Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, has announced that $550 million has been deposited into the country’s Swiss account as the first installment of returned frozen assets. Araghchi told ISNA that the payment of this installment was one of the first steps agreed upon in the Geneva agreement. In November, Iran and world […]
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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 […]
Nuclear negotiator reports progress in talks
Senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi announced that the latest round of talks with the 5+1 has been very “positive” and there has been “good progress.” IRNA reported on Tuesday December 31 that Araghchi said the technical experts have completed their part of the talks, and it is now up to the political officials to […]