Opportunities still exist for the parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to come to an agreement in Vienna, Russia’s lead negotiator said a day before the resumption of the high-profile negotiations in the Austrian capital. Iran says it is ready for a good agreement provided that the other parties to the JCPOA return to their obligations under the deal.
The United States and its partners are likely to exert pressure on Iran if it uses talks scheduled to resume in Vienna on Monday as pretext to accelerate its nuclear programme, the U.S. special envoy to Iran says. The US withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018, re-imposing anti-Tehran sanctions. Iran in retaliation scaled back its commitments under the deal.
Experience shows that the west does not seek to implement a deal. Rather, it seeks to score public perception points by announcing one while stealthily “dis-implementing” the agreement in every possible way, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri wrote in an op-ed in The Financial Times.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has highlighted the expanding relations between Iran and Tajikistan at a meeting with his Tajik counterpart, saying the very good relations between the two countries in the fields of trade, culture and economy will continue forcefully.
The three parties that make up Germany’s coalition government have said the new administration in Berlin will remain committed to the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA.
Iran's nuclear negotiating team, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri, held bilateral and trilateral meetings in Austria’s Vienna on Sunday. It comes ahead of Monday's resumption of nuclear negotiations aimed at removing US’s anti-Iran sanctions.
The World Health Organization’s representative in Iran says four million Afghan refugees have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Iran, which is a great achievement.
A high-ranking European official says the European Union does not recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen made the remarks at the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
A top Chinese diplomat says the International Atomic Energy Agency should be involved in the security pact for the transfer of a nuclear submarine to Australia, like the Iran nuclear deal.
A joint investigating committee formed by the Iranian and Iraqi judiciaries has issued a joint communiqué about the assassination of Iran’s anti-terror icon General Qassem Soleimani and his entourage including Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
The Intelligence Organization of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has dealt a heavy blow to an organized crime network that smuggled home appliances.
Iran’s ambassador to Syria says Tehran stands ready to provide Damascus with the necessary tools and experience it needs to cope with illegal Western sanctions.
