The UK foreign secretary has said that the pressure on Iran "will only increase" if Tehran refuses to resume negotiations over its nuclear programme.

Iran dominated Hillary Clinton's first meeting as Secretary of State with another foreign minister, as she and David Miliband discussed ways of curbing its nuclear ambitions.

This site provides free access to a report by Sir Richard Dalton et al. which was published by Chatham House in December 2008. ISBN 978 1 86203 208 8. The 42 page report critically assesses the current security situation in Iran, issues relating to Iran and the development of nuclear weapons and future directions for UK foreign policy towards Iran.

Britain is to assure Iran that it is "100% committed to diplomacy" to end the impasse over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and is signalling that it expects Barack Obama's administration to follow the same approach. The foreign secretary, David Miliband, will warn in a speech today that "the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran poses the most immediate threat to the stability" of the Middle East....

Tehran's top nuclear negotiator has met with senior officials in Beijing for a second day after US reports that China had dropped its opposition to possible new UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.

The noise out of a nuclear Iran grows stronger along with the toothless rhetoric from the west! Did I say a nuclear Iran or very soon to be nuclear Iran? Take your pick as that terrorist nation steadily marches forward under the watchful eye of the west and the IAEA. All the while remember that Israel sits ready to take this global matter into its own hands as the prospect of a nuclear Iran is a n...

Iran's proposal for a tour of its nuclear sites floundered yesterday (13 January) after China effectively rejected the invitation and Russia cautioned that such a trip could never replace UN inspections or talks between Tehran and world powers.

The BBC reports: Britain’s foreign secretary is to urge Arab leaders to make clear they do not support Iran’s nuclear ambitions, as he visits the United Arab Emirates. … “The consequent nuclear arms race would be very dangerous. The acquisition of a nuclear weapon would strengthen Tehran’s regional position, injecting its attempts to stoke up division and promote

This is how a pragmatist understands US foreign policy in conjunction with the Iranian nuclear weapons crisis! Yesterday morning I wrote a short commentary on the Obama administration's lack of understanding about Iran and that country's quest to obtain nuclear weapons. The writing was in response to reports of new sanctions being placed on Iran by Washington that were ostensibly designe...

Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks to Iran's foreign minister about the five detained UK yachtsmen.