Recently, Raisi’s government has talked about signing a memorandum of understanding to invest in three mega-projects in the amount of forty-two billion dollars. These three mega-projects are: The implementation of forty-eight industrial projects in which seven large domestic companies are involved (Naft and Energy site, 6, February 2022)Integrated development of …
Read More »Iran Successfully Implements Advanced Uranium Enrichment Program, IAEA Report Says
Iran has successfully implemented advanced uranium enrichment program, with the first of its cascades of advanced IR-6 centrifuges operating at its Natanz underground fuel enrichment plant, Reuters first reported, citing a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The report comes as the world powers, …
Read More »Iran urges dialogue amid Iraq turmoil
Iranian authorities have called on Iraqi factions to seek political solutions as Baghdad streets saw deadly clashes between members of the Shiite Sadrist movement and their Tehran-backed rivals. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said constitution-based dialogue among political blocs was the only path toward stability and security in Iraq, where the …
Read More »Iranian President Threatens Israel, Says Int’l Inspections Could Ruin Nuclear Deal
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Monday that any Israeli military strike on his country’s nuclear program would lead to the destruction of “the Zionist regime.” Raisi said Israel could not protect itself against Palestinian “resistance groups” and would not succeed in stopping Iran’s nuclear program. “Can they keep themselves …
Read More »Analysis | Iran Nuclear Accord Enters Its Final Touch-up Phase
The emerging agreement will allow Iran to access over 100 billion dollars that are currently frozen, and to sell 2.5 million barrels of oil per day ■ The West, and the U.S. in particular, must decide how it will handle the accord’s effects on the global economy and power dynamics …
Read More »Iran’s President: No Way Back to Nuclear Deal if Probe Continues
During a news conference, Ebrahim Raisi issued threats against Israel and warned that no nuclear deal will materialize unless the international agents stop their probe into uranium particles found at Iranian sites Iran’s president warned Monday that any roadmap to restore Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers must see …
Read More »Revived Nuclear Deal Close but New Round of Talks ‘Inevitable’: Iranian Lawmaker
Fada-Hossein Maleki, a senior Iranian legislator, said Saturday that although Iran and the P5+1 countries that are party to the Vienna talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are close to reaching an agreement, a new round of talks is necessary to close the deal, the Iran Front Page news …
Read More »Mossad chief to visit Washington as Israel steps up efforts to reshape Iran deal
Lapid calls for US to lay down a ‘credible military threat’ to force a better agreement; violence is ‘the language Iran understands,’ senior government official says Mossad chief David Barnea will travel to Washington next week as part of Israel’s intensifying efforts to shape the emerging nuclear agreement between Iran …
Read More »Tehran Debates the Bomb
Interestingly, none of the problems that nation-states might have with one another, problems such as border disputes, competition for sources of raw materials and markets, water-sharing disputes, irredentism, maltreatment of kith-and-kin, and bitter historic memories, exist between Iran and Israel. No Iranian leader, even under the present regime, could rationally …
Read More »Iran, Russia use own currencies for trade
Saudi Arabia and India have also signaled moving away from the US dollar. Iran and Russia have started trading in their national currencies. The Iranian ambassador in Moscow, Kazem Jalali, said last night that entities in the two countries have begun conducting trade in rials and rubles for the first …
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