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Tehran, Moscow ink $25B deal to build nuclear plants in Iran
Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran. "A deal for the construction of four...

Iran Condemns Western Push at United Nations to Reimpose Sanctions, Warns of "Dangerous Precedent" for Global Order
New York, September 27, 2025 – In a fiery address to the United Nations Security Council on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi sharply criticized Western efforts to reinstate international sanctions on Tehran, labeling the move as a...

Iranians await ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions over nuclear programme
Ordinary people in Iran are dealing with soaring food prices and worried about the future ahead of the reimposition of United Nations sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Iran’s rial currency already sits at a record low, increasing pressure...

Iran Has Accelerated Construction Of A Classified Nuclear Facility Underground
2 Tehran's actions are being watched closely in the US. Iran has accelerated construction of a classified nuclear facility under Kirk Mountain. It is located near the Natanz nuclear complex, which was hit by devastating U.S. strikes in late June...

Iran, Russia ink $25b deal to build nuclear power plants in Iran
Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), attends a meeting of the World Atomic Week international forum, dedicated to the global nuclear industry, Moscow, Russia, September 25, 2025. /VCG Mohammad Eslami, head of the...

Iran Slams Israel as Barrier to Peace, Security
In a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday, the Iranian president said the Israeli regime has jeopardized security and stability through aggressive...

Iran sanctions loom after last-ditch UN vote
Sat Sep 27, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Sat Sep 27, 2025 03:04 AM Tehran, Moscow sign $25b deal to build nuclear plants in Iran AFP, United Nations Sat Sep 27, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Sat Sep 27, 2025 03:04 AM Sweeping UN sanctions look...

Iranian solidarity with Palestine
For more than seven decades, a single wrenching fact has shaped the politics and the conscience of the Muslim world: the occupation of Palestine and the denial of the Palestinian people's basic rights by the Israeli regime. That occupation is not...

Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon is beginning to regroup, a year after losing its longtime leader in conflict with Israel
Hezbollah suffered one blow after another during its most recent war with Israel, culminating in the killing of the militant group's longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in massive Israeli airstrikes on a Beirut suburb. The group was weakened...

Iran faces reintroduction of nuclear sanctions
Deep sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme look set to go into force once again, even as a UN watchdog confirmed inspections of its atomic sites had resumed. Russia failed in an effort with China yesterday to delay the reimposition of the...
Tehran, Moscow sign $25bn deal to build nuclear plants in Iran
Published on: September 27, 2025 8:03 AM Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran....
Iran fails to avoid 'unfair, unjust and illegal' UN sanctions
The UN Security Council has rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The decision on Friday came a day before the deadline and after Western countries claimed that weeks of...

Iran Snapback Impact Depends On Enforcement, Expert Says
The United Nations is poised to reimpose sweeping “snapback” sanctions on Iran after the Security Council rejected a last-minute effort by Russia and China to stall the move. Barring an unexpected breakthrough, the measures will take effect at 8...

UN Sanctions On Iran Set To Return As Nuclear Diplomacy Fades
Iran is set to come under sweeping UN sanctions late Saturday for the first time in a decade, barring an unexpected last-minute breakthrough, after nuclear talks with the West floundered. The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday said that inspectors had...

United Nations Security Council Rejects Russia-China Resolution to Delay Iran
Sanctions, Sparking Diplomatic Tensions On Friday, September 26, 2025, the United Nations Security Council became the stage for a heated diplomatic clash as a draft resolution proposed by Russia and China to delay the re-imposition of sanctions on...
UN set to reinstate sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme
IRAN LOOKS SET to come under sweeping UN sanctions for the first time in a decade – barring an unexpected last-minute breakthrough – after nuclear talks with the West floundered. The UN nuclear watchdog said that inspectors had been allowed to...
UN sanctions on Iran set to return as nuclear diplomacy fades
Iran was set to come under sweeping UN sanctions late Saturday for the first time in a decade -- barring an unexpected last-minute breakthrough -- after nuclear talks with the West floundered. The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday said that inspectors...

UN sanctions on Iran set to return as nuclear d…
Iran was set to come under sweeping UN sanctions late Saturday for the first time in a decade -- barring an unexpected last-minute breakthrough -- after nuclear talks with the West floundered. The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday said that inspectors...
A hungrier, poorer and more anxious Iran awaits 'snapback' of UN sanctions over its nuclear program
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Iran's ailing economy braced Saturday for the reimposition of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program, it is ordinary people who increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to...

'Snapback': What Sanctions Will Be Reimposed On Iran?
A raft of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, lifted under a landmark 2015 deal, will go back into force at the end of Saturday -- barring a diplomatic breakthrough, thought to be unlikely. The sanctions will be reimposed because the...