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Iran enrichment right recognized in Geneva deal: Zarif
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran’s right to enrichment has been recognized in the nuclear deal between Tehran and the Sextet.
After more than four days of intense negotiations, Iran and the P5+1 group, the US, Britain, Russia, France, China and Germany, sealed an interim deal in Geneva on Sunday morning to pave the way for the full resolution of the West’s decade-old dispute...
Netanyahu to Putin: Resolve Iran like you did Syria
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Moscow’s Kremlin, on November 20, 2013. Netanyahu arrived today in Moscow.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested Iran’s nuclear issue should be resolved with the same approach as Russia offered for Syria, saying it will be peaceful for Tehran just like it was...
Obama asks senators to ignore Israel lobby against Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US President Barack Obama
As Iran and the six world powers resume the next round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Wednesday, US President Barack Obama pleads with American senators to ignore the aggressive lobbying campaign by Israel and hold off on new sanctions against Tehran.
During a two-hour White House meeting on Tuesday, Obama called on senators...
Iran unveils biggest indigenous drone
Iran unveiled its largest indigenous strategic drone dubbed Fotros (shown in the picture) on November 18, 2013.
Iran has unveiled its biggest domestically developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which can be used for reconnaissance and combat operations.
The remote-controlled aircraft, dubbed Fotros, was put on display at the headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces Aviation Industries Organization...
Kerry warns Congress against anti-Iran sanctions
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Congress that any new sanctions against Iran will be viewed as “bad faith” and can “destroy the ability to” reach an agreement.
“Our hope is now that no new sanctions would be put in place for the simple reason that if they are, it could be viewed as bad faith by the people we’re negotiating with, [and] it could destroy the ability to be able...
Global nuclear conflict between US, Russia, China likely if Iran talks fail
A global conflict between the US, Russia, and China is likely in the coming months should the world powers fail to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, an American analyst says.
“If the talks fail, if the agreements being pursued are not successfully carried forward and implemented, then there would be enormous international pressure to drive towards a conflict with Iran before [US President Barack]...
Saudi spy chief joining Israel for attack against Iran
Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan is joining Israel to set the stage for a military strike against Iran over the country’s nuclear program, an analyst says.
Not reaching a nuclear deal during the recent Geneva talks reflects “the determination on the part of the Israelis and the Saudis, not only to prevent such an agreement, but it takes even military action against...
US may consider lifting sanctions as Iran, P5+1 make progress
As Iran and the six world powers indicated they were “making progress” in the “tough” nuclear talks, Washington said it would consider “limited, targeted and reversible” relief on sanctions – but only after the Iranian nuke program undergoes changes.
Following the first round of the two-day negotiations in Geneva, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif declared that the talks...
Peugeot experiences €4bn in lost sales over Iran bans
Employees of French automaker Peugeot-Citroen (PSA) from Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris, demonstrate in protest at job cuts in front of the Paris Motor Show in Paris, September 29, 2012.
The French automaker Peugeot has experienced an estimated four billion euros in lost sales after cutting ties with the Iranian automaker Iran Khodro under pressure from an American partner company, Press TV reports.
Peugeot’s...
Iran arrests 4 men in 'nuclear facilities sabotage' plot
The Iranian authorities have arrested four men for planning to sabotage nuclear sites, reports state news. The announcement comes as Iran’s newly-appointed president takes steps to allay fears over its supposed nuclear weapons program.
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, announced on Sunday that a “number of saboteurs” had been caught “red-handed” before...
UK and Iran's foreign ministers finally meet to improve relations
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meets with British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) at the UN Headquarters in New York City, September 23, 2013.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague have met and discussed, inter alia, the improvement of Tehran-London relations.
The meeting was held at the UN headquarters in New York City on Monday.
Zarif...
Obama’s meeting with Iran president 'possible,' US says
White House spokesman Jay Carney
White House spokesman Jay Carney has talked about the possibility of a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York next week.
“It’s possible, but it has always been possible,” Carney said at a press conference on Thursday.
“The extended hand has been there from the moment the president was sworn...
Iran releases political prisoners, including Sakharov Prize winner Nasrin Sotoudeh
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been released two years into her six year prison sentence, according to her husband. At least ten more political prisoners have also been reportedly set free.
“It’s not a temporary release, it’s freedom. They put her in a car and dropped her off at the house,” Sotoudeh’s husband Reza Khandan told Reuters from the...
Iran, Russia presidents set to discuss military ties
The Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile defense system
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that President Vladimir Putin will discuss military-technological cooperation with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.
The Iranian and Russian presidents plan to hold a bilateral meeting in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on September 13 on the upcoming sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation...
Iran to send second living creature into space soon
Iran launched its first indigenous satellite Omid (Hope) (shown) into space in 2009.
Deputy Head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli says Iran plans to send second living creature into space in the near future.
Fazeli said Saturday that the living organism would be sent to space on board a liquid-fuel carrier within the next 45 days.
Iran managed to successfully send a living creature into space...