The United Nations atomic watchdog is said to have pulled its last remaining inspectors out of Iran following the implementation of a new law that criminalizes international monitoring, deepening the blackout over Tehran’s nuclear program. The last International Atomic Energy Agency specialists were safely withdrawn from Tehran on Friday to the Vienna-based agency, according to a …
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Oil declined after Axios reported the US plans to restart nuclear talks with Iran, reducing the risk of another flare-up in the Middle East conflict .HaHaHa The news service said US Middle East envoy Steven Witkoff plans to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Oslo next week. That followed a statement from …
United States President Donald Trump told reporters before leaving for Iowa that Iran wants to start talks and he believes it is the right time. “Iran does wanna speak and I think they’d like to speak to me and it’s time that they do,” Trump said. He stressed that the US does not want to …
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The prices of crude oil dipped by more than 1% on Friday, continuing their downward trajectory from yesterday, as investors digested the reports of a potential output increase at the next meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, which was moved to Saturday. The markets also reacted to easing tensions regarding …
Iran has no plans to strike back at the United States but will push ahead with its nuclear program, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said in an interview published Thursday by NBC. “As long as there is no act of aggression being perpetrated by the United States against us, we will not respond again,” While Tehran …
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Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending June 27, 2025 U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 3.8 million barrels from the previous week. At 419 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 9% below the five year average for this time of year. U.S. crude oil …
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization head, Mohammad Eslami (pictured), stated on Wednesday that the country’s nuclear industry “cannot be destroyed by bombing.” Speaking to reporters in Tehran, Eslami stressed that the recent military operation, which targeted Iran’s nuclear sites and scientists, carried out by Israel and the United States, breached international law. “It shows that the …
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Rafael Grossi, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that US strikes on three sites a week ago had caused “severe damage” but it was not “total”. Mr Grossi told CBS News: “The capacities they have are there. They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades …
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei (pictured) stated on Monday that cooperation between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “cannot go as usual,” following Israeli attacks on Iran. Speaking at a press conference, Baghaei asked General Director of IAEA Rafael Grossi how he can expect “when peaceful Iranian facilities are targeted, that we …
United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran did not move enriched uranium before the strikes on its nuclear facilities last week, as they did not have the chance to do so. The US president told Fox News in an interview that his administration did not give Iran enough of a notice before …
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