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The Iranian flag wave in front of a UN building where closed-door nuclear talks take place at the International Center Vienna, Austria, Thursday, May 15, 2014. The talks between Iran and six world powers have entered an ambitious new stage with the two sides sitting down to start drafting the text of a final deal. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Opinion: Dealing with Iran

by Abdel Monem Said | May 25, 2014 | Opinion

Relations between countries are far more complex than many commentators and analysts believe. They are not prisoners of power relations, as important as this factor is. Nor are they ruled by ideologies, even though ideology is a likely influence. Neither can the...

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EU Deputy Secretary General Helga Schmid, Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Margaret Ashton, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Iranian ambassador to Austria Hassan Tajik attend talks with Iran at the UN headquarters in Vienna, on April 8, 2014. (AFP Photo/Dieter Nagl)

Iran bristles at human rights criticism as nuclear talks resume

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 8, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s team of nuclear negotiators headed to Vienna on Monday for the next round of international talks over the country’s nuclear program, as anger mounted in Iran at EU criticism of its human rights record. Iran’s team, led by Foreign...

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In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Iran’s heavy water nuclear facility is backdropped by mountains near the central city of Arak, Iran. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan)

Iran willing to address Arak reactor concerns, says FM

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 20, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran was willing to address concerns that one of its nuclear reactors could be used to create a nuclear weapon, the country’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. Speaking after the conclusion of the latest round of talks between Iran and...