by Ali M. Pedram | Nov 13, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s influential Supreme National Security Council, confirmed on Wednesday that Iran has responded to US President Barack Obama’s letters to Iran’s supreme leader, though he gave no indication if the responses...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 12, 2014 | Opinion
US President Barack Obama seems enthusiastic about bringing about a new era of restoring good relations with Tehran, which was an important ally until the Shah’s downfall in 1979. This is why American and European officials met with an Iranian delegation in the Omani...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 11, 2014 | Middle East
Muscat and Beijing, Reuters—Senior officials from Western powers and Iran started a one-day round of talks in Muscat on Tuesday, with a deadline for reaching a nuclear deal less than two weeks away and no imminent breakthrough in sight. Tuesday’s discussions...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 10, 2014 | Middle East
Muscat, Reuters—Iran, the United States and European Union will hold an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday on disagreements blocking resolution of a dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program, a US official and Iranian state media said. With two weeks to a...
by Salman Al-dossary | Nov 9, 2014 | Interviews
Muscat, Asharq Al-Awsat—Omani Foreign Minister Youssef Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah has been his country’s top diplomat since 1982 and is the only Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign minister who is not a member of his country’s ruling family. Alawi is known to be a...
