November 26, 2020 3:07 pm
President Rouhani has shown his willingness to restart his government's relations with the US after four years of aggressive policies from Donald Trump. His words follow Ayatollah Khamenei's warnings against opening up.
January 11, 2020 8:31 am
All 176 people aboard were killed when the American-built jetliner went down in flames on the outskirts of Tehran during takeoff early Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a barrage of missiles against U.S. forces. The dead included 57 Canadians.
January 05, 2020 3:23 pm
Donald Trump's fresh warning comes amid soaring tension between Washington and Tehran after the US President ordered the killing of General Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike at Baghdad airport.
January 05, 2020 12:44 pm
US-Iran tension Highlights: Earlier today, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on Saturday suspended training of Iraqi forces to ensure the safety of several hundred mission members.
January 04, 2020 8:15 am
It is estimated that a $10-per-barrel increase in the price of oil would negatively impact India’s growth by 0.2-0.3 percentage points and worsen the Current Account Deficit (CAD) by $9-10 billion dollars.
January 04, 2020 9:22 am
"General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more...but got caught!" Donald Trump tweeted.
July 01, 2019 8:57 am
The US-Iran stand-off is wrapped in a “fog of uncertainty”. No one really knows what will happen but what we do know, based on our reading of Clausewitz and understanding of history, is that it could take no more than a false report, a miscalculation or simply an accident for the region to conflagrate into violent conflict.
June 28, 2019 6:03 pm
Washington has re-imposed tough sanctions on Iran since President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the 2015 nuclear accord, which lifted sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.
June 25, 2019 1:28 pm
US President Donald Trump on Monday targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials with sanctions, increasing pressure on Iran after Iranian forces shot down an unmanned American drone.
June 23, 2019 7:09 am
Speaking in Washington on Saturday before heading to the US presidential retreat at Camp David, Trump indicated the government was taking a diplomatic path to put pressure on Tehran by moving to impose new sanctions.