Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid had a telephone conversation today with US President Joe Biden about the negotiations concerning the Iranian nuclear program, his services announced. The two leaders “discussed at length negotiations on an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program,” their “commitment to stop Iran’s progress toward a nuclear weapon” and Iran’s regional influence, according […]
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The importance of the looming new international agreement with Iran
By Kostas Raptis The processes for the conclusion of an international agreement on the nuclear program of Iran (or rather, for the revival of the corresponding agreement of 2015 from which the USA withdrew in 2018, during the days of Donald Trump) are in the final stretch. Everything shows that the talks in Vienna with […]
Iran: Offshore stockpile of tens of millions of barrels poised to be shipped in case of nuclear deal
Progress on the Iran nuclear deal has put the spotlight on a significant crude stockpile held by Tehran that could be quickly shipped to buyers if a deal is struck. As Bloomberg reports, about 93 million barrels of Iranian crude and condensate are currently stored on ships in the Persian Gulf, off Singapore and near […]
Germany: Nuclear plants may have to stay in operation longer
According to the Federal Grid Agency, German nuclear power plants may need to remain in operation longer because of the looming power shortage in Europe. “The current stress tests are about whether our nuclear plants should stay on the grid longer to meet the electricity needs here and in Europe in the winter,” Klaus Müller, […]
Russia blocked the adoption of a text on nuclear disarmament at the UN
Russia on Friday blocked the adoption of a joint declaration after four weeks of UN review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), labeling its “political” terms. The 191 countries that have signed the NPT, a 1970 treaty aimed at preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, promoting complete disarmament and cooperation in the peaceful uses of […]
Zaporizhia: One reactor was reconnected to the power grid
Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, which is under Russian occupation, has been reconnected to the power grid after yesterday’s disconnection, the operator, Ukraine’s Energoatom, announced. “One of the reactors of the Zaporizhia plant that had stopped operating yesterday was reconnected to the power grid today,” Energoatom announced on Telegram, assuring that the safety […]
Iran: Only inspections of nuclear facilities under 2015 deal accepted
Iran will not allow inspections beyond those under the 2015 nuclear deal, the head of the country’s nuclear program said today, as the United States prepares to respond to a proposal to revive Tehran’s deal with world powers. “We are committed to inspections [που προβλέπονται] under the nuclear deal which are linked to the nuclear […]
Borrell hopes the US will respond to the proposal on Iran’s nuclear program this week
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said today he hoped the United States would respond positively as early as this week to an EU proposal aimed at saving a 2015 deal with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program. Josep Borrell also said Iran had given a “reasonable” response to the proposal, which followed intermittent, indirect […]
North Korea rejected the South’s proposal for denuclearization
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un today rejected South Korea’s offer of financial aid in exchange for denuclearization, calling it a “provocative plan”. South Korean President Yun Sukgel this week proposed a plan to help Pyongyang in the food, energy and infrastructure sectors on the condition that it abandon its nuclear weapons […]
Today Iran’s response to the EU proposal on its nuclear program
Iran will respond to the European Union’s (EU) “final” text by midnight today, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said, calling on the United States to show flexibility in order to save the 2015 deal on Tehran’s nuclear program. “We don’t want to reach an agreement that after 40 days, two months or three months will […]