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Police officers detain a man after an attack in the centre of Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov


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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, smiles, as Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council walks away, after they posed for press in Almaty, largest Kazakhstan’s city on Friday, April 5, 2013 (AP Photo/ Shamil Zhumatov, pool)


Back to Square One?

Back to Square One?

It seems that time may not be on Iran’s side. Following the breakdown of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) in Almaty last week, US Secretary of State John Kerry warned the Iranians that talks...
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Talks in Almaty between Tehran and six world powers on Iran’s nuclear program. 05 April 2013. EPA/SHAMIL ZHUMATOV


Iranian Nuclear Talks Inconclusive

Iranian Nuclear Talks Inconclusive

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The latest round of negotiations between Iran and P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) taking place today and tomorrow in Kazakhstan’s capital, Almaty, has yet to produce any clear results. The P5+1 hope that...
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Participants from the U.S., Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany prepare to start talks with Iranian negotiators in Almaty. (REUTERS/Ilyas Omarov/Pool )


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Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov (R) shows the way to Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, before the talks with world powers representatives on Iran’s nuclear program in the Kazakh city of Almaty on February 26, 2013. (STANISLAV FILIPPOV/AFP/Getty Images)


Small Steps Forward

Small Steps Forward

As the jewel in a rather unpleasant dictatorship’s crown, Almaty was perhaps a strange choice of venue for the latest round of nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Iran two weeks ago. Nonetheless, reaction coming out of the talks—the first time Iran had met with the...