Foreign Policy

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev in Bishkek on the second leg of his four-nation tour of Central Asia.

Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister for special political affairs, has held phone talks with Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the senior negotiator for Yemen’s National Salvation Government.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov in Tashkent on the first leg of his Central Asian tour, which will later take him to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.

An informed source close to the Iranian negotiating team in Vienna says the agenda of the talks on April 6, 2021 will only include legal discussions on how parties to the 2015 nuclear deal should fulfill their obligations and how this should be verified.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his British counterpart Dominic Raab had a telephone conversation on Saturday upon the latter's request.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says Israel's fingerprint can be found in any "sedition" in Islamic countries, including the recent developments in Jordan.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated the Republic of Senegal’s President Macky Sall on the country’s National Day.

Iran says the United States will not be part of negotiations between Tehran and other signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), until Washington lifts all sanctions against Iran.

Iran says it will hold no direct or indirect negotiations with the United States during the upcoming talks in Vienna, and will not accept any step-by-step removal of sanctions.