Middle East

Ball is in US court, says Rouhani about nuclear dispute

Editorial Bureau January 20, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Wednesday urged the new administration of the US to return to a 2015 nuclear pact and lift curbs on Tehran. He also hailed the end of “tyrant” President Donald Trump’s era. President-elect Joe Biden, who assumes office on

Europe

Iran is enhancing nuclear weapons capacity: France’s Le Drian

Editorial Bureau January 17, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) – The French foreign minister said on Saturday that Iran is building up its nuclear weapons capacity and it is the need of the hour for Tehran and Washington to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran has been expediting its breaches of the nuclear pact and earlier this month, it started forging […]

Middle East

Iran launches long-range missiles into Indian Ocean in military drill – media

Editorial Bureau January 16, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles into the Indian Ocean on the second day of a military exercise, state media reported. The drill, which comes in the waning days of high tensions with US President Donald Trump’s administration, was conducted in the country’s central desert region. It followed

Middle East

US implement fresh sanctions on Iran in final countdown of Trump presidency

Editorial Bureau January 16, 2021

WASHINGTON (US) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and on three Iranian entities over conventional arms proliferation. They are the latest in a series of measures aimed at stepping up pressure on […]

Middle East

Iran Revolutionary Guards reveal underground missile base

Editorial Bureau January 8, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – The Revolutionary Guard of Iran unveiled an underground missile base at a secret location on Friday, said Iranian state media. This comes amid heightened tension between Washington and Tehran. “The base is one of several bases housing the Guards’ Navy’s strategic missiles,” state media said in a report quoting the head of […]

Middle East

Iran launches drones in military exercise

Editorial Bureau January 5, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – Iran launched exercises featuring a wide array of domestically produced drones on Tuesday, Iranian media reported, days after the anniversary of the US killing of a top Iranian general by a drone strike in Iraq. Iran and the regional forces it backs have increasingly relied in recent years on drones in Yemen, […]

Middle East

Iran refutes allegations of holding seized Korean ship and crew as hostages

Ren Leen January 5, 2021

SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) -Iran refuted on Tuesday it was using a South Korean ship and its crew as hostages, a day after it seized the tanker in the Gulf while pressing a demand for Seoul to release $7 billion in funds frozen under US sanctions. The seizure of the MT Hankuk Chemi and its 20-member […]

Middle East

Tehran says it has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at Fordow underground site

Editorial Bureau January 4, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – An Iranian government spokesman told the Mehr news agency on Monday that the country has restarted 20% uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow nuclear facility. This level of purity is not permitted as per Tehran’s 2015 nuclear accord with six major powers. The move is the latest of several recent Iranian breaches […]

Middle East

Iran’s foreign minister demands Trump to prevent Israel ‘trap’ that would trigger war

Editorial Bureau January 3, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) -Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged US President Donald Trump on Saturday not to fall for the “trap” from an alleged Israeli plan to provoke a war through attacks on US forces in Iraq. He issued the warning on the anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by […]

Middle East

Soleimani killing will not deter Iran’s resistance: Tehran

Editorial Bureau January 2, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – The US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani will not deter Iranian resistance, a senior commander said on Friday as tensions mounted in the build-up to the first anniversary of the drone strike. The United States killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, in Iraq on Jan. 3, 2020. Washington […]