Iran says `slow` progress in nuclear deal talks

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 03:26

Technical talks between Iran and world powers on how to implement a landmark nuclear deal clinched last month are making progress, but slowly, a senior Iranian negotiator said on Saturday.

Iran nuclear talks to resume in Geneva Thursday: EU

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 23:47

Talks between experts from Iran and world powers on implementing last month`s nuclear deal will resume on Thursday in Geneva.

Minister says Iran will continue nuclear talks

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 15:38

Iran`s foreign minister says his country will continue nuclear negotiations with world powers, even after pulling out of expert-level talks to protest US targeting companies it says evaded sanctions.

Experts to thrash out workings of Iran nuclear deal

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 18:37

Technical experts from Iran, world powers and the UN atomic watchdog were due to start working out on Monday the nuts and bolts of implementing last month`s landmark nuclear deal.

Obama warns `ideal world` Iran nuclear deal not possible

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 15:37

US President Barack Obama warned today that an "ideal" agreement to eliminate "every nut and bolt" of Iran`s disputed nuclear programme was not a realistic goal.

Iran diplomacy must be backed by military power: US

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 00:18

Diplomacy with Iran must be backed up by US military might, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Saturday in a speech addressed to Gulf allies anxious over a nuclear deal with Tehran.

Hassan Rouhani defends Iran`s interim nuclear deal

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 15:58

Iran`s president has defended an interim nuclear deal reached with world powers last month that eases some sanctions in return for a halt to parts of the Islamic Republic`s uranium enrichment programme, saying improving the economy is as important as maintaining a peaceful nuclear programme.

`Opportunities provided by Indo-US nuke deal yet to be tapped`

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 15:02

The technological opportunities provided by the Indo-US civil nuclear deal are yet to be tapped, former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said.

Iran, world powers to discuss action plan for N-deal

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 00:31

Iran and the world powers will hold an expert-level meeting in Vienna Dec 8-9 to discuss implementation of the Geneva nuclear deal, the Iranian foreign ministry`s spokesperson announced here Tuesday.

British envoy to visit Tehran after two years: Official

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 22:35

Britain`s new envoy to Tehran visits Iran tomorrow for the first time since a thaw in relations between the two countries who severed ties two years ago, his Iranian counterpart said on Monday.

Iran, world powers to meet `next week` on nuclear deal

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 09:12

Iran and world powers are likely to meet "next week" to discuss implementation of a hard-fought deal they clinched on Tehran`s disputed nuclear programme, Iran`s lead negotiator said today.

Iran`s Zarif reassures Gulf Arabs over nuclear deal

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 01:10

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif assured Gulf Arab states on Sunday his country`s nuclear deal with the West is in their interest and also announced plans to visit Saudi Arabia.