An Iranian warship was forced to release two US drones in the Red Sea, the US Navy’s 5th Fleet said in a statement, according to Bloomberg. The Jamaran, an Islamic Republic navy ship, seized two unmanned vessels at about 2 p.m. local time on Thursday, before returning them to the US Navy at 8 a.m. […]
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US: Iran’s response to EU nuclear proposal ‘not constructive’
Tehran’s response to negotiations on Iran’s nuclear energy program is “not constructive”, the US said on Thursday, hinting that the prospect of reviving the historic 2015 international agreement is fading away. “We can confirm that we have received Iran’s response through the European Union,” said Vedant Patel, the State Department’s deputy spokesman. “We are studying […]
Biden-Lapid phone conversation about Iran’s nuclear program
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid had a telephone conversation today with US President Joe Biden about the negotiations concerning the Iranian nuclear program, his services announced. The two leaders “discussed at length negotiations on an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program,” their “commitment to stop Iran’s progress toward a nuclear weapon” and Iran’s regional influence, according […]
EU-Iran: Z. Borel hopes to reach an agreement ‘within the next few days’
The European foreign minister said today that he hoped the deal on Iran’s nuclear program could be revived “within the next few days” after receiving “reasonable” responses to his text proposal from Iran and the United States. “I hope that in the coming days we will not lose this momentum and that we will be […]
Amnesty International: Iranian, Turkish security forces forcefully push back and shoot Afghans
Violent push-backs, shootings, arbitrary detentions: Amnesty International denounces the treatment by Turkish and Iranian authorities of Afghans trying to leave their country in a report released today. “Iranian and Turkish security forces illegally and repeatedly forcibly repatriated Afghans trying to cross their borders to safety, notably by illegally opening fire on men, women and children,” […]
Iran closes borders, halts flights to Iraq amid violence
Iran has closed its border with Iraq and urged its citizens to avoid travel to the country, a senior official said today, amid an outbreak of violence after powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he would retire from politics. At least 20 people were killed in heavy clashes in Baghdad yesterday, Monday, when, after Sadr’s […]
The importance of the looming new international agreement with Iran
By Kostas Raptis The processes for the conclusion of an international agreement on the nuclear program of Iran (or rather, for the revival of the corresponding agreement of 2015 from which the USA withdrew in 2018, during the days of Donald Trump) are in the final stretch. Everything shows that the talks in Vienna with […]
Iran: Offshore stockpile of tens of millions of barrels poised to be shipped in case of nuclear deal
Progress on the Iran nuclear deal has put the spotlight on a significant crude stockpile held by Tehran that could be quickly shipped to buyers if a deal is struck. As Bloomberg reports, about 93 million barrels of Iranian crude and condensate are currently stored on ships in the Persian Gulf, off Singapore and near […]
Iran Could Distribute Its Offshore Crude Oil Deposits If Nuclear Deal Is Reached – Bloomberg
“Progress toward an Iranian nuclear deal has put in the spotlight a sizeable cache of crude held by Tehran that could be quickly shipped to buyers should a deal be struck.“Bloomberg said during a news story published early on Monday. Featured Statements Some 93 million barrels of Iranian crude and condensate are currently stored on […]
From Russia’s borders to the Middle East and Central Asia, the strategic balance is shifting
Of Melik Kaylan The US just bombed Revolutionary Guard bases in Syria. Strategic power blocs are shifting tectonically and no one seems to have noticed. To do this you need to connect the dots of seemingly unrelated events into cause and effect. Here is a patchwork of them. See if you agree with the coherent […]