Tehran, May 31 (IANS) Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said on Sunday that Tehran would not agree to any deal with the United States until the rights of the Iranian people were secured.Addressing an online parliamentary session, Ghalibaf stressed that Iranian negotiators had no trust in the “enemy’s” words and promises, according to the official news agency IRNA.”Our criterion is tangible achievements that we must attain in order to fulfil our commitments in return,” he said. “…
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Washington, May 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said the United States is close to reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran but warned that military action remains an option if negotiations fail.In an interview with Fox News at the White House, Trump said his administration’s priority is ensuring that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.”We’re close to a very good deal, and if we can make it good, otherwise we just start up with the Department of War, as we call it,” Trump said.Trump said Iran…
Washington, May 11 (IANS) US military intelligence-gathering flights have increased off the coast of Cuba in recent months, according to a media report published on Monday. Since February 4, the US Navy and Air Force have conducted at least 25 flights, mostly near Havana and Santiago de Cuba, with some coming within 40 miles (64 km) of the coast, said the report, analysing publicly available aviation data from FlightRadar24, a live flight tracker.The missions have predominantly involved P-8A Pos…
Tehran, May 8 (IANS) Iran’s main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has said that the US army attacked two Iranian vessels near the Strait of Hormuz and concurrently carried out airstrikes on civilian areas in southern Iran in cooperation with some regional states.The attacks by the US “aggressive and terrorist” army violated the ceasefire between Iran and the United States, said Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the headquarters’ spokesman, according to Iranian media.One of the targeted …
Seoul/Washington, May 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran has taken shots at a South Korean cargo ship and other targets, noting that it is time for Seoul to participate in a mission to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz. Trump made the remarks in a social media post as the United States launched an operation, called Project Freedom, on Monday (local time), to guide commercial vessels stranded by the US-Israeli war against Iran, out of the waterway, a key shipping route for…
Washington, May 5 (IANS) Two US Navy destroyers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Gulf after navigating an Iranian barrage, US media outlet CBS News reported. The USS Truxtun and USS Mason, supported by Apache helicopters and other aircraft, faced a series of coordinated threats during the passage, said the report, citing Pentagon officials, who spoke under condition of anonymity, on Monday night (local time).No US warship was struck, though Iran launched small boats, miss…
Tehran, May 5 (IANS) Five civilians were killed in US attacks on cargo boats, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. Following the claim by the US military that it had targeted six Iranian speedboats, and given that none of Iran’s combat vessels was hit, local sources were consulted to verify the nature of the incident, according to Xinhua, which quoted the report.It was determined that US forces had attacked two small civilian cargo boats, which were travelling from Khasab…
Washington, April 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is not satisfied with Iran’s latest peace proposal, which seeks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the US naval blockade of Iran’s ports, while leaving its nuclear program for later negotiations, US media reported, citing several White House officials. The president discussed Iran’s proposal with his top national security officials at a meeting in the White House Situation Room on Monday afternoon, said the reports.One of the people atten…
Washington, April 27 (IANS) FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that authorities will soon disclose “great detail” about the armed suspect who targeted members of the administration, as investigators race to piece together the motive and movements behind the incident. In a Fox News interview, Patel said the bureau had moved with unusual speed following the attack, dispatching teams nationwide and consolidating evidence at its laboratories in Quantico. “We immediately, for the FBI, dispa…
Washington, April 27 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Monday said internal divisions within Iran’s leadership remain the biggest obstacle to any agreement with Washington, even as he indicated Tehran may be under growing pressure to strike a deal. In an interview with Fox News’ Trey Yingst on Monday, Rubio described Iran’s power structure as deeply fragmented, complicating negotiations and limiting what its officials can commit to at the table.“Other than the fact that the …