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February 22nd, 2026 - 06:55 GMT

Sally Shakkour

White House leak: Trump will strike Iran on Monday or Tuesday

ALBAWABA - John Kiriakou, an American journalist and whistleblower, said that a former CIA officer told him that U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to launch an attack on Iran on Monday or Tuesday. Kiriakou said that his friend, who is a CIA officer, was at the White House on Friday morning and told him, "A decision has been made to attack Iran on Monday or Tuesday." He continued that ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif have held historic talks at the UN on Thursday (Image Credit: AFP)

September 27th, 2013 - 05:05 GMT

US and Iran hold historic talks

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani spoke at a U.N. nuclear disarmament conference ahead of a historic meeting between Iran and major Western powers. (Image credit: AFP)

September 26th, 2013 - 02:43 GMT

Rouhani says Israel must also join nuclear treaty

Iranian President Rouhani says settling the nuclear file with the West and Israel is one of his main responsibilities as the head of government (AFP)

September 26th, 2013 - 07:20 GMT

Rouhani wants three or six-month timetable for nuclear deal, says he has Khamenei's support

Rouhani's UN speech was slammed by Netanyahu, who rejected Iran's calls for discussion on nuclear weapons. (AFP)

September 25th, 2013 - 06:32 GMT

Netanyahu: Rouhani's UN speech on nuclear weapons, Holocaust 'full of hypocrisy'

President Obama has said at the UN General Assembly that he is encouraged by Iranian President Rouhani's moderate overtures. (Image credit: AFP)

September 24th, 2013 - 03:32 GMT

Obama says that the "diplomatic path with Iran must be tested"

Rowhani and Obama expected to talk at next UN General Assembly meeting. [news.com.au]

September 21st, 2013 - 09:13 GMT

Iran and US: "Mutual respect" leads nuclear talks

Israel's Ambassador to the IAEA prepares commentary during the meeting. The resolution to ensure Israel complies with IAEA oversight was narrowly defeated Friday (AFP)

September 20th, 2013 - 01:47 GMT

IAEA proposal to monitor Israeli facilities defeated, Iran's nuclear program under scrutiny

Building upon earlier calls from this year to improve relations with Saudi Arabia, Rouhani now seeks to "remove trivial tensions" to establish bilateral ties with the kingdom (Courtesy of the Iran Project)

September 20th, 2013 - 04:39 GMT

Iran's Rouhani calls for closer ties with Saudi Arabia

President Rouhani tells the world that Iran will not develop a nuclear weapons program (Courtesy of Raf Sanchez/The Telegraph)

September 19th, 2013 - 12:00 GMT

Rouhani announces no nuclear weapon development in Iran

Iran's Atomic Energy Organization president Ali Akbar Salehi and Vice-President of Iran, delivers a speech during the 57th General Conference at the UN atomic agency headquarters in Vienna. (AFP)

September 18th, 2013 - 04:39 GMT

Israel accuses Iran of false diplomacy over nuclear facilities

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pushed for 'leniency' in Iran's dealings with the US. (AFP/File)

September 18th, 2013 - 06:43 GMT

Iran should pursue 'heroic leniency' with West in nuclear talks

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has implied that if the West lifts all sanctions on the Islamic Republic, Iran will shut down one of its nuclear facilities. (AFP/File)

September 17th, 2013 - 06:19 GMT

Iran may shut down nuclear facility if West lifts sanctions