Topic: Middle East

UK orders banks to halt Iran business, U.S. move

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain ordered its financial institutions on Monday to halt all business with Iranian counterparts, including the central bank, and the United States is also expected to tighten sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.The British move however will not target trade ...

Iran boycott mars rare Middle East nuclear talks

VIENNA (Reuters) - Israel and its Arab neighbors sat in the same room on Monday for rare discussions on banning nuclear weapons in the Middle East, although the meeting was marred by the absence of boycotting Iran.Participants described the first day of ...

UK orders banks to halt Iran business, U.S. move expected

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain ordered its financial institutions on Monday to halt all business with Iranian counterparts, including the central bank, and the United States is also expected to tighten sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.The British move however will not target trade ...
Iran dares Israel to attack, because the retaliation would send the Jewish state to "the dustbin of history," a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said, according to the Fars news agency Monday."Our greatest wish is that they commit such a mistake," the chief ...

Iran parliament to review ties with U.N. nuclear body

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament will review relations with the U.N. nuclear watchdog over its latest report that said the Islamic state's nuclear activities appeared to have military dimensions, speaker Ali Larijani was quoted as saying on Sunday.The 35-nation governing board of ...

Iran defiant after U.N. nuclear resolution

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian media on Saturday described a resolution from the U.N. nuclear watchdog expressing "deep and increasing concern" about the country's atomic program as a victory, celebrating the fact it does not call for new U.N. sanctions.But Washington has already ...

U.S., Russia, China united on Iran: White House

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The White House said on Saturday that Iran is facing an unprecedented degree of isolation, with major world powers united in their opposition to Tehran getting a nuclear weapon."Russia, China and the United States I can tell ...

U.N. nuclear watchdog board rebukes defiant Iran

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog board censured Iran on Friday over mounting suspicions it is trying to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran said the move would only strengthen its determination to press on with sensitive work.Almost unanimously, the agency's 35-nation ...

Exclusive: U.S. to sanction Iran petrochemical industry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to sanction Iran's petrochemical industry, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, seeking to raise pressure on Tehran after fresh allegations it may be pursuing nuclear weapons.The sources said Washington wanted to send a ...

US welcomes IAEA condemning Iran nuclear program

The United States on Friday welcomed the UN atomic watchdog's resolution of "deep and increasing concern" about Iran's nuclear activities and called for more pressure on Tehran to end them.A White House statement said an International Atomic Energy Agency report explains "in ...