WEB: TYPE: OCN )) Delegations from Iran and world powers are in Turkey ahead of the first talks on Iran’s controversial nuclear program in over a year. Iran and members of the group known as the P5 + 1 are holding preliminary meetings on Friday, ahead of direct talks which are set to begin Saturday […]
Iran Says It Has New Initiatives for Nuclear Talks
Posted April 11th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
Iran says it will present new initiatives at upcoming nuclear talks with world powers in Turkey, but warned that efforts by Western nations to exert pressure on Tehran would “backfire.” Iranian state media say chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili announced the initiatives on Wednesday but did not specify his proposals. Jalili also said efforts to […]
Iran Urges West To Drop Conditions Ahead of Nuclear Talks
Posted April 9th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
Iran has confirmed it will meet with Western powers in Istanbul Saturday but is urging them to take pre-conditions off the table ahead of the nuclear talks. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council confirmed Monday it will meet with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — the United States, China, Russia, Britain […]
US, Allies Define Demands Ahead of Iran Talks: Report
Posted April 8th, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
A major U.S. newspaper says Washington and its European allies plan to demand that Iran immediately close and ultimately dismantle a recently completed nuclear facility deep under a mountain as part of new talks with Tehran over its disputed nuclear program. In a report published Sunday, The New York Times said Western nations will also […]
US Expects ‘Concrete Commitments’ from Iran in Nuclear Talks
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington expecting Iran to make “concrete commitments” in talks later this month to come clean on its nuclear program and live up to its international obligations. Clinton said Tuesday that the talks between Iran and the so-called “P5+1” group — the United States, France, Britain, China and Russia, […]
Obama Approves Iranian Oil Sanctions
Posted March 30th, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is moving ahead with sanctions against Iran’s vital oil exports, deciding there is enough crude on the world market so that U.S. allies won’t be hurt if they curtail their purchase of Tehran’s oil. Mr. Obama’s decision Friday will allow the U.S. — starting in late June — to impose sanctions […]
US Lawmakers Call for ‘Hard-Nosed’ Approach with Iran
Posted March 28th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Leading U.S. lawmakers are urging the Obama administration to take an even tougher stance with Iran over its nuclear program, questioning whether expanding economic sanctions are making a difference. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Democrat John Kerry, called Iran and its nuclear program the “biggest foreign policy challenge facing the U.S.” during a hearing […]
Iran Says Nuclear Talks Set for April 13
Posted March 28th, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Iran’s foreign minister says he expects a new round of talks with world powers on the country’s nuclear program to begin April 13, but that a venue has not been set. Ali Akbar Salehi told state media Wednesday that a site will be set in the next few days for the meeting with the five […]
US Lawmaker: Iran May Have Hundreds of Hezbollah Operatives in United States
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
The Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Peter King, said the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah may have hundreds of operatives based in the United States, and he said Hezbollah, and not al-Qaida, poses the greatest terrorist threat to Americans. King held a hearing Wednesday with former government officials testifying. VOA congressional correspondent Cindy […]
US Exempts 11 Countries from Iran Oil Sanctions
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
The United States says 11 countries have “significantly reduced” their purchases of Iranian oil and will not be subject to U.S. sanctions intended to pressure Iran over its controversial nuclear program. In a statement Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commended the countries – mostly European – and urged other importers of Iranian oil to […]
