Iranians are already seeing the effects of the sanctions, with Iran's rial currency losing around half its value since Trump announced the US would withdraw from the 2015 nuclear accord.
The second phase of US sanctions, which takes effect November 5 and will block Iran's oil sales, is due to cause more damage
Earlier in the day, India and Iran signed nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoU)s following the delegation-level talks in the presence of PM Modi and Iranian President Rouhani.
The two leaders also deliberated on regional situations during their wide-ranging talks.
These monuments are popularly known as seven tombs and built in Iranian architecture style
This will be the first visit to India by Rouhani after taking charge as the Iranian president in August 2013.
If the Mossad had been asked to sketch the worst possible Iranian leader Israel could imagine, they would have come up with someone like Hassan Rouhani
How can Obama pressure Iran, Israeli commentators and politicians ask, if he has given up on pressuring Syria?
It seems that Iran is trying to offer an olive branch. Here's to hoping for wiser voices to prevail in the policy debate in America.
Inept policies, religious pressure add to poverty, poor health and cross-border challenges in Iran
Rouhani’s election signals a desire within Iran for a person at the helm of Iran’s day-to-day conduct of foreign policy who has the diplomatic skills to engage with the rest of the world, especially the major powers.
No, it wasn't "international scrutiny and pressure" as NIE and Bush would have us believe, that was responsible for Teheran's decision to end its nuke programme. It was related to Saddam Hussein's nuclear plans.
While India may still want its pipeline, Iran's European negotiators seem aware of the dire consequences of military attacks on Iran by Israel or the United States. China or Russia veto may prevent UNSC sanctions, but would that be enough?
Enriched by millions of daily encounters in bazaars, Iranians are adept at bargaining and confident in the knowledge, acquired over centuries, that skillful bargaining and brinkmanship go hand in hand. This is what just happened in Paris.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.