This is Beirut, 13/06 08:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military has announced that more than 100 targets across Iran were struck overnight in a large-scale air operation involving over 200 fighter jets. According to the Israeli army, the operation successfully eliminated three senior leaders of the Iranian military and security establishment. The army named the high-ranking figures ...
This is Beirut, 12/06 18:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Iran on Thursday vowed to significantly increase its output of enriched uranium in defiance of US demands ahead of a round of nuclear talks overshadowed by fears of an imminent Israeli attack. The announcement came after the UN nuclear watchdog—the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—accused Iran of non-compliance with its obligations, ...
This is Beirut, 12/06 12:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning Iran's "non-compliance" with its obligations in a new warning before a possible referral of the case to the United Nations. The motion drafted by the United States, Britain, France, and Germany was carried by 19 votes in favor, out of 35 in total, three diplomatic ...
This is Beirut, 12/06 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States and Iran are set to resume direct negotiations this Sunday in Muscat, the capital of Oman, according to an official announcement by the Omani Foreign Ministry. The upcoming talks mark a new round of diplomacy aimed at reviving nuclear discussions between the two long-time adversaries. As reported by Axios, U.S. negotiator ...
This is Beirut, 11/06 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran threatened Wednesday to target US military bases in the region if conflict breaks out, while President Donald Trump said he was "less confident" about reaching a nuclear deal. Tehran and Washington have held five rounds of talks since April to thrash out a new nuclear deal to replace the 2015 accord that Trump abandoned during his ...
Salam El Zaatari, 05/06 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Let me tell you something that every Israeli general, Iranian ayatollah, and American diplomat knows — but hopes you don’t: The next big war in the Middle East won’t start with a ground invasion. It will begin with a whisper in the desert and end with fire in the sky — and the trigger might be buried deep in the Natanz nuclear ...
Mario Chartouni, 04/06 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Under growing international scrutiny, Iran is enriching uranium at levels unseen since the collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal. While Washington publicly hardens its rhetoric, more flexible proposals are reportedly being floated behind closed doors. Amid firm statements, covert negotiations and ongoing inspections, Iran’s nuclear program has ...
This is Beirut, 02/06 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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As global attention shifts back to Tehran, the Iranian government is reportedly reviewing a far-reaching US proposal aimed at reviving the stalled nuclear talks. The plan, relayed via Oman, was drafted by Steve Witkoff, the US President’s special envoy to the Middle East. According to diplomatic sources quoted by Kuwait’s Al-Jarida, the ...
Kaline Antoun, 30/05 18:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he had asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay any potential military action against Iran, in order to give the United States administration more time to negotiate a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. Iran’s nuclear program lies at the center of an escalating diplomatic ...
This is Beirut, 30/05 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran on Friday branded as "fake" an Austrian intelligence report that said Tehran is seeking atomic weapons, even as it pursues delicate negotiations with the United States on its nuclear programme. In its annual report on global threats, Austria's domestic intelligence service (DSN) said Monday that Iran's "nuclear weapons development programme ...
This is Beirut, 23/05 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The fifth round of nuclear negotiations between Iranian and US delegations held in Rome on Friday has ended, the Omani foreign minister who mediated the talks said. "The fifth round of Iran US talks have concluded today in Rome with some but not conclusive progress," Badr Albusaidi said on X, adding that he hoped "the remaining issues" will be ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that nuclear talks with the United States were unlikely to yield any results, amid a diplomatic standoff over the Islamic republic's enrichment activities. "We don't think it will lead to any outcome. We don't know what will happen," said Khamenei during a speech, adding that denying ...