Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi visits China for the first time: Should the West be worried?
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoIran’s Ebrahim Raisi is in Beijing on the invitation of Xi Jinping for a three-day state visit. The visit assumes significance as both nations seek to counter America
Analysis: Stakes rise as Iran can fuel 'several' atom bombs
• 2 years agoAnalysts point to what happened with North Korea, which had reached a 1994 deal with the US to abandon its nuclear weapons program. The deal fell apart in 2002
What danger can the Russia-Iran friendship pose?
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoTehran is getting Sukhoi Su-35 from Moscow and Iran-made ‘kamikaze’ drones are being used by Russian troops in the war in Ukraine. With the two isolated and sanctioned nations getting closer, Ukraine and the West have reasons to worry
Iran says it's ready for new nuclear deal but asks if US is
• 3 years agoIn exchange for agreeing to the terms of the new nuclear deal, Iran would receive relief on economic sanctions and be given greater access to global financial markets and the flow of US dollars
French President Macron to meet Iran's Raisi, to urge for revival of nuclear deal
• 3 years agoRaisi has said that he was open to a 'good' deal but pressed for guarantees from Biden that the United States will not again leave the accord under a future leader
Iran Nuclear deal 2.0: France says offer as good as it will get for Tehran
• 3 years agoThe Iranian president has said that he is open to a "good" deal but pressed for guarantees from President Joe Biden that the United States will not again leave the accord under a future leader - a promise that the US administration considers impossible
US military flies nuclear-capable bombers over Middle East amid tensions with Tehran
• 3 years agoAlthough the US military's Central Command did not mention Iran, Washington has frequently dispatched B-52 bombers to the region as hostilities simmered between the US and Iran. The last such flyover was in June
Israel carried countless operations to foil Iran's nuclear programme: Ex Mossad Chief
• 3 years agoThe former top spy's comments came at a time when the world powers are negotiating with Iran over the roadmap to revive a 2015 accord, which would see sanctions lifted against Iran in exchange for restricting its rapidly advancing nuclear programme
Nuclear talks resume in Vienna as Iran ramps up uranium enrichment
• 3 years agoIran's top negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, met with EU mediator Enrique Mora, Iranian media reported. As in other talks, the US won’t directly negotiate with Iran. Instead, the two sides will speak through Mora
Iran says 'optimistic' after EU proposal for 2015 nuclear deal
• 3 years agoIn April 2012 negotiations began in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, which the US pulled out from in 2018 under President Trump, but due to differences between Tehran and Washington in March this year the negotiations had stopped