Apolitical analyst has warned of efforts by anti-Iran political figures and the Israeli lobby in the US to impede the positive process which has begun on the standoff over Tehrans nuclear energy program. In a Friday interview withPress TV, Danny Schechter pointed to Irans successful Thursday talks with the six world powers over the issues surrounding ...

TEHRAN As word of Barack Obama and Irans president, Hassan Rouhanis, historic phone call spread here on Saturday morning, Iranians had a range of reactions to the surprising news, underscoring the delicacy of rekindling diplomatic ties after 34 years of estrangement between the two countries. Most people were surprised and happy that both Obama and ...

(Reuters) -Iranand the United States held their highest-level substantive talks in a generation on Thursday, saying the tone was positive but sounding cautious about resolving the long-running standoff over Iran's nuclear program. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met after Zarif held wider talks ...

[caption id="attachment_29783" align="alignright" width="180"] US Secretary of State John Kerry[/caption] (Reuters) - First there was a handshake, then an invitation to talk and finally a 30-minute tete-a-tete that made for the highest-level official meeting between the United States andIranin more than three decades. The opportunity for a rare meeting ...

[caption id="attachment_52512" align="alignright" width="180"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses foreign representatives at the UN Headquarters in New York, September 18, 2013.[/caption] (Reuters) -Iranproposed carrying out an agreement to address concerns about its nuclear program within a year at talks with major powers on ...

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he looked forward to a "good meeting" withIranand major powers on Thursday but would not address whatIranneeded to do to show a genuine desire to address its nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif meets his counterparts from Britain,China,France,Germany,Russiaand the United States ...

[caption id="attachment_29783" align="alignright" width="180"] US Secretary of State John Kerry[/caption] With the eyes of the world upon them, the United States and Iran will Thursday have one of their highest-level meetings since the 1979 revolution as their foreign ministers join talks on Tehran's suspect nuclear program. With the eyes of ...

At a meeting with influential editors and columnists today, Iranian President Rouhani urged the US not to see his refusal as a bad sign for negotiations. IransPresident Hassan Rouhaniexpanded his American charm offensive this morning, saying he was ready to alter decades of US-Iran hostility and that there was nothing we seek to hide about Irans controversial ...

A US political commentator says Israel is striving to nip the possible talks between the United States and Iran before they even bud. Danny Schechter, who is a television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic, made the remarks in an interview withPress TVon Wednesday, hours after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke at the UN ...

Sounding suspiciously like a done deal, both leaders include two-point 'declaration of principles' in their UN speeches, coupled with launch of 'result-oriented' talks. Take away the boasting and the bluster and what you have is this: U.S. PresidentBarack Obamaand Iranian PresidentHassan Rouhanihave presented a nearly-identical two-point plan aimed ...

(Reuters) - The United States andIranhave set the stage for what could become their most serious contacts in a generation, but direct talks on the Iranian nuclear program are likely to be slow, difficult and fragile. Years of sporadic negotiations between Tehran and world powers have failed to yield a deal for curbs on Iran's nuclear program in return ...

[caption id="attachment_29783" align="alignright" width="180"] US Secretary of State John Kerry[/caption] Mohammad Javad Zarif due to meet US secretary of state at UN in highest-level meeting since Iran's 1979 revolution. Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, is due to meet his US counterpart,John Kerry, on Thursday as international negotiations ...