by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2015 | Middle East
Vienna, Reuters—Iran has offered “constructive solutions” to resolve disputes in nuclear talks with six major powers, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported on Wednesday, but Western officials suggested they had heard nothing new from Tehran....
by Amir Taheri | Apr 8, 2015 | Features
Thanks to one of those ironies that adds spice to history, the latest round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 powers, led by the United States, took place at the Hotel Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne, Switzerland. This is the same palace where the victorious...
by Michel Abu Najm | Nov 28, 2014 | Interviews
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri has placed the responsibility for reconciliation between Doha and Cairo squarely on Qatar’s shoulders—saying “the ball is not in Egypt’s court.” His comments come soon after the signing of an...
by Amir Taheri | Nov 28, 2014 | Opinion
There has been no official announcement, but the negotiations that started in Geneva last year may have landed Iran with two governments. The de jure government is headed by “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei and his entourage acting behind a façade that includes the...
by Buthaina Abdulrahman | Nov 24, 2014 | Middle East
Vienna and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—An extension to the talks on Iran’s nuclear program now looks likely, a number of diplomatic sources have said, as Monday evening’s deadline for a comprehensive deal draws nearer. An Iranian official source told French news agency...
