Trump Tells UN That Iran Is ‘One Of The Greatest Security Threats’
U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his policy on Iran before the UN General Assembly and called on all nations to act against Tehran and not “subsidize Iran’s bloodlust.” “One of the greatest security threats facing peace-loving nations today is the repressive regime in Iran,” Trump told world leaders gathered at the UN headquarters in […]
TRUMP ORDERS MORE IRAN CURBS, SAUDI SHOWS ATTACK EVIDENCE
“I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of Iran!,” Trump tweeted. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there were many options short of war with Iran after U.S. ally Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in a crippling attack […]
Trump: US ‘Locked and Loaded’ After Iran Attacks Major Saudi Oil Facility
US President Donald Trump says America is “locked and loaded” after Saturday’s attack on Saudi Arabia’s main oil facility. He says he’s waiting to hear from the Saudis on how to proceed. The attack on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil processing facility not far from Riyadh represents a major escalation in the battle between Iran, Saudi […]
U.N. atomic watchdog confirms Iran installing new centrifuges
The United Nations’ atomic watchdog confirmed Monday that Iran is preparing to use more advanced centrifuges, another breach of limits set in the country’s unraveling nuclear deal with major powers. Iran had already announced the step, its latest violation of the 2015 agreement as it tries to pressure European signatories to find a way to […]
France’s G-7 invitation of Zarif underscores U.S., European divisions on Iran’s nuclear ambitions
Top Iranian officials made an unexpected visit Sunday to the Group of Seven summit at the apparent invitation of France, a brazen end run around Washington that underscores the deep divide between the U.S. and its key European allies over how to deal with Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, its destabilization of the Middle East and its […]
Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, US tensions
From the vast deserts of Saudi Arabia to the crowded neighborhoods of Beirut, a drone war has taken flight across the wider Middle East, raising the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Since the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal last year, there has been an increasing tempo of attacks […]
US officials say Israel behind bombing of Iranian militias in Iraq
Comments carried by NY Times come a day after Netanayhu intimated IDF responsible for series of strikes targeting training camps and arms depots Israel has recently carried out a series of airstrikes against Iranian-linked military targets in Iraq, two senior US officials told the New York Times on Friday. The officials said that Israel has […]
Iran says will not tolerate ‘maritime offences’ in Gulf
Iran runs security in the Strait of Hormuz and will no longer tolerate “maritime offences” there, its foreign minister said on Monday, a day after it seized a second oil tanker near the strategic waterway that it accused of smuggling fuel. Tanker traffic through the Strait has become a focus for an increasingly tense standoff […]
World diplomats hold talks in Vienna in effort to salvage Iran nuclear deal
Diplomats from Iran and five world powers recommitted Sunday to salvaging a major nuclear deal amid mounting tensions between the West and Tehran since the U.S. withdrew from the accord and reimposed sanctions. Representatives of Iran, Germany, France, Britain, China, Russia and the European Union met in Vienna to discuss the 2015 agreement that restricts […]
War or peace talks with Iran? Trump says he will wait to see how things unfold
President Donald Trump said Monday he doesn’t know whether the United States is closer to negotiations or war with Iran. He said he’ll wait and see how the feud unfolds. “Iran doesn’t know where they are … they are a very mixed up country,” Trump said at the White House. “Their country is in turmoil. … Whatever it […]