by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2021 Joe Biden’s team on Wednesday said it is prepared to lift sanctions on Iran and return the U.S. to the 2015 nuclear deal that President Donald Trump withdrew from. The statement drew a prompt response from Israel and the Republican congressional leadership “We are prepared to take the steps […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 9, 2021 After President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, he imposed crippling sanctions which devastated the Islamic Republic’s nuclear aspirations as well as much of their state-sponsored terrorism. Now, the ruling mullahs in Iran are demanding that Joe Biden compensate them for Trump’s “maximum pressure” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2020 The U.S. called out members of the UN Security Council who “find themselves standing with terrorists” after the Council rejected Washington’s push to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran. Indonesian UN Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, who currently holds the rotating presidency on the Council, said in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2019 The European Union said it is becoming “increasingly difficult” to preserve the Iran nuclear deal as Teheran continues to scale back its commitments under the deal. The EU on Nov. 5 criticized Iran’s announcement that it would resume uranium enrichment at its underground facility at Fordow. Iranian President Hassan […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2019 Iranian officials over the weekend met with representatives of several nations who have the Trump administration’s ear. The meetings followed comments on July 24 by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who hinted that Iran was open to indirect talks with the United States over its nuclear program and U.S.-imposed sanctions […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 24, 2019 The Boris Johnson government will likely withdraw Great Britain from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a member of UK parliament said. Matthew Offord, an MP of the Conservative party, told i24News on July 23 that he believes Johnson will follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead and withdraw from the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2019 Germany and the United Kingdom, two of the three European signatories of the 2015 nuclear accord, lashed out at Iran after the Islamic Republic announced it would breach the deal. Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced on July 7 that Iran would begin enriching […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2019 Iran’s vow to exceed the cap on its stockpiles of enriched uranium before the end of this month amounts to “nuclear blackmail,” the White House said. White House National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis on June 17 called on the international community to step up pressure on Iran after […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump on May 8 announced sanctions on Iran’s trade in metals, which is the Islamic Republic’s third largest export. Trump’s executive order imposes sanctions on Iran’s iron, steel, aluminum, and copper sectors. Trump said the new sanctions target “Iran’s revenue from the export of industrial metals […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 20, 2019 During last week’s Warsaw conference on Middle East security, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said that Iran poses the “greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East” and explicitly called out the Islamic Republic for plotting a “new Holocaust.” Liberal U.S. media dismissed the conference as evidence […]