29 Mar 2024
Friday 1 February 2013 - 23:12
Story Code : 19161

Iranian FM hopes Kerry will soften US 'anti-Iran' policy

John KerryIran news headlines on Friday include Iranian FM expressing his hope for Kerry in his new post and urging a serious reaction to Israel's air strike ona research center near the Syrian capital; fall ofIran's crude exports to its Asian customersin 2013 due to sanctions; US warning Iran onupgrading its uranium enrichment centrifuges at Natanz plant andUS Vice President alarming Iran ondiplomacy over its nuclear programme not being unlimited.
 
Irans Salehi hopes Kerry will soften US policy
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi wished success to his new American counterpart John Kerry on Friday, and expressed the hope that he will manage to soften "anti-Iranian" US policy.Salehi said the former presidential candidate and senator was a known figure in the US foreign policy field and has good knowledge of current events in the Middle East.

 
Iran urges serious reaction to Israeli airstrike on Syria
Irans Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warns of an international plot in Syria, urging a serious reaction to Israels aerial assault on a research center near the Syrian capital to prevent the regime from repeating such attacks.


 
Clinton: window for Iran talks cant stay open too much longer
The window for negotiations withIranabout its nuclear program cannot stay open for "too much longer," outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday but she declined to provide a deadline."I don't think the window can remain open for too much longer (but) I am not going to put days, weeks or months on it," Clinton told a small group of reporters on the eve of her departure from the State Department.

 
Asia to deepen Iran oil import cuts in 2013 as sanctions bite
Iran's crude exports to its biggest customer, Asia, fell by a quarter in 2012 and shipments this year are expected to drop by at least 12 percent under U.S. sanctions pressure, but ample alternative supplies will keep refiners flush with oil.

 
US warns Iran over nuclear upgrade escalation
Iran's plans to upgrade its uranium enrichment centrifuges would be a "further escalation" in the nuclear stand-off, the US has warned.


White House spokesman Jay Carney said the move would also be in violation of UN resolutions on the issue.Iran earlier reportedly told the UN nuclear agency it planned an upgrade at its Natanz plant, which would allow to refine uranium at a faster rate.

 
Biden warns Iran: time for talk not unlimited
US Vice President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran that opportunities for diplomacy over its disputed nuclear programme were not unlimited, as he kicked off a three-country European tour.In an interview with the German Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily, Biden said the "burden of proof" that Iran was not seeking a nuclear weapon lay with the authorities in Tehran.

 

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