Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that Moscow has seen no evidence suggesting Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, according to remarks published by Sky News Arabia on Saturday (21 June). In an interview cited by the outlet, Putin said that both Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have never had any […]
Read MoreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today (21 June) that Israel’s attacks on Iran right before a new round of nuclear talks with the United States aimed to sabotage the negotiations, and it showed Israel did not want to resolve issues through diplomacy. Speaking at a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation […]
Read MoreIran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, stated on Saturday that it would be “very dangerous for everyone” if the United States were to get involved in the country’s war with Israel, reported the Associated Press. His comments emerge as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues for the second week in a row, with both countries […]
Read MoreAmbassadors from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman — have raised serious concerns about the safety of nuclear facilities near their borders amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. According to Qatar’s state news agency, the ambassadors voiced their concerns directly to […]
Read MoreBy John T Psaropoulos The three largest European nations by population, Germany, France and the UK, held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, in an effort to avert a protracted war in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump, who has said he will decide within two weeks whether […]
Read MoreBy Yashraj Sharma and John T Psaropoulos Returning early from the Group of Seven summit in Canada early on Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump told reporters he believed Iran was “very close” to building nuclear weapons. His comments were in keeping with increasingly threatening social media posts and language from Trump against Iran in […]
Read MoreIsraeli gunfire and strikes killed at least 140 people across Gaza in the past 24 hours, local health officials said, as some Palestinians in the strip said their plight was being forgotten while attention shifted to the air war between Israel and Iran. At least 40 of the total number killed in the past day […]
Read MoreIran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement read by a television presenter on Wednesday that his country will not accept US President Donald Trump’s call for an unconditional surrender. In his first remarks since Friday, when he delivered a speech broadcast on state media after Israel began bombarding Iran, Khamenei said peace […]
Read MoreAfter days of urging Iranians to return to negotiations, US President Donald Trump is considering whether the US should get directly involved in Israel’s war against Iran. Trump’s emergency meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, which lasted an hour and 20 minutes yesterday, was held to discuss whether the US should join […]
Read MoreBy John T Psaropoulos As the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates, United States President Donald Trump’s administration is offering mixed signals about whether it still backs a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear programme. Publicly, it has backed a negotiated agreement, and US and Iranian negotiators had planned to meet again this week. As recently […]
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