Diplomats recommit to saving Iran deal, oppose US sanctions

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:20:44 +0000

Diplomats recommit to saving Iran deal, oppose US sanctions

Diplomats from Iran and five world powers recommitted Sunday to salvaging a major nuclear deal amid mounting tensions between the West and Tehran since the U.S. withdrew from the accord and reimposed sanctions.

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EU seeks to deescalate Persian Gulf tensions

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:36:01 +0000

Hassan Rouhani

European Union nations were looking to deescalate tensions in the Persian Gulf area on Monday and call on Iran to stick to the 2015 nuclear deal, despite the pullout of the United States from the accord and the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Tehran.

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Rouhani: Iran will enrich uranium to ‘any amount we want’

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:40:29 +0000

Hassan Rouhani

Iran’s president warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal on Wednesday that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to “any amount that we want” beginning on Sunday, putting pressure on them to offer a way around intense U.S. sanctions targeting the country.

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Iran says it has breached stockpile limit under nuclear deal

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 14:45:45 +0000

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iran acknowledged Monday it had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal, marking its first major departure from the unraveling agreement a year after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the accord.

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Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as Mideast tensions mount

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:42:47 +0000

Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as Mideast tensions mount

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran will surpass the uranium-stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days, an official said Monday, raising pressure on Europeans trying to save the accord a year after the U.S. withdrawal lit the fuse for the heightened tensions now between Tehran and Washington.

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Iran’s top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 12:45:12 +0000

Iran's top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s foreign minister traveled Friday to China on his Asian tour aimed at keeping world markets open to Tehran amid an intense sanctions campaign from the U.S. as tensions across the Persian Gulf remain high.

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