Spokesman: Iran to Cross 300kg Uranium Stockpile Borderline in 10 Days

TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi announced on Monday that the country has sped up uranium enrichment and will pass the 300-kg ceiling specified under the nuclear deal on June 27. “Production of 3.67% (enriched) uranium has increased since the capacity was quadrupled. We will cross the 300-kg […]

Iran says it will break stockpile limit set by 2015 nuclear deal

A year after US withdrawal from pact, Tehran announces it will breach key provision of the agreement within 10 days By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 11:28 am  0 10shares Illustrative: Iran’s heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak. (CC-BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia/Nanking2012) A spokesman for Iran’s atomic agency said Monday that the country will break the uranium stockpile […]

Pompeo rallies foreign leaders against Iran over alleged oil attacks

US secretary of state appeals to Asian countries dependent on Gulf shipping for fuel, says new US deployment to Middle East is possible By ELLEN KNICKMEYER  Today, 9:24 pm     US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak at the State Department, June 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — US Secretary […]

Iranian official calls IAEA inspectors ‘roaches,’ says Tehran should quit NPT

Head of atomic research institute: 2015 nuclear deal should be renegotiated; Iran should be free to enrich uranium to 90% By TOI STAFFToday, 12:31 am  0 Mohammad-Javad Larijani, head of Iran’s Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences. (MEMRI screen capture) The head of an Iranian academic institute that conducts nuclear research has called for the Islamic Republic […]

Iran’s allies: Western conspiracism, centrism and self-doubt – analysis

Iran’s policies and the way it seeks to message English audiences is calculated. This can be seen by comparing the way it speaks to regimes such as China, Russia with how it talks to westerners. Seth J. Frantzman June 16, 2019 21:13 Since the June 13 attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, […]

SIPRI: Israel has close to 100 nuclear warheads

Report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) says there’s an estimated 13,865 nuclear weapons in the hands of nine states. Anna Ahronheim June 17, 2019 01:59 Israel has close to 100 nuclear weapons, a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has found. While Israel has a long-standing policy of not commenting […]

Foreign minister says Israel will attend US-led peace summit in Bahrain

Israel Katz says Jerusalem has ‘key role to play’ in process of boosting regional economic cooperation; formal invitation yet to be extended By TOI STAFF and RAPHAEL AHRENToday, 7:28 pm     Acting Foreign Minister and Transportation Minister Israel Katz speaks in Jerusalem on February 27, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/ Flash90) Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that Israel […]

Netanyahu: World needs to back U.S. in Gulf of Oman incident

His comments came at the ceremony on the Golan Heights to mark the naming of a future community there as “Ramat Trump,” after the US president. Herb Keinon June 16, 2019 19:42 The international community should support the US in efforts to halt Iranian aggression in international waterways, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, […]

Greenblatt: Trump can run for reelection and push peace plan at same time

He discussed the timeline to roll out the political component of the peace plan and said it might be postponed until a new government in Israel is formed, around November 6. OMRI NAHMIAS June 16, 2019 19:27 NEW YORK – Jason Greenblatt, the special envoy for international negotiations, said at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference […]

Sign unveiled for ‘Ramat Trump’ in the Golan

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new Jewish community in the Golan Heights to honor President Donald Trump will be called “Ramat Trump,” translated as Trump Heights. A sign was unveiled on Sunday, during the weekly Cabinet meeting held in the Golan Heights at the site of the new community. The sign says Ramat Trump in Hebrew […]

Russia-Iran Strain Raises Possibility of US-Israel-Russia Syria Deal

by James Dorsey / JNS.org Islamic State members walk in the last besieged neighborhood in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 10, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo. JNS.org – Hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced in the latest attacks by Syrian and Russian forces on the northern region of Idlib […]

Darkness spreads in South America; Uruguay, Argentina suffer power outage

Electrical supply company Edesur tweeted that a massive failure happened in the electrical interconnection system. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 16, 2019 15:58   Laurie Jones, 57, and her husband, Joe Jones, 59, from Johnsonville, SC during a power outage caused by Hurricane Florence in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., September 14, 2018. Picture taken September […]

Darkness spreads in South America; Uruguay, Argentina suffer power outage

Electrical supply company Edesur tweeted that a massive failure happened in the electrical interconnection system. JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 16, 2019 15:58 Laurie Jones, 57, and her husband, Joe Jones, 59, from Johnsonville, SC during a power outage caused by Hurricane Florence in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., September 14, 2018. Picture taken September 14, 2018. […]