Iran’s top security official has ruled out any direct negotiations with the United States in the Austrian capital Vienna where diplomats from Iran and the P4+1 are trying to find a way to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
Tel Aviv will address its misgivings about an emerging new Iran nuclear deal in future bilateral arrangements with Washington, an Israeli official said on Monday.
An Iranian man who committed murder 18 years ago and was struggling with the nightmare of execution all these past years was shocked to hear that the victim’s parents had forgiven him, and had a heart attack.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says there has been “considerable progress” during the Vienna talks on revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, stressing that Tehran is awaiting steps by Europe and the United States.
A training jet of the Iranian Army’s Air Force has crashed in the northern city of Tabriz, reportedly killing three people.
The F-5 fighter jet crashed, due to “technical faults” in its systems, near Tabriz International Airport in the northwestern side of the city.
Oil prices calmed down after fluctuating initially on Monday, as investors eyed contrasting scenarios of tighter Russian energy supplies due to the Ukraine crisis and more crude coming to the market on a possible nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
Japan’s ambassador to Iran says investment in the solar energy, petrochemical and iron industries in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan is “very attractive” for Japanese companies.
The US has intelligence indicating orders have been sent to Russian commanders to proceed with an attack on Ukraine, according to two US officials and another source familiar with the US intelligence. Moscow denies any such plan.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has told his Norwegian counterpart Ms. Anniken Huitfeldt that Tehran is ready to expand ties with Oslo in several areas, especially oil and gas.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan has separately met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. The Saudi diplomat talked about various issues, including the Vienna talks on the revival of the Iran nuclear deal and Yemen, with American and European officials.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov says Russia has no plan to invade anyone, and given its history is the last country in Europe which wants to even speak the word "war”.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for a promotion of relations with Uzbekistan in various fields, saying Tehran sees no limit to further expansion of relations with Central Asian states.
The United Nations has denounced Israeli forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the occupied West Bank. The UN has criticized the move as a “violation of international law”.
More than 250 Iranian lawmakers have demanded the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi not enter into a deal with the P4+1 without obtaining necessary guarantees.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has once again urged the US and the EU troika to make due decisions to pave the way for a good deal with Iran in Vienna.
Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across Iran, is gradually driving the daily death toll higher, with more patients diagnosed with COVID-19 being admitted to hospitals countrywide.
A former senior official with Iran’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance has been served with a prison sentence and temporary dismissal from civil service over corruption.
Riyadh is looking to schedule a fifth round of direct talks with Tehran despite a “lack of substantive progress” in previous rounds, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud says.
