New Delhi: Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is as erudite as they come, even by the exalted standards of Indian Foreign Service. His junior colleagues and mentors vouch for his “realistic view of foreign policy” among other skills. This was on display on several occasions since 2022 when he defended India’s position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Simultaneously, … Read more
The deaths of Iran’s president and foreign minister in a helicopter crash have caused a pause in the UN nuclear watchdog’s talks with Tehran over improving cooperation with the agency, the watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi told Reuters on Wednesday. “They are in a mourning period which I need to respect,” International Atomic Energy Agency … Read more
When it comes to the perception of the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear-weapons program, everything changed on April 13. Until the massive attack of around 350 aerial threats – of which there were about 120 full-fledged ballistic missiles – observers worried about Iran’s messianic designs and style, but they also counted on a risk-averse … Read more
Iranian nuclear scientist Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri declared on Sunday that the construction of a nuclear weapon is not complicated for a nation like Iran that has high atomic capabilities. Aghamiri’s comments during an interview on Iran’s Channel 2 provide a key window into the court of Tehran’s energetic drive to build a nuclear weapons … Read more
A workshop belonging to Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization in the Shadabad area of Tehran was set on fire in July 2020, information concealed until now by Iranian officials, according to Iran International who claimed to have viewed judicial documents relating to the arson. The documents confirmed that Iran believes the Mossad orchestrated the fire. … Read more
Iran’s Guardian Council’s decision this week to disqualify virtually all “pragmatists,” including former president Hassan Rouhani, from public office makes ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran’s proxies a virtual certainty, and war more likely than ever. At stake on March 1 are both the parliamentary elections as well as elections for the 88-member, eight-year … Read more
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that Tehran “sees no need” for a new deal on its nuclear programme. At a weekly press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday, Kanaani made the remarks in response to calls from the West to modify the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the … Read more
