3 month agoAnti-government protests over water shortages in Iran continue to spread, as demonstrators in Lowshan City block the entrance to Gilan province with burning tires
Araqchi: The European decision will force us to take an appropriate response.
3 month agoProtest rally in Sanandaj in support of dismissed and jailed teachers' rights activists
Turkish Foreign Minister: Israel's efforts to plunge all countries in the region into chaos continue.
Turkish Foreign Minister: Continuing tension between Israel and Iran threatens the security and stability of the region.
Germany urges its citizens to leave Iran immediately.
3 month agoIran would respond to snapback-triggered sanctions on its oil sales by preventing other countries from selling their oil, warned Yahya Al-e Eshaq, head of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce and a conservative political figure. “If we’re unable to sell our oil, we won’t allow others to sell theirs,” he said in an interview published on Friday
Russia says reimposition of Iran sanctions risks 'irreparable consequences'
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs: Iran has not complied with the terms of the nuclear agreement and has a chance to reach an understanding.
Reuters, citing diplomats, reported that the UN Security Council will meet tomorrow to discuss the decision by Britain, France, and Germany to activate the snapback mechanism on Iran.
Araqchi: The European Troika's move to activate the re-imposition of sanctions is "unjustified and illegal"
German Foreign Minister: Re-imposing sanctions on Iran is not the end of diplomacy
German Foreign Minister: We expect Iran to fully cooperate with the IAEA and commit to the negotiations.
French Foreign Minister: The European Troika is determined to use the 30-day window to engage in dialogue with Iran.
Reuters, citing a senior Iranian official, reported that Iran used all its capabilities to dissuade the European troika from taking the step of activating the sanctions snapback mechanism.
Reuters, citing a senior Iranian official: The European Troika's move to activate the snapback mechanism is illegal and regrettable.
France, Britain, and Germany launch process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry: We have assured Europe that the choice is theirs: either confrontation or cooperation.
3 month agoRubio call with E3 counterparts on Iran/snapback, after E3 Iran diplomats met yesterday. nn
Reuters: Reimposing sanctions on Iran will take 30 days, and there is room for further diplomacy in the coming weeks.
Reuters: E3 Europeans are likely to begin the process of reimposing UN sanctions on Iran tomorrow.
Iranian forces have killed 13 militants in a raid in the restive southeast, state media reports, adding they were members of a group suspected of a recent deadly attack on police
Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran: IAEA inspectors will supervise the fuel replacement at the Bushehr plant.
Iranian Foreign Minister: We have not yet adopted any final text regarding the new cooperation framework with the IAEA.
Iranian Foreign Minister: Fuel replacement at Bushehr nuclear reactor must be carried out under the supervision of international inspectors.
Ilham Aliyev: There have been many rumors in some media outlets and on some websites about Azerbaijan's plans to occupy Zangezur and cut the border between Iran and Armenia. This is completely false. We have no such intention. In any case, if we wanted to do it, we would have done it. It was very easy to do it in November 2020. It was very easy to do it over the past five years. It's only 40 kilometers, it wouldn't take much time from a military point of view. You just come and take it from both sides - from Nakhchivan and from this side of Azerbaijan.
The UN nuclear watchdog's director general Rafael Grossi confirmed to Fox News the first team of inspectors are back in Iran
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson says Tehran told the E3 they do not have the legal right to trigger the 'snapback' mechanism
Australian Foreign Minister announces that Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three additional officials will be removed from the country within 7 days. It was also announced that Australia is suspending its Embassy operations in Tehran - ABC
Australian PM Albanese has accused the Iranian government of directing the recent anti-Semitic attacks against Australia's Jewish community. He then announced that Australia will formally list the IRGC as a terrorist organization - Australia Broadcasting Company
