Nuclear Deal
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Vietnam and Russia signed an agreement on nuclear energy and several cooperation deals on Tuesday (Jan 14) during a visit to Hanoi by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Vietnam aims to restart its nuclear energy programme having suspended it for years, as it needs to boost power generation to feed its growing industrial sector, a…
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Iran wants a deal on its nuclear program ‘as soon as possible,’ but doesn’t want to be trapped into a bad deal, according to an advisor to its negotiatiing team. U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has been trying to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, named the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was…
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The U.S. killing of a top Iranian general was a miscalculation that has had the effect of bolstering support in Iraq for the removal of American troops, a longtime goal of Tehran, Iran’s foreign minister said Friday. The U.S. killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a Jan. 3 drone strike as the commander of Iran’s expeditionary…
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The United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to negotiate, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted late on Saturday, seemingly in response to a Der Spiegel interview with Iran’s foreign minister. “Iranian Foreign Minister says Iran wants to negotiate with The United States, but wants sanctions removed. @FoxNews @OANN No Thanks!” Trump tweeted…
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The U.S. State Department said on Saturday that it had imposed sanctions on Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing him of commanding units blamed for killing protesters in Iran in November 2019. Following the designation, the blacklisted individual, as well as his immediate family members, is ineligible for entry…
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A U.K. newspaper has published more leaked memos revealing a British ambassador’s blunt assessments of the Trump administration, including one in which the envoy to Washington claimed President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal to spite predecessor Barack Obama. In the May 2018 cable published by the Mail on Sunday, U.K. Ambassador…
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President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, abruptly restoring harsh sanctions in the most consequential foreign policy action of his presidency. Although Mr. President declared he was making the world safer, his action has deepened his isolation on the world stage and revived doubts about American credibility. The 2015 agreement,…
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