Protests continued in parts of Iran this week over rising food prices as bus drivers in Tehran staged a two-day strike. Meanwhile, a UN official condemned U.S. sanctions on Iran as a violation of huma...
Protests have broken out in many Iranian cities after the government cut subsidies, causing food prices to jump. Meanwhile, the JCPOA negotiations have made progress after a senior EU diplomat visited...
The U.S. says it is prepared for either scenario of the JCPOA negotiations succeeding or collapsing. Meanwhile, the EU’s coordinator for the talks seeks to go to Tehran to bridge the remaining talk...
Circulating rumors claim that the JCPOA negotiations are both dead and that a deal is near. At the same time, U.S. officials still say the deal is the best option. Meanwhile, a verdict is expected in ...
School teachers have held demonstrations across Iran. They are protesting the arrests of their colleagues as well as low wages and a lack of educational resources. Meanwhile, a UN official will visit ...
Leading Iranian human rights activist has been returned to prison this week. Meanwhile, both hardliners in Congress and the Iranian parliament are creating political roadblocks to a deal on the JCPOA....
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he is not “overly optimistic” about the JCPOA negotiations reaching a successful conclusion. At the same time, hardline MPs say a draft deal they re...
According to Russia’s envoy at the Vienna talks, one “last” disagreement stands in the way of a deal. This appears to be the U.S.’s designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Meanwh...
According to Russia’s envoy at the Vienna talks, one “last” disagreement stands in the way of a deal. This appears to be the U.S.’s designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Meanwh...
Two British-Iranian citizens long held in Iran on trumped-up charges have been released, simultaneous with the UK paying a debt owed to Iran. Meanwhile, a Russian demand that was holding up the Vienna...
Russia’s demand that it receive guarantees that U.S. sanctions will not impact its ability to benefit from trade with Iran have complicated the Vienna negotiations. However, diplomats are still say...
The rhetoric of diplomats in Vienna suggests a deal is imminent, though some differences remain. Meanwhile, Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials have blamed the U.S. for the Ukraine crisis, but...