Iran-US Relations

Iran’s IRNA news agency has said there are currently no direct talks between the US and Iran on the lifting of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

A renowned Iranian political scientist says considering current situation in the region and the spiraling tensions between Iran and Israel, Tehran needs to sit down and hold direct talks with Washington in order to iron out the differences.

Washington and London in a coordinated move have imposed new sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile programs after Tehran's recent retaliatory attack against Israel.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Tehran informed Washington it was going to launch a retaliatory operation against the Israeli regime and sent a new message afterwards following the regime’s deadly attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital.

Washington is planning to impose new sanctions targeting Tehran after its attack on Israel over the weekend, according to US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the Treasury would use its sanctions authority and work with allies to continue disrupting what she called "the Iranian regime's malign and destabilizing activity".

The United States will restrict the movements of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his delegation while they are in New York this week, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

The Republican-led US House has voted in favor of a series of bills aimed at squeezing Tehran financially in response to an unprecedented drone and missile attack launched by Iran against Israel over the weekend.

The Persian Gulf monarchies have called on the US not to use American military bases on their territories to launch military operation in response to any potential Iranian attack on Israel, sources told Middle East Eye.

The United States military is moving additional assets into the Middle East to bolster deterrence and force protection ahead of an anticipated Iranian retaliatory strike against Israel, an American defense official has told Sputnik news agency.

The promised Iranian retaliation for the Israeli strike on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus is likely in the next 24-48 hours, anonymous US officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

US President Joe Biden has vowed that Washington's commitment to defend Israel against Tehran was “ironclad” as concerns rose in the United States that a “significant” Iranian strike could happen within days, in retaliation for the bombing of Iran’s consular building in Syria's Damascus that saw the killing of seven Iranian military advisors.

An Iranian attack on Israel would likely be carried out by Iran’s proxy forces in the region, rather than by Tehran directly, two people familiar with US intelligence on the matter told CNN.

The US is expecting that Iran will attack American or Israeli personnel in West Asia in retaliation for an Israeli fatal air raid in Syria, several news organizations reported on Friday and Saturday, citing US officials. Tehran has previously vowed to avenge the seven officers, including two top commanders with the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, who were killed in the bombing of the country’s consulate compound in Damascus on Monday.

The political deputy of the Iranian president’s office says the Islamic Republic warned the US in a letter against falling in the Israeli Prime Minister's trap following the recent deadly raid on Iran's consulate in Damascus, Syria.

The United States announced on Tuesday that it had no involvement in the Israeli air strike targeting the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus, which resulted in the deaths of two Iranian generals and five other military advisors.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated, United States as the Israeli regime’s biggest supporter, should be “held accountable” following a fatal raid by Tel Aviv against Tehran's consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus. He added an important message was relayed to the American administration by Tehran.

A political analyst says a number of internal and international factors paint a complicated picture of the future regarding removal of US-led Western sanctions against Iran.

The United States Treasury Department has introduced a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs.

Washington has asked Tehran to rein in Yemen's Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea during secret indirect talks held in Oman earlier this year. The talks marked the first time the US and Iran have held negotiations in 10 months, according to a report by the Financial Times.

A legal court has fined an anti-Iran terrorist group supported by the US to pay 2.478 billion dollars in damages in a 2008 bombing case in southern Iran that left over 200 people dead and injured.

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji says that Tehran’s oil exports won’t be hampered if Donald Trump wins the US presidential elections in November. He also added that sanctions and acts of sabotage have failed to stop the country’s progress in the oil sector.

A political analyst warns against the notion that anti-Iran sanctions have been neutralized.

Iran has confiscated a cargo of the US oil over a lawsuit filed by patients with a rare skin disease, whose lives are at risk due to Washington's sanctions.

The FBI has alleged that an Iranian intelligence agent is recruiting operatives in the United States to help kill current and former government officials who were involved in the January 2020 assassination of Tehran’s top general Qassem Soleimani.