WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday said U.S. attempts to broker a nuclear deal with Iran are going well, ahead of technical talks between U.S. and Iranian delegations in Oman on Saturday.
“I think we’re doing very well on an agreement with Iran. … That one is well on its way – we could have a very, very good decision. And a lot of lives will be saved,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
ANALYSIS: With His Promises of Peace Unmet in Gaza and Ukraine, Trump May Find Iran Just as Tough
(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland)
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#UK, #Iran, #Sanctions, #NuclearProgramme, #BritishGovernment, #NuclearPolicy, #IranNuclearProgram
By Sam Tabahriti and Sam Tobin
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday published legislation to introduce tougher sanctions on Iran, expanding trade restrictions and powers to target ships as part of what it described as a wider effort to curb...
#Iran, #SunniKurdishCleric, #KurdishCommunity, #RevolutionaryGuards, #NorthwestIran, #Separatists
DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Sunni Kurdish cleric Mamosta Mohammad Nezhati was killed in northwestern Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement reported on Wednesday by the semi-official Mehr news agency.
The statement accused what it called...
#Iran, #US, #Sanctions, #USTreasury, #IranSanctions
By Andrea Shalal and David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday issued 36 fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting Iran's aviation sector and other companies as part of a broad push to escalate economic pressure on Tehran as the...
#Iran, #Houthis, #SaudiArabia, #MiddleEastWar, #HouthiAttacks
https://kayhanlife.com/news/iran/exclusive-iran-flew-irgc-commanders-missile-gear-to-yemens-houthis-sources-say/
By Enas Alashray, Nayera Abdallah and Jana Choukeir
CAIRO/DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in the south of U.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations...
#Iran, #UnitedStates, #PersianGulf, #EnergyAssets, #RegionalTensions, #MaritimeSecurity, #USIranRelations
By Nayera Abdallah and Eman Abouhassira
DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate against any new U.S. attacks on its assets, warning that energy infrastructure across the Gulf, including U.S. oil and...
#Oman, #SaudiArabia, #SidrVessel, #Iran, #MaritimeSecurity, #StraitOfHormuz, #PersianGulf
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Oman said it had evacuated 16 crew members from the Saudi-owned tanker Sidr, after it was attacked by Iran, according to a statement posted on X by its Maritime Security Centre.
The Sidr...
By Nazanine Nouri
Keyvan Khosrovani, the renowned Iranian-born architect, designer, couturier and lighting designer whose multidisciplinary career encompassed architecture, fashion, interiors, historical preservation and the promotion of Iran’s artistic heritage, passed away in Paris on Sept. 3 at the age...
