Sanctions against Iran
Iran approved to join China-backed infrastructure bank
Iran has been approved as a founding member of the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Bank (AIIB), China's finance ministry said Tuesday, just days after Tehran sealed a historic framework agreement on its nuclear programme.
Iran may steal Turkey's role
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is visiting Iran today with four files.
In a joint statement, 65 Iranian deputies called on Erdo?an to apologize for his remarks about Iran. Erdo?an is expected to bring Yemen, Iraq, Syria and energy to the table in his talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
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Turkey expects nuke deal to lead to lifting of sanctions on Iran
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.
Iran, world powers agree 'historic' framework nuclear deal
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.
Negotiating with Iran: Stability versus security
Diplomats from Iran and the P5+1 group of countries, made up by five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany, are racing against time in an effort to sketch up an acceptable framework for a comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear program ahead of the scheduled deadline of March 31, 2015.
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Iran to insist all sanctions lifted in any nuclear deal: foreign minister
Iran will insist that all sanctions against it are lifted as a condition for a nuclear deal, the foreign minister said on March 25, showing no sign of compromise on a major sticking point in its talks with world powers set to resume this week.
UN sanctions emerge as possible Iran talks 'deal breaker'
On US Secretary of State John Kerry's Swiss bike rides last week to unwind from intense Iran nuclear talks, one emerging tricky issue may well have been going round his head: UN sanctions.
UK PM, US President Reaffirm Cooperation in Tackling Terrorism
British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Friday their countries' willingness to cooperate in tackling radicalism and preventing domestic extremism.
Cameron, who is on a two-day visit to Washington, said that the UK is to deploy more unarmed drones in support to the ground forces fighting Islamic State (IS), the BBC reports.
Obama doesn't rule out US embassy in Iran
While President Barack Obama has not ruled out the possibility of reopening a U.S. Embassy in Iran, Republicans say the Senate will vote within weeks on a bill to impose more sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program.
Obama was asked in an NPR interview broadcast on Dec. 30 whether he could envision opening an embassy there during his final two years in office.
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Kerry to join troubled nuclear talks as Iran refuses to give ground on key Arak reactor
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will join troubled nuclear talks in Vienna later Nov. 20, as Tehran showed no sign of softening its position days before a deadline for a deal.