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Irans top negotiator signals nuclear accord unlikely this week
Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif signaled that talks over his countrys nuclear program are unlikely to reach an agreement this week, even as the two sides said unmistakable progress had been made.
Zarif, Kerry resume nuclear talks in Lausanne
Foreign ministers of Iran and the United States have resumed talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne in an attempt to bridge their differences on the outstanding issues surrounding Tehrans nuclear program.
Al-Assad, key to Syrian solution, says Iran Deputy FM
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a main part of solution to Syrian crisis.
Nuclear talks in crucial stage: Afkham
The ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the world six powers have reached a very sensitive and complicated stage, Spokeswoman of Foreign Ministry Marziyeh Afkham said on Wednesday.
392 injured in fire festival
Spokesman of Irans emergency services Mojtaba Khaledi said on Wednesday, The number of those injured in Chaharshanbe Suri [a fire jumping festival celebrated on the last Tuesday before Nowruz, the Iranian New Year] accidents stands at 392, of whom 45 are women and four are in critical condition.
Iran wants objective assurances for powers committment to any possible deal
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham announced on Wednesday that a main topic of the nuclear talks between Tehran and the six world powers underway in Switzerland now pertains to the objective assurances that Iran wants from the Group 5+1 to ensure that they will remain loyal to the terms of any possible nuclear deal in future.
Iran raps politicized view of human rights
Irans Foreign Ministry spokeswoman decried politicization of the concept of human rights, stressing that the issue should be considered with technical views on the basis of documented evidence.