[caption id="attachment_124013" align="alignright" width="240"] Secretary of State John Kerry gestures while participating in the Sixth Annual Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen[/caption] MUNICH Secretary of State John F. Kerry said in an interview broadcast Sunday that it would be impossible to extend ...

[caption id="attachment_79031" align="alignright" width="180"] Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi arrives in Montreux on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in advance of peace talks with opposition leaders.[/caption] Syrias information minister, speaking in Montreux, Switzerland, the day before peace talks were set to begin denied a civil war was raging ...

In several key speeches and interviews, new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has outlined his views on war and peace. Any government that decides on war, we consider that a weakness. And any government that decides on peace, we look on it with respect, Rouhani said in his first interview for American television. The president also urged world leaders ...

Obama administration praises 'welcome rhetoric' over nuclear weapons and says meeting is possible next week in New York. The White House has hinted at the possibility of a historic meeting with Iranian presidentHassan Rouhaniduring his visit to theUnited Nationsnext week, praising what it called "welcome rhetoric" fromIranonnuclear weapons. In ...

Outline of nuclear deal begins to emerge before UN debut as president says people should 'be completely free in private life' PresidentHassan Rouhanihas signalled his intention to lead a newIranon to the international stage at the United Nations next week, laying out a manifesto for personal freedom at home and compromise abroad. "We want the ...

In his first American television interview, President Hassan Rouhani signaled an interest in improving relations with the United States. Less than a week earlier, President Barack Obama revealed that he had privately communicated with Irans new president. Rouhani described the tone of Obamas letter as positive and constructive in his interview with ...

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said he was "very encouraged" by Iran's pledge not to seek nuclear weapons. Rasmussen, speaking in Brussels on September 19 at an event organized by the Carnegie Europe think tank, said he believed it was in Iran's own interest to engage with the international community. "If what we have seen from ...

(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a television interview, said his country is not seeking war and thatIranwants the Middle East to have "rule by the will of the people." His comments came during the second part of an interview with NBC News that aired on Thursday, just days before he travels to New York for an appearance at theUnited ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iranian President Hasan Rouhani says his people should be free to think, speak and seek information on the Internet, subject to "the protection of our national identity." In an interview with NBC News in Tehran, Rouhani said that a "commission for citizens' rights" will be established "in the near future." He said the viewpoint ...

SUMMARY:The manoeuvring via public relations over nuclear talks escalated on Wednesday, with President Rouhani giving an interview to an American TV channel and both Washington and Tehran confirming Rouhanis exchange of letters with Barack Obama opening up discussions on the issue. Rouhani, telling NBC News that Iran will never develop nuclear weapons,...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says he has full authority to negotiate a deal with the West over the Islamic Republics nuclear energy program. The Iranian president made the remark in an interview with American TV channel NBC in Tehran on Wednesday. Rouhani also reiterated that Tehran does not seek nuclear weapons. The comments come ahead ...