Politics

Excessive demands by the US government and its allies from Iran over its nuclear energy program will backfire against Western interests, three university professors write for Press TV.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano held a meeting in Vienna on Tuesday morning to review the two sides' cooperation and the trend of talks between Iran and the world powers.

Official talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and G5+1 resumed on Tuesday in Vienna.

Iran and the six world nations – known as the P5+1 – are determined to start drafting a comprehensive deal in Vienna talks, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi was quoted as saying on Sunday by Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, rapporteur of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

A high-profile German delegation has arrived in Iran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials aimed at bridging the gap between Tehran and Berlin in the negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear energy program.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed reports about the deployment of Iranian forces in Iraq, but expressed Tehran’s preparedness to provide any help upon Baghdad’s request to fight the Takfiri militants.

Thirty agents linked to the terrorist group al-Qaeda have been apprehended across Iran over the past month, says the country’s deputy intelligence minister.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a telephone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki discussed the latest developments in Iraq as well as ways to uproot terrorism.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Nobuo Kishi in a meeting in Tehran discussed different avenues for the further expansion of relations and cooperation between the two Asian states.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and senior negotiator Seyed Abbas Araqchi underlined that talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Ryabkov in the Italian capital were specially important on the threshold of the multilateral negotiations between Tehran and the world powers in Vienna later this month.

Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Hossein Salami underlined IRGC's full readiness to foil enemies' plots, and said the enemies of Iran are in their weakest position.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in a phone talk discussed the latest developments in the region, specially the recent terrorist operations in Iraq.

Commander of Iran's basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi condemned the crimes committed by Takfiri and Salafi groups in different regional states, specially in Syria and Iraq, and said these groups which are supported by the US have scratched the beautiful face of Islam.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian announced Tehran's full support for Iraq's war on the terrorists who have intensified their operations in the Arab country.

Iran has condemned recent acts of terrorism in Iraq, including the seizure of the Turkish Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, by militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Iranˈs Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) chief Ali Shamkhani said the growing presence of the terrorists affiliated to Daesh group in Iraq is a threat to the whole region.

Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator has said the second day of Iran-US nuclear talks was held in a positive atmosphere in Vienna.

Iran has strongly condemned terrorist attack in Iraq by the DAESH in Mosul and Kirkuk.

Turkish president has received Iran’s Hassan Rouhani who is visiting the country.

In Iran, 230 Parliamentarians has signed a statement where they believe Syrian recent election displayed government and people’s political power.

Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator has said Iran and US would negotiate on Tehran nuclear program, Monday and Tuesday (June 9, 10) in Geneva.

Iran’s FM has said president Rouhani and Turkish counterpart, PM will talk on common issues and problems in Rouhani's upcoming visit to Turkey.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker has said Iran should expand parliamentary and economic relations with Singapore.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham strongly condemned the recent deadly terrorist attack on Iraq's holy city of Samarra.

Singaporean Parliament Speaker Halimah Yacob is due to arrive in the Iranian capital later today to confer with senior Iranian officials on the expansion of relations in all the various fields.