The United States' top diplomat said Sunday Washington still wants to work with Europe to counter Iran's "malign behavior" as President Donald Trump called his withdrawal from the landmark nuclear deal key to containing Tehran. But while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked up the prospect of ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif met last month in Moscow. The two men met again Monday to discuss how to salvage the Iran nuclear accord after Washington pulled out (AFP Photo/Alexander NEMENOV)/ Moscow (AFP) - Iran's foreign ...
Iran’s talks with European countries to save the nuclear deal are on the right path despite the U.S. withdrawal, its foreign minister said after meeting the European Union’s foreign policy chief on Tuesday./ Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talks to the media after a meeting with ...
Iran's foreign minister arrives on May 15 in Brussels -- the final stop of a global tour aimed at rallying support for a landmark 2015 nuclear between Tehran and six world powers in the wake of Washington's withdrawal from the deal. In addition to the United States and Iran, the agreement known ...
, on Sunday warned European companies they would face sanctions if they continued working in Iran, raising the prospect of a transatlantic rift over how to handle Tehran. However, at the same time, Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of State, said he was hopeful Washington could still strike a new ...
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to anchor Charlie Rose, at an event held in conjunction with the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Bria Webb/File Photo/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister embarks on a tour ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to German, French and British counterparts in recent days to discuss cooperation over Iran, a State Department spokeswoman said on Monday a week after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal./ FILE PHOTO: U ...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he still wants to work with the Europeans on a new Iran deal (AFP Photo/MANDEL NGAN)/ Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington still wants to work with its European partners on an agreement to counter Iran's "malign behavior" ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo/ DUBAI (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Iran would remain committed to the 2015 nuclear deal if its interests ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States threatened on Sunday to impose sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran, as the remaining participants in the Iran nuclear accord stiffened their resolve to keep that agreement operational. White House national security adviser John ...
'Fox News Sunday' exclusive: Secretary of state on the release of three American detainees from North Korea and President Trump's strategy for Iran./ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear Sunday that President Trump’s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal didn’t target Europe, but he backed ...
MOSCOW, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Tehran and Moscow say they will preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear deal despite Washington's decision to withdraw. "Iran and Russia should guarantee our common interests, which are to preserve the deal and ensure economic benefits for all participants," RIA Novosti news ...
Merkel says ‘many factors at play’ in effort to save accord/ European powers alarmed by Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accord set out this week on an urgent search for ways to hold the deal together and avoid a further escalation of violence in the Middle East./ With Chancellor ...
After holding talks in China, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet on May 14 in Moscow with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov as part of efforts to save the landmark nuclear deal Tehran signed with six world powers. The visit will be the second stop on a tour of key capitals ...
Pompeo said withdrawing from the deal not aimed at Europeans/ European countries and companies that continue to do business with Iran could face U.S. sanctions, National Security Adviser John Bolton said Sunday./ Part of the flaw with the Iran deal that President Donald Trump rejected was it ...
BERLIN, May 13 (Reuters) - Germany wants to help its companies continue doing business in Iran after the U.S. decision to reimpose sanctions against Tehran, but it could be difficult to shield them from any fallout, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...
Iran's foreign minister visited Moscow on Monday amidst Russian efforts to keep the Iran alive in the wake of Washington's pull-out, pushing it into rare cooperation with Europe. Mohammad Javad Zarif's diplomatic tour took him to Beijing at the weekend and will see him visit Brussels later in ...
Responding to a question, Bolton said that the leadership of the previous Obama administration lied to the American people./ could face American sanctions, the Trump administration said today, days after it announced its decision to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal. "The countries that ...
could face American sanctions, the Trump administration said on Sunday, days after it announced its decision to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal. "The countries that continue to deal with Iran could face sanctions. Europeans are going to face the effect of already really because much of ...
Palestinians react to Gaza peace deal announcement/ The ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, announced after intense negotiations in Egypt, is a long-awaited breakthrough that brings them closer to ending the two-year-old war in Gaza. But, despite the momentum, there is no ...
The Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight to Gaza's lovers. The tree-lined street that ran beside it was once a favourite place for courting couples, eager to avoid Gaza's socially conservative gaze. But the road nicknamed "Lovers' ...
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled an Israeli offensive in Gaza City in recent months/ "In these two years, I lost so much," says Emaan al-Wahidi. She is living in a rented garage, struggling each day to find food and clean water, and has been displaced multiple times. Her ...
Israel's devastating military response to the 7 October attacks has destroyed most of Gaza/ After two years of war, there is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families. It is an opportunity, but it is ...
Israel's foreign ministry posted a photo of Thunberg walking through Ben Gurion airport/ Israel has deported Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 170 other pro-Palestinian activists who were detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza ...
Negotiators from Israel and Hamas are heading to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to start indirect talks over an end to the Israel-Gaza war. It is the closest both sides have come to a deal since the war began two years ago - which Israel has agreed to and Hamas has partly agreed to - is really just a ...
Smoke rises following explosions in Gaza City on Sunday/ All eyes are on Egypt as indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel on the war in Gaza are set to begin on Monday, with the US and Israel pushing for the swift release of hostages. The talks come after Hamas agreed to some parts of a ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes to announce the release of hostages being held in Gaza "in the coming days". In a televised statement, he also said "Hamas will be disarmed and Gaza will be demilitarised – either the easy way or the hard way, but it will be achieved". ...
People in Gaza have reacted with shock after US President Donald Trump appeared to welcome Hamas's response to his peace plan for the territory. Hundreds of Palestinians flooded my social media accounts and messaging apps with questions like: "Has the war ended?" and "Is this a dream or ...
Trump and Netanyahu met at the White House this week and unveiled the US ceasefire proposal/ Hamas agreeing to release the remaining hostages, albeit subject to negotiations and certain conditions being met, will give real hope to the family members in Israel who have been desperate for this ...