Iran is taking back another batch of the 20% enriched uranium stockpiles that were sent to Russia as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. 11 tons of low enriched uranium was originally sent from Iran to Russia. Iran has already gotten some of that material back from Russia and Iran is asking for more back. …
The US government forecasts new sanctions on Iran will cut Iran’s oil exports by 700,000 to 1 million barrels a day. Iran exported an average of about 2.1 million barrels of oil per day over the last year. Iran has begun to feel the squeeze as it looks to retain buyers in Asia. The National …
According to senior figures in the Australian Government say the US is almost ready to bomb sites related to Iran’s nuclear program, in a move that would no doubt impact the wider region. The United States is reportedly prepared to bomb Iran’s nuclear capability as early as next month — and Australia will have a …
Russia is getting ready to invest US$50 billion in Iran’s oil and gas industry. A Russian oil company has signed an agreement with Iran worth US$4 billion, and that deal “will be implemented soon.” Russian energy giants Rosneft and Gazprom have also started talks with the oil ministry of Iran to potentially sign deals worth …
The Iranian nuclear program is spread across dozens of sites over an area that is bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined and located 1,000 miles away from Israel. Israel could and did use military strikes to take single facilities in Syria and Iraq to delay their nuclear programs. An effective Israeli attack would require …
The US State Department announced on Tuesday that they aim to cut off all Iranian oil exports by November. The US has launched an economic offensive to collapse the Iranian government, which already has an economy with 10% inflation and 12% unemployment. One-third of Iran’s under-30s are out of work. Chanting at recent protests in …
Iran’s official unemployment rate is 12% and oil exports have declined by about half a million barrels a day and might decline even further as the effect of the renewed U.S. American sanctions increases. Iranian people have no confidence in their leaders and are frustrated with the economy, lack of economic reform and high unemployment. …
Israel is investing more than $2 billion for new weapons for a possible attack against Iran. They are getting a new long-range missile and new refueling aircraft. A new IAI/IMI Rampage missile has about 150-kilometer range and is a fire and forget missile. There are reports by the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida that Israeli F-35 fighter …
The Iranian rocket attack and Israel response could be the first skirmishes in a potential war between Israel and Iran that could be big. It could involve Saudi Arabia and Egypt. It could spread across Syria and Lebanon. Israeli cities would be hit, as might strategic targets in Iran. In its initial stages, it would …
Israel attacked dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in what the military said was the most extensive strike in the neighboring country in decades. The strike was carried out in response to a barrage of 20 rockets that were fired from Syria at Israeli military outposts. Four of the 20 Iranian rockets were intercepted by …
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal and said he would reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran immediately. National security adviser John Bolton reiterated Trump’s message: “We’re out of the deal, we’re out. We’re out of the deal. Trump said – “The United States will not accept inadequate …