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Iran demands stronger US guarantees of lifting sanctions to reach nuke deal

"If America acts realistically and strengthens the existing text, an agreement will be within reach," the Iranian Foreign Minister said

Reviving 2015 nuclear agreement in interests of all parties, says Iran

An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has said that Iran is serious about achieving an agreement in Vienna because reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is in the interests of all parties

Biden faces new domestic political hurdles in the US-Iran nuclear deal

Last week's attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national in a plot to kill former national security adviser John Bolton have given the Biden administration new headaches as it attempts to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. A resolution may be tantalizingly close. But as the US and Europe weigh Iran's latest response to an EU proposal described as the West's final offer, the administration faces new and potentially insurmountable domestic political hurdles to forging a lasting agreement. Deal critics in Congress who have long vowed to blow up any pact have ratcheted up their opposition to negotiations with a country whose leadership has refused to rescind the death threats against Rushdie or Bolton. Iran also vows to avenge the Trump administration's 2020 assassination of a top Iranian general by killing former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Iran envoy Brian Hook, both of whom remain under 24/7 taxpayer-paid security ...

Vienna talks on Iran nuclear deal end with text ready for approval

Talks in Vienna to revive the Iran nuclear deal have ended with diplomats from the countries involved returning to their capitals with a provisional text for a new agreement

IAEA warns of 'fatal blow' to nuclear deal as Iran removes cameras

Iran had warned of retaliation if the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution drafted by the United States, France, Britain and Germany criticising Tehran

IAEA warns of 'fatal blow' to nuclear deal as Iran removes its cameras

Iran has started removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites across the country, the UN nuclear watchdog said Thursday

EU coordinator to meet Iranian leaders in bid to save nuclear deal

EU coordinator Enrique Mora said he'd meet with Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani during his visit to the Iranian capital

Nuclear agreement within reach if US side 'realistic': Iran's FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has urged the US to be "realistic" to help reach an agreement in Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal

Oil price benchmarks fall below $100, first time in almost 3 weeks

Oil prices tumbled more than 6% on Tuesday to their lowest in almost 3 weeks, as Iran nuclear deal hopes rise and growing outbreaks in China make traders worry

Iran will never back down on red lines in Vienna talks: President Raisi

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stressed on Tuesday that Iran has not backed down on any of its red lines in the talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal and will never do so.

Iran seeks creative ways to restore nuclear deal after Russian demand

A top Iranian official said on Monday that his country is seeking creative ways to restore its nuclear deal with world powers after Russia's foreign minister linked sanctions on Moscow over its war on Ukraine to the ongoing negotiations. The tweet by Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's powerful Supreme National Security Council, offers the first high-level acknowledgment of the demands of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Vienna participants act & react based on interests and it's understandable, Shamkhani wrote. Our interactions ... are also solely driven by our people's interests. Thus, we're assessing new elements that bear on the negotiations and will accordingly seek creative ways to expedite a solution. In recent days, negotiators on all sides in Vienna had signalled that a potential deal was close as the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agreed to a timetable with Iran for it disclose answers to long-standing questions it had about Tehran's program. But

North Korea set for party meeting amid deadlock in nuclear talks with US

North Korea is expected to convene a key party meeting within the coming week amid expectations it could unveil the country's policy directions for the new year

Iraq's foreign minister calls for direct Iran-US talks on nuclear deal

While Iraq remains a pillar of Washington's security policy in the region, Iranian-backed militias wield extensive power in the country

2015 Iran nuclear deal talks resume in Vienna, chair feels 'positive'

Negotiators in Vienna resumed talks Monday over reviving Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers

Low expectations on nuclear talks as Iran creates facts on the ground

Tehran is insisting all US and EU sanctions imposed since 2017, including those unrelated to its nuclear programme, be dropped

Israel sees Iranian atomic bomb in five years, deal or no deal

Indirect negotiations to revive the 2015 accord are due to resume in Vienna next Monday

India urges Iran to continue to cooperate with IAEA for verification

India has asked Iran to continue to cooperate with International Atomic Energy Agency in performance of verification activities related to its nuclear programme and addressing all outstanding issues

Iran's administration not in a hurry to revive 2015 nuclear agreement

Iran's current administration is not in a rush to push for the negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement before the new government under Presidet-elect Ebrahim Raisi takes power in August

Oil prices strike 2018 highs on demand recovery, Iran nuclear talks

Oil prices climbed to highs last seen in October 2018 on Monday as the United States and Iran wrangled over the revival of a nuclear deal, delaying a surge in Iranian oil exports

Iran says nuclear site images won't be given to IAEA as deal has expired

The announcement could further complicate talks between Iran and six major powers on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal