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Iran defiant as Trump poised to design nuclear deal resolution 0

Iran defiant as Trump poised to design nuclear deal resolution

US President Donald Trump is poised to announce on Tuesday his decision whether to withdraw or stay in the Iran nuclear deal, as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran « will overcome » any « problems » it could face in the coming months.  In a social media post late on Monday, Trump said he will make an…

Javad Zarif: Iran acquired’t be bullied to renegotiate nuclear deal 0

Javad Zarif: Iran acquired’t be bullied to renegotiate nuclear deal

Iran will not be bullied by the United States into renegotiating the multilateral nuclear deal, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said, as another senior diplomat warned US withdrawal from the pact will result in its termination. « Iran stands firm in the face of futile attempts at bullying, » Zarif said in a recorded message on Thursday. …

Netanyahu accuses Iran of ‘secretly’ pursuing nuclear programme 0

Netanyahu accuses Iran of ‘secretly’ pursuing nuclear programme

Israel’s prime minister has accused Iran of secretly pursuing a nuclear programme amid rising tensions in the Middle East. Unveiling a shelf full of files purporting to show that Iran is « brazenly lying » when it says it does not have a nuclear programme, Benjamin Netanyahu gave a special presentation on Monday claiming to present « conclusive »…

The fixation with the ‘Iranian nuclear threat’ 0

The fixation with the ‘Iranian nuclear threat’

A sustained effort by the administration of US President Donald Trump and its allies at home and the Middle East to cancel, or at least renegotiate, the Iran nuclear deal appears to have succeeded in bringing one major European country, France, to its side. French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to the United States…

France’s Macron urges Trump no longer to desert Iran nuclear deal 0

France’s Macron urges Trump no longer to desert Iran nuclear deal

Emmanuel Macron has used his speech to a joint session of Congress to urge the United States to reject nationalism and preserve the Iran nuclear deal. The French president received a three-minute standing ovation as he arrived in the chamber in Washington, DC on Wednesday, yet his speech was critical of President Donald Trump’s America…

Rouhani lashes out at Trump, says no modifications to nuclear deal 0

Rouhani lashes out at Trump, says no modifications to nuclear deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has accused the United States and France of acting unilaterally in announcing potential plans to reshape a landmark nuclear deal signed between Tehran and world powers in 2015. Rouhani, speaking on Wednesday in Iran’s northwestern city of Tabriz, questioned comments made a day earlier by French President Emmanuel Macron, alongside his US counterpart…

Amid Trump’s threats, Macron calls for ticket spanking original Iran nuclear deal 1

Amid Trump’s threats, Macron calls for ticket spanking original Iran nuclear deal

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a new Iran nuclear deal that will build on the current agreement with Tehran, following talks with US President Donald Trump.  Macron, speaking on Tuesday at a White House press conference alongside Trump, said the pair held « frank discussions » on the landmark 2015 pact, which the US president…

Is Iran truly a nuclear threat? 0

Is Iran truly a nuclear threat?

« Iran is moving ‘very quickly’ towards production of a nuclear bomb and could have a weapon within two years, » the United Press International reported. The quote was published in a 1984 article headlined « ‘Ayatollah’ bomb in production for Iran » but it might as well have been published today. For more than three decades Western politicians and…