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Turkey has rallied Arab countries around a shared goal: preventing a war with Iran. They are seeking to unite in opposition to what they view as Israel's dangerous influence on the region as a whole, as well as on President Trump

Iran on Tuesday warned of “destructive” influence on diplomacy ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington for talks expected to focus on US negotiations with Tehran. “Our negotiating party is America. It is up to America to decide to act independently of the pressures and destructive influences that are detrimental to the region,” said Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei in a weekly press briefing. “The Zionist regime has repeatedly, as a saboteur, shown that it opposes any diplomatic process in our region that leads to peace.” Tehran and Washington resumed talks in Muscat on Friday, months after earlier negotiations collapsed following Israel’s unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran last June, which triggered a 12-day war. During the conflict, Israel targeted senior Iranian military officials, nuclear scientists and nuclear sites, as well as residential areas. The United States later joined the campaign, launching its own strikes on key Iranian nuclear faciliti...

Terwijl Amerikaanse F-22’s paraat staan en Netanyahu de druk opvoert, loopt de diplomatie met Iran vast. Dreigt er een oorlog met Iran, of wijkt Trump uit naar een ander conflict?

Iran could agree to dilute its most highly enriched uranium in exchange for all financial sanctions being lifted, its atomic chief said on Monday, one of the most direct indications so far of its position at talks with Washington. US and Iranian diplomats held talks through Omani mediators in Oman last week in an effort to revive diplomacy, after US President Donald Trump positioned a naval flotilla in the region, raising fears of new military action. The talks follow a crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in Iran last month. Trump joined an Israeli bombing campaign last year and hit Iranian nuclear sites. He also threatened last month to intervene militarily during the protests, but ultimately held off. Washington has demanded Iran relinquish its stockpile — estimated last year by the UN nuclear agency at more than 440 kilogrammes — of uranium enriched to up to 60 per cent fissile purity, a small step away from the 90pc that is considered weapons grade. The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, M...

Een maand nadat de grote protesten in Iran bloedig werden neergeslagen, heerst wanhoop, uitzichtloosheid en frustratie. Veel inwoners verkiezen een Amerikaanse invasie boven een status quo. "Mensen rouwen om geliefden en een toekomst die er nu niet meer is."

According to sources, Netanyahu initiated moving the meeting up to this week following the start of U.S.-Iran negotiations and it is also expected to address the Gaza Strip and the advancement of Trump's plan

Trump appears dissatisfied with his options on Iran, while Netanyahu's circle is wary of the president's close envoys. A flurry of Israeli visits to Washington suggests close coordination, but the U.S. appears unwilling to strike Iran before exhausting diplomacy. How much sway, then, does Israel really have?

Recognition of Iran’s right to enrich uranium is key for nuclear talks with the United States to succeed, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday. American and Iranian diplomats held indirect talks in Oman on Friday, aimed at reviving diplomacy amid a US naval buildup near Iran and Tehran’s vows of a harsh response if attacked. “Zero enrichment can never be accepted by us. Hence, we need to focus on discussions that accept enrichment inside Iran while building trust that enrichment is and will stay for peaceful purposes,” Araqchi said. Iran and the US held five rounds of nuclear talks last year, which stalled mainly due to disagreements over uranium enrichment inside Iran. In June, the US attacked Iranian nuclear facilities at the end of a 12-day Israeli bombing campaign. Tehran has since said it has halted enrichment activity, which the US views as a possible pathway to nuclear bombs. Iran says its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes. A diplomat in the region briefed by Iran told Reuters ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday he hoped talks with the United States would resume soon, while reiterating Tehran’s red lines and warning against any American attack. According to excerpts published on his official Telegram channel during an interview with the Al Jazeera network, Araghchi said that Iran’s missile programme was “never negotiable” in Friday’s talks in Oman. He warned that Tehran would target US bases in the region if the US attacked Iranian territory. However, Araghchi also said that despite the talks in Muscat being indirect, “an opportunity arose to shake hands with the American delegation”. He called the talks “a good start”, but added that building trust would take time. He said the talks would resume “soon”. US President Donald Trump on Friday called the talks “very good” and pledged another round of negotiations next week. Despite this, he signed an executive order effective from Saturday that called for the “imposition of tariffs” on countries still doing busines...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Tehran is ready to reach a “reassuring agreement” on uranium enrichment, stressing that zero enrichment is outside the framework of negotiations.

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Washington held “very good talks” on Iran after the two sides held an indirect dialogue in Oman. Iran, for its part, said it expected to hold more negotiations with the United States, hailing a “positive atmosphere” during a day of talks in the Gulf sultanate. With an American naval group led by an aircraft carrier in Middle Eastern waters, US and Iranian delegations held talks in Muscat mediated by Oman without publicly meeting face-to-face. Shortly after the talks concluded, the US announced new sanctions against shipping entities and vessels, aimed at curbing Iran’s oil exports. But it was not clear if the move was linked to the talks. The talks were the first between the two foes since the United States joined Israel’s war with Iran in June with strikes on nuclear sites. “We likewise had very good talks on Iran,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One en route to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, adding, “we’re going to meet again early next week.” However, ...

After the first round of talks in Oman, Trump issued sanctions and tariffs relating to Iran's trade and exports, and said the deployed fleets heading to Iran 'have to get in position,' but that the U.S 'is in no rush'

Rusia este acuzată că a expediat, în secret, miliarde de dolari, în numerar, către Iran. În 2018, Moscova a transferat cel puțin 2,5 miliarde de dolari către Teheran, pentru a sprijini regimul ayatollah după impunerea de sancțiuni americane.

Pakhuizen vol dode lichamen, gewonden van wie de keel wordt doorgesneden en verkrachtingen van tienermeisjes. De gruwelbeelden uit Iran die mondjesmaat naar buiten komen, zijn verbijsterend, vertelt Yasmin Katibai, die demonstraties op touw zette. „Ik vind Europa heel stil, en Nederland vooral.”

Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States held in Oman on Friday were a good beginning and will continue, Iran’s foreign minister said, after growing concerns that a failure in the high-stakes negotiations could set off another Middle East war. “It was a good start to the negotiations. And there is an understanding on continuing the talks. Coordination on how to proceed will be decided in the capitals,” the minister, Abbas Araghchi, told Iranian state TV. “If this process continues, I think we will reach a good framework for an understanding.” Officials from both sides, who held indirect talks through Omani mediation in Oman’s capital Muscat, will return home for consultations, Araqchi said. While both sides have indicated readiness to revive diplomacy over Tehran’s long-running nuclear dispute with the West, Washington wanted to expand the talks to cover Iran’s ballistic missiles, support for armed groups around the region and “treatment of their own people”, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on ...

Tehran's leadership remains deeply concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump may still carry out his threats to strike Iran amid a buildup by the U.S. Before talks began, a Middle Eastern official familiar with the details told Haaretz that the sides would limit discussions to Iran's nuclear program

Despite the current rhetoric coming out of Tehran, the source added, Iran may eventually be willing to give up it nuclear program

Despite significant gaps in preconditions ahead of Friday's talks, Iran has agreed to negotiate with the U.S., understanding that if Tehran wants sanctions lifted, it will have to discuss the broader issues of its nuclear program, ballistic missiles and regional proxies

Tensions between the countries spiked after President Trump suggested the U.S. might use force against Iran in response to the crackdown on protesters.

President Trump said earlier Wednesday that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should be 'very worried,' amid reports on clashes between the United States and Iran on the scope and location of the talks