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G7 Urge Tehran to Bring Successful Conclusion To Nuclear Talks

The G7 group of nations urged on Saturday Iran to benefit from the current opportunity and facilitate the nuclear talks, which have been veering between success and failure for months now. “It is high time for Iran to seize the opportunity and bring negotiations which started in Vienna more than…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 15, 2022

Nuclear talks: Iran’s Raisi launches major economic reform

President announced reforms a day before the EU’s coordinator for nuclear deal negotiations arrived in Tehran.

Al Jazeera · May 12, 2022

Iran's Shamkhani Receives Iraqi Speaker, Asserts Response to Any Action that Harms National Security

The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, has warned that Tehran would react swiftly and decisively to any action to harm his country's security from Iraqi territory. Shamkhani spoke during his reception of the Iraqi Speaker, Mohammad al-Halbousi, who arrived on his first visit to Tehran since…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 28, 2022

Iran Seeks 'Creative Ways' to Nuke Deal after Russian Demand

A top Iranian official said Monday that his country is seeking “creative ways” to restore its nuclear deal with world powers after Russia's foreign minister linked sanctions on Moscow over its war on Ukraine to the ongoing negotiations. The tweet by Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's powerful Supreme National…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 7, 2022

Bitter Experience with US Is Reason for Iran to Push for Sustainable Nuclear Deal, Says Top Official

"Bitter experience" with broken US promises has made it inevitable that Iran will push to defend its interests by securing a "reliable" nuclear agreement, its top security official said on Wednesday, according to the Nour-news website. "Bitter experience with the US breach of promises and European inaction have made it…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

Tehran, Damascus Hold Security Coordination Meeting to Confront US Moves

Security talks between Iran and Syria were conducted in Tehran at a time when Syria’s Special Adviser at the Republic Presidency Luna al-Shebel announced Damascus having information about extremist fighters leaving the Middle East region and heading to Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Speaking to Sputnik on Monday, al-Shebel revealed that the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 1, 2022

Iran: 'Significant Progress' Seen in Vienna Nuclear Talks

Talks in Vienna on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers have made "significant progress", Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday at a weekly press briefing. Separately, Iran's top security official Ali Shamkhani said talks with European negotiators were ongoing and would continue while…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 21, 2022

Iran Says Verification, Guarantees Integral to ‘Good Deal’

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, has indicated that verification and guarantees would be among the things needed to reach an agreement to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. This comes at a time when British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss has informed her Iranian counterpart that it…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 16, 2022

Tehran Accuses the West of ‘Tampering with Text, Time’

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has accused Western states of “tampering with the text and playing for time” at the Vienna negotiations aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal. However, he said that arriving at a good deal was at hand. For his part, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2022

Tehran Demands 'Balance of Commitments’ at Vienna talks

Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Sunday that Tehran and Washington are still far from achieving the required “balance” in commitments at the Vienna talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal. “Despite limited progress in the Vienna talks, we are still far from…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 7, 2022