[caption id="attachment_150959" align="alignright" width="203"] A photo made available by the Iranian supreme leaders official website shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei greeting Iranian military officers in Tehran on Feb. 8. PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY[/caption] WASHINGTONIrans paramount political figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ...

Since Obamas announcement last week that he will normalize relations with Cuba, a number of commentators have analyzed what impact this might have on US-Iranian ties, particularly with respect to the ongoing negotiations on Irans nuclear program. Aside from neoconservatives, such asElliott Abrams, and other hawks, likeLindsey Graham and John McCainwho ...

VIENNA Just hours after nuclear talks betweenIranand six world powers missed a Monday deadline, yielding instead a seven-month extension of negotiations, one sign indicated a combative return to business as usual. In a speech to visiting Muslim clerics, Irans supreme religious leader,Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, devoted just two lines to the talks: In ...

WASHINGTON WhenPresident Obamawrote last month toIrans supreme leader, AyatollahAli Khamenei, urginghim to overcome a decade of mistrust and negotiate a deal limiting Tehrans nuclear ambitions, it was perhaps the presidents last effort to reach a reconciliation with Iran that could remake the Middle East. Today, Mr. Obama needs a foreign policy accomplishment ...

Despite the importance of the Nov. 24 deadline in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries, most likely the negotiations will neither collapse nor culminate with the desired agreement by that date. Failing to reach an agreement between Iran and the six powers has consequences, but success also carries many implications, and the ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- The fact that the US President sends a letter to Iran and at the same time issues orders for the renewal of the sanctions shows American duplicity and hypocrisy, Commander of Iran's Basij (volunteer) Forces Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi said. "Whatever the content of the letter, the more important point is how they also write ...

A senior Iranian cleric says the US must show goodwill with regard to Islamic Republic in action rather than through sending letters to Iranian officials. [US President Barack] Obama must show his goodwill in practice instead of through sending letters [to Iranian officials]. No sooner had he sent his letter [to Leader of the Islamic of Revolution ...

While criticized at home, the back-channel missive may set the stage for real detente Anyone perturbed by the revelation that Barack Obama wrote a secret letter to Iran's supreme leader regarding the ongoing nuclear negotiations probably has no stomach for what might be coming next. The window for a deal between Iran and world powers is closing ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani blasted the US officials for their hypocritical approach towards Tehran, saying Washington picks up a friendly tone in secret correspondence to Iranian leaders, but adopts tough and uncompromising stances in the public. "The US president has been writing letters ...

A top Iranian official has indicated thatthe Supreme Leader responded to President Obamas letterlast month about nuclear talks and the campaign against the Islamic State. Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council,said on Wednesday, The letters of the American president have a history of some years, and in some instances,...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Marie Donovan, and Dianna Timmerman. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. Official Statements Supreme ...

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[caption id="attachment_119327" align="alignright" width="170"] Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani[/caption] A senior Iranian official says US President Barack Obama has ona number ofoccasions sent letters to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic ...

Former US presidential candidate Mitt Romneys criticism of President Barack Obama for sending a secret letter to Iran is partisan attacks, a journalist says. Edward Corrigan said in a phone interview with Press TV on Sunday that while ISIL is a very serious destabilizing threat to the entire region, Romney was trying to scare the population from Iran....

Information in Israel's hands suggests the letter stressed the need to reach a nuclear deal and made clear U.S.-led strikes in Syria aren't aimed at toppling Assad. Israel learned independently about the secret letter U.S. President Barack Obama sent to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to a Jerusalem official who asked to remain anonymous ...

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[caption id="attachment_124764" align="alignright" width="216"] Obama said Wednesday the prospects of the Iran nuclear deal could be clarified in the next 3-4 weeks[/caption] WASHINGTON In a letter last month to AyatollahAli Khamenei,President ObamaurgedIrans supreme leader to seize the opportunity of the Nov. 24 deadline for negotiating a nuclear ...

[caption id="attachment_128122" align="alignright" width="209"] U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he speaks to the media during a news conference on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit at the China National Convention Centre (CNCC) in Beijing November 8, 2014.[/caption] (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State ...

With Irans nuclear talks with the 5+1 Powers entering a critical phase, the Tehran Friday Prayer of Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami (pictured) put out an interesting combination of signals. Khatami struck a tough line against the US, denouncing President Obamas statement that the Islamic Republic had agreed to negotiations because of the crippling effect ...