At the end of last year, Iran envoy Robert Malley met with UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, and White House Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, who went to Oman to discuss with nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani. According to the WP the day before yesterday the supreme leader Khamenei partially confirmed the contacts, saying [...]
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Efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are at a "critical stage" and Tehran's reasons for avoiding talks are running out. The United States special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, told the press, adding: “Washington is increasingly worried that Tehran will continue to delay the return [...]
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Joe Biden at the UN presents the new face of America that relies on a softer approach to global tensions. "A new era of relentless diplomacy" and "peace" in the world after the withdrawal from Afghanistan and ensures that America does not seek "a new cold war" with China, even if the warning remains [...]
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The long-distance confrontation between China and the US continues, in fact, according to what was reported on reuters, China has made it known that it would be "happy" to participate in the trilateral negotiations on arms control with the United States and Russia, but only if the United States were willing to reduce its nuclear arsenal by bringing it back [...]
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Very interesting for the contents and for the analysis made, the article by General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force until 2016, published by Formiche.net. (by Pasquale Preziosa) In an article in the Nikkei Asian Review (Hiroyuki Akita) of 4 February, the concerns of Japan and South Korea for the [...]
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France urges Iran to "return to decisions contrary to the international agreement" on its nuclear program, known as JCPOA, signed in Vienna in 2015. A spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry, after the latest announcements launched in Tehran, said "We remain committed to the JCPOA and urge Iran to return to decisions contrary to the agreement, to [...]
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Jean-Yves le Drian, French Foreign Minister, speaking to the microphones of Europa 1 said that France considers Iran's decision to further reduce its 2015 nuclear commitments "not final" and will therefore do everything to find a deal. “The actions they have taken are negative but not definitive. Can […]
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Iran's state-owned energy sector, one of the most profitable in the world, has become a major target of international espionage. It was therefore subjected to new sanctions by the United States this year. The purpose of the Washington sanctions is to limit the Islamic Republic's ability to export energy and, thereby, put an end to [...]
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Mohammed bin Salman (Mbs), Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, intends to diversify the kingdom's energy strategy, including nuclear power. Bin Salman, through the Saudi PressAgency, has announced that a nuclear reactor will be built. This will result in the beginning of one of the seven strategic projects for the development of the country that also concern renewable energy, the [...]
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According to US intelligence reports, Russia is preparing to search for the nuclear-powered missile that disappeared during a test several months ago. For US intelligence, it would be the same missile mentioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual state of the union speech in Moscow, last March 1, [...]
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As was to be expected, Donald Trump's response to the words spoken by Iranian President Rouhani who had declared that the hostile policies conducted against Tehran could lead to the "mother of all wars" was not long in coming. Trump warned the Iranian president not to threaten the United States. In a message [...]
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A senior Iranian military official said today that Iran will not negotiate its missile program unless Europe and the United States destroy their nuclear weapons and missiles. "What the Americans say to exercise restrictions on Iranian missile capabilities is their unattainable dream," the deputy chief said on Saturday [...]
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The Pope during the return flight from Dhaka, as usual, talks during the flight with the journalists to talk about the pastoral visit. This time a journalist wanted to tread the hand and ask the Pope for an opinion on nuclear deterrence as a defense weapon and if his position had changed from [...]
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Local media say South Korea is working with the US to supply a nuclear submarine. US President Donald Trump himself said Seoul intends to spend "billions of dollars" on American weapons. The purchase of military submarines would redesign the balance of power in Northeast Asia, triggering a possible race [...]
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According to reports from Nova, North Korea may have completed preparations to conduct another nuclear test: the South Korean news agency "Yonhap" reported, quoting the South Korean intelligence agency (NIS), that Pyongyang is ready for another missile launch. During a parliamentary hearing, the NIS announced [...]
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US nuclear policy: the end of the tactical era US deterrence is based on an arsenal capable of warding off any use of nuclear power: it is the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction. It is not designed, in theory, to be used to prevent or during a conventional attack or in the presence [...]
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Iran, Trump softer: they do not respect agreement, we do not increase sanctions President Trump wants to save the face of the US on the worst agreement ever signed, as Trump himself defines it. National security advisors unanimously recommended Trump not to certify Tehran's compliance with the agreement, but not to ask the [...]
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India, Russia: We have begun discussions on a new nuclear power plant Russia and India have started substantive discussions on a new nuclear power plant in the country, based on a Federation project. This was announced by Alexey Likhachev, head of the Russian nuclear energy corporation Rosatom. "We await an official announcement from the Indian side, but we have [...]
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According to the Nova agency, Saudi Arabia believes that Iran is not respecting the terms of the international agreement on its nuclear program concluded in 2015 in Vienna. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir spoke to the media on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly underway in New York. "We count on the international community to [...]
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Chinese CNN to invest in UK nuclear power plant China's state-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp (CNN) has announced that it will return to invest in a UK nuclear power plant. The new plant will be built in the north-western part of the country and will involve an investment of 20,35 billion dollars. [...]
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Iranian President Hassan Rohani responded to Trump's provocations on the sanctions to be increased on Iran: "Enough with threats and sanctions or we will resume the nuclear program in a few hours, taking it to a much more advanced level than in 2015". Today the authoritative director of the Iranian Organization for Atomic Energy confirmed Rohani's thinking [...]
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