U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Edward McMullen greets Xiyue Wang after he was released from Iran, in Zurich, Dec 7, 2019. (REUTERS) By Wang Xiyue May 7, 2021 Iran's state news agency reported a few days ago that the Biden administration has agreed to release $7 billion of frozen Iranian assets and four Iranian prisoners [...]
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, right, arrives at a graduation ceremony of the Revolutionary Guard's officers, May 20, 2015. (AP) By Reza Parchizadeh May 7, 2021 When Ali Khamenei was appointed Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, he knew he lacked Khomeini’s charisma. He needed the power of the military to subdue his [...]
A couple wearing protective face masks following a coronavirus outbreak walk in the Iranian city of Qom. (Reuters) By Katherine Hignett for Health Studio May 7, 2021 The bizarre QAnon conspiracy theory flourished online throughout the pandemic, with proponents co-opting Covid-19 disinformation to fuel an ever-changing narrative. Followers of this baseless conspiracy theory [...]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Reuters) May 7, 2021 Negotiators in talks with Iran over curbs to its nuclear program do not yet know if Tehran is willing to make a deal, according to the White House’s top diplomat. “We’ve been engaged now in Vienna for some weeks with our European partners, [...]
The US State Department in Washington, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP) May 6, 2021 There could be an understanding within weeks on how Washington and Tehran might resume compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal but that depends on Iran making the political decision to do so, a senior U.S. State Department official said [...]
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, left, poses for a photo with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of bilateral talks as part of the G7 meeting in London, May 3, 2021. (AP) May 6, 2021 G7 foreign ministers concluded their first in-person talks in more than two years Wednesday, hitting out at [...]
Fishermen found the body of Firozeh Dehghanpour, who was in her mid-20s, on Aug. 14, 1983. (Getty) May 6, 2021 Authorities have arrested a sex offender in the death of an Iranian exchange student who was attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha when she was killed in 1983. Bud Leroy Christensen, 67, [...]
President Hassan Rouhani meeting with the Director General of IAEA in Tehran, August 26, 2020. (AFP) May 6, 2021 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said at a cabinet meeting today, “The sanctions have failed and if we remained united, the sanctions will soon be removed.” Iran and the members of the UN Security Council plus Germany are [...]
A bulldozer clears rubble and debris at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP) May 6, 2021 On Tuesday two rockets landed at Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq. On Monday three to six rockets fell near Balad air base in Iraq, according to various reports. The base houses US contractors [...]
An Iranian demonstrator holds an anti-U.S. placard during an annual rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Nov. 4, 2015. (AP) May 6, 2021 Top Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Tuesday, asking he provide a detailed strategy to ensure Iran’s nuclear transparency as [...]
