Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said there is substance to allegations that he made nearly a decade ago that Israel rules the world by proxy.
China urged Iran to show flexibility on the day the U.N. nuclear watchdog launched talks with the Islamic Republic over greater access to its nuclear sites.
Iran and world powers agreed to meet again in Moscow next month for more talks to try to end the long-running dispute over Tehran\’s nuclear program, but there was scant progress to resolve the main sticking points between the two sides.
The major powers launched a new round of talks with Iran on its suspected nuclear weapons program.
A first day of talks between Iran and world powers about a nuclear program that the West suspects is aimed at nuclear bomb research showed a \”fair amount of disagreement\” but also areas of common ground, a senior U.S. official said.
Facing an imminent toughening of sanctions, Iran is hinting at a readiness to give some ground in its long nuclear stand-off with world powers, but any flexibility could split their ranks and lead to protracted uncertainty about how to respond.
President Obama responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s claim that world powers gave Iran a \”freebie\” by agreeing to hold more talks.
Israel on Friday took its concern about Iran\’s nuclear programme to one of Iran\’s main partners, China, and hinted it could launch a preemptive attack on the Islamic Republic despite repeated calls by China to allow diplomacy to take its course.
A bipartisan slate of U.S. senators pressed the Obama administration on its policy on China\’s dealings with Iran. The letter, signed by 10 senators and first reported last week in Foreign Policy, lists foreign entities — most of them Chinese — dealing with Iran\’s energy sector. The senators called on the Obama administration to implement a law passed last summer that expands sanctions to third parties dealing with Iran\’s energy sector.
China agreed to investigate U.S. findings that some of its companies were assisting Iran in its efforts to develop nuclear weaponry.
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