Iran will not talk to the United States until all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would meet his Iranian counterpart to try to end a nuclear standoff.
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a ceremony in Tehran, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP/AP)/ Middle East reporter covering Iran, Turkey, Syria and the wider region/ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday ...
president backpedaled Tuesday on possible talks with President Trump, saying the U.S. commander in chief must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo-op./ Hassan Rouhani's change of heart came a day after Trump said Monday that there's a ...
In a photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a conference in Tehran, on Monday./ A day after what looked like a possible diplomatic breakthrough with the U.S., Iranian President Hassan Rouhani backed off the idea of ...
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ until economic sanctions imposed on Tehran are removed./ "No positive development will happen in Iran-US ties without them lifting sanctions and abandoning their hostile actions," Rouhani said in a ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said the US sanctions were illegal, unjust and unfair Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged the United States to take the first step towards dialogue by lifting sanctions against Iran. "Without this ...
“We have to negotiate, we have to find a solution, and we have to solve the problem,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech in Tehran on Aug. 26, 2019. (President’s Office/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)/ Middle East reporter covering Iran, Turkey, Syria and the wider region/ ...
Iran will not talk to the United States until all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would meet his Iranian counterpart to try to end a nuclear standoff./ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he delivers a speech during the Conference of Government’s Achievements in Developing Rural Infrastructure in Tehran, Iran August 26, 2019. Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERS/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will not talk to the United States ...
US President Donald Trump (L) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R)/ A day after the French President Emmanuel Macron said a meeting between the presidents of Iran and the US might take place 'in the next few weeks,' Tehran has ruled out such a meeting until the US sanctions are lifted.
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
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The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
The Houthis' top negotiator said their support for the Palestinian people in Gaza "will not change"/ A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead. "What changed is ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that "we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza." Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: "They will not enter and come out." The new offensive is calculated, according to the spokesperson for the Israel Defense ...
Trump says Houthis told administration they 'don't want to fight anymore'/ Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated", as Oman confirmed a "ceasefire" had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the ...
Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike/ The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a ...
The UN said an expanded Israeli offensive would "inevitably lead to countless more civilians killed" in Gaza/ A senior Hamas official has said the armed group is not interested in further talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal while Israel continues what he called its "starvation ...