US Issues Sanctions Targeting Iran’s Missile and Drone Program Facilitators
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on five individuals and seven entities that the Treasury Department said were facilitators for Iran's missile and drones program.
The targeted individuals and entities - based...
Polish State Company Denies Its Parts Were Used in Iranian Drones
WARSAW, July 19 (Reuters) - A Polish state-owned engineering company denied on Friday that its parts were used in Iranian combat drones, saying an ongoing investigation only concerns whether it had the required export permits.
Private broadcaster Radio Zet reported...
Spanish, German Police Detain Four Suspected of Trafficking Drone Parts to Islamic-Republic Backed Hezbollah
MADRID, July 18 (Reuters) - Police detained four suspects - three in Spain and one in Germany - as part of an investigation into the sale of drone parts to Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon,...
US Privately Warned Iran Over Suspicious Nuclear Activities, Axios Reports
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The United States sent a private warning to Iran last month expressing serious concerns about Iranian research and development activities that could be used for the production of a nuclear weapon, Axios reported on...
Iran Installs Half of Planned New Centrifuges at Fordow, UN Atomic Watchdog Says
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, June 28 (Reuters) - Iran has installed half the advanced uranium-enriching machines it said earlier this month it would quickly add to its Fordow site dug into a mountain but has not yet brought...
France, Germany, Britain Condemn Iran’s Steps to Expand Nuclear Programme
PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - France, Germany and Britain on Saturday condemned Iran’s latest steps, as reported by the IAEA, to further expand its nuclear programme.
"Iran has taken further steps in hollowing out the JCPoA, by operating dozens...
US Says It Will Raise Pressure on Islamic Republic if It Does Not Cooperate...
WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that Washington and its allies were prepared to continue to increase pressure on Iran if Tehran does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Iran...
IAEA Report: Iran Installs More Centrifuges at Fordow Enrichment Plant
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, June 13 (Reuters) - Iran has rapidly installed extra uranium-enriching centrifuges at its Fordow site and begun setting up others, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report said in what diplomats described as limited retaliation to...
Iran Expanding Enrichment Capacity After IAEA Resolution, Diplomats Say
By Francois Murphy and John Irish
VIENNA/PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - Iran is responding to last week's U.N. nuclear watchdog board resolution against it by expanding its uranium-enrichment capacity at two underground sites, but the escalation is not as big...
Britain, France and Germany Welcome Atomic Watchdog Resolution on Iran
PARIS, June 5 (Reuters) - France, Germany and Britain on Wednesday welcomed a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation board of governors calling on Iran to step up cooperation.
"We hope Iran takes this opportunity to resolve...
