Iran’s main ultra-conservative newspaper Kaihan today congratulated the man who on Friday stabbed in the US world-renowned British author Salman Rushdie, author of the “Satanic Verses”, who has been the target of an Iranian fatfa for more than 30 years. “Well done to this courageous and duty-conscious man who attacked the renegade and evil Salman […]
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Iran: EU proposal to revive nuclear deal could be ‘acceptable’
The European Union’s proposal to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal “may be acceptable if it provides assurances” on Tehran’s key demands, state news agency IRNA reported today, citing a senior Iranian diplomat. The EU announced on Monday that it had proposed a “final” text after four days of indirect talks between US and Iranian officials […]
Iran is experimenting with cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions
By Dominic Dudley Iran has begun using cryptocurrencies to settle cross-border trade transactions as the country continues to look for ways to avoid using the US dollar and the international banking system. In a tweet on Tuesday, the head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) Ali Reza Peymanpak announced that “the first official listing using […]
Iran planned to assassinate Trump’s ‘right-hand man’ John Bolton, US says
American justice today revealed a conspiracy led by a member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards to assassinate John Bolton, former White House national security adviser. The US Department of Justice said in a statement that Shahram Poursafi, or Mehdi Rezagi as he is also known, 45, was indicted in absentia for offering to pay $300,000 […]
Iran: Navy says it repelled an ‘attack’ in the Red Sea
The Iranian Navy said today that it intervened to rescue an Iranian vessel that was the victim of “attack ships” in the Red Sea yesterday. “Iranian naval armed forces (…) immediately arrived on the scene after receiving a call for help from an Iranian vessel in the Red Sea the previous night,” the second in […]
Russia launched an Iranian observation satellite
Russia launched an Iranian surveillance satellite from Kazakhstan today amid concerns from some Western officials that Moscow could use it to support its attack on Ukraine, which Tehran denies. The Khayam remote sensing satellite was launched by a Soyuz rocket at 08:52 (Greece time) from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome, according to images broadcast live by the […]
USA – Iran: Now or never for the ‘nuclear’ agreement, after the presentation of the European plan
The US and Iran have a few weeks to decide whether they want to revive the 2015 deal on Tehran’s nuclear program, as European Union diplomats unveiled their final draft, which includes a major expansion of Iranian oil exports to international markets. in exchange for the return of the Iranians to the provisions of the […]
Iran nuclear program: European Union submits ‘a final text’
The European Union, the coordinator of the Vienna negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, has submitted “a final text”, a senior European official said today, hoping for a deal “within a few weeks”. “We worked for four days and today the text is on the table of high-ranking representatives,” he told reporters on condition of anonymity. […]
Iran: Ten dead in knife attack
Ten people were killed by an Afghan man armed with a knife in a clash in southeastern Iran, local media reported today. The bloodshed took place on Sunday night in the Rafsanjan region. The attacker was arrested by police, announced Hossein Rezaei, governor of Rafsanjan in the southeastern province of Kernan. The victims, all men, […]
Russian diplomat sees ‘progress’ in talks with Iran
Talks to bring the parties back into full compliance with the deal on Iran’s nuclear program, struck between Tehran and six major powers, are moving in the right direction, Russian negotiator Mikhail Ulyanov said. “It looks like we’re making progress. Let’s not sweat it,” the Russian ambassador to Vienna-based international organizations said on Twitter on […]