Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Iran held no direct talks with the US regarding the Vienna Talks in the past few months, adding that some messages have been received through EU Foreign Policy Chief Enrique Mora though which were given a prompt response. Khatibzadeh made the remarks during his weekly press briefing ...

DeputyForeign Minister Abbas Araqchisays Iran and the USwill have no direct or indirect talksin Vienna, where theremaining parties to a 2015 nuclear deal will meet Tuesday to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Tehran. He made the remarks on Sunday, two days after participants at the virtual meeting of theJoint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)Joint ...

Spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saeed Khatibzadeh on Saturday dismissed direct talks between Iran and the US. In reaction to media hype on Iran-US direct talks, Khatibzadeh said that the news of direct dialogue between Iran and the US is not true as stated. He stressed that no direct talks have been conducted between the two ...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran is not interested in direct contact with the US, and the JCPOA is the right format that the talks should take place in. "Iran's request is realistic, and that is for the United States to lift sanctions and return to the nuclear deal. I do not see any other alternative," saidAraghchi in ...

Kyodo- Iran's foreign minister said Thursday he is not interested in negotiating with the United States after it pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal and reinstated stifling economic sanctions on Tehran. "No, there is no possibility for negotiations," Mohammad Javad Zarif answered when asked in an interview with Kyodo News and other Japanese news outlets ...

August 2, The Iran Project - US President Donald Trump's comments about wanting to open a new dialogue without any precondition with Tehran have drawn various reactionswith either caution or doubt. On Monday (July 30), Donald Trump at ajoint news conference with Italian premier said that he is willing to meet with Irans leadership with "no preconditions",...

AFP | Dave Clark, Laurence Benhamou: Washington and Tehran's top diplomats confronted each other for the first time Wednesday as envoys scrambled to save the Iran nuclear deal from a skeptical Donald Trump. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met as signatories to the 2015 accord at an EU-hosted event ...

Tasnim The spokesperson for the US State Department rejected any direct talks between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, but revealed that Washington has specific diplomatic channels to communicate with Tehran. Speaking to reporters at a press briefing on Thursday, Heather Nauert said she does ...

Tehran, February 18,The Iran Project Asthe US presidential election is approaching, it matters to Iran that which of the candidates or parties is better for it and why? In fact, waiting for the election's result by the completion of two terms of a US president is of especial importance for any US friend or foe. Iran historically has been interested ...

[caption id="attachment_150444" align="alignright" width="203"] Jim Slattery, a former U.S. congressman from Kansas.[/caption] With little fanfare, another taboo in U.S.-Iran relations has shattered. Jim Slattery, a former six-term DemocraticCongressman from Kansas, late last year became the first former or current American legislator to visit the ...

WASHINGTONU.S. officials said theres a possibility Secretary of StateJohn Kerrywill meet Iranian PresidentHasan Rouhanithis week on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Senior aides to Mr. Kerry, including spokeswoman Jen Psaki, refused to comment on whether such a meeting was in the works at the Swiss mountain resort. But if it occurs,...

Iran denounced theUSsuggestion that it play a role on the sidelines of the secondUnited NationsSyriapeace conference this month because the minimal role does not respect its dignity, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said Monday. But with skyrocketing sectarian violence throughout the region, particularly in Syria and Iraq, and the US beginning to withdraw ...

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[caption id="attachment_71869" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry[/caption] Keeping the interim nuclear deal on track, Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerryspoke by phone on Saturday. On Monday, both the Iranian Foreign Minister ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) In an interview with Washington Post, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif, asserted that despite new American sanctions against Iran he has called American Foreign Minister John Kerry. Iranian Foreign Minister said that despite hitting a snag in nuclear negotiations last week, Iran is ?committed 100 percent ...

The funeral service of Nelson Mandela could be a "trap" for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani because he could run intoUSPresident Barack Obama, a hardline Iranian daily warned Sunday. The Islamic republic has yet to announce who will travel to South Africa for Tuesday's memorial service and next Sunday's funeral for the late president andNobellaureate....

TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (MNA) Guardian has reported that Mandelas funeral ceremony will probably bring together Obama and Irans president Rouhani. World leaders are preparing to converge in unprecedented numbers on South Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral, likely to be one of the biggest global gatherings of powerful people in modern history. As South ...

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[caption id="attachment_45622" align="alignright" width="180"] Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif[/caption] Tehran, Nov 27, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that Irans talks with the US solely focused on nuclear issues. Addressing the parliaments Wednesday morning open session, he said Iran has had no negotiations with ...