Iran said on Tuesday it had successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of hitting Israel in response to threats of military action against the country, Iranian media reported, the latest move in a war of nerves with the West.
Iran announced missile tests on Sunday and threatened to wipe Israel \”off the face of the earth\” if the Jewish state attacked it, brandishing some of its starkest threats on the day Europe began enforcing an oil embargo and harsh new sanctions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday it was time to ramp up sanctions against Iran to try to curb its nuclear program after discussing the matter with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Israel has responded to the failure of the latest nuclear talks between world powers and Iran with a familiar refrain: sanctions must be ramped up while the clock ticks down toward possible military action.
If the world recognizes Iran\’s \”nuclear rights\”, negotiations aimed at easing a standoff with the West later this month could have a positive outcome, an adviser to Iran\’s supreme leader was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
The United States is conferring with Israel about new sanctions planned against Iran should international negotiations this month fail to curb the Islamic Republic\’s nuclear program, a U.S. official said on Monday.
New satellite images show possible recent nuclear activity at the Parchin facility in Iran as well as attempts to hide evidence of past activity.
Evidence found in an underground bunker in Iran could signal the country’s having moved one step closer toward the uranium threshold needed to make nuclear arms, International Atomic Energy Agency diplomats said today.
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.
The head of the United Nations\’ nuclear watchdog said his agency expects to sign a deal with Iran to allow an investigation into the Islamic Republic\’s nuclear program.
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