Iran asks India for $1.5 bln in oil payments under nuclear deal – sources
(Reuters) – Iran has asked India for $1.5 billion in back oil payments under the nuclear deal that provides Tehran some relief…
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China boosts Iran’s crude exports
Chinese purchases of crude boosted Iran’s oil exports in January, an energy watchdog said Thursday, confirming an easing of the Islamic Republic’s…
The Iranian Navy: A symbolic show of force in the Atlantic
Summary Tehran announced Feb. 8 that it had dispatched a frigate and a supply ship to the North Atlantic Ocean, where they will approach…
Azerbaijan and the West´s rapprochement with Iran
The brewing rapprochement between the United States and Iran, signified by the Geneva nuclear deal signed in January, seems likely to scramble…
Iran news round up – February 12, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project’s Iran…
Deal on Iranˈs nuclear programme is within reach – Iranian diplomat
London, Feb 12, IRNA – An Iranian diplomat has said that a deal on Iranˈs nuclear programme is within reach – but…
Lawmaker: Iran deal still ‘shrouded in secrecy’
A leading House lawmaker is calling on President Obama to publicly release the full text of the recently signed Iran nuclear deal,…
Iran steadies as tensions ease
SHIRAZ, Iran—Iran’s economy, though still crippled by sanctions, has begun to improve as a new president and a nuclear accord with the…
Russian, Iranian foreign chiefs hold nuclear phone call
Russian foreign affairs chief Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, have held phone talks on the first results of…
US behaves like rogue state against Iran: Analyst
A political analyst says the US sanctions against Iran over its nuclear energy program are completely against international law, stressing Washington behaves…
South Korea set to make oil payment to Iran – sources
Under a Nov. 24 agreement with six major powers, Iran won access to $4.2 billion of its oil revenues frozen abroad by…
Obama violates Iran Geneva agreement again
On November 24, Iran and P5+1 countries agreed on nuclear Joint Plan of Action provisions. Interim agreement terms run six months. On…
Hassan Rouhani fends off Iran’s hardliners . . . for now
Peace seemed to have broken out in the Islamic Republic following last summer’s surprise election of Hassan Rouhani. Dismayed by their defeat in…
A final nuclear deal: Getting from here to there with Iran
The stakes could not be higher—or the issues tougher—as the world’s six major powers and Iran launch talks February 18 on final…
Iran ‘forever’ comments on nuclear program seen as sop to hardliners
(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Tuesday a Western assertion that military force could yet solve a decade-old nuclear dispute if…
Obama says U.S. will deal harshly with violators of Iran sanctions
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama issued a sharp warning on Tuesday to companies eyeing business deals with Iran, saying the United States would come down like a…
Russia says U.S. measures hinder progress on Iran nuclear issue
(Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday new U.S. measures targeting businesses for evading sanctions against Iran would hinder progress on ending the…
Iran ‘forever’ comments on nuclear program seen as sop to hardliners
(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Tuesday a Western assertion that military force could yet solve a decade-old nuclear dispute if…
Korea faces hurdles to do business with Iran
Korean exporters may face an uphill battle to regain a foothold in Iran after a temporary nuclear deal, signed between Iran and…
No Iran deal? No problem
Late last year, the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council—the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, and France—plus Germany) and…
US seeks to regain lost credit in ME: Top MP
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has described recent US threats over the Iranian nuclear energy program as a sort of “posturing” aimed…
Israel launches campaign against the easing of Iran sanctions
With the six world powers and Iran set to begin talks in a week on a long-term deal to curb Teheran’s nuclear…
Senior negotiator criticizes US officialsˈ statements against Iran
Tehran, Feb 9, IRNA – Deputy Foreign Minister and senior negotiator in talks with the world powers Seyyed Abbas Araqchi strongly criticized…
Iran denies AP report on IAEA’s new weapons’ list
Nasim–Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi said the Islamic Republic of Iran would steadfastly decline such calls…
Senior Interpol official pleased with outcomes of Iran-world powers N. deal
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Interpol official underscored that the new atmosphere that has been created as a result of the Geneva nuclear…
Iran Daily: Tehran “nuclear talks with IAEA constructive”
Iran’s officials said Saturday’s negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency were constructive, with discussions resuming on Sunday. Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman…
Nuclear deal heightens tension between Iran president and Guards
BEIRUT, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The article on Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency appeared routine: the minister of roads and urban development said…
US must help implement Geneva nuclear deal: Iran MP
An Iranian lawmaker says the ‘US must adjust its behaviour’ to help with the implementation of the Geneva deal between Iran and…
France eliminates sanctions on Iran’s gas
TEHRAN, Feb. 8 (MNA) – France has officially eliminated sanctions on Iran’s gas after Geneva nuclear deal between Iran and Powers. A…
Menendez’s blasts Obama’s Iran policy
The administration has a big problem on Iran. It has for now successfully fended off sanctions, but in doing so it helped…
Dubai to ‘boom’ on Iran sanctions relief, says Aramex boss
The lifting of international sanctions on Iran will lead to a regional trading boom, with Dubai as one of the main benefactors,…
Exploring options for a nuclear Iran
The continuing nuclear talks with Iran have just entered their most challenging phase. During the next six months, the US and its…
Iran, IAEA resume talks
TEHRAN, Feb. 8 (MNA) – Iran and the IAEA has resumed new round of talks in Tehran to discuss future of Iran-IAEA…
U.S. issues penalties over violations of Iran sanctions
The Obama administration penalized nearly three dozen companies and individuals in eight countries on Thursday, accusing them of evading Iranian sanctions. It…
Expanding US anti-Iranian sanction is against Geneva deal: Russia
Nasim– Moscow slammed the decision of the US Departments of State and Finance to add a number of Iranian and foreign organizations…
U.S. targets businesses for evading sanctions on Iran
(Reuters) – The Obama administration targeted a host of businesses across Europe and the Middle East on Thursday for evading sanctions against Iran,…
Failure in Syria will doom an Iran nuclear deal
The world’s nuclear weapons proliferators watch each other. They look for warnings and opportunities in how their peers are treated. Iran haltedits nuclear…
Time ripe for Iran-Sextet final agreement: Larijani
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the time is ripe for Tehran and the six major world powers to reach a final…