Tag: Iran
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Iran snubs Trump’s call for direct nuclear talks
Iran’s top diplomat has snubbed direct negotiations with the United States as pointless, his office said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he preferred face-to-face talks over its nuclear programme. Trump sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last month calling for negotiations but warning of military action if diplomacy failed.…
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“We’re open to negotiations but not under any pressure” – Iran tells US
Iran is set to negotiate with the United States but not under the “maximum pressure” strategy of US President Donald Trump, Tehran’s chief diplomat suggested on Saturday. The lifting of sanctions requires negotiations, but not within the framework of a ‘maximum pressure’ policy, because it would not be a negotiation but a form of surrender,”…
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U.S. accuses Iran of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump
The U.S. Justice Department has accused Iran of plotting the assassination of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Iran’s President speaks on ceasefire as Israeli army captures alleged Iranian intelligence operative
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran said Israel’s position on ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon may impact the “type and intensity” of his country’s response to the recent Israeli “aggression” on its territory.
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Iran issues fresh threats to Israel, U.S. as confrontations escalate
The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued renewed threats to Iranian arch-enemies Israel and the United States on Saturday, following the recent military confrontations.
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Israel hits Iran Military sites in retaliatory strikes
Israel bombed military targets in Iran on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers.
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Iran resumes flights after Israeli heavy bombardment In Tehran, other provinces
Iran announced on Saturday the resumption of flights after a brief suspension following an Israeli attack that targeted several military sites in the country. “Flights will return to normal from 9:00 am (0530 GMT) on Saturday,” the spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Organisation said, according to the official IRNA news agency. Iran’s National Air Defence…
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Get ready for war with Israel- Iranian leader tells military
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has instructed the military to prepare for a potential war with Israel while advising efforts to avoid conflict, according to four Iranian officials.
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Govt executes four for selling contaminated alcohol
Iranian authorities executed four people on Wednesday who had been convicted of selling contaminated bootleg alcohol that fatally poisoned 17 people last year, the judiciary said. “The death penalty against four defendants in the case of poisoning caused by the consumption of alcoholic beverages was carried out at Karaj central prison,” the judiciary’s Mizan news…
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Remembering October 7 – By Steve Egbo
October 7 has become for Israel what 9/11 was to the United States. A day to remember. It was the day a great power let down its guard and incured the humiliation and devastation of the enemy – an inferior enemy, but one that is motivated, determined, hateful, obdurant and unyielding.