Iran to return to oil market
as talks to lift U.S. sanctions show signs of progress
Hassan Rouhani
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Iran candidates register for presidential election
Iran on Tuesday opened registration for candidates hoping to succeed President Hassan Rouhani, who will step down following the June 18 elections after serving the maximum two consecutive terms allowed. The five-day registration period …
Reading between the lines of the survey of Iranian industrialists
As Iran looks to boost production, major political barriers remain
Iran adds machines at enrichment plant struck by blast
Iran has installed extra advanced centrifuges at its underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz that was hit by a blast last week, a report by the U.N. atomic watchdog on Wednesday showed. The International Atomic Energy Agency …
Rouhani: Iran can enrich uranium at 90% purity
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that the Islamic Republic had no intention of making a nuclear bomb and called on world powers to honour the deal. "Don't worry about Iran. We have always remained committed to our …
Iran calls 60% uranium enrichment 'answer' to Israel
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday its decision to boost uranium enrichment to 60% was a response to Israel's "nuclear terrorism" against its Natanz facility. Tehran starting advanced centrifuges and …
What means Israel's 'controlled escalation'
The tough stance of the Trump administration against the nuclear deal with Iran has now morphed and changed into the Americans feeling their way back to the deal. A day after an April 6 Red Sea attack attributed to Israel’s naval commando on the Iranian military vessel the MV Saviz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made this amazing declaration at a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day: “To our good friends as well, I say, 'The deal with Iran that poses and threatens our destruction will not obligate us.'” History, Netanyahu added, has taught Israel that such agreements are worthless. “There is only one thing that we will be committed to: deterring all those who wish to annihilate us from achieving their goal," he warned
Iran says ready to comply with nuclear deal If U.S. lifts sanctions
Iran sees Washington's signals of its readiness to join nuclear negotiations, and is ready to resume compliance with obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action if all U.S. sanctions are lifted, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani …
Rouhani: "No serious efforts" from U.S. to revive nuclear deal
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said Iran has seen "no serious efforts" from the United States after reports that the Biden administration proposed a new offer to resolve a deadlock over the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. …
Iran to change oil export to Oman Sea terminals
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said a major oil pipeline will be launched in the near future that will enable the country to export much of its oil via the Sea of Oman. "We have two major projects to inaugurate in the coming …
Iran decided to attract global investments
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed citizens of Iran saying that the republic needs to maintain constructive contact with the outer world. The President expressed confidence that Iran has an opportunity to become a centre of attraction for …
How Iran’s resistance economy works
When Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president was certified in January, Iran’s currency appreciated against the dollar by 20 percent. A Biden victory, many Iranians hoped, would mean a return to the 2015 nuclear deal and an end to the “maximum pressure” campaign that had made the global economic crisis accompanying the coronavirus pandemic immeasurably worse for ordinary Iranians, Foreign Affairs writes
Erdogan calls for lifting unilateral sanctions on Iran
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the lifting of unilateral sanctions against Iran and return to the JCPOA will contribute to regional stability. In February, in a phone call, Erdogan told Iranian President …
Rouhani says lifting U.S. sanctions only way to save nuke deal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States to lift sanctions to save the nuclear deal, which is also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), official IRNA news agency reported. "JCPOA is by no means …
Iran is determined to develop its missile programme
Since the election of Joe Biden as US president, there has been much discussion over whether and how his administration may rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, Middle East Eye informs. According to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, “if Iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the [deal], the United States would do the same thing and then we would use that as a platform to build, with our allies and partners … a longer and stronger agreement and to deal with a number of other issues that are deeply problematic in the relationship with Iran”
Iran to begin Covid-19 vaccination next week
Iran will begin COVID-19 vaccination rollout this week, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday, two days after the first shipment of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Tehran, Anadolu Agency informs. The …
Rouhani urges Biden to return to Iran nuclear deal
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani urged U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic. "The ball is in the U.S. court now. If Washington …
Iran to welcome any US steps to return to JCPOA
President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic welcomes any move by US President-elect Joe Biden to "compensate for past mistakes" and return the US to the 2015 nuclear deal with full compliance, …
Iran appoints ambassador to UNESCO
Iran has appointed a new ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Tehran Times reports. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday appointed Ahmad Pakatchi as the new ambassador and …
Iran wants to speed up implementation of infrastructure projects with Azerbaijan
Iran has expressed its readiness to contribute to a permanent and definitive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Mahmoud Vaezi, the chief of staff of Iran’s Presidential Office, made the comment in a meeting with visiting Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev Abdulla oglu
