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Iranian military officers saluting Iran’s supreme leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on February 8, 2015. (EPA/SUPREME LEADER OFFICIAL WEBSITE/HANDOUT)

Iran’s Khamenei says could accept fair nuclear compromise

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 8, 2015 | Middle East

Dubai and Munich, Reuters—Iran’s supreme leader said on Sunday he could accept a compromise in nuclear talks and gave his strongest defense yet of President Hassan Rouhani’s decision to negotiate with the West, a policy opposed by powerful hardliners at...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) as they walk in the city of Geneva, on January 14, 2015 (AP Photo/Keystone,Laurent Gillieron)

Iran, world powers review nuclear positions at latest talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 18, 2015 | Middle East

Geneva, Reuters—Iran and major powers met on Sunday to take stock of their differences over its nuclear program, as the Obama administration lobbied to stave off fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic. The Geneva negotiations, held at the level of political...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L), US Secretary of State John Kerry (R), and former EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (C) arrive for a closed-door nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, Austria, November 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, pool)

Kerry in Geneva for nuclear talks with his Iranian counterpart

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 14, 2015 | Middle East

Geneva, AP—US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Geneva for talks with his Iranian counterpart on how to speed up nuclear negotiations as a March target date approaches to conclude a deal. Kerry arrived in Geneva late Tuesday and is to meet Wednesday with Iranian...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the opening session of a two-day conference on combating extremism in Tehran on December 9, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)

Iran’s Rouhani says will try to clinch nuclear deal as talks with US resume

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 15, 2014 | Middle East

Geneva/Dubai, Reuters—President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that he would try to clinch a nuclear deal with world powers despite opposition from some quarters in Iran. Rouhani was speaking as Iran resumed talks with the United States in Geneva on its nuclear...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (LtoR) pose for photographers before a meeting in Vienna November 24, 2014. Iran, the United States and other world powers are all but certain to miss Monday’s deadline […]

Opinion: A Cage of Iran’s Own Making

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 6, 2014 | Opinion

There is a prevailing belief that Iran wants someone to save it from itself, not from Arabs or the West. Iran’s problem comes from within Iran itself and not from outside its borders. This seems to have been signaled by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who said:...