TEHRAN (Tasnim) An informed source dismissed reports that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif would attend a ministerial meeting in Switzerlands Lausanne for talks on the Syria crisis. Foreign Minister Zarif has no plans to take part in the Lausanne meeting, IRIB quoted the source as saying after reports suggesting that the top Iranian ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the recent nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and world powers in Lausanne, Switzerland, was not perfect, but at the same time described it as a balanced agreement. In a Wednesday interview with Washington Posts reporter David Ignatius in New York University, United States,...

An Indian delegation is expected to visit Iran this week to discuss investment opportunities in Iran's oil industry as investment prospects in the country improve following a recent understanding with the P5+1 group over Tehrans nuclear program. Officials from India's finance and oil ministries, speaking on condition of anonymity, were quoted on ...

Berlin, April 8, IRNA -- Germany strongly defended the Lausanne framework agreement amid the Israeli criticism, saying it was a ' very good basis' for reaching a final comprehensive nuclear accord with Iran. Talking at a weekly news conference in Berlin on Wednesday, deputy foreign ministry spokeswoman Sawsan Chebli said many questions which were ...

Tehran, April 7, IRNA According to a recent survey conducted by Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), 96.3% of Tehranis are grateful of efforts made by Iranian nuclear negotiating team led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. 82.6% of the respondents said they felt happy, calm and hopeful after they heard about Lausanne framework agreement....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani underlined that the joint statement issued after the nuclear talks between Tehran and the world powers in the Swiss city of Lausanne was just the start of an unleveled path to a final, practical deal. "The nuclear statement is the start point of an almost rough path ...

Tehran, April 7, IRNA Lausanne nuclear negotiations was a big step forward in reaching the comprehensive final deal, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters before leaving Moscow for Beijing, he urged all sides of talks to do their best to protect Lausanne negotiations' achievements. Wang Yi praised Iran and G5+1 ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi said the Swiss statement issued jointly by Tehran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) will not damage the foundations of Iran's nuclear industry. "We have agreed on certain limitations which will not leave any impact on the normal course of our nuclear ...

The Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly said Monday what the government has done this year for the nuclear issue offers a bright prospect for the country, adding that the Lausanne statement is a good sign when it comes to the settlement of Irans nuclear dispute. Ali Larijani further said that parliament supports the countrys negotiating ...

Sleepless nights punctuated by passionate outbursts characterized an extraordinary week of negotiations in Switzerland that led to an historic framework agreement on Iran's nuclear programme. The US Secretary of State John Kerry admitted to the BBC there was at least one point when he thought he might walk away from the table. Senior US administration ...

Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Prov., April 6, IRNA - A Sunni parliamentarian said in this southern province on Monday that the righteousness and innocence of Iran was proven in Lausanne joint statement. Talking to IRNA, Molavi Nazir Ahmad Salami underscored that the world has realized that Iran has the right to use peaceful nuclear power. The ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian deputy minister of road and urban development said American shipping lines may return to Iranian ports after the removal of Western economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Mohammad Saeednejad, who also heads Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, pointed to the positive ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan and Jordan underlined that the nuclear understanding achieved by Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in Lausanne is of paramount importance for the reinvigoration of regional peace and security. The Iraqi president's office, the Lebanese parliament, the Jordanian ...

VATICAN CITY In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Cautious hope ran through Francis' "Urbi et Orbi" Easter message, a kind of papal commentary ...

Tehran, April 5, IRNA A senior Iranian parliamentarian Alaaedin Boroujerdi said the outcome of Lausanne meetings practically paved the way for Iran to join the club of nuclear technology owners. Talking to reporters on Sunday, he said the parliaments National Security and Foreign Policy Committee is going to hold a meeting with Foreign Minister ...

TurkeyandBrazilmediated previous negotiations over Iran's disputed nuclear programme in 2010. Turkeywelcomed an initial agreement between Iran and world powers on curbingTehran's nuclear programme but said on Friday it hopedTehranwould go further by the deadline for a final deal at the end of June. Iran and six world powers, known as the ...

(Reuters) -Iranon Thursday agreed to significantly reduce the number of installed uranium enrichment centrifuges it has to 6,104 from 19,000 and will only operate 5,060 under a future comprehensive nuclear deal with six powers, according to a U.S. fact sheet. Iranwill gradually receive relief from U.S. and European Union nuclear sanctions as it ...

Photos of joint press conference with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Lausanne,�Switzerland, on Thursday after eight days of marathon talks. �By Tasnim

US President Barack Obama delivers his address as a breakthough deal on Iran's nuclear program was reached in Switzerland. US President Barack Obama said Thursday followinga decision ofthe P5+1 and Iran onthe framework ofthe future nuclear agreement that a "historic deal" was reached withTehran. The US president said that sanctions helped tobring ...

Secret parameters would be included in any agreement over the future of Irans nuclear programme, say diplomats, as Lausanne summit enters eighth day. Foreign ministers at talks in Lausanne on Irans nuclear programme have said they are inching towards a joint statement, which would be accompanied by a set of agreed parameters that would be kept secret,...