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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.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says a comprehensive deal over Tehran’s nuclear energy program is possible should six world powers not put forward excessive demands.
After Danesh-Ashtiani, President Rouhani’s fourth pick for the Ministry of Science, failed to secure the approval of parliament, he introduced Mohammad Farhadi to the chamber.
Ali Khorram, a former Iranian diplomat, says failure to strike a comprehensive deal in Vienna would be the worst possible scenario for nuclear negotiations.
Iran’s foreign minister has described his talks with P5+1 chief negotiator Catherine Ashton in Vienna as positive, saying the progress of the talks depends on the other party’s political will.
Week-long negotiations between Iran and P5+1 are to get underway in Vienna today, it still remains to be seen whether or not it will yield a final deal.
Islamic Revolution leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the enemy has created armed groups which kill civilians in the name of Islam only to promote Islamophobia.
Ali Larijani, the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, has said that Iran and Russia have amicable ties and continue their consultations on what is happening in the region.
The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said that conclusion of a final nuclear agreement will be a strong possibility if the other side takes a logical, non-political approach.
