Special to WorldTribune.com Iran will only partially comply with the nuclear arrangement with world powers unless all sanctions are lifted, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. Khamenei, speaking to a group of clerics, said some U.S. officials had spoken of the “suspension” of sanctions and he insisted “there will be no deal” if the sanctions […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A senior adviser to French President Francois Hollande reportedly said the rejection of the Iran nuclear agreement by the U.S. Congress could ultimately result in a better deal. Jacques Audibert, the senior diplomatic adviser to French President Francois Hollande, has since denied the report in Bloomberg View that was seen as a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt will take delivery of eight F-16 fighter jets from the United States as part of a $1.3 billion military package. The U.S. embassy in Cairo said on July 30 the F-16s would be delivered by July 31. U.S. President Barack Obama authorized delivery of the jets after lifting a block on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As sanctions are lifted and its overseas assets are unfrozen, Iran’s cash haul from the recently-concluded nuclear deal could hit $150 billion, an Israeli official said. That amount would be more than all U.S. aid to Israel since the country’s founding in 1948. The $150 billion estimate was made by an Israeli […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Recent reports have said the United States is ready to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in an attempt to allay Israel’s vociferous criticism of the Iran nuclear deal. The move, however, is not likely to succeed, experts say. “If this is the motive, it’s naïve,” said Amnon Rubinstein, a law professor […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the imminent nuclear deal with P5+1 powers won’t stop Teheran’s campaign against the United States. Iran’s FARS news agency reported that Khamenei told university students in Teheran to “get yourselves ready for a continuing campaign against the arrogance.” “Campaign against the arrogant powers and hegemonic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel has not received an update on Iran nuclear talks from the United States in nearly two weeks. Contact between senior officials in the administrations of U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been non-existent as the P5+1 nuclear negotiations went into overtime after missing a June 30 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Despite all of President Barack Obama’s overtures and the emerging nuclear deal, the United States and Iran will remain enemies, a top Iranian military commander said. Iranian Ground Force Commander Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said “the U.S. might arrive at some agreements with us within the framework of the Group 5+1 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As Iran and P5+1 powers agreed to extend nuclear negotiations by one week, indications are that a final deal is being completed, officials said. Meanwhile, Iran’s state-controlled media reported that U.S. President Barack Obama sent a “secret message” to Teheran’s leaders regarding the talks. Iran’s Fars news agency on June 29 indicated […]
Sol W. Sanders As the Chinese and the Americans sat down for the seventh of their annual two-day meeting [June 22-24], set up in 2009 to maintain bilateral cooperation despite growing differences, a major transformation of the Chinese regime was a new and worrying factor. Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew […]