TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) Former Swedish foreign minister Nils Daniel Carl Bildt met with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday morning. Carl Bildt who is in Tehran to hold talks with Iranian officials, met with Dr. Zarif on Monday exchanging views on bilateral issues. Dr. Zarif will also hold talks and consultations with German ...

Tehran, Feb 5, IRNA The first step of talks between Iran and the 3+3 states was positive and the Geneva deal implementation would continue based on good will of both sides, senior official at the Expediency Council said Wednesday. Chairman of the councils Center for Strategic Research Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting ...

Chairman of Irans Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says the West should not lose the opportunity to expand relations with the Islamic Republic. The conditions are ripe for the development of relations between Iran and all countries in different sectors, Ayatollah Rafsanjani said in a meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl ...

Tehran, Feb 5, IRNA Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhanion Wednesday cautioned the western governments against putting forward subsidiary issues to harm the atmosphere of dialogue and bring about unpredictable marginal problems. In a meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, he referred to ongoing talks between Iran ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project's Iran research team. (E) = Article in English Excerpts of these translations may only be used with the expressed consent of the authors. Military and Security Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah ...

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has called on the European Union (EU) to engage in broad dialogue with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Bildt made the statement in a Wednesday tweet from Tehran where he is on a state visit. The EU should engage in new and broad dialogue with Iran. Build new trust over the gulfs of mistrust of the past, he tweeted....

Irans Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the time is ripe for Tehran and the six major world powers to reach a final agreement through negotiations, goodwill and mutual trust. Irans membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency, acceptance of the NPT [nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] and the issuance of a fatwa by Leader of the Islamic Revolution ...

Diplomacy with Iran is picking up fast. Followingrecent tripsby German,French, Italian and European Union parliamentarians, a delegation ofBritish lawmakers, headed by former minister of foreign affairs Jack Straw, visited Tehran in early January. In December,Emma Bonino, Italys foreign minister, became the first senior Western official tovisit Iranafter ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project's Iran research team.   Politics Addressing a summit of university heads, President Hassan Rouhani said the views of the academics were being drowned out by some illiteratescriticizing the administration's ...

Tehran, Feb 4, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday received Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt. The two sides in the meeting discussed issues of mutual interest. Bildt is the first Swedish foreign minister to visit Iran in about 13 years. He came to Iran on Monday on a three-day visit. He met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad-...

Tehran, Feb 4, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad on Tuesday criticized US administration for futile attempt to exert pressure on Iran saying that the US must abandon its illegitimate policy toward Iran. Speaking in a joint press conference with his visiting Swedish counterpart Karl Bildt, Zarif said that Iran has repeatedly announced that imposing sanctions ...

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Tehran, Feb 4, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed Tuesday that the talks have to end in removal of all anti-Iran sanctions. Zarif made the remark in a joint press briefing with his visiting Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt. By removing all restrictions, the ground will be prepared for more rational game between the players, noted ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 4 (MNA) Irans FM has received Sweden counterpart Carl Bildt in Tehran Tuesday morning. Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt arrived in Tehran on Monday and met Irans foreign minister Mohammd Javad Zarif on Tuesday morning.He also visited Isfahan. Both foreign ministers will hold a joint press conference after their meeting. The Swedish ...

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is scheduled to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on mutual, regional and international issues, a top Iranian official says. Immediately after his arrival in Iran on Monday, the Swedish foreign minister traveled to the city of Isfahan to visit historical monuments and he will return to Tehran to hold talks ...

Nasim Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt announced in his twitter account that is heading to Isfahan, to visit UNESCO World Heritage, to start his four-day visit aimed at bolstering Irans interim nuclear deal with the West. Taking off for Isfahan in Iran after a couple of hours of interesting talks with friends in Istanbul; Isfahan has UNESCO World ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:     Iran Air Force to stage joint wargames: Commander The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) plans to hold joint military exercises with other units of the countrys Armed Forces in the next Iranian year (starts on 21 March 2014), said a top commander of the force on ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt plans to pay an official visit to Tehran on Monday to confer with senior Iranian officials on the consolidation of the bilateral relations. During his two-day visit to Tehran, Bildt will meet his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and other senior Iranian officials. Earlier this week, ...

The Iranian deputy foreign minister for European and American affairs says Swedish and Polish foreign ministers will visit Iran to discuss the development of ties with the Islamic Republic. Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi said on Saturday that Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt will arrive in the Iranian capital Tehran on February 3 while Polish Foreign Minister ...

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt will separately pay official visits to Iran within the next two months. The Polish and Swedish foreign ministers are scheduled to travel to Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials. The visits will come after Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino traveled ...