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U.S. targets companies accused of evading Iran sanctions

April 11, 2013 16:30
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday slapped financial penalties on an Iranian businessman, a Malaysian bank and a network of companies it accused of attempting to evade international sanctions on Iran's nuclear program through money laundering. The Treasury Department blacklisted Babak Zanjani and First Islamic Investment Bank for providing financial and other support to the National Iranian Oil Company.

Iran and the West: going ‘round in circles

April 11, 2013 04:31
Iran has been a thorn in the side of the West for decades. As the international community has rejected and increasingly isolated Iran, Tehran has responded by using its significant influence and networks to create costly problems for the West. At the heart lies Iran's controversial nuclear program. Today, Iran is an influential party in a number of key foreign policy challenges facing the West.

US voices concern over new Iran uranium mines

April 10, 2013 07:15
The United States reacted with concern Wednesday after Iran unveiled a new uranium production facility and two extraction mines, but said it had not been "blindsided" by the news. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed the advances on Tuesday and boasted of mastery over "the entire chain of nuclear energy" only days after talks with world powers on its disputed nuclear programme ended in deadlock. "They have continued to move forward, we are very concerned about what they are doing," a senior State Department official said, asking to remain anonymous.

Powers and Iran fail to end nuclear deadlock in Almaty

April 9, 2013 09:05
World powers and Iran failed again to end the deadlock in a decade-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear program in talks that ended in Kazakhstan on Saturday, prolonging a standoff that could yet spiral into a new Middle East war, reported Reuters. No new talks were scheduled but big power negotiators, who earlier this year were insisting that time was running out, were at pains to say the diplomatic process would continue. Iran's critics accuse it of covertly seeking the means to produce nuclear bombs.

Door still open on Iran atom talks, but not forever: U.S.

April 9, 2013 09:05
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday world powers would pursue further talks with Iran to resolve a decade-old dispute over its nuclear programme, but stressed that the process could not go on forever, reported Reuters. The six powers and Iran failed again to bridge wide differences at weekend talks in Kazakhstan, prolonging a stand-off that could yet erupt into a new Middle East war.

Israel: Ultimatum needed for Iran nuclear program

April 9, 2013 08:19
A senior Israeli official says world powers should give Iran an ultimatum to curb its nuclear program. Yuval Steinitz, Israel's minister of intelligence and strategic affairs, issued the call on Sunday. He spoke a day after Iran and six world powers failed to agree at talks in Kazakhstan on how to reduce fears Tehran might use its technology to make weapons. "The time has come to present the Iranians with a military threat or some kind of red line or unequivocal ultimatum by the entire world ...

West sees enough substance for Iran talks to continue

April 8, 2013 13:01
By Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS (Reuters) - World powers believe there are enough grounds to keep talking to Iran about its disputed nuclear programme, a senior Western diplomat said on Monday, even though the latest round of negotiations made little apparent progress. "There is enough substance for these negotiations to continue," the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters. "I would not expect a breakdown."

Israel can only rely on self against Iran threat

April 7, 2013 15:00
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel cannot rely on any other country, even an ally, when it comes to facing up to the perceived nuclear threat from Iran. "We appreciate the efforts of the international community to halt Iran's nuclear programme," Netanyahu said in a speech on the eve of Holocaust Day. "But at no stage will we abandon our fate into the hands of other countries, even our best friends," he said, in an apparent reference to the United States whose Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Israel on Sunday. jlr/agr/hc/bpz

Time running out on nuclear talks, Kerry warns Iran

April 7, 2013 07:26
The United States' top diplomat warned Iran on Sunday that time is running out on nuclear negotiations between the Islamic republic and world powers. "This is not an endless process. ... You can't just talk for the sake of talking," Secretary of State John Kerry told a news conference in Istanbul. Iran and six world powers -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany -- have failed to break the deadlock over Tehran's nuclear drive.

Iran nuclear talks at impasse but not seen over yet

April 7, 2013 07:00
Talks between world powers and Iran to find a solution to end tensions over the Iranian nuclear drive have once again hit an impasse, even if the diplomatic process is not yet seen to be at risk of collapsing. Negotiators from world powers came to the snow-peaked city of Almaty for the latest round of talks with cautious optimism that they could make some progress following an encouraging February meeting at the same venue.
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