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European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini talks to media in front of the Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, on July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran says makes new proposal in nuclear talks, West unimpressed

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....

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As some Iranians celebrate on a street in northern Tehran after Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers in Lausanne, Switzerland, not everybody is pleased with the deal. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran’s Nuclear Drama: From “Death to America” to “Anxious Hearts”

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...

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Egyptian FM Sameh Shokri at his office in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry building in Cairo, Egypt, on October 20, 2014. (EPA/Khaled Elfiqi)

Egypt FM: Qatar must support our national security

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...

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(FILES) A picture taken on July 3, 2014 shows Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Margaret Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Mohammad Zarif (R) meeting during the so-called EU 5+1 talks with Iran at the UN headquarters in Vienna. Negotiators from Iran and six world powers meet in Vienna from November 18, […]

Opinion: Iran is a nation with two governments

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...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and former EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, from left, on their way to a meeting during their nuvlear talks on Iran, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, November 24, 2014. (AP)

Extension of deadline on Iran nuclear talks now likely: diplomats

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...