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FILE: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press briefing on 11 December 2019 in Washington. Picture: AFP

Iran nuclear deal

Pompeo warns of sanctions for any arms sales to Iran

By AFP

The embargo on the sale of conventional arms to Iran was due to begin expiring progressively from 18 October under terms of the UN resolution that confirmed the...

  • FILE: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Picture: AFP

    Iran says US faces 'maximum isolation' as world powers dismiss sanctions

    As other signatories cast doubt on the move having any legal effect, Washington threatened to 'impose consequences' on states failing to comply.

    213 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on 19 March 2020, in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    US, Iran battle over sanctions at world court

    Tehran dragged Washington to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in 2018 after Trump pulled the US out of a landmark international nuclear deal with Iran.

    219 days ago
  • IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Picture: https://www.iaea.org/about/rafael-grossi

    Iran warns against UN nuclear watchdog resolution

    Diplomats say the resolution will call on Iran to provide access to two locations where past nuclear activity may have occurred - sites to which the IAEA has been trying to gain access for months.

    309 days ago
  • IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Picture: https://www.iaea.org/about/rafael-grossi

    UN nuclear watchdog asks Iran to 'immediately' cooperate

    Grossi said the IAEA had raised questions "related to possible undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities at three locations that have not been declared by Iran".

    408 days ago
  • A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 17 January 2020 shows him delivering a sermon to the crowd during Friday prayers in the capital Tehran. Picture: AFP

    Iran's Khamenei stands by Guards after unrest over downed plane

    In his first Friday prayers sermon in eight years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also told worshippers chanting 'Death to America' that the elite Guards could take their fight beyond Iran’s borders after the US killing of a top Iranian commander.

    460 days ago
  • FILE: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: AFP

    Europeans trigger dispute mechanism in Iran nuclear deal

    The European powers said they had taken the step to avoid a crisis over nuclear proliferation being added to an escalating confrontation in the Middle East.

    463 days ago
  • FILE: A picture shows the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. Picture: AFP.

    What is left of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal?

    The Iran nuclear deal is agreed on 14 July 2015, in Vienna between Tehran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) plus Germany.

    532 days ago
  • FILE: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint press conference with Austrian President following talks on 4 July 2018 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Picture: AFP.

    Iran president makes case for talks as G7 gambit slammed

    President Hassan Rouhani's remarks came as his government faced criticism over the visit of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the French seaside resort of Biarritz on Sunday for meetings on the sidelines of the G7 summit.

    604 days ago
  • FILE: Iran Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari talks with Belgian Foreign minister before their meeting at the Palais Egmont in Brussels on 11 January 2018. Picture: AFP

    US turning Gulf region into 'tinderbox' - Iran's Zarif

    Iraq, which maintains good relations with both Washington and Tehran, cautioned on Monday that the deployment of Western forces was fueling regional tension.

    617 days ago
  • FILE: Iran Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari talks with Belgian Foreign minister before their meeting at the Palais Egmont in Brussels on 11 January 2018. Picture: AFP

    Iran to further reduce commitments to nuclear deal - foreign minister

    Iran has repeatedly said it will reduce its commitment to the nuclear accord in stages and may even withdraw from the pact altogether unless the remaining signatories find ways to shield its economy from US sanctions.

    627 days ago
  • Iran flag. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Iran says meeting with parties to nuclear deal 'constructive'

    Parties to the agreement met Iranian officials for talks called in response to an escalation in tensions between Iran and the West that included confrontations at sea and Tehran’s breaches of the nuclear accord.

    632 days ago
  • FILE: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Picture: AFP

    Iran ready to talk if US lifts sanctions, Pompeo skeptical

    Confrontations between Washington and Tehran have escalated, culminating in an aborted plan for US air strikes on Iran last month after Tehran downed a US drone. Trump called off the retaliatory US air strike at the last minute.

    646 days ago
  • Iranians march during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in the capital Tehran on 11 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Trump threatens to 'substantially' increase sanctions on Iran

    Washington used the session of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors to accuse Iran of extortion after it inched past the deal’s limit on enrichment levels over the past week, while still offering to hold talks with Tehran.

    650 days ago
  • FILE: Iranians carry a giant flag. Picture: AFP

    China blames US 'bullying' for Iran nuclear crisis

    'The facts show that unilateral bullying has already become a worsening tumour,' said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang at a press briefing in Beijing.

    653 days ago
  • A screengrab of a United Nations spokesperson reacting to the United States' withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

    Iran set to exceed nuclear deal uranium enrichment cap

    The Islamic republic also threatened to abandon more commitments unless a solution is found with the remaining parties to the landmark 2015 agreement after Washington unilaterally pulled out.

    653 days ago
  • A screengrab of a United Nations spokesperson reacting to the United States' withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

    Iran reduces commitment to 2015 nuclear deal

    Senior Iranian officials said Tehran would keep reducing its commitments every 60 days, unless signatories of the pact moved to protect it from US sanctions.

    654 days ago
  • FILE: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Picture: AFP

    Iran to boost uranium enrichment level, breaching nuclear pact - Rouhani

    Iran announced it has stockpiled more low-enriched uranium than is permitted under the accord, a move that prompted Donald Trump to warn Iran was 'playing with fire'.

    658 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump says Iran 'playing with fire' after nuclear deal limit breached

    The latest tensions coincide with a buildup of US forces in the Gulf and a series of incidents including Iran's shooting down of a US drone it claimed had entered its airspace.

    659 days ago
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