US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Monday seems to have rejected a proposal from his special envoy to Iran that would have allowed Tehran to retain low-level uranium enrichment for civilian purposes. Trump insisted that any deal to ease US sanctions must require Iran to fully dismantle its nuclear enrichment program.“Under our […]
US President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that Iran would be able to survive if ongoing negotiations with the United States over its nuclear program fail to yield a deal. His comments came after US President Trump described weekend talks with Tehran as “very good.”“It’s not like we […]
Iranian Presidet Masoud Pezeshkian (AP) TEHRAN: Iran’s president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of US threats. “We are negotiating, and we will negotiate , we are not after war but we do not fear any threat,” […]
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (Image: AP) Iran‘s foreign minister on Sunday said the country’s right to nuclear enrichment was “non-negotiable”, ahead of the fourth round of talks in Oman with the US over Tehran’s atomic programme. The negotiations follow earlier rounds that began nearly a month ago, marking the highest-level contact between the two […]
If an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear programme proves elusive, the US could spearhead military action against it, President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Friday.Trump’s comments, in an interview with Time magazine marking his first three months in office, came as US and Iranian officials were set to meet for […]
DUBAI/PARIS: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Thursday he was ready to travel to Europe for talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme, with France indicating European powers were also ready for dialogue if Tehran showed it was seriously engaged.Iran is looking to build on the momentum of nuclear negotiations with the US that resume in Oman […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and White House special envoy Steve Witkoff (File photos) Second round of high-stakes nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States have officially begun in Rome, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff meeting face-to-face for talks mediated by Oman. The discussions, taking place […]
TEHRAN: UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, Mohammad Eslami, on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington.Iranian and US delegations are to gather in Rome on Saturday for a second round of Omani-mediated negotiations, a week after the longtime foes held […]
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday reacted to the recently held nuclear talks with the US, saying that he was “neither radically optimistic about the talks nor radically pessimistic” about it. He, however, added that the talks went “well”.“We are neither radically optimistic about the talks nor radically pessimistic about the talks,” he […]
Donald Trump and Ali Khamenei (AP file photo)Donald Trump and Ali Khamenei (AP file photo) Longtime adversaries Iran and the US are set to hold talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme this Saturday, in which Germany has urged for a “diplomatic solution”. In a conference on Friday, German foreign ministry spokesman Christian Wagner stressed the need […]
