Foreign relations of Iran

All United Nations Security Council resolutions related to Iran's nuclear programme will be lifted immediately if a final deal is agreed, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on April 4, stressing the benefits to Iran of this week's negotiations.
   

A historic nuclear framework deal, agreed upon after 1.5 years of negotiations between Iran and six world powers, could indicate radical changes both in Iran?s political and economic future and in regional shifts and balances in the Middle East.

A day after the historic agreement on Iranian nuclear weapons, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani stated that it will be a day to remember in the annals of Iran’s history.

The Turkish government has voiced its expectation that the tentative Iranian nuclear deal could mark the first step toward the lifting of sanctions on Iran.

Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said the deal, which could pave the way for the lifting of economic sanctions on Iran, would help boost Turkey's exports to its neighbor and help bring down global oil prices.

Describing the breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany as "a positive stage," Turkey nevertheless cautioned parties to act with "responsibility in order to move this process further."

Iran and world powers agreed April 2 on the framework of a potentially historic deal aimed at curbing Tehran?s nuclear drive after marathon talks in Switzerland.
 
It marks a major breakthrough in a 12-year standoff between Iran and the West, which has long feared Tehran wants to build a nuclear bomb.
 

The EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced on Thursday that the basis for an agreement for a peaceful Iranian nuclear programme and a lifting of sanctions against Tehran has been reached.

"We have reached solutions on key parameters of a joint comprehensive plan of action," Mogherini said after eight days of talks in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Iran's defence minister has lambasted his US counterpart's comments about military options against Tehran still being on the table despite ongoing nuclear talks, saying they showed America cannot be trusted.
 

All-night nuclear talks between Iran and major powers made "significant progress," but there is no "final result yet," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday during a break in negotiations.
      

Six world powers and Iran will meet again later on Wednesday in a bid to reach an outline accord reining in Tehran's nuclear programme, after failing to agree crucial details such as the lifting of U.N. sanctions by a Tuesday deadline.