All News about Iran Nuclear Program – The Iran nuclear deal and the country’s nuclear energy program have been a focus of media reports in Iran and the world since the onset of nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1, which resulted in the JCPOA in 2015, and its implementation in 2016. The “Nuclear” section of IFP News offers an up-to-date coverage of these reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with French, German and British foreign ministers over Iran's nuclear program and Russia-Ukraine tensions, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said.
Iran's chief negotiator to the Vienna talks says good progress has been made regarding anti-Tehran sanctions removal during negotiations with the P4+1 group over the past days
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani held talks with the European Union deputy foreign policy chief Enrique Mora and the European troika representatives in Vienna on Thursday.
Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani says if the parties to the Vienna talks reach an agreement, the US must first lift anti-Iran sanctions and then Tehran, after verifying the sanctions removal, will conduct its nuclear activities in accordance with the nuclear deal, JCPOA.
A Tehran-based newspaper close to the Principlists says the new Iranian administration’s resort to a “strong logic” and insistence on its rights during the talks in Vienna on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal successfully put pressure on the US and made it soften its rhetoric.
Russia says the parties to the Vienna talks over the Iran nuclear deal have reaffirmed their determination to speed up the drafting of a final agreement.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has once again voiced optimism about the ongoing talks with the P4+1 group in Vienna, saying the negotiations are “on a good path”.
Iranian experts have entered Vienna’s Coburg Hotel for talks with representatives of the P4+1 group of countries over ways of removing anti-Iran sanctions.
The meeting of the Joint Commission of the Iran nuclear deal has begun in Vienna with the Iranian negotiator voicing optimism about the outcome of the talks.
China’s top negotiator in the Vienna talks has told Britain’s Sky news channel that gaps between Iran and the European troika are getting bridged and it is possible that a deal will be reached before February 2022.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister and top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri has held talks with the EU’s Deputy Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora in Vienna. This is Bagheri’s second meeting before the session of the joint commission of the nuclear deal.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has said the Islamic Republic will not accept anything beyond the 2015 nuclear deal, JCPOA, during sanctions removal talks in Vienna.
Iran’s foreign minister says guarantees on the removal of anti-Tehran sanctions and its verification are top on our agenda in the new round of Vienna talks scheduled to begin Monday.
The Iranian negotiating team in Vienna has rejected any “fake deadline” for the talks, a source says, stressing that the outcome hinges on how other parties approach the discussions.
Iran's atomic chief says the Islamic Republic will not enrich uranium beyond the current 60% purity even if negotiations with the P4+1 group in Vienna fail to produce an agreement, and sanctions imposed by the United States remain in place.
Moscow believes that the Iran nuclear deal officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is still topical and has no other alternatives, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. She was commenting on statements by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan over alternatives to the landmark agreement.
China says the US, as the culprit of the Iranian nuclear crisis, should overhaul its erroneous policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran, and “lift all illegal sanctions” on Tehran.
During the last two rounds of talks between Tehran and world powers in Austria, the Iranian team submitted new written proposals, about 80% of which were included in the existing draft, a European source says.
Russia’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Olyanov has welcomed a decision to resume the Vienna talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries next week.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran has not had any direct dialog with the US over these past months when the Vienna talks were underway. Khatibzadeh was referring to the US National Security Advisor’s claim that he gave Iran a direct message about Tehran’s nuclear program.
Informed sources say the US and European parties to the Vienna talks have suitable exchanges during the negotiations but tell media that the talks are not going forward and blame Iran, a Tehran-based newspaper reports.
