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The caretaker of Iran’s permanent mission in international organizations in Vienna says the new report by the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency reflects a number of positive developments including removal of one of the three Iranian sites from the list of alleged outstanding safeguard issues.
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says Tehran is considering putting forth initiatives to speed up the achievement of results in the Vienna talks.
An advisor to Iran’s negotiating team says the Vienna talks “aren’t over anyway,” with Tehran waiting for Russia’s clarifications over its requests from the US and for Washington to respond to the Islamic Republic’s “key demands” in the process.
President Ebrahim Raisi reaffirms Iran’s firm opposition to war and says the people in Ukraine, which has been the scene of a Russian military campaign, have in fact fallen victim to the “evil” policies of the United States.
A member of the Iranian Parliament’s Foreign Policy and National Security Commission says the draft of the agreement between Iran and the P4+1 group is ready but a couple of differences remain.
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the influential Iranian newspaper Keyhan, has said in a commentary that Iran should not let the US dodge its obligation to lift sanctions against the Islamic Republic during the nuclear talks in Vienna.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency agreed to speed up their talks and cooperation to help resolve outstanding issues as part of their joint statement for cooperation in August 26, 2020.
A spokesman for Iran’s Aviation Organization says 240 more Iranians return to the country from Poland where they had been staying temporarily after leaving Ukraine.
Iran’s foreign minister, in a meeting with the visiting head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stressed the need for an independent, professional and impartial approach by the IAEA.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Tehran welcomes the recent comments by the Saudi crown prince that Riyadh is willing to have ties with Iran.
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corp says the country has enough potent homegrown arms but its major weapon is the determination and faith of the Iranian people.
Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has in a message offered condolences to his Pakistani counterpart and families of the victims over the death of a number of people in Friday’s terrorist attack at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Russia's ambassador to international organizations and its chief negotiator in the Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov says that the text of the agreement between Iran and the P4+1 group has been finalized but several other issues need to be resolved.
An informed source says there are still three unresolved issues between Iran and the P4+1 group in addition to outstanding safeguards matters, in the Vienna talks.
Iran has sent a second emergency flight to Romania to bring home the Iranian students and other citizens who have arrived from Ukraine, which has been the scene of a full-blown Russian military operation for over a week.
An Iranian lawmaker says the talks in Vienna on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal was making progress well until recently, but the Western sides have turned “uncompromising” and been making mischief in the process over the past few days.
Iran is participating in International Exhibition of Security, Defense and War Industries in Baghdad along with 13 other countries and more than 60 companies.
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the International Organizations in Vienna says footage from IAEA cameras will remain with Iran until its 2015 nuclear deal is revived.
