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  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: AFP

    Supreme Leader Khamenei says US is Iran's 'number one enemy'

    US President Donald Trump broke ranks with other major powers last month by refusing to formally certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal.

    1741 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump hostility set to deepen Iran power struggles

    Iran’s powerful hardliners are set to exploit the latest dispute with Washington to weaken domestic rivals who are open to the West, analysts and insiders say.

    1759 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Iranians fear economic hardship, but united against Trump

    Tired of economic adversity during years of tough sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme, many Iranians still fervently back the decision by Iran’s clerical rulers to resist US pressure.

    1760 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Danger of war, Germany warns after Trump's move on Iran nuclear deal

    US President Donald Trump refused on Friday to formally certify that Tehran was complying with the 2015 accord.

    1760 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump to decertify Iran nuclear deal in major policy shift

    The US president is also set to attempt to persuade Congress to approve some separate measures to toughen US policy toward Iran.

    1761 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump resists pressure to soften stance on Iran nuclear deal

    After Trump made clear three months ago he would not certify Iran’s compliance, his advisers moved to give him options to consider, a senior administration official said.

    1763 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal, official says

    The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Trump is also expected to roll out a broader U.S. strategy on Iran that would be more confrontational.

    1769 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2017. Picture: AFP

    US weighs whether to stay in Iran nuclear deal

    US President Donald Trump told reporters he had made a decision on what to do about the agreement but would not say what he had decided.

    1783 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump made decision on Iran nuclear deal but does not reveal it

    Donald Trump described the deal as 'an embarrassment' and accused Iran of exporting 'violence, bloodshed and chaos.'

    1784 days ago
  • A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him speaking at a conference in the capital Tehran. Picture: AFP.

    Iran could quit nuclear deal in ‘hours’ if new US sanctions imposed – Rouhani

    In early August, US President Donald Trump signed into law new sanctions on Iran, Russia and North Korea passed by the US Congress.

    1820 days ago
  • FILE: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Picture: AFP

    US says Iran complies with nuke deal but orders review on lifting sanctions

    The United States has long accused Iran of being the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism.

    1938 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on 29 January 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Netanyahu, Trump align on Iran ahead of Israeli leader’s visit

    As Trump and Netanyahu prepare for their 15 February meeting, focus has shifted to Iran’s ballistic missile test last week.

    2009 days ago
  • FILE: Donald Trump makes his first speech after being inaugurated as US president. Picture: AFP.

    Trump administration tightens Iran sanctions, Tehran hits back

    The sanctions on 25 individuals and entities were the opening salvo by Donald Trump who has vowed a more aggressive policy against Tehran.

    2012 days ago
  • Iranian worker at the South Pars gas field development phases (5-8) in the southern Iranian port town of Asaluyeh. Picture: AFP

    US to issue new Iran sanctions, opening shot in get-tough strategy – sources

    The new sanctions may mark the opening shot in a more aggressive policy against Iran that Trump promised during his presidential campaign.

    2014 days ago
  • French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean-Marc Ayrault. Picture: AFP.

    France, worried by Trump, promises to defend Iran nuclear deal

    Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault arrived in the Iranian capital just as relations between Tehran and the new US leadership were strained by new US immigration orders.

    2016 days ago
  • FILE: A ballistic missile is launched in the Alborz mountain range in northern Iran. Picture: AFP.

    Iran tested medium-range ballistic missile - US official

    The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the test was carried out from a site near Semnan, east of Tehran.

    2017 days ago
  • Iranian worker at the South Pars gas field development phases (5-8) in the southern Iranian port town of Asaluyeh. Picture: AFP

    Iran decides not to upset nuclear deal over US sanctions extension

    Tehran threatened last month to retaliate against a US Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act.

    2037 days ago
  • Iranian worker at the South Pars gas field development phases (5-8) in the southern Iranian port town of Asaluyeh. Picture: AFP

    Head of UN nuclear watchdog says Iran showing commitment to deal

    Under the 2015 deal, Iran curbed its nuclear fuel production activities in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.

    2060 days ago
  • FILE: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: AFP.

    Iran warns of retaliation if US breaches nuclear deal

    The US House voted this month for legislation to extend American sanctions on Iran for 10 years.

    2085 days ago
  • FILE: US president-elect Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Iran's Guards using Trump victory to claw back power

    The US president said in his campaign that he would abandon a 2015 deal that curbed Iran's nuclear ambitions.

    2087 days ago
  • People silhouetted in a large American flag at a rally following Super Tuesday on 2 March 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP.

    US House passes Iran sanctions, financial services measures

    The House on Wednesday passed a bill to bar the US purchase of heavy water.

    2217 days ago
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