Talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at clinching a deal on Iran’s contested nuclear program should include human rights concerns, the U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday. U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the United Nations was especially worried about executions in Iran, including the planned execution of a […]
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Nuclear talks resume between Iran, 5+1
The fourth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the 5+1 began in Vienna after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the Iranian foreign minister met for a working dinner last night, Tuesday May 13, to set the framework for the talks. ISNA reports that Mohammad Javad Zarif assessed the meeting with Ashton […]
Latest round of nuclear talks wraps up in Vienna
The new round of talks between Iran and the world powers over Iran’s nuclear program has ended in Vienna, and the two sides are set to meet on May 13 to continue the negotiations. Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, said in a joint statement on Wednesday April 9 with Iranian Foreign Minister […]
Iran Nuclear Talks To Continue In Vienna
Senior officials from six world powers and Iran are holding a second day of nuclear talks in Vienna on February 19. The two sides described talks on February 18 as “substantive.” Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif — who is leading his country’s delegation at the talks in Austria — said he’s hopeful Iran and […]
Date, location confirmed for next round of nuclear talks
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 […]
Tehran Rejects Obama’s Claim Sanctions Forced Nuclear Talks
Iran says U.S. President Barack Obama’s comments in his State of the Union speech — in which he said sanctions had forced Tehran to the negotiating table on its nuclear program — were “unrealistic and “unconstructive.” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said “the delusion” of sanctions having an impact on Iran’s motivation is based […]
Top negotiator denies new supervisors will oversee nuke talks
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister and senior nuclear negotiator, says he has no knowledge of a new supervisory committee that will oversee nuclear talks. Araghchi told Iranian media that he has not been informed of such a committee, adding that from the beginning it has been the Supreme National Security Council that’s filled […]
Iran says nuclear negotiators have talked directly with U.S.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran’s negotiating team has already been in direct negotiations with the U.S. ISNA reports that Araghchi said on Sunday December 29 that Iran has been in direct talks with each of the 5+1 countries on the sidelines of the recent nuclear talks. Araghchi said: “This has been […]
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 […]
Human rights overlooked in nuclear talks
The glitz surrounding the negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program is overshadowing a concurrent debate taking place over the dismal state of human rights in the country. Little of the camera glare focused on the flurry of foreign ministers in Geneva and the parameters of a nuclear deal is being shared with the […]