Washington, April 29 (IANS) Iran has presented the United States with a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, while postponing nuclear negotiations to a later stage, according to a report, which cited a US official and two sources familiar with the matter. According to US media outlet Axios, the proposal aims to break the current stalemate in the negotiations and bypass the internal disagreements within the Iranian leadership over the scope of nuclear concessions it is wil…
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Washington, April 21 (IANS) The fragile two-week US-Iran ceasefire is set to expire Wednesday evening, clouding prospects for fresh negotiations and the future of the Strait of Hormuz, after US President Donald Trump depicted extension of the truce as “highly unlikely.” Asked if he expects strikes to resume immediately afterwards if no deal is reached, Trump said, “If there’s no deal, I would certainly expect.”The remarks came as Washington reportedly sought to keep diplomatic channels open. US …
Tehran, April 18 (IANS) Iran will not transfer its enriched uranium to a foreign country, and sending it to the United States has never been under consideration, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.Baghaei, speaking on state-run IRIB television, said that recent public statements by Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi were made within the framework of the ceasefire between Iran and the United States announced on April 8, not as signals of a new diplomatic opening.Earlier on…
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS) The Russian army holds control of the strategic city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, and conducted a large-scale strike on Ukrainian military-related targets overnight, Moscow said Saturday. The raid was made “in response to terrorist attacks carried out by the Kyiv regime against civilian facilities on Russian territory,” the Russian defence ministry said in a statement.Russian forces used long-range precision weapons from land, air and sea platforms, including hyperson…