Iranian diplomats and officials visiting the United States will no longer be allowed to shop at Costco or other wholesale retailers without prior approval from the State Department, according to new restrictions published in the Federal Register this week. The rules, which also apply to accompanying family members, prohibit the purchase of “luxury goods” without […]
Six days into a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States, Iran on Sunday said it does not trust Israel to uphold its end of the truce, as both nations continue to reel from the most violent confrontation in their history. The 12-day war, triggered by an Israeli bombing campaign that targeted Iran’s top nuclear […]
Representative image Tehran’s tensions with global powers escalated further on Wednesday as Iranian lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to suspend cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The move comes after a 12-day conflict involving Israeli and US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities.“The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran will […]
US President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that the United States has launched precision airstrikes on three of Iran’s most critical nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.“All planes are now outside of Iran air space,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. There is […]
US President Donald Trump, left, and a handout of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP) Oman’s foreign minister Badr al-Busaidi announced on Saturday that the planned talks between Iran and the United States on Tehran’s fast-moving nuclear programme have been called off following Israel’s recent strikes on the West Asian country. Al-Busaidi, whose country […]
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Saturday that the United States “must and will leave” the region, following President Donald Trump’s visit to Gulf Arab nations.“With the determination of the region’s nations, America must and will leave this region,” Khamenei said during a televised broadcast, whilst criticising the US strategy that he claimed […]
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 […]
