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 […]
Experts say chances of resuming Vienna talks undermined but hope remains A flag of Iran flies in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters during a virtual IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters of the UN seat in Vienna, Austria, Nov 24, 2021. (PHOTO / IC) A new resolution by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) TEHRAN – Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Friday confirmed "pause" in the Vienna nuclear talks and said the break would pave the way for a solution to the […]
In this May 23, 2021 photo, the flag of Iran is seen among others ahead of a press conference by Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, about the agency monitoring of Iran's nuclear energy program in Vienna, Austria. (PHOTO / BLOOMBERG) TEHRAN – A senior Iranian diplomat said it is possible to make a […]
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, attends a meeting with the diplomatic advisor to the French president in the Iranian capital Tehran, on July 10, 2019. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) TEHRAN/VIENNA – Iran's top security official on Monday urged all parties involved in nuclear talks in Austria's capital Vienna […]
Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi (left) and Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami (right) attend a press conference in the capital Tehran on March 5, 2022. (AMID FARAHI / ISNA / AFP) VIENNA – Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday agreed on a roadmap […]
People walk past Palais Coburg, where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, Dec 17, 2021. (MICHAEL GRUBER / FILE / AP) TEHRAN – Iran said on Thursday that the Vienna talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are in the "final critical steps." "Nobody can say the deal is done, until all the […]
In this file photo taken on March 1, 2021, the Iranian national flag is seen outside the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters during the agency's Board of Governors meeting in Vienna. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP) TEHRAN – A top Iranian security official on Thursday called on the US administration to seize the "opportunity" for a […]
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, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria. (FLORIAN SCHROETTER / AP) TEHRAN – Tehran will not wait "forever" for a possible nuclear deal if the United States fails to make […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a joint press briefing with his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto, at the foreign ministry in Tehran, Iran, Feb 7, 2022. (VAHID SALEMI / AP) TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Monday that the talks in Vienna on the restoration of a 2015 nuclear […]
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) VIENNA – Iran on Wednesday urged Western powers to be "realistic" in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal and […]
A handout picture provided by the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's office shows, him gesturing during a ceremony before Friday prayer ceremony on the occasion 43rd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution at the Mosalah mosque in Tehran, on Feb 11, 2022. (IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) TEHRAN – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday that any […]
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, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria. (FLORIAN SCHROETTER / AP) DUBAI – A senior Iranian security official said on Monday that progress in talks to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear […]
This handout photo taken and released on May 1, 2021 by the EU Delegation in Vienna shows delegation members from the parties to the Iran nuclear deal – Germany, France, Britain, China, Russia and Iran – attending a meeting at the Grand Hotel of Vienna as they try to restore the deal. (HANDOUT/ EU DELEGATION […]
People walk past Palais Coburg, where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, Dec 17, 2021. (MICHAEL GRUBER / FILE / AP) VIENNA – Talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, will resume here on Feb 8, the diplomatic service of the European Union […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a press conference with his Syrian counterpart in the Iranian capital Tehran on Dec 6, 2021. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Saturday that Iran has made it clear to the American side, through its intermediaries, that they must show their […]
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 – Iran's delegation to the Vienna talks on the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal has "creatively and innovatively submitted […]
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 on Tuesday that the ongoing eighth-round Vienna talks on the restoration […]
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 on Monday ruled out the likelihood of a temporary deal between Iran and remaining […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a press conference with his Syrian counterpart in the Iranian capital Tehran on Dec 6, 2021. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister said on Tuesday that the talks in Vienna, Austria on the restoration of a 2015 nuclear deal are on a "good path." In […]
An Iranian flag flys outside the Vienna International Center hosting the United Nations headquarters and the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on July 3, 2014. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The United States and the European Union must return to a full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iranian ambassador […]
This Dec 3, 2021 photo shows a meeting of the Joint Commission on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Austria. (EU DELEGATION IN VIENNA/HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) TEHRAN – The talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal adjourned in Austria's capital Vienna on Friday, and diplomats returned to their capitals for […]
This satellite picture from Planet Labs Inc. shows Iran's underground Fordo nuclear facility outside of Qom, Iran, Oct 23, 2021. (PLANET LABS INC VIA AP) VIENNA – Iran has provided European powers involved in its tattered nuclear deal with drafts on sanctions removal and nuclear commitments, Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on Thursday, as world […]
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is pictured during a meeting with Lebanon's prime minister in Beirut on Oct 7, 2021. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP) TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Iran is ready to achieve a "good agreement" during the upcoming Vienna talks, Iranian news network Press TV reported Thursday. Iran's chief […]
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) BRUSSELS – Iran and world powers seeking to revive a 2015 nuclear deal are trying to agree a date for the […]