s Foreign Office amid escalating regional tensions, saying the talks were “repetitive”, state news agency IRNA reported.
(AFP) — A minister from Britain’s Foreign Office arrived in Tehran on Sunday and met with a top diplomat from Iran’s foreign ministry amid escalating regional tensions, state-run IRIB news agency reported.
(AP) — A British Foreign Office official will visit Iran and call for “urgent de-escalation in the region and raise UK and international concerns about Iran’s regional conduct” during talks with Tehran’s government.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union will chair a meeting of the nations involved in the embattled Iran nuclear deal in Vienna on June 28th.
Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) commented on the news Iran shot down an American drone in international waters. Hirono seemingly defended Iran’s viewpoint, saying “there is a mistrust of the United States” since President Donald Trump
NEW YORK — Nations that have been reluctant to finger Iran for alleged attacks on oil tankers and other acts of escalation may be motivated by their own financial interests, including billions in deals with Tehran, argued Breitbart Jerusalem bureau chief and senior investigative reporter Aaron Klein.
