MUSCAT, Oman — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran believed to be linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 14 people and injuring about 750 others. Helicopters dumped water on the raging fire hours after the initial explosion, which happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third…
VIENNA, April 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said this week that if Iran did not strike a deal with the United States over its nuclear programme “there will be bombing”, adding to U.S. ally Israel’s long-standing threat to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Below are some of Iran’s main nuclear facilities. WHERE ARE IRAN’S NUCLEAR FACILITIES? Iran’s nuclear programme is spread over many locations. While the threat of Israeli…
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A few weeks ago, in a public act at the White House, with Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, surprised, Donald Trump – the man whom the prime minister and his followers are convinced they have in their pocket – announced that the United States was opening direct, high-level talks with Iran. The gap between what the U.S. president is doing…
President Donald Trump’s instinct for disruption and tendency to shoot from the hip has caused chaos, opposition and abrupt reversals. But this week, Trump reminded us that sometimes his willingness to take risks and think outside the box can shake up tired old ways. In Saudi Arabia, he surprised everyone by meeting with Syria’s new leader (a former jihadist) and…
In trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear program, the Trump administration faces a thorny dilemma. Part of it is of the president’s own making: In 2018, President Trump pulled out of the existing nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — after calling it the “worst deal ever.” In the intervening years, Iran has vastly expanded its nuclear…