Iran's supreme leader suggested that there might be an opportunity for renewed negotiations with the United States regarding his country’s accelerating nuclear program, indicating to the civilian government that engaging with its "enemy" posed "no harm."
The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman arrested by the morality police for allegedly flouting mandatory dress codes, triggered mass protests in Iran. The widespread protests brought massive turbulence in Iran's politics in 2022.
The charred wreckage of the helicopter which crashed on Sunday carrying Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was found early the next day after an overnight search in blizzard conditions.
The seizure also comes after weeks of attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea, including their largest barrage ever of drones and missiles launched late on Tuesday.
The tightly choreographed segment on Iranian state television apparently sought to show that Tehran’s hard-line government can still deploy arms against its enemies across much of the Middle East.
The critical remarks from CIA's Burns came amid multiple reports of Tehran sending its lethal drones to Moscow.
The US re-imposed sanctions on Iran last November, after President Trump pulled out of the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
"Our understanding is that the EU is interested in implementing the Iranian nuclear deal," Kozlowski said during a media briefing here.
Among other things, the two nations discussed US sanctions on Iran and the status of Iran nuclear deal with the European Union.
Oil refiners such as state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) could use UCO Bank or IDBI Bank to route oil payments to Iran, the official added.
Iran accused the US of reneging on the nuclear agreement, signed by the Obama administration, and of causing recent Iranian economic unrest. European allies said they “deeply regret” the US action.
In his address at the SCO today, PM Modi is likely to articulate India's position on dealing with major challenges facing the world including ways to tackle terrorism, and boosting trade and investment in the region.
Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi warned that Trump should stop his threats, sanctions, pressures and unilateral approaches to other countries and nations.
Swaraj’s comments came just ahead of a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who was visiting Delhi to seek India's support for keeping the Iran nuclear deal alive.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin began their informal summit in Sochi on Monday.
Known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of action (JCPOA), the deal between Tehran and major world powers forces Iran to open its nuclear sites to inspectors within 24 days.
Iranian forces based in Syria reportedly fired 20 rockets at Israeli front-line military positions in the Golan Heights, triggering an Israeli reprisal and escalating already heightened tensions in what appeared to be the most serious violence in years.
United States President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of 'defective' Iran Nuclear Deal has left the world polarised as major European powers expressed regret and concern while Gulf Arab nations were jubilant. Here's everything you should know about the development and reactions on it from across the world.
The three close US allies argued that Iran has been abiding by the restrictions set out by the JCPoA, in line with its obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Trump said the 2015 agreement, which included Germany, France and Britain, was a “horrible one-sided deal that should never ever have been made.” He added that the United States “will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction.”
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