Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Zarif, Ashton to hold official talks in New York Thursday Senior member of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team Abbas Araqchi said Iran?s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will hold official talks in New York Thursday ...

Mashhad, Khorassan Razavi prov, IRNA Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Saturday that in the past eight years an adverse trend had been created in Iran?s relations with world countries. Except for the past eight years, Iran has always been following a systematic approach in its interaction with world countries,...