News reports are proliferating about ongoing indirect talks between the United States and Iran, brokered by American partners in the Middle East, such as Oman. The diplomatic arrangement being contemplated would, importantly, not be a revived Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) of 2015. Attempts to resuscitate that accord failed after nearly two years of negotiations, while Iran continued the relentless escalation of its nuclear program.

Iran’s oil exports have hit a five-year high point

Iran’s oil exports remained robust throughout the first half of the year, averaging 1.3m barrels per day, data from US pressure group UANI shows.

Iranian oil exports hit five-year highs amid talk of sanctions deal, says IEA

…The group United Against Nuclear Iran has identified 340 tankers that have carried Iranian crude and petroleum products since the reimposition of

Congress must focus more on Biden’s Iran diplomacy, former Sen. Lieberman says

UANI Chairman Senator Joseph Lieberman writes: "In spite of Iran’s increasingly totalitarian, murderous, and anti-American behavior, the Biden admi

Iranian Threat in America's Backyard, Thanks to The Biden Administration

..The Iranian regime's terror cells have indeed grown in Latin America.

A deceptive calm has prevailed along the Blue Line since the end of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. Since then, the pastoral beauty of south Lebanon and the northern Galilee has obscured Israel and Hezbollah’s obsessive preparations for the future conflict that both parties believe is inevitable. At Iran’s behest, the Shiite organization has laid the groundwork to establish frontlines in south Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and Syria – from which it can menace the Jewish state.

Iran crude exports fall from record post-sanction highs amid China checks

… The country’s ‘teapot’ refineries are the biggest buyers of Iranian crude, propelling China’s imports of Iranian barrels to more than 1m bpd over

Comment: Ghost ship saga reveals challenge of ageing ships and a flawed system

… In each of the last four years, tracking data suggests the Saver 3 has called in Iran and is on a “ghost armada” list of more than 300 ships comp