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2022-01-18 22:03
“Iran’s gains in nuclear knowledge are irreversible”
Iran’s nuclear progress has left U.S. with some few options: Harvard Kennedy School professor
TEHRAN - Writing an article in Foreign Affairs on Monday, January 17, Matthew Bunn, a professor from the Harvard Kennedy School, analyzes different options toward Iran in regard its nuclear program and concludes that restoring the 2015 nuclear deal is the best possible option.
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2022-01-18 22:03
Russian ambassador: Economic, regional issues will feature high in Raisi-Putin meeting
TEHRAN — After five years, Iranian and Russian presidents will meet to extensively discuss bilateral, regional and international issues, according to Russian ambassador to Iran, Levan Dzhagaryan.
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2022-01-18 22:01
Iran FM: China has been playing constructive, rational role in Vienna
TEHRAN – “China has been playing a constructive and rational role in the Iran nuclear deal negotiations, especially in the recent talks in Vienna to lift sanctions against our country,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the CGTN before wrapping up his visit to China.
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2022-01-17 22:51
Foreign Ministry spokesman: Dead-ends are resolvable in Vienna talks
TEHRAN— Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that dead-ends in Vienna are not unsolvable.
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2022-01-17 15:34
Back on Track
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2022-01-16 22:34
MP: We must make good use of neighboring countries’ capacities
TEHRAN— A member of the National Security Committee of the Iranian parliament has said that concluding a long-term agreement between Iran and China could help circumvent sanctions on Iran.
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2022-01-16 22:32
MP says Iran doesn’t seek interim nuclear agreement
TEHRAN — Alireza Salimi, a member of the Iranian parliament presiding board, has dismissed some rumors that Iran is seeking a temporary agreement in the Vienna negotiations, calling a temporary agreement “a deception”.
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2022-01-16 22:29
Chief negotiators will return to Vienna on Monday
TEHRAN — The eighth round of the Vienna talks will continue on Monday with a return of the heads of the Iranian and P4+1 negotiating delegations to the Austrian capital.
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2022-01-15 21:24
Amir Abdollahian: Iran-China 25-year partnership agreement goes into effect
TEHRAN— Iranian Foreign Minister wrapped up his visit to China with extensive meetings and returned to Tehran on Saturday.
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2022-01-15 21:24
Moscow seeking to hold Iranian-Arab conference: Russia FM
TEHRAN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced that Moscow is seeking to hold an Iranian-Arab conference whose agenda will include the most pressing regional issues.
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2022-01-14 22:00
Russia’s Lavrov announces real progress in Iran nuclear deal talks
TEHRAN - Real progress has been achieved at the Iran nuclear deal talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced during a press conference on Russian diplomatic activities in 2021, TASS reported on Friday.
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2022-01-12 21:37
Iran FM: Our neighbors have right to know what’s going on in Vienna
TEHRAN — Speaking upon his arrival at Tehran late on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Iran informs its neighbors about what is going on in the Vienna talks.
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2022-01-11 10:39
By M. A. Saki
Beijing opposes expanding nuclear talks to regional issues: Chinese professor
“JCPOA is not just an issue between Iran and the United States”
TEHRAN - A Chinese professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Shanghai International Studies University says that Beijing does not support the expansion of the Iran nuclear deal to all other regional issues.
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2022-01-11 10:03
By Mohammad Mazhari
Scholar says U.S. less reliable of a partner now than it was before Trump
TEHRAN - A professor from Hamline University says that the U.S. reputation suffered greatly during the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency so that the U.S. is now “less reliable of a partner”.
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2022-01-10 21:36
E3 must match its speed with Iran
TEHRAN— As the Vienna talks enter a sensitive stage, the Western media outlets and the European troika, also known as E3, are trying to blame Iran for “slow progress,” but they seem to have forgotten that that ship has sailed.
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2022-01-10 21:35
Source dismisses report on ‘2-year deal’ in Vienna talks
TEHRAN – A source close to the Iranian nuclear team has dismissed as “fake” a report claiming that Tehran and the P4+1 group (Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) have agreed on an interim two-year deal in the Vienna talks intended to lift sanctions on Iran.
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2022-01-10 12:54
By Mohammad Mazhari
A new deal will recognize current state of Iran's nuclear program: professor
“Progress in Vienna talks, though limited, is promising”
TEHRAN - An American academic says a new deal will have to be crafted in Vienna in which the recent developments in Iran’s nuclear program are “recognized”.
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2022-01-08 21:28
Sanctions-removal working group meets in Vienna
TEHRAN — Late on Saturday a working group meant to lift oppressive sanctions on Iran convened a session with experts from Iran the P4+1 group in attendance at Palais Coburg in Vienna.
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2022-01-08 21:04
Iran urges West to show good faith in Vienna
TEHRAN – In his latest comment on the Vienna talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said the talks are moving in the right direction.
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2022-01-07 23:12
Iran diplomat meets South Korean counterpart, says Seoul obliged to release assets
TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, met with his South Korean counterpart in Vienna amid ongoing talks in the Austrian capital aimed at removing U.S. sanctions on Iran.
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2022-01-07 23:01
FM says Iran wants guarantees sanctions will not be reimposed
TEHRAN - Iran’s foreign minister has said an agreement can be reached with world powers over its nuclear deal if Western parties have the will and intention to do so.
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2022-01-04 21:42
Expert: Iran has valid reasons not to trust U.S.
TEHRAN — An international affairs expert says there are various valid reasons for Iran not to trust the United States.
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2022-01-04 21:20
Credible guarantees vital for success of Vienna talks
TEHRAN – As negotiators from Iran and the P4+1 group of countries resume talks in Vienna, a set of thorny issues appears to require more time and energy.
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2022-01-04 16:32
Top Western diplomat: U.S. should take ‘meaningful first step’ to put JCPOA on right track
TEHRAN – A senior Western diplomat has said since it was the United States that quit the nuclear deal and imposed sanctions on Iran it must take a “meaningful first step” to revitalize the agreement, Politico reported on January 3.
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2022-01-02 22:29
JCPOA experience shows Iran cannot trust U.S.: analysis
TEHRAN-- In a commentary on Dec. 28, Middle East Eye said the main lesson that the Iranian people and their rulers have drawn from their JCPOA experience is that Iran can never trust the U.S.
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2022-01-01 22:18
By M.A. Saki
Iran’s flexibility needs to be reciprocated by West if it is serious in Vienna talks: ex-diplomat
TEHRAN - A former Iranian diplomat says if the West is serious to revitalize the 2015 nuclear agreement, like Iran it also needs to show flexibility in the Vienna talks.
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2021-12-30 02:17
JCPOA negotiators agree on ‘common understanding’ on nuclear steps, lifting sanctions: China
TEHRAN – Representatives from China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and Iran are negotiating in Vienna to bring back the 2015 nuclear, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, back to life.
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2021-12-30 02:08
Now is not the time to threaten Iran with greater pressure: Ulyanov
“Let’s not set up artificial deadlines”
TEHRAN – Stating that now is not the time to threaten Iran with greater pressure, Russian representative to the Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov said all countries, including Iran and the United States, look for the restoration of the deal.
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2021-12-30 01:58
Russian diplomat says optimistic about success of Vienna talks
TEHRAN – Expressing optimism about revitalization of the JCPOA, Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations has said all necessary conditions have been provided for achieving success at the Vienna talks.
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2021-12-29 20:37
Setting deadlines won’t work
TEHRAN – As the Vienna talks moved on in the waning days of the year 2021, European and American negotiators toned down their hostile rhetoric against Iran but failed to come up with a constructive initiative to get the talks moving ahead.