Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reported to the Iranian parliament on Sunday that negotiations for a 25-year bilateral trade deal with China are proceeding with “confidence and conviction.”
Iranian officials insisted on Thursday that a mysterious fire at the Natanz nuclear facility was not an act of “intentional sabotage,” although they also stated the “incident” was still under investigation, and felt it necessary to throw in a belligerent warning to “hostile countries” that Tehran will retaliate if anyone crosses its “red lines in any way.”
The Iranian government officially reported total oil revenue from the past fiscal year as just $8 billion dollars, an astonishing loss of $92 billion from the revenues enjoyed by the terrorism-exporting theocracy before President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced he is “ending the sanctions waiver for JCPOA-related projects in Iran, effective in 60 days.” JCPOA stands for Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the formal name of the nuclear deal struck by former President Barack Obama.
“You should know that different secretaries kind of roll different,” Pompeo said. “I’m not in it for the fancy dinners in Paris, or Switzerland or Vienna.”
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief is travelling to Iran to meet with the country’s leaders, the Iranian official news agency said on Sunday, amid high regional tensions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gave an interview to Germany’s Der Spiegel on Saturday in which he said Iran would be willing to negotiate with the United States if the U.S. unconditionally drops its economic sanctions.
Speaking in the Iranian parliament on Tuesday, lawmaker Ahmad Hamzeh offered a $3 million cash reward “on behalf of the people of Kerman province” to anyone who kills U.S. President Donald Trump. Kerman, which Hamzeh represents, is the hometown of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the top Iranian terrorist mastermind who was eliminated by a U.S. airstrike in December.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that claims of nuclear deal violations by European participants in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are groundless and Tehran still respects the deal, despite having systematically abrogated most of its terms in an effort to squeeze more financial concessions out of the Europeans.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani bragged on Thursday that Iran is now enriching more uranium than it was before President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) claimed Tuesday during the Democrat presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, that President Donald Trump is to blame for escalating tension with Iran.
Buttigieg said during the seventh Democrat debate that Iran would never obtain a nuclear weapon if he were president.
Following Iran’s proclamation that it would no longer abide by the terms of its nuclear deal (JCPOA), Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for a “Trump Deal” to replace the failed Obama era agreement.
On Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Secretary of State John Kerry said the media has to “stop dealing with questions on Donald Trump’s lies” about the Obama administration’s Iran deal.
The EU reiterated its support for the nuclear deal brokered with Iran, also expressing concerns Friday that the escalating tensions in the region could lead to a resurgence of the Islamic State’s activities.
On Friday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” network anchor Chris Wallace questioned if additional sanctions will be enough to “break Iran’s will,” even though Iran has continued its aggressions despite the Trump administration’s strong sanctions.
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” co-host Brian Kilmeade criticized President Donald Trump’s national address on Iran on Wednesday, in which he tied Obama to Iranian turmoil.
The UK could pull out of the nuclear deal over Iran’s failure to comply with its terms, the foreign minister has heavily implied.
Singer Barbra Streisand has claimed that President Donald Trump has an obsession with the legacy of former President Barack Obama, one which she says he will never live up to.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that the European Union should adopt an Israeli-U.S. stance on Iran.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” former Secretary of State John Kerry commented on President Donald Trump’s speech earlier in the day.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former Obama administration National Security Advisor Susan Rice said President Donald Trump’s call for allies to work with the United States would fail because his administration treats them “like trash.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) praised President Donald Trump’s push for “peace and prosperity” with Iran as well as a better nuclear deal.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former Obama administration National Security Advisor Susan Rice commented on President Donald Trump’s speech to the nation on Iran.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Wednesday it “will spare no efforts” in its attempts to keep alive an international deal preventing Iran from developing atomic weapons. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said her foreign affairs chief
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The Iranian government announced on Sunday that its systematic violations of former President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will escalate to their logical conclusion with the removal of all limits on uranium enrichment.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) stated that the situation with Iran is “incredibly dangerous” for Americans “wherever we are.” And we are in one of the “riskiest situations that we could be in as
The sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump on Iran have more than erased the benefits given by President Barack Obama under the nuclear deal, according to numbers presented by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) reacted to the breach at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by stating that “much of this friction and violence flows from” President Trump withdrawing from the Iran nuclear
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Tuesday blamed President Trump for the unrest in Iran following news of an angry mob attacking the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, pointing to his “reckless” decision to walk away from the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Leftists wasted no time slamming President Donald Trump over his decision to use military force to protect Americans from terrorists in Iraq.
(AFP) — Paris, London and Berlin on Saturday welcomed six new European countries to the INSTEX barter mechanism, which is designed to circumvent US sanctions against trade with Iran by avoiding use of the dollar.
Democrat presidential primary candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) told SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily that the United States should rejoin the Iran nuclear deal as quickly as possible to prevent the Iranians from developing nuclear weapons.
Iran on Monday held an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy, and also announced fresh violations of the 2015 nuclear deal it arranged with former U.S. President Barack Obama, including plans to deploy a new uranium centrifuge that would work 50 times faster than the equipment it was permitted to use under the deal.
(AP) — German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says Iran’s latest step away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers risks completely breaking the entire agreement.
Joe Biden attempted to paint himself as an expert on foreign policy at the fourth Democrat presidential primary debate on Tuesday, despite his decades-long history of “judging the [international] situation incorrectly.”
The Iranian judiciary made two notable announcements on Tuesday: Hossein Fereidoun, brother of President Hassan Rouhani, has been sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges, and an alleged “CIA spy” has been sentenced to death.
At the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, an Iran representative pushed for nuclear disarmament.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly was a lengthy rant against the United States and its allies, with a constant drumbeat of threats that regional “peace” and “stability” can only be achieved by meeting Iranian demands.
