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Saba Yemen
3 days ago
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Iranian Foreign Ministry: Path to agreement goes through negotiations, not media
Tehran - Saba: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian responded to media speculation about an imminent agreement between Tehran and Washington, stating: "The media continues to predict an impending deal between Iran and the U.S. I am not confident that we are truly at such a point." According to Iran's official news agency IRNA, Amir-Abdollahian added in a post on X (formerly Twitter): "The Islamic Republic of Iran is sincerely seeking a diplomatic solution that secures the interests of all parties. However, this requires an agreement that lifts all sanctions and guarantees Iran's nuclear rights, including enrichment." The Iranian foreign minister also referenced a report by an American news channel citing Austrian intelligence sources regarding Iran's nuclear program, saying: "As for the latest fabricated news against Iranian and American diplomacy, using Iran's name as a tool to attack domestic critics in the U.S. is a worthless move, even for 'Israel'." Fox News had claimed that a new intelligence report prepared by Austrian authorities alleged that Iran is still continuing its active nuclear weapons program, which the report suggested could be used to launch long-range missiles. It added that this intelligence data collected by Austrian authorities contradicts the assessment of the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Earlier, in March, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines informed the Senate Intelligence Committee that Iran is not manufacturing nuclear weapons and that the Supreme Leader of Iran has not authorized the militarization of the country's nuclear program. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Pak hits Iran wall: Tehran plans to seal its border with Pakistan to prevent cross-border terror
Pakistan has hit an Iranian wall with Tehran planning to seal its border with its Eastern neighbour through a wall to prevent cross-border terror. The wall is intended to end fuel smuggling, illegal crossings of terrorists, drug smuggling and will enhance security along the border, ET has learnt. Iran started discussing the construction of barriers last year after the high-profile terrorist attacks in Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Iran has often alleged of cross-border terror from Pakistan impacting its Sishtan Balochistan province. Tehran's opinion is that it wanted to build the fence to prevent terrorist groups from entering from neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to Iranian security services, Iran's borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan account for 80% of drug trafficking into the country. The wall will be four meters high and almost 300 kilometers long. Construction has already started in the southern part of Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, as well as Razavi Khorasan, it has been learnt. In January 2024 Iran carried out a missile and drone attack in Pakistan along its border against terror group Jaish al-Adl . Pakistan had then said the attack was "illegal" and warned of "serious consequences". The then Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, speaking in Davos, had claimed that no Pakistani citizens had been targeted, only members of Jaish al-Adl. Jaish al-Adl is an influential terror group operating in Sistan-Balochistan, according to the office of the US Director of National Intelligence. It is designated as a terrorist group by both Washington and Tehran. Following the Pahalgam terror attacks Iran strongly condemned it and later when its Foreign Minister visited India it was decided to combat terror in the regional context. Recently, NSA spoke to his Iranian counterpart on regional developments besides Chabahar port.
