Although extremists could not destroy sympathizers of the country, including effective managers, compassionate scholars, and wise academics, they made them stay at home, and society's status quo is largely due to an unwanted isolation of the country's efficient elites, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani affirmed. Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani made the ...

By France 24 AFP -EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday held her first face-to-face meeting since June with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, in a bid to get international talks over Tehran's disputed atomic programme restarted. No statements were made to the press at the beginning of the meeting which was held behind ...

By Washington Post VIENNA Irans nuclear chief is addressing a 155-nation meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency that will focus on Tehrans contentious atomic program as well as Mideast tensions over Israels nuclear capacities. Fereydoun Abbasi is expected Monday to again outline Irans refusal to give up uranium enrichment which it ...

Iran and the P5+1 - Russia, China, Britain, France, the US and Germany - are scheduled to resume talks and exchange views on a host of issues, particularly Iran's nuclear energy programin Istanbul on Saturday. According to Reuters, the meeting is widely seen as a chance for the powers and Iran to halt a downward diplomatic spiral and start to seek ...

By Jerusalem Post After prime minister dramatically adjourns the second day of a meeting on Iran because of leaks to the media, opposition leader says leaking of information from "holy sanctuary" is tantamount to "anarchy." Opposition leader Shaul Mofaz on Thursday supported Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's call for the Shin Bet (Israel Security ...

In a rare and dramatic move, PM decides not to hold 2nd part of meeting after confidential information leaked detailing disagreements between Mossad, Shin Bet, Army Intelligence over Iran nuclear issue. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unexpectedly canceled a security cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning, telling ministers that information from the ...