Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, announced on Wednesday that a new factory capable of producing 60 nuclear centrifuge rotors per day is completed and ready to go online if the nuclear deal collapses. He also said Iran has been steadily acquiring uranium despite the “denuclearization” agreement and now has 950 tons of uranium ready to enrich.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran is treating the United States with “much more respect” since he pulled out of the nuclear deal. He expected Tehran to crumble under sanctions and negotiate a new deal soon.
The European Commission voted on Wednesday to grant the European Investment Bank (EIB) the ability to invest money, as a loan, into U.S.-sanctioned Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was in Vienna on Wednesday to seek to secure what is left of the Iran nuclear deal.
Iran has reopened a “major” nuclear plant that has been inactive for the past nine years, the country’s atomic energy agency (AEOI) announced on Wednesday.
The United States reportedly denied entry Monday to NATO’s former Secretary General Javier Solana — who played a key role in negotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — over a visit he made to Iran in 2013.
In a speech at the Heritage Foundation on May 21, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined a list of 12 conditions Iran must meet to reach a new nuclear agreement with the United States. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, one of the lead architects of the nuclear deal Tehran struck with former President Barack Obama, responded this week by lashing out at Pompeo, dismissing his demands as “insulting,” and accusing President Donald Trump of “erratic behavior.”
An official for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) threatened on Wednesday that his country will be ready to begin uranium enrichment that will go beyond the limitations set by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) at its Fordo nuclear facility and install new equipment at its Natanz nuclear facility if the Iran nuclear deal fails.
TEL AVIV – Israel has maintained a top-secret but extremely close relationship for nearly a quarter of a century with the United Arab Emirates, the New Yorker magazine reported on Monday, adding that the two nations attempted to deter then-president Barack Obama from going through with the Iranian nuclear deal.
Iran’s nuclear chief said on Wednesday that a facility in the country’s Natanz nuclear plant, meant to build advanced centrifuges, will be completed in a month, and noted that the Islamic Republic is prepared to increase its uranium-enrichment capacity if the nuclear deal collapses.
Boeing announced on Wednesday that it will not deliver any of its aircraft to Iran in light of United States sanctions on the Islamic Republic as part of America’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal.
A bombshell report released Wednesday by the majority staff of the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations revealed that the Obama administration secretly plotted to give Iran access to the U.S. financial system as a sweetener for the 2015 nuclear deal. This effectively helped Iran evade sanctions that were not lifted as part of the JCPOA, as it is formally known. The report also details how Obama officials blatantly lied to Congress and the American people about this special arrangement.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday ordered his Atomic Energy Organization to prepare for weapons-grade uranium enrichment, bringing pressure against European powers desperate to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after the U.S. withdrew last month.
The Trump administration is implementing an across-the-board strategy to isolate Iran from its economic and strategic partners.
Iran’s ambassador to China, Ali Asghar Khaji, told the South China Morning Post in remarks published Monday that he hopes China can help preserve what is left of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, following America’s withdrawal from it this month.
The United States Navy expects a “period of uncertainty” in the Persian Gulf following President Donald Trump’s decision to terminate America’s participation in the Iran nuclear deal, the chief of the U.S. military branch said this week.
China is expected to enhance its activities in the Middle East in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to annul America’s participation in the Iran nuclear agreement, China’s state-owned Global Times newspaper claimed on Monday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the United States has a track record of breaching agreements, following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw America from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
During her opening statement on Fox News Channel’s “Justice,” host Jeanine Pirro praised President Donald Trump for his Tuesday announcement that the United States is pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement, as well as for moving the American embassy
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that his views on President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal are “very mixed” and President Obama’s argument for the deal has been disproven by time. He further stated that based
The Iranian regime orchestrated a series of anti-American protests in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal and featured supporters throughout the Islamic Republic who gathered after Friday’s prayers.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Friday that he would attempt to save the nuclear deal through diplomacy after President Donald Trump announced U.S. withdrawal this week. If that effort fails, he threatened that Iran would resume enriching weapons-grade nuclear material on an “industrial scale.”
A series of new protests could occur throughout Iran if millions of citizens feel empowered by President Donald Trump’s decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, effectively withdrawing the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal.
Contents: Turkey tightens grip on Syria’s Afrin, and continues to threaten Manbij; Israel-Iran missile barrages in Syria take a pause on Thursday
China’s state-run Global Times newspaper claimed in a piece Wednesday that Washington’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, “will tarnish the reputation of the superpower” and said America is an “unpredictable superpower” that “looks increasingly likely to do something silly.”
Former Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) discussed the Iran nuclear agreement on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily, stating that President Donald Trump’s announcement on Tuesday that the United States is pulling out of the deal “took guts.”
Mass anti-America protests are set to take place following Friday prayer this week in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s personal empire, effectively withdrawing the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal.
Speaking at the annual Victory Day parade in Red Square a few days after his fourth term in office officially began, Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the United States to Nazi Germany, the menace whose defeat is commemorated on Victory Day.
China’s state-run Global Times urged Europeans to help Beijing “defend global order” as U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Wednesday expressed support for President Donald Trump’s decision to end America’s participation in the Iran nuclear deal, dismissing the pact as “inadequate.”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday harshly rebuked the United States’ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or Iran nuclear deal, describing President Donald Trump’s pullout statement as “vulgar and commonplace.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Mika Brzezinski stated that while withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal was a campaign promise President Trump made and a move that could appeal to his base, “the totality of this president’s
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the United States and the Trump administration for pulling out of the Iran deal in remarks Wednesday, describing it as an “unfortunate step.”
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, hours after US President Donald Trump announced he would pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.
Trump’s promise to cancel the Iran nuke deal was similar to promises he has made about NAFTA and trade with China: deals so bad that it is worth taking the big risks necessary to fix them.
