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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Tehran has reached a good agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency that could dispel some of the concerns over the country’s peaceful nuclear program.
Russia says comments by its envoy to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Olyanov regarding centrifuges at Iran’s nuclear facilities were mistranslated into Farsi by Radio Farda, a Persian speaking media outlet run by the US.
The spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said the Vienna talks will definitely be successful and their results will be way bigger than the 2015 nuclear deal, JCPOA.
Iran’s chief negotiator to the Vienna talks Ali Bagheri Kani says the Islamic Republic and the P4+1 group have not yet begun a serious negotiation process to remove sanctions.
The chief of the general staff of the Iranian armed forces says the country has never missed the opportunity to develop its defensive capabilities and deterrence and is ready to take part in peace and truce processes.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday Washington continues to pursue diplomacy with Tehran regarding the return to nuclear negotiations because it was among the best options available.
The Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has rejected the media hype about Iran’s nuclear activities, saying Tehran will accept nothing beyond the agency’s Safeguards Agreement and the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations has rejected using force in cyberspace. Majid Takht Ravanchi said Iran has been a victim of cyber-attacks by the United States and Israel.
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed Vienna talks between Iran and the P4+1 countries, calling for removal of the US sanctions against Tehran under the 2015 nuclear deal and Security Council resolution 2231, which endorsed it.
The Iranian proposals at new round of nuclear negotiations will be properly considered and either incorporated or rejected or modified, Russia’s Permanent Envoy to International Organizations in Vienna said. Iran has put forth two draft proposals to European powers concerning the removal of sanctions and Tehran’s nuclear commitments.
Diplomatic delegations to the Vienna talks held intensive bilateral and multilateral meetings at different levels on Monday in a bid to reach a deal to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and remove oppressive anti-Iran sanctions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has always stressed that all anti-Iran sanctions which are illegal and contrary to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and UN Security Council Resolution 2231 must be removed.
Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says foreign troops are not needed in the Middle East as regional countries are totally capable of establishing security and defending their own interests.
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said even with the assassination of Iran’s top General Qassem Soleimani, the United States did not achieve its goal of dismantling the regional resistance.
The presidents of Iran and Turkmenistan have underlined the need to strengthen border cooperation and facilitate exchange of goods. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow also stressed the necessity of increasing trade cooperation in order to boost bilateral relations.
The Iranian negotiators have reportedly presented a list of the sanctions the US imposed on Iran during the Vienna talks and have protested against the measures.
Proposals put forward by Iran at the Vienna-hosted talks on the nuclear deal demonstrate Tehran's utmost seriousness about restoring the 2015 landmark agreement, a Russian diplomat says.
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator says as a result of interactions and meetings held over the past few days at the expert level and by senior negotiating officials in Vienna, the differences between Iran and the P4+1 group over negotiable issues are decreasing.
The third expert meeting, called the Executive Measures Working Group, was held Sunday in Vienna following the talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries aimed at lifting the oppressive US sanctions against Tehran
A source close to the talks between Iran and the remaining signatories to the nuclear deal in Vienna says excessive demands by the Europeans are slowing down the discussions.
