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The Taliban says they have issued the necessary instructions in order to avoid a repeat of incidents similar to the Wednesday shootout which took place along the Iran-Afghanistan border.
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator to Vienna says Tehran has presented two draft documents for the removal of sanctions and also about Iran’s nuclear activities to the other parties to the talks.
Iran’s foreign minister has expressed hope the negotiating teams in the Austrian capital, Vienna, will arrive at an agreement over lifting of Iran’s sanctions if the Western parties to the talks act in good faith.
Iran’s parliament speaker says a “fair” agreement is within the reach in the ongoing Vienna talks with the remaining signatories to the nuclear deal, if the Europeans fulfill their commitments.
A local official in Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province says Wednesday’s clashes between Iranian border guards and the Taliban started after the Afghan forces opened fire on Iranian farmers, but the area is calm now.
Tehran has slammed Israel for “trumpeting lies” amid the talks between Iran and the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal in Vienna, focused on removal of US sanctions against Iran.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the Wednesday clashes along the borders with Afghanistan, which media reports said were due to a misunderstanding, have come to an end.
There is no alternative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Iran’s nuclear program, and proposals for other options are making it harder to salvage the deal, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman has denied as unfounded the media reports about an attack on an IRGC position in Yemen.
Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran has no military links with Yemen whatsoever.
The third day of talks aimed at removing the anti-Iran sanctions have started in Vienna’s Coburg Hotel between the Iranian delegation and representatives of the 4+1 group of countries.
A group of 25 Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to US President Joe Biden this week pledging to block any sanctions relief for Iran, as negotiators meet in Austria’s Vienna to try to reach an agreement on the nuclear deal.
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations says the US’s coercive actions and its illegal measures including unilateral sanctions have reduced the goal of sustainable development to an empty and meaningless slogan.
The working group tasked with the removal of the oppressive and illegal US sanctions against Iran has started meeting in Vienna with the participation of experts from the Islamic Republic and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal, JCPOA.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation, commonly known as Havānīrūz, has granted an Iranian kid suffering from cancer his last wish: Flying on a helicopter.
Representatives of Russia, China and the United States in the Austrian capital Vienna held a trilateral meeting on Monday evening to discuss the meeting between Iran and the P4+1 group that took place earlier in the day.
The Iranian foreign minister, in a phone conversation with the United Nations secretary general, reiterated that Tehran has attended the Vienna talks with good faith and is after a good agreement.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has told his French Counterpart Emmanuel Macron that the Islamic Republic is ready to continue cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his French counterpart Emanuel Macron have held a telephone conversation over Iran’s talks with the 4+1 group of countries and the European Union.
Head of the Iranian delegation at the Vienna talks aimed at removing the anti-Iran sanctions Ali Bagheri has underlined Tehran’s determination to reach a just understanding that serves the legitimate interests of Iran. Bagheri was speaking at the opening session of the negotiations on Monday evening.
Iran’s foreign minister says the new administration of the Islamic Republic seeks to continue cooperation with friends and neighbors including the United Arab Emirates.
Permanent Representative of Russia to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov on Monday said that he believes a feasible and practical agreement can be reached in the current round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P4+1 (Russia, China, France, and Britain plus Germany).
The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran will not accept any demands beyond the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA.
