Iran

The EU partly wants the deal so it can buy oil and gas from the Iranian regime. The EU also appears to want the nuclear deal in order not to lose its other economic relationships and trade with the ruling mullahs of Iran. Despite US sanctions, European countries are still …

Iran’s chief negotiator traveled to Oman a day after Qatar’s foreign minister visited Tehran in what seemed to be diplomatic efforts for an impetus to US-Iran nuclear talks. Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani was in Oman, one of the very few allies of the Islamic Republic in the …

The United States and United Kingdom touted a small win for regional security cooperation ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia next week. A British warship seized shipments of Iranian cruise and surface-to-air missiles in the Gulf of Oman for the first time earlier this year, the UK …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have detained several foreigners, including Britain’s second most senior envoy in Tehran, for alleged acts of spying such as taking soil samples in restricted areas, state television reported on Wednesday. It did not elaborate on when they were arrested or whether they were still under arrest. Britain …

The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) arrested a number of foreign nationals, including the British deputy ambassador in Tehran, for espionage activities in deserts at restricted areas or near the sites of missile exercises. A video shot by Iranian drones and released by the IRGC’s intelligence …

In the Socratic dialogue ‘Republic’, Plato famously wrote: “Our need will be the real creator” which over the ages has developed into a well-known English proverb; ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ meaning that the primary driving force for most new inventions is a Need. Global oil politics have been …

Defense Minister Gantz tells reporters that since the Abraham Accords were signed, Israeli security officials held about 150 meetings with their regional counterparts and that ‘deals worth over $3 billion have been signed with countries in the region’

The Biden administration designated 15 individuals and entities located in Iran, Vietnam, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. The Biden administration on Wednesday issued a new round of sanctions targeting an international network it says facilitated the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil …

Iran said on Wednesday it sought a strong and lasting nuclear agreement with world powers following talks with US ally Qatar on easing stalled efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear pact. Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani visited Tehran a week after EU-mediated indirect US-Iran talks in Doha …

Stoking Tehran’s Fears May Be the Only Way to Avoid War Last week, Iran and the United States briefly resumed indirect negotiations to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal. Unlike the previous round of talks in Vienna, which broke down in March, this round was hosted by Qatar and did not …