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Two days added to the Iran nuclear talks deadline
Iran and major powers gave themselves at least until Friday to negotiate an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, but a source from one of the powers...
Iran nuclear talks in endgame, negotiators push on sticking points
A year and half of nuclear talks between Iran and major powers were creeping toward the finish line on Friday as negotiators wrestled with sticking points...
Iran takes hard line on inspections, sanctions at nuke talks
Iran took a hard line Thursday on two of the biggest demands of world powers in a final nuclear accord, rejecting any extraordinary inspection rules and...
Confidential UN report positive on Iran nuclear commitments
Iran has met a key commitment under a preliminary nuclear deal setting up the current talks on a final agreement, leaving it with several tons less of...
With stalemate looming, Iran needs nuclear deal more than US
With the Iran nuclear talks almost certain to grind on past a Tuesday deadline, prospects for a stalemate that puts off further efforts to reach a deal...
Iran lawmakers curtailed on power to veto nuclear deal
Iran’s parliament curtailed its own power to block a nuclear deal with world powers Sunday, effectively removing a longstanding threat that a final...
Six powers agree way to restore U.N. sanctions in push for Iran deal
Six world powers have agreed on a way to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran if the country breaks the terms of a future nuclear deal, clearing a major obstacle...
U.S., Iran hold ‘intense’ nuclear talks month before deadline
A month away from a nuclear deal deadline, U.S. and Iranian diplomats tried to narrow differences over how quickly to ease economic penalties against Tehran...
One month to nuclear deadline: U.S. and Iran launch key talks in Geneva
Top U.S. diplomat John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif began key nuclear talks in Geneva on Saturday ahead of a June 30 deadline...
One month to nuclear deadline: U.S. and Iran launch key talks in Geneva
Top U.S. diplomat John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif began key nuclear talks in Geneva on Saturday ahead of a June 30 deadline...
One month to deadline: Kerry, Zarif launch key nuclear talks in Geneva
Top U.S. diplomat John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif began key nuclear talks in Geneva on Saturday ahead of a June 30 deadline...
Iranian boats fire shots at Singapore-flagged vessel in Gulf
An Iranian naval patrol boat fired on a Singapore-flagged commercial ship in the Persian Gulf on Thursday in an apparent attempt to disable it over a financial...
India to sign significant port deal with Iran, despite warnings
India will push ahead this week with plans to build a port in southeast Iran, two sources said, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi keen to develop trade...
Iran forces Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship to Iranian port: US officials
Iranian naval ships fired across the bow of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, and forced it to head to Iranian...
Kerry says Iran, world powers closer than ever to historic nuclear deal
The United States and five other major powers are closer than ever to a deal with Iran that would end a 12-year-old standoff over Tehran’s nuclear...
Iran warns that sanctions will dominate fresh nuclear talks
Fresh talks aimed at finalizing a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers will focus on the lifting of sanctions and possible intervention by the U.S.
U.S. Senate foreign relations leaders reach deal on Iran bill
The compromise came as Secretary of State John Kerry and other members of the Cabinet visited Congress for a second straight day to sell lawmakers on conditions...
Putin lifts ban on sending missiles to Iran
Russia’s decision to lift a ban on the delivery of an air-defence missile system to Iran amid nuclear negotiations drew objections from the U.S.
Iran’s Khamenei ‘neither rejects, nor accepts nuclear deal’ while sanctions exist
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted as soon as a final agreement with world powers...
The secret to success at the Iran nuclear talks: a schoolroom whiteboard
In a hi-tech age of gadgets and gizmos, a simple whiteboard found in classrooms around the world was the tool that helped negotiators seal the complex...
Zarif stresses benefits to Iran of framework nuclear deal
All United Nations Security Council resolutions related to Iran’s nuclear program will be lifted immediately if a final deal is agreed, Foreign Minister...
A day after missing deal deadline, Iran nuclear talks resume
Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers are resuming, hours after negotiators abandoned a March 31 deadline to produce the outline of an agreement.
Iran, powers struggle to overcome disputes in push for nuclear deal
The foreign ministers of France and Germany joined the top U.S. and Iranian diplomats on Saturday to help break an impasse in nuclear negotiations as major...
Proxy wars between Iran and Saudi Arabia reach new fury
Airstrikes on Sanaa herald Yemen’s emergence as the latest theater for the proxy war between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran. The...
Israel ‘spied on Iran nuclear talks to build case against deal’, says WSJ
Israel has spied on Iran’s nuclear talks with the United States and other major powers, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Iran rejects ‘bullying’ as West stresses unity in nuclear talks
Iran’s top leader voiced mistrust on Saturday of U.S. efforts to reach a nuclear deal, even as Washington and its allies spoke of real progress and...
Uncertain whether differences in Iran talks can be resolved: source
Iran nuclear talks hung in the balance Monday with a senior U.S. and European officials saying it remained unclear whether the outlines of a deal could...
Talks over Iran’s nuclear plans still have ‘important gaps’, says Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme have made progress, but there were still “important...
Talks over Iran’s disputed nuclear plans still have ‘important gaps’, says Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme have made progress, but there were still “important...
Iran’s Zarif, Obama dismiss Republicans’ nuclear deal warning letter
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday dismissed as of “no legal value” a letter from 47 US senators warning that any...
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