Saudi Arabia warned Iran to reach nuclear deal with Trump: report
- 30-May-2025
Saudi Arabia’s defence minister delivered a blunt message to Iranian officials in Tehran last month: take President Donald Trump’s offer to negotiate a nuclear deal seriously because it presents a way to avoid the risk of war with Israel. Alarmed at the prospect of further instability in the region, Saudi Arabia’s 89-year-old King Salman bin […]
US in hurry for nuclear deal, Iran says after talks
- 13-Apr-2025
MUSCAT, Oman: The United States wants a nuclear agreement “as soon as possible”, Iran said after rare talks on Saturday. The long-term adversaries, who have not had diplomatic relations for more than 40 years, are seeking a new nuclear deal after Trump pulled out of an earlier agreement during his first term in 2018. Foreign […]
Iran says reviving nuclear deal ‘useless’
- 09-Dec-2023
TEHRAN: Iran said Saturday that attempting to revive its landmark nuclear deal with world powers that was effectively scrapped by former US president Donald Trump was increasingly “useless”. “Today, the more we advance, the more the JCPOA becomes useless,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a speech to students at the University of Tehran, using […]
U.S., Iran to resume indirect talks on nuclear deal
- 04-Aug-2022
Top Iranian and U.S. officials will resume talks in Vienna this week on reviving the 2015 nuclear pact, officials from both countries said on Wednesday, though they played down any expectations of a breakthrough. The ball is in Washington’s court to save the pact, Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani tweeted before heading to Vienna, […]
Iran says ‘optimistic’ after EU proposal for nuclear deal
- 02-Aug-2022
TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it remains “optimistic” about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled a proposal aiming for a compromise in the talks stalled since March. “We remain optimistic that the negotiation process will lead us to a logical and reasonable outcome,” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said […]
Iran says US needs to show it wants nuclear deal revived
- 28-Jul-2022
TEHRAN: Iran said Wednesday the US needs to show “in practise” that it wants a revival of the 2015 nuclear agreement, after an EU coordinator urged parties to accept a draft text of the deal. “America always maintains that it wants an agreement, so this approach should be seen in the text of the agreement […]
Iran-US nuclear talks to resume in coming days, Tehran and EU say
- 26-Jun-2022
DUBAI: Iran’s indirect talks with the United States (US) on reviving the 2015 nuclear pact will resume soon, the Iranian foreign minister said amid a push by the European Union’s (EU) top diplomat to break a months-long impasse in the negotiations. “We are prepared to resume talks in the coming days. What is important for […]
Iran gives drafts on sanctions, nuclear issues to European nuclear deal parties
- 02-Dec-2021
VIENNA: Iran has provided European powers involved in its tattered nuclear deal with drafts on sanctions removal and nuclear commitments, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said on Thursday, as world powers and Tehran try to reinstate the pact. The announcement came on the fourth day of indirect talks between Iran and the United States on bringing […]
Iran has told IAEA it is extending monitoring deal for a month: report
- 25-May-2021
"The Director General of the IAEA today has been informed about Iran's decision ... The data from the last three months are still in the possession of Iran and will not be handed over to the IAEA"
Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment
- 16-Apr-2021
The 2015 agreement sought to make it harder for Iran to develop an atomic bomb in return for lifting sanctions