Politics

The Russian president has expressed hope nuclear talks culminate in an acceptable agreement that encompasses the interests of all sides, stressing Iran’s right to enrichment on its own soil.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the Iranian nation will never bow to sanctions and pressures and will keep its nuclear facilities under any agreement.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says Iran has lived up to its commitments based on the Geneva nuclear deal with the six world powers, but noted that the anti-Tehran sanctions will remain in place.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran has complied with an interim agreement it reached with the P5+1 group of world powers on its nuclear program last November.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Iran and the P5+1 group have made progress in the latest round of nuclear talks in Vienna though they failed to achieve desirable outcomes.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says fresh round of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program will resume in December.

Iran's Assyrian and Armenian bishops in a letter to President Obama back the Vienna talks and a possible final deal on the country's nuclear program.

Hooman Majd, an Iranian-American journalist, says that a comprehensive nuclear accord would serve the interests of both sides and its possible failure would be to their detriment.

A surprise visit by the Saudi foreign minister to Vienna, the venue of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, has met with strong reactions from Iranian media.

With negotiators talking against the clock to hammer out a final deal between Iran and P5+1 and news coming in thick and fast, IFP has decided to bring its audience up to speed by the moment as national and international media outlets release reports about the latest developments in Vienna.

Javan, a Tehran-based daily, says failure to clinch a deal that does not remove all the sanctions imposed on Iran is a "victory".

With tough 24 hours ahead of nuclear talks, Zarif and Kerry had a one-on-one meeting in Vienna.

An extension of nuclear talks in Vienna would give the upper hand to the West, weakening Iran’s position in the talks, says a principlist website.

Even in case no deal is cut on November 24 in Vienna between Iran and P5+1, Iran’s nuclear talks will not go back to where it was, says Sadegh Zibakalam, a political analyst.

An editorial by an Iranian daily says Iran-P5+1 nuclear talks are nothing complicated and to solve the dispute a simple method is needed.

An extension of nuclear talks in Vienna would give the upper hand to the West, weakening Iran’s position in the talks, says a principlist website.

Two newly-overhauled SH combat helicopters and an anti-surface AB212 helicopter will soon be at the disposal of the Iranian Navy.

The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says Iran is ready to send weapons and [military] equipment to Iraq through legal channels in case Baghdad asks for that.

Kayhan, a principlist daily, urges Iranian nuclear negotiators to stick to demands that any nuclear deal include the termination of all sanctions.

A breakthrough in nuclear talks is said to be within reach with Iran pressing home the message that nothing short of a final deal would serve the interests of the entire region.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham says that Iran was the sole party which put new initiatives on the table during the nuclear talks in Vienna.

Nearly 4,000 Iranian security personnel have been killed fighting drug smugglers since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Also, the battle carries an annual price tag of $1 billion for Iran.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi has ruled out ‘special’ inspections by the IAEA of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Ali Larijani has hoped that the West could act wisely in the nuclear talks, warning the US against dissuading Iran from cooperating with the West.

The foreign ministry spokeswoman has blasted a resolution by the UN rights committee on rights situation in Iran, saying the UN’s legal mechanisms have turned into a tool in the hands of the West.