US Iran Rift
DUBAI: B-52 bombers ordered by the White House to deploy to the Persian Gulf to counter unspecified threats from ...
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:05am
President Donald Trump has deployed a carrier to Middle East as warning to Iran.
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:27pm
Iranians take part in marches to support government’s move to scale back curbs to its nuclear program under a 2015 deal.
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:21pm
Images released by the US Air Force’s Central Command show B-52H Stratofortress bombers arriving at Al Udeid Air Base.
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:18pm
Analysts say the latest sanctions are unlikely to affect global markets.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:05am
US president says he hopes that “a fair deal” with Iran can be worked out at some point.
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:21pm
On Tuesday, he abruptly dropped a trip to Germany to fly to Baghdad for meetings with Iraqi leaders.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:06am
US allegations met with scepticism in numerous quarters, as some US lawmakers fear Trump is looking for war with Iran.
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:16pm
China has had to tread a fine line as it has close energy and business relations with Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:06am
Russia says Iran "provoked into rolling back some terms due to pressure from US"; China also blames Washington.
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:33pm
President Hassan Rouhani gives 60-day ultimatum to other signatories to "save the deal".
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:32pm
US allegations that Iran forces "escalating their activity", threat of attacks is "very specific" met with scepticism.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:06am
A military adviser to Khamenei asserts that the US was "neither willing nor capable" of military action against Iran.
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:27pm
WASHINGTON: The US is dispatching an aircraft carrier and other military resources to the Middle East following...
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:06am
Waiver to allow certain parties to 2015 deal to do research, non-proliferation work at three sites in Iran.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:06am
Says if US blocks one method for Iran to export oil, Tehran will find other ways to do so.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:07am
"In future months, the Americans themselves will see that we will continue our oil exports," says Rouhani.
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:23pm
WITH regard to Iran, the major aim of the Trump administration is to ramp up confrontation with the Islamic Republic...
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:08am
Foreign Minister Zarif plans to visit North Korea
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:08am
Javad Zarif says the visit is being planned and a date will be announced soon.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:08am
The development comes after the US government earlier this month designated the Guard as a terrorist group.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:08am
“Now is the right time to go to zero,” says one US official about Iranian crude oil exports.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:11am
Iran's economy has been squeezed since President Donald Trump reimposed sanctions on Iran last year.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:11am
An Indian official describes New Delhi as “surprised and disappointed” by US decision on Iran.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:11am
"Iranians won't give in," says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:11am
A day earlier the US demanded that Iran oil buyers halt their purchases by May 1.
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:11am
"It is necessary to force the Iranian regime to end its policy of destabilising the region."
Updated 15 May, 2019 05:30pm
“The government should use legal, political and diplomatic measures in response to the American actions.”
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:12am
LONDON: Oil topped $74 a barrel on Monday, the highest since November, with the United States set to announce a...
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:12am
Decision to impact China, India, Japan, South Korea and Turkey
Updated 16 May, 2019 08:12am
