Washington, June 13 (IANS) The Trump administration said Friday it is prepared to accept a civilian nuclear energy programme in Iran as part of a broader nuclear agreement, provided Tehran dismantles the infrastructure that could enable it to build a nuclear weapon.The clarification came as a senior administration official outlined details of a proposed US-Iran nuclear agreement that officials said could be signed within days.The official drew a clear distinction between civilian nuclear power g…
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Washington, June 13 (IANS) Iran will receive no immediate sanctions relief, frozen assets or financial incentives when it signs a proposed nuclear agreement with the United States, a senior Trump administration official said, insisting that any economic benefits would be tied strictly to verified compliance with the deal.Expressing a growing confidence that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tehran could be signed within days, potentially opening a path toward easing decades of economic re…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that Iran’s military capabilities have been severely degraded and insisted the conflict would not become an “endless war”, arguing that the United States is close to either securing a nuclear agreement with Tehran or achieving its objectives through military means.In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump said Iran retains only a fraction of its missile arsenal and maintained that the threat posed by the country has been significant…
Washington, June 2 (IANS) Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday indicated that the Trump administration could consider sanctions relief and the release of frozen Iranian assets as part of a future nuclear agreement, if Tehran agrees to surrender highly enriched uranium and permanently curb its enrichment activities. The comments offered one of the clearest public signals yet that the administration is prepared to use sanctions relief as leverage in negotiations aimed at preventing Iran from …
Paris, June 1 (IANS) France is ready to support efforts to reach an agreement between the United States and Iran, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.A multinational escort mission, co-led by France and Britain, is ready to be deployed “as soon as an agreement is reached” to help secure maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, he said.Macron made the remarks on X following a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.He said he welcomed Trump’s …
Cairo, June 1 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said that the country was helping to facilitate a peace deal between the United States and Iran, as he spoke with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron over regional developments.During a phone conversation on Sunday, Sisi said Egypt was engaged in intensive contacts with various parties concerned to help facilitate a comprehensive agreement between the United States and Iran, Xinhua news agency reported.He stressed Egypt’s position w…
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he urged US President Donald Trump to pursue dialogue with Iran and handed him a copy of a 2010 nuclear agreement brokered by Brazil and Turkey, as the two leaders concluded a closed-door White House meeting focused on trade, tariffs and global conflicts.Speaking later at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington on Thursday, Lula said he told Trump that “dialogue” was more effective than war and warned that military …
Washington, April 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said Washington is “very close to making a deal” with Iran, signalling possible progress on a nuclear agreement while indicating flexibility on extending a ceasefire if required.“Iran wants to make a deal, and we’re dealing very nicely with them,” Trump told reporters, adding that Tehran was “willing to do things today that they weren’t willing to do two months ago.”He underscored that the central objective remained unchanged….
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump warned Iran to reach a nuclear agreement quickly or face serious consequences, saying failure to make a deal would be “very traumatic.”“We have to make a deal otherwise it’s going to be very traumatic, very traumatic,” Trump told reporters at the White House.“I don’t want that to happen, but we have to make a deal,” he added. Asked about a timeline, Trump said the process should move fast.“I guess over the next month, something li…