Iran Snubs Trump and Joins Russia and China in Nuclear Talks
Ministers from Iran, China and Russia met in Beijing on Friday, calling for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran and the resumption of nuclear negotiations. The move comes after President Donald Trump attempted to engage Iran’s Supreme Leader through a private letter, which was met with resistance from Tehran. The talks highlight growing cooperation […]
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Iran Confirms Nuclear Talks With China, Russia
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats, […]
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Would Donald Trump’s Iran Crackdown Benefit Russia? Experts Weigh In
Even before Donald Trump named Elise Stefanik the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the New York representative had touted how the president-elect would return to a “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran. The Wall Street Journal said Trump would “drastically increase” sanctions to “choke off” Iran’s oil income, which the U.S. Energy Information Administration […]
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Iran Breaks Silence on Trump Assassination Attempt Claims
Iran has broken its silence on accusations that an Iranian man was involved in a murder-for-hire scheme to kill newly reelected president Donald Trump. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, denied the allegations, writing on X: “Remember the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran right after our President’s inauguration? Everyone knows who did it and why. […]
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US Calls Out Iran Over Reza Valizadeh Arrest Reports
An American-Iranian journalist is thought to have spent months in “cruel” detention in Iran, the U.S. government has said, as questions swirl over whether Iran will strike back at Israel and the anniversary of U.S. personnel being held for over a year in Tehran looms. Reza Valizadeh, who had worked for the U.S. government-backed, Persian-language […]
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Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s New X Account Suspended
The social media platform X on Monday suspended a new account linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which shared messages in Hebrew. Early Monday, a brief note on the suspended account stated, “X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules.” The suspension occurred following Israel’s first open airstrikes against Iran, in response to […]
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Iran Points Finger at US After Israeli Attack
The U.S. enabled Israel’s attack on Iran early on Saturday, Tehran’s foreign minister has said, as questions loom large over whether Tehran will once again hit back at Israel and further ramp up tensions in the Middle East. “The U.S. complicity in Israel’s aggression early on Saturday is crystal clear for us,” Syed Abbas Araghchi […]
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