According to Reuters,Iranis optimistic about progress in talks with world powers over its nuclear programme but it will never give up its right to the peaceful use of atomic energy. Iransaid it was seeking an end to Western sanctions over its arms program during talks with world powers and criticized Francefor helping Israel, the only country in the ...

(Reuters) - Six world powers see a chance that Iran's relatively moderate new president, beset by sanctions and worried about unrest in the region trickling home, may be more amenable to compromise in a long-standing nuclear dispute, a senior Western diplomat said. The powers -Russia,China,France, Britain,Germanyand the United States - are hoping ...

(Reuters) - World powers expressed hope on Tuesday of resuming negotiations withIranover its disputed nuclear program "as soon as possible" but gave no indication of a possible date for any new talks. Senior diplomats from the six countries negotiating with Tehran - the United States,Russia,China,France, Britain andGermany- met in Brussels to map ...

[caption id="attachment_23920" align="alignright" width="210"] EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton listens to a question during her news conference after the high-level talks between world powers and Iranian officials in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 6, 2013.[/caption] (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will ...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Six world powers agreed on Wednesday to seek renewed talks withIranas fast as possible, reflecting a heightened sense of urgency to resolve a long rift over Tehran's disputed nuclear activity and avert the threat of war. Their call coincided with growing evidence of Iran expanding nuclear capacity in an underground bunker virtually ...

This article was written by Julian Borger, for guardian.co.ukonWednesday, June 20, 2012. Julian Borger is the Guardian's diplomatic editor.He was previously a correspondent in the US, the Middle East, eastern Europe and the Balkans. After Moscow, there is no discernible life left in this diplomatic process but it has to be kept going in the hope ...