The head of foreign policy for the European Union and the Iranian foreign ministry have announced that the next meeting between Iran and the 5+1 will be held in Vienna. The EU’s Catherine Ashton told ISNA and Reuters that the nuclear negotiations will take place on February 18 at the UN headquarters in the […]
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Iran to meet with 5+1 by next month
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Saturday January 25 that he and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton have agreed to set up a meeting between Iran and the 5+1 delegation by the end of February. The two met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos. Zarif reports […]
Iran to continue Geneva talks despite U.S. blacklisting
The Iranian foreign minister announced that while Washington’s move to blacklist new companies for their dealings with Iran is an “inappropriate” move, Iran will continue to push ahead with the Geneva talks. Mohammad Javad Zarif said on his Facebook page on Sunday December 15: “In the past days, inappropriate actions have been taken by […]
Mandela memorial becomes lightning rod for Iranian political intrigue
A spokesman for the Iranian government is denying reports published by a number of Iranian websites that the government has decided to send Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the funeral service of former South African president Nelson Mandela. The ceremony commemorating Mandela will take place on Tuesday December 10 at a soccer stadium […]
Iran Nuclear Talks Enter Third Day
Talks in Geneva between representatives of leading world powers and Iran over that country’s disputed nuclear program are entering their third day. The November 22 meeting will be the third and last in this round of talks, the third since Iranian President Hassan Rohani was elected in June. Britain, China, France, Russia, the United […]
Foreign minister criticized for comments on assault
The Keyhan daily and conservative MP Hamid Resai have denounced the foreign minister’s statements posted on his personal Facebook page condemning the assault on the daughters of MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, the opposition leaders under house arrest. Hamid Rezai said in Parliament: “Why should the foreign minister support the words of daughters of […]
Iran asks for “supportive media” during nuclear talks
Iran’s foreign minister has called on the media to refrain from “spreading rumours and erroneous translations of statements” during the nuclear negotiations in Geneva. Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that the nuclear negotiations are the result of a “national movement” and he called for a supportive media. On his personal Facebook page, Zarif writes: “Tomorrow […]
Iranian FM Calls For ‘New Approach’
Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran and world powers must come up with a new approach in their negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. In an interview broadcast on CNN on October 6, Javad Zarif said there is a need to put an end to what he termed a “lose-lose situation.” Zarif described meetings […]
Iranian Foreign Minister gives wide-ranging U.S. interview
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told a U.S. television audience that the Holocaust was “a heinous crime” and a “genocide”, while blaming poor translation for the fact that the word “myth” appears on the Iranian Supreme Leader’s English-language website in reference to the Holocaust. “The Holocaust is not a myth. Nobody’s talking about […]
Ashton to discuss nuclear talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister at UN
Catherine Ashton, the head of EU foreign policy, is scheduled to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of this year’s UN General Assembly in New York. Ashton’s spokesman said on Friday September 6 that the two sides have agreed to the meeting. Michael Mann reported that Ashton contacted Iran’s […]