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(L-R) Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, EU envoy Catherine Ashton, Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pose for a photo in Muscat November 9, 2014. REUTERS/Nicholas Kamm/Pool

Zarif in Oman to Discuss Critical Topics

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 3, 2017 | World

London- Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held discreet talks with his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi upon his arrival to Muscat before meeting Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said. During the meeting with Sultan Qaboos, they discussed regional topics...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Reuters)

Iranian-Turkish Military Cooperation to Respond to Kurdish Referendum

by Adel Al-Salemi, Saiid Abdel Razek | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, London – Amid growing coordination between Ankara and Tehran to confront last week’s Kurdish independence referendum, Turkish Chief of Staff Hulusi Akar held talks on Monday with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran. Rouhani said during the talks: “Iran...

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President Trump arrives to address the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19, 2017. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump ‘Decided’ on Iran Nuclear Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 21, 2017 | World

New York- US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has reached a decision on whether to recertify Iran’s compliance with an international deal to curb its nuclear program.  Without revealing his decision, Trump told journalists “I have decided”...

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (AFP)

Fate of Iran Nuclear Agreement Dominates New York UN Meetings

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 19, 2017 | World

New York – The fate of the nuclear agreement with Iran is dominating this week’s United Nations General Assembly as European officials will attempt to persuade US President Donald Trump to maintain the agreement. Trump is to meet a number of leaders who have...

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Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards march during a 2010 military parade in Tehran. (AFP)

Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corruption Empire

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2017 | Features

London- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps is being forced to shrink its sprawling business empire and some of its senior members have been arrested as part of President Hassan Rouhani’s attempts to curb the elite force’s role in the economy, the Financial Times...