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Iran chief negotiator says U.S. must accept proposal or face ‘failure’

May 12, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s chief negotiator on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) issued an ultimatum to the United States to accept the conditions in Tehran’s 14-point proposal for peace in the West Asia war or face “failure”. The defiant message came after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected the latest counteroffer…

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Iranian students chant anti-government slogans, as U.S. threats loom

February 22, 2026 admin

Iranian students chanted anti-government slogans and scuffled with counter-protesters on Saturday in the latest display of anger at the country’s clerical leaders, who also face a U.S. military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal. The gatherings at universities, which were reported by both local and diaspora media outlets, followed a mass protest…

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Iran says no country can deprive it of enrichment rights amid tensions with U.S.

February 19, 2026 admin

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said no country can deprive the Islamic republic of its right to nuclear enrichment, after U.S. President Donald Trump again hinted at military action following talks in Geneva. “The basis of the nuclear…

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Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid U.S. tensions

February 19, 2026 admin

Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts say, advancing work at a location reportedly bombed by Israel in 2024 amid tensions with the U.S. Images also show that Iran has buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear…

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Trump says he will be involved ‘indirectly’ in Iran talks

February 17, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One with U.S. first lady Melania Trump at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. on February 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday (February 16, 2026) that he would be ‌involved “indirectly” in talks between Iran and the…

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Fingers on the trigger, says Iran after Trump’s warning

January 29, 2026 admin

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran was ready for a “fair and equitable” deal, but not for coercion. File | Photo Credit: AP A day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that time was running out for Iran to reach a deal on its nuclear programme, Tehran said on Thursday that its armed forces…

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Iran unveils mural warning of retaliation if U.S. conducts a military strike

January 26, 2026 admin

An anti-U.S. mural on a building in Tehran, Iran. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian authorities unveiled a new mural on a giant billboard in a central Tehran square on Sunday (January 25, 2026) with a direct warning to the United States to not attempt a military strike on the country, as U.S. warships head to…

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Iranian ambassador thanks India for opposing ‘unjust, politically motivated’ UNHRC resolution

January 25, 2026 admin

People holding up a placard with an image of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the ousted shah of Iran, rally during a demonstration in solidarity with protestors living in Iran, in Israel’s central city of Holon on January 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Iran’s ambassador to India Mohammad Fathali on Saturday (January 24, 2026)…

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Iran will treat any attack as ‘all-out war against us,’ says senior official

January 24, 2026 admin

Protesters hold posters during a solidarity protest outside the U.S. embassy for the people of Venezuela, Iran and Palestine, in Cape Town, South Africa, on January 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran will treat any attack “as an all-out ‍war against us,” a senior Iranian official said on Friday (January 23, 2026), ahead of…

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Iran protests LIVE: Iran would target U.S. military, shipping if attacked, says Parliament Speaker

January 11, 2026 admin

Do not abandon the streets. My heart is with you: Reza Pahlavi Iran’s exiled Opposition leader, Reza Pahlavi, on Sunday (January 11, 2026), on his X post, urged protestors, saying, “Know that you are not alone. Your compatriots around the world are proudly shouting your voice, and you will surely see images of their numerous…

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