Time is running out to avert a nuclear crisis, Nicole Grajewski of the Carnegie Endowment said, describing Iran's nuclear program as a complex file where diplomacy is limited, military strikes are insufficient, and Europe’s snapback of UN sanctions risks sparking fresh conflict.
Tehran’s sharpening nuclear clash with the West and embrace of Beijing and Moscow have brought it to a crossroads, where choices this month may decide the future of Iran’s rulers and the ruled.
A new round of talks between an Iranian delegation and the International Atomic Energy Agency will be held in Vienna on Friday, Iran’s ambassador to international organizations in the city said, according to state media.
Tehran’s approach to diplomacy may be best summed up by a Persian phrase: refusing with one hand and accepting with the other. But does the moribund economy show that the equivocating strategy has finally run out of road?
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has denied reports quoting him as saying the likelihood of fresh conflict with Israel was “very high,” the ISNA news agency reported on Friday.
Iran has sought new ways to move cash to Hezbollah, including a request to Baghdad for unusual access at a western border crossing with Syria, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Thursday.
The United States is considering new restrictions on foreign delegations attending this month’s UN General Assembly, including measures that would further limit the movements of Iranian diplomats in New York, the Associated Press reported on Friday.
Government wheat procurement in Iran dipped by over a third this year due to declining production, officials said on Thursday, as drought and financial woes continue to plague the economy.
The postwar debate over Israeli infiltration of Iran’s security and political system has added another layer to contentions in Tehran, with warnings and accusations directed at some hard-liners and radical insiders.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday criticized the lack of a merit-based system in public management and threatened to cut the budgets of underperforming government bodies.
The British government on Thursday said it was determined to frustrate what it called escalating Iranian threats to people on UK soil, citing cyberattacks and the use of criminal proxies to carry out attacks.
A brief Mideast war in June war exposed the weakness of Iran's ties with key allies China and Russia according to an Israeli think-tank, exposing Tehran's isolation in one of its weakest moments.
Iran has once again floated the idea of replacing the US dollar with local currencies in trade with its partners, but so far the push has gone nowhere.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday sounded the alarm over what he described as increasing military cooperation among Iran, North Korea and China, warning they are preparing for long-term confrontation with the West.
Australia’s ambassador has left Tehran after Canberra expelled Iran’s envoy last month over alleged arson attacks on Jewish sites, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday.
Exit from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty would not determine whether Iran faces war, an Iranian parliament member said on Thursday.
Venezuela’s drone industry, built on Iranian designs, is still overseen by Iranian specialists who block local staff from entering without permission amid a standoff over US warships deployed in the Caribbean, the Miami Herald reported.
Iran has toned down its opposition to the proposed Zangezur Corridor linking Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan, adopting a more cautious stance after years of confrontation, Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah said in an opinion article on Thursday.
Iran retains the ability to endanger freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, where about one-fifth of the world’s oil exports pass, an Israeli security think tank said after Tehran’s latest naval drills.
Life in Iran feels suspended, with many convinced war will return and unable to plan for the future beyond how to endure it when it comes.
Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani and British national security adviser Jonathan Powell discussed nuclear talks and handling the snapback sanctions process in a phone call, domestic media reported on Wednesday, adding that both sides agreed to keep negotiations going.