A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator has called on the six major world powers to remain “realistic” in the talks.

The nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 powers have reached a critical stage. I am reasonably confident that by next month’s deadline, we can reach a comprehensive agreement that will assure the world that Iran’s nuclear program will remain exclusively peaceful.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham strongly condemned the recent Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and lawmakers in Gaza, describing it as an indication of the Zionists' weakness and internal rifts.

Micheal Mann, the spokesman of the EU foreign policy chief, said Iran and the six world powers are working on the text of a possible agreement in their talks in Vienna, adding that the seven teams of negotiations are resolved to work out a deal pleasant to all parties.

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.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maleki is powerful enough to defeat Daesh terror group, President of Center for Strategic Research of the Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati said on Tuesday.

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

Photos of Iran and Nigeria match in World Cup 2014

Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz hailed his players after they opened their campaign in Group F with a gutsy goalless draw against Nigeria.

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.

Iran hosted two matches against Brazil in the world league at Azadi Sport Complex where they achieved one win and one loss.

Around 1.5 million Iraqis have volunteered to join battles against the militants of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The Pentagon says the US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush and more than 50 attack aircraft are in the Persian Gulf, ready to launch attacks against Takfiri militants in Iraq.

A major Islamic center in Egypt has issued a religious decree forbidding Muslims from joining the Takfiri militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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.

Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the US and its allied authoritarian regimes in the Middle East are behind the Takfiri atrocities in Iraq.

The 24th edition of 24th International Handicrafts Exhibition has been mounted at Tehran’s International Permanent Fairground.

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.

Iran national volleyball squad once again defeated Brazil in a 2014 FIVB World League match, this time in Tehran.

Sistani issues call to arms against Iraq ISIL Iraq's top Shiite religious authority Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called Iraqis Friday to take up arms against the foreign backed militants who have overrun swathes of the country after launching a major offensive.

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.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – an al-Qaeda offshoot -- has been careful to reveal little about himself and his whereabouts.

Muslim Shiites rejoice on birth anniversary of Imam Mahdi, twelve Shiites' last Imam from Prophet Mohammad's household.