Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says Israel’s continued refusal to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) remains the main obstacle against the realization of a nuke-free Middle East. “The stubborn refusal of the Zionist regime [of Israel] to join... (Continue reading)
The following is the full text of the statement read by Mohammad Mahdi Akhondzadeh, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Iranian Delegation to the First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the 2015 NPT Review Conference in Vienna.... (Continue reading)
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that he had called for the West to examine sanction-related issues before the next round of meeting between Iran and the P5+1 in Baghdad. Salehi speaking to reporters on the sidelines of cabinet... (Continue reading)
The second round of the talks between Iran and the six world powers in Baghdad next month will continue moving on the positive path initiated in Istanbul last Saturday, a prominent Iranian lawmaker predicted, but meantime cautioned the western powers... (Continue reading)
Not much has leaked out to the media and public as to the details of the talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany, but what is clear is that both sides... (Continue reading)
A prominent international affairs expert says it is time for the United States to remove its tactical nuclear arsenal in Europe as the dangerous stockpiles “serve no legitimate strategic purpose.” “[T]here is no good reason to keep them (the US... (Continue reading)
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili has reiterated the demand of the Islamic Republic for global nuclear disarmament. Jalili, Iran’s top negotiator in the talks with the P5+1, reiterated on Saturday that Iranian views and positions... (Continue reading)
A senior Iranian lawmaker says the six world powers of the P5+1 will not gain any benefits during the upcoming talks with Iran if they maintain their policy of confrontation towards the Islamic Republic. “If the parties negotiating with Iran... (Continue reading)
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has lashed out at nuclear-armed Western countries for pressuring the Islamic Republic over its nuclear energy program. “At the present time, many of the countries that seek to impede the Islamic Republic of Iran’s progress, have... (Continue reading)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran’s nuclear energy program does not pursue anything beyond the content of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and welcomes any proposal for nuclear cooperation. In a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, in Tehran... (Continue reading)