White House counselor Kellyanne Conway did not rule out the possibility in a television interview broadcast as Saudi Arabia raced to restart operations at oil plants hit by drone attacks that slashed its production. read more

Trump said Bolton had made mistakes, including offending North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un by demanding that he follow a “Libyan model” and hand over all his nuclear weapons. read more

The disappearance of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, follows a pattern of Iranian oil tankers turning off their Automatic Identification System to try and mask where they deliver their cargo amid US sanctions targeting Iran’s energy... read more

“The step is to retreat from sanctions. You must retreat from all illegal, unjust and wrong sanctions against the nation of Iran,” Rouhani said in a speech aired live on state television. read more

Macron said that the “conditions for a meeting” between Trump and Rouhani to take place “in the next few weeks” had been created through intensive diplomacy and consultations. read more

Hassan Rouhani’s government faced criticism over the visit of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the French seaside resort of Biarritz on Sunday for meetings on the sidelines of the G7 summit.. read more

Rouhani said if US wants to negotiate with Iran then it must lift all sanctions. read more

The US Treasury said the sanctions would freeze any of Zaria’s assets in the United States or controlled by US entities read more

US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it is open to negotiations with Iran on a more far-reaching agreement on nuclear and security issues. read more

Britain said on Thursday three Iranian boats had attempted to “impede the passage” of a British oil tanker in Gulf waters, forcing UK warship HMS Montrose to intervene. read more

At the same time, Iran was signaling openness to last-minute efforts to save the faltering deal. read more

“Iran has just issued a New Warning. Rouhani says that they will Enrich Uranium to ‘any amount we want’ if there is no new Nuclear Deal,” Trump tweeted, referring to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. read more

The United States has imposed crippling financial sanctions against Iran since last year when Trump withdrew from a 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers under which Iran curbed its nuclear programme. read more

US Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened Iran with “obliteration” in retaliation for an attack on “anything American”, angered evidently by Prime Minister Hassan Rouhani’s criticism of US sanctions as “idiotic” and the White House as “afflicted by mental... read more

Relations between Tehran and Washington have gone from bad to worse since the United States unilaterally withdrew from the international deal on Iran’s nuclear programme in May 2018. read more