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Iran bans cryptocurrency mining for four months after blackouts

Iran has announced a four-month ban on the energy-consuming mining of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin after cities suffered unplanned blackouts. President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet meeting the main cause of the blackouts was a drought that had affected hydro-electric power generation. But he said cryptocurrency mining, 85% of which is unlicensed, was draining more […]

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Iran vows revenge for ‘Israeli’ attack on Natanz nuclear site

Iran nuclear deal The Iranian foreign minister has said his country will “take revenge” for an attack on an underground nuclear site, for which it has blamed Israel. Iranian officials said the Natanz uranium enrichment plant was the target of “nuclear terrorism” on Sunday, after initially reporting a power failure. New advanced centrifuges to enrich […]

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Biden approves US airstrike on Iran-backed militias in Syria

The US military has carried out an airstrike targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria, the Pentagon says. The attack destroyed “multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian-backed militant groups”, it said. President Joe Biden approved the action in response to recent attacks against US and coalition personnel in Iraq. […]

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U.S. patience with Iran on renewing nuclear talks ‘not unlimited’:

By Reuters Staff WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ patience with Iran on returning to discussions over the 2015 nuclear deal is “not unlimited,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday. Iran has not formally responded to a U.S. offer last week to talk with Iran in a joint meeting with the countries that […]

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U.S. seeks to extend, strengthen nuclear pact with Iran, Blinken

By Reuters Staff GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States will seek to strengthen and extend the agreement between world powers and Iran aimed at curbing its nuclear programme, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday it had struck a deal with Iran to cushion the blow of steps […]

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Iran says studies EU-proposed informal meeting with U.S.

By Reuters Staff DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is studying a European Union proposal for an informal meeting between current members of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal and the United States, but has yet to respond to it, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday. Iran and the United States have been at odds over […]

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Iran says it will not reverse nuclear steps before U.S.

By Reuters Staff (Reuters) -Tehran will not accept U.S. demands that it reverse an acceleration of its nuclear programme before Washington lifts sanctions, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday. The demand “is not practical and will not happen”, he said at a joint news conference in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The […]

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Major European powers rebuke Iran over uranium metal plans

By Reuters Staff PARIS (Reuters) – Three European powers on Saturday warned Iran against starting work on uranium metal-based fuel for a research reactor, saying it contravened the 2015 nuclear deal and had serious military implications. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, and Tehran said on Wednesday that Iran had started the work, the latest […]

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France says Iran is building nuclear weapons capacity, urgent to

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Iran is in the process of building up its nuclear weapons capacity and it is urgent that Tehran and Washington return to a 2015 nuclear agreement, France’s foreign minister was quoted as saying in an interview published on Saturday. Iran has been accelerating its breaches of the nuclear deal […]

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Wary of Biden tack on Iran, Israel revisits military options,

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is revising military options for a possible clash with Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government braces for differences with the incoming U.S. administration on Iranian nuclear policy.U.S. President Donald Trump delighted Netanyahu by quitting the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and […]

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