France said Thursday it remains “committed” to the 2015 Iran nuclear accord it signed with other world powers, despite Donald Trump urging the Europeans to quit the deal. The US president on Wednesday pulled back from the brink of war with Iran after having ordered the killing of a top Iranian general, to which Tehran […]

North Korea has threatened to resume referring to US president Donald Trump as a “dotard”, raising the prospect of a return to a war of words with a negotiating deadline approaching. Pyongyang has set Washington an end-of-year time limit to offer it new concessions in deadlocked nuclear negotiations, and has said it will adopt an […]

DefenceTalkIran will relaunch its nuclear program and enrich uranium at a higher level than it has previously if Russia, China, and European powers follow the U.S. example and stop honoring Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement, Iran’s nuclear agency has warned. “We will not return to previous levels if our counterparts leave the [nuclear deal], but will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-warns-it-will-step-up-nuclear-activities-if-2015-deal-falls-apart-71843/

DefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump gave a stark warning Saturday that cast growing uncertainty over whether a nuclear deal clinched with Iran would survive after the Islamic republic tested a new medium-range missile. State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military parade in Tehran on Friday. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-casts-doubt-over-iran-nuclear-deal-after-missile-test-70551/

DefenceTalkIran in a complaint to the United Nations has accused the United States of violating its nuclear agreement with world powers by imposing new sanctions over Tehran’s ballistic missile testing and rights abuses, Iranian news agencies reported on August 1. The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on six Iranian firms last month for their role in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-accuses-us-of-violating-nuclear-deal-in-complaint-before-un-70218/

DefenceTalkIran is complying with the landmark nuclear deal it sealed with major world powers in 2015, according to a report from the UN watchdog seen by AFP on Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency addressed key limits set under the agreement, which is under intense scrutiny after the election of US President Donald Trump. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-complying-with-nuclear-deal-says-un-watchdog-69307/

DefenceTalkIran denounced new US sanctions on its missile program on Monday but pushed ahead with international cooperation after its historic nuclear deal. Washington announced the new sanctions on Sunday, the day after the UN atomic watchdog confirmed that Iran had complied with the measures imposed by the deal with global powers reached in Vienna in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-denounces-new-us-sanctions-on-missile-program-66409/

DefenceTalkIran has removed the core of its Arak heavy water reactor and filled part of it with cement, a crucial step under a soon to be implemented nuclear agreement with world powers. A spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization told state television the work was done on Wednesday, paving the way for UN nuclear inspectors […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-reactor-core-removed-in-key-step-for-deal-66379/

DefenceTalkIran will sell part of its stock of heavy water to the United States under its nuclear deal with world powers, its deputy atomic chief said Tuesday. Ali Asghar Zarean also denied reports Iran had dismantled the core of its Arak nuclear reactor, a key step in the deal that is to see sanctions lifted […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-to-sell-heavy-water-to-us-under-nuclear-deal-66355/

DefenceTalkIran’s President Hassan Rouhani has denounced possible new US sanctions on his country which could jeopardize a hard-won nuclear deal due to be finally implemented within weeks. In a letter to his defence minister, Rouhani said reports that the US Treasury Department planned to blacklist companies and individuals with ties to Iran’s ballistic missile program […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-us-tensions-flare-over-new-sanctions-threat-66226/