In this May 24, 2021 file photo, the flag of Iran waves in front of the International Center building with the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. (FLORIAN SCHROETTER / AP) TEHRAN – A top Iranian security official reaffirmed on Tuesday that Iran did not and will not back down from […]
In this May 24, 2021 file photo, the flag of Iran waves in front of the International Center building with the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. (FLORIAN SCHROETTER / AP) TEHRAN – An Iranian parliament committee said on Sunday that the talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal must result […]
In this May 24, 2021 photo, the flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (MICHAEL GRUBER/GETTY IMAGES EUROPE VIA BLOOMBERG) TEHRAN – Iranian negotiators in the nuclear talks have been ignoring "threats and empty deadlines" by the West in order to […]
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels on Feb 27, 2022. (STEPHANIE LECOCQ, POOL PHOTO VIA AP) VIENNA/TEHRAN – The European Union on Monday put forward a final text of the draft decision on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, while awaiting political decisions from […]
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidential office on April 10, 2021, shows the head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEIO) spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi listening as the country's president (not pictured) delivers a speech on Iran's National Nuclear Technology Day, in the capital Tehran. (IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran's negotiating […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, right, holds a joint press conference with visiting European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, left, in Tehran, Iran, on June 25, 2022. (IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) TEHRAN – A new round of talks on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers […]
In this Feb 8, 2022 file photo, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at the Palais Coburg, a site where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria. (LISA LEUTNER / AP) DUBAI/TEHRAN/ZURICH – Top officials from Iran and the United States will resume talks in Vienna this week on reviving the 2015 […]
TEHRAN – An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday the ground is prepared for Iran and Saudi Arabia to hold the next round of talks on reducing tensions in bilateral relations at an official and political level in Baghdad. Making the remarks in an address to a weekly press conference, Nasser Kanaani said the […]
US President Joe Biden (left) and Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, speak to each other after signing a security pledge in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) JERUSALEM – US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear arms, a […]
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, the United States, on July 26, 2021. (TING SHEN / XINHUA) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden said he would use force as a last resort to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon as he began a trip to the Middle East. […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a joint presser with his Syrian counterpart, in the Syrian capital Damascus on July 2, 2022. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) TEHRAN – The United States failed to be constructive in the latest round of the talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in […]
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a press conference with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran, June 25, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) TEHRAN –Iran’s foreign minister described as "positive" the latest round of talks on the revival […]
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani leaves the Palais Coburg, venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meeting that aims at reviving the Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna, Dec 27, 2021. (ALEX HALADA / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran's chief nuclear negotiator will travel soon to Doha to negotiate the lifting of sanctions […]
In this Nov 15, 2021 photo, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh speaks to media during a press conference in Tehran, Iran. (PHOTO / AFP) DUBAI – Saudi Arabia wants to resume diplomatic talks with Tehran, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a news conference on Monday a day after Iraq's prime minister pushed […]
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, gives a press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran, on June 25, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran and the European Union announced here on Saturday the resumption of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in the coming […]
People wait in a long queues to buy fuel for their vehicles at a filling station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 11, 2022. (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP PHOTO) COLOMBO – An International Monetary Fund team began bailout talks in Sri Lanka on Monday, with police called to escort a top government official to the […]
In this file photo taken on Oct 6, 2021, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart following their meeting in Moscow. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / POOL / AFP) TEHRAN – The Iranian foreign minister said on Thursday although Tehran maintains that diplomacy is the best path to the […]
An Iranian flag flys outside the Vienna International Centre hosting the United Nations headquarters and the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on July 3, 2014. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP) VIENNA – Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it is removing 27 surveillance cameras from its nuclear facilities, the agency said Thursday, […]
People queue up to buy kerosene oil for cooking amid cooking gas shortages in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 17, 2022. (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP) COLOMBO/LONDON – Sri Lanka is in talks with the International Monetary Fund to borrow at least $3 billion via the lender's extended fund facility (EFF), sources familiar with the matter told […]
A European Union flag is seen in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 7, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) As expected, the phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday was fruitless. With the Russian leader unequivocally expressing his openness to […]
Myanmar's State Administration Council's chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. (PHOTO / AP) YANGON – Myanmar's State Administration Council's chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will hold peace talks with 10 ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) on May 20, the council's […]
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh holds a press conference in Tehran on May 9, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday called for a US political decision on the Vienna nuclear talks, saying Iran has already made its own proposals. "If the United States announces its political […]
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian gives a press conference after his meeting his Iraqi counterpart at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran on April 13, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) TEHRAN – The Iranian foreign minister said on Friday a "good" and "reliable" outcome is within reach in the Vienna talks on the […]
Sri Lankans queue up at a fuel station to buy kerosene in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 12, 2022. (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's finance minister said on Wednesday the country was in talks with the World Bank to extend its support by $300 million to $700 million. The island nation's budget was currently […]
This Feb 27, 2022 photo shows smoke rising in the sky in Kyiv, Ukraine. (LU JINBO / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Ukraine crisis has dragged on for over two months with no immediate solution in sight. Though the situation unfolding is worrisome, endeavors to end conflicts and restore peace have never stopped. Since the start […]
In this May 24, 2021 file photo, the flag of Iran waves in front of the International Center building with the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. (FLORIAN SCHROETTER / AP) TEHRAN- The imposition of new sanctions by the United States amid transparent negotiations in Vienna on the restoration of a […]
In this file photo taken on Oct 6, 2021, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart following their meeting in Moscow. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / POOL / AFP) TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Sunday that "collecting all the economic dividends and an effective removal […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian hold a joint press conference following their talks in Moscow on March 15, 2022. (MAXIM SHEMETOV / POOL / AFP) MOSCOW / TEHRAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that both Russia and Iran support a fast resumption of the full […]
In this file photo taken on Sept 26, 2018, Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran speaks during the first meeting of national security secretaries of Afghanistan, China, Iran, India and Russia, in the Iranian capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) TEHRAN – A top Iranian security official said on Monday […]
Ukrainian and Russian flags are pictured ahead of the Russian-Ukrainian talks at the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, on Feb 28, 2022. (PHOTO / IC) It's good to learn that after their latest round of talks both Russia and Ukraine seem to be a little more upbeat that some common ground can be found. "Russia is […]