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Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi gives a phone call upon arrival at a IAEA Board of Governors’ meeting at the International Center in Vienna on September 17, 2014
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No breakthrough in IAEA-Iran talks on nuclear bomb inquiry

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 9, 2014 | Middle East

Vienna, Reuters—Talks between the UN nuclear watchdog and Iran this week appear not to have substantively advanced an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Tehran, potentially dimming chances for a broader deal between the Iranians and big powers....

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Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi arrives for a new round of talks with the IAEA at the UN headquaters in Vienna, Austria on May 12, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / DIETER NAGL)

Slow progress in IAEA probe may complicate Iran nuclear talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 13, 2014 | Middle East

Vienna, Reuters—Signs that a UN watchdog investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Iran is making little progress could further complicate broader diplomacy on ending the decade-old nuclear dispute that resumes in Vienna on Tuesday. The International Atomic...

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A picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency shows IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, Tero Varjoranta (R), and Iran’s new ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi (L) speaking to the media after reaching an agreement, in Tehran on February 9, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ISNA/AMIR POURMAND)

UN nuclear agency sees “good” progress with Iran, much work remains

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 10, 2014 | Middle East

Vienna, Reuters—The UN nuclear watchdog signaled its determination on Monday to get to the bottom of suspicions that Iran may have worked on designing an atomic bomb, a day after Tehran agreed to start addressing the sensitive issue. Chief UN nuclear inspector Tero...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a question and answer session at the 50th Security Conference in Munich, Germany on February 2, 2014. (EPA/Tobias Hase)

Iranian Foreign Minister: No need for rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran

by Ali M. Pedram | Feb 3, 2014 | Middle East

Munich, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that Iran was ready to improve its relationship with Saudi Arabia, based on what he said were the two states’ common interests in the region. Speaking at the annual Munich Security...

Iran to give UN inspectors more access to nuclear sites

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 11, 2013 | Middle East

Vienna/Dubai, Reuters—Iran will grant UN inspectors “managed access” to a uranium mine and a heavy water plant within three months as part of a cooperation pact reached on Monday aimed at allaying international concern about Tehran’s nuclear program....