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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov at the State Department in Washington, July 17, 2017 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
May 15, 2018, 2:35 pm
Russian deputy FM says Iran must make concessions to save nuke deal
But Sergei Ryabkov says accord cannot be altered to address Tehran’s Mideast policy, missile program, as demanded by Trump; Zarif says talks with EU on ‘right track’
By TOI staff and AFP
This file photo taken on July 19, 2017 shows Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang (L) and US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin during a US and China comprehensive Economic Dialogue at the US Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC.(AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)
August 22, 2017, 9:38 pm
US sanctions Chinese, Russians over N. Korea support
16 individuals and companies slapped with penalties for ties to Pyongyang nuclear program
By AFP
A man walks by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
August 7, 2017, 10:36 am
N. Korea slams UN sanctions, rejects nuclear negotiations
Pyongyang calls punitive measures a ‘violent violation of our sovereignty,’ vows to continue developing controversial arms program
By AFP
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks to journalists with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault during a press conference after their meeting in Beijing on April 14, 2017 ( AFP PHOTO / Fred DUFOUR)
April 14, 2017, 11:24 am
China warns war over N. Korea could erupt ‘at any moment’
Foreign minister calls on US and North Korea to reduce tensions amid speculation of plans for new nuclear test
By AFP
Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek (R) and Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization address a press conference on May 2, 2016, in Prague. (AFP PHOTO / Michal Cizek)
May 3, 2016, 5:15 am
Iran atomic chief in Prague to discuss nuclear power deal
Ali Akbar Salehi ‘astonished’ at Czech Republic’s scientific prowess, says ‘new opportunity is in front of us’
By AP and TOI staff
A woman cries at the Chernobyl victims' memorial in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Anatolii Stepanov)
April 26, 2016, 7:57 pm
Etched in their mind: Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl
World’s worst nuclear accident killed thousands and spewed radiation across Europe, forcing a global rethink of atomic fuel
By DMYTRO VLASOV
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, arrives for a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry April 19, 2016, at the United Nations in New York. (AFP / DON EMMERT)
April 20, 2016, 5:38 pm
Defending military program, Zarif likens Iran-Iraq war to Holocaust
‘Never again’ resonates with Iranians too, foreign minister writes in Washington Post op-ed; says Tehran hasn’t started a war in ‘more than two centuries’
By TOI staff
The west front of the US Capitol is seen under repair September 2, 2015 in Washington (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 8, 2015, 4:32 am
As Congress convenes to debate Iran, here’s what to expect
Even by Washington standards, the logic of the upcoming vote on the nuclear accord may be baffling
By Erica Werner and Andrew Taylor
Illustrative photo of an Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter jet (Edi Israel/Flash90/File)
August 25, 2015, 4:31 am
IDF ‘more ready than ever’ to strike Iran, security official says
Though military option is not likely at this point, army is constantly adapting and improving for possible attack, Walla reports
By TOI staff
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (r) shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Russia Abdulrahman Al-Rassi after signing a nuclear power cooperation deal on June 18, 2015. (Screen shot: YouTube)
June 19, 2015, 6:34 pm
Saudis said set to build 16 nuclear reactors with Russian help
As deadline for world powers’ deal with Tehran nears, Riyadh and Moscow reach pact on nuclear power cooperation
By Tamar Pileggi
In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, what appears to be a new missile is carried during a mass military parade at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country's founding father Kim Il Sung. (photo credit: AP/Ng Han Guan, File)
May 20, 2015, 11:12 am
North Korea cancels on the UN, claims nuclear jump
Pyongyang says it has the tech to build atomic warheads, advance its ballistic missile program
By Park Chan-Kyong
United Nations headquarters in New York City. (CC BY-WorldIslandInfo.com/Flickr/File)
April 24, 2015, 8:12 am
World looks to jump-start nuclear disarmament
At UN conference on Non-Proliferation Treaty, many non-nuclear nations frustrated by apparent lack of progress
By Carole LANDRY
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, March 10, 2015 (Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)
April 22, 2015, 12:33 pm
Ya’alon: ‘We will not be misled by smooth words’
Israel seeks peace and will not reject genuine efforts to that end, defense minister says, but warns terror is changing the region ‘beyond recognition’
By Stuart Winer
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif delivers a speech at the opening day of UN Human Rights council session at the United Nations offices in Geneva on March 2, 2015. (photo credit:AFP/FABRICE COFFRINI)
March 25, 2015, 5:59 pm
Nuke deal must see all sanctions lifted, Iran FM demands
Reaffirming remarks made by Supreme Leader Khamenei, Zarif shows no sign of compromise on major sticking point
By AFP and TOI staff
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech in Tehran, June 3, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ATTA KENARE)
March 4, 2015, 7:00 pm
Rouhani warns not every nuke deal will be accepted
President says a deal denying Iran’s ‘inalienable’ rights of progress will be rejected; dismisses Netanyahu’s Congress remarks
By Daniel Bernstein
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