Complicated talks on Iran nuclear program are getting into a "a serious phase," European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Thursday through her spokesperson.
The six world powers negotiating with Iran would consider offering limited sanction relief if Iran takes concrete steps to halt its nuclear activities, the White House said Thursday.
Pakistan on Thursday dismissed as "entirely baseless and mischievous" a Western media report alleging nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano will visit Iran on Nov. 11 and an agreement is likely to be yielded between the two sides, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran ( AEOI), said on Tuesday.
South Korea planned to buy four Global Hawks, the unmanned spy drone, from the United States to beef up its defense capabilities against possible missile and nuclear threats from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday.
Four people arrested earlier this month, who were accused of carrying out sabotage in one of Iran's nuclear establishments, were "thieves" not "saboteurs", Iran's Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said on Wednesday.
The U.N. nuclear agency and Iran will continue talks for a second day on Tuesday over Tehran's disputed atomic program, the agency said on Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss issues including Iran and the Israeli- Palestinian peace talks, the White House said.
The Jordanian government approved Russia's Atomstroyexport as technology provider for the country's first nuclear reactor, the head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission said on Monday.
The high level meeting between Iran and UN nuclear watchdog on the former's controversial nuclear program raised hopes for a breakthrough in the long-stalled standoff, as diplomatic sources voiced cautious optimism towards next Monday's talks.
Four sanction experts from the banking, trade, oil and transportation sectors have been added to Iran's nuclear negotiating team, local media reported Thursday.
Iran has appointed sanction experts in its nuclear negotiating team and has halted the production of high-grade enriched uranium, two signs of seriousness in its efforts to reach a deal with major powers in the upcoming talks.
The United States and Israel on Wednesday reaffirmed their determination to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, while vowing to enhance cooperation on regional security issues.
Japan for the first time has thrown its weight behind a UN statement on nuclear disarmament with senior government officials stating Tuesday that the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons use are unacceptable.
Iran's Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani warned on Sunday that if the West fails to build confidence pertaining to Iran's nuclear issue, his country will further diversify its nuclear activities.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has reassured his visiting Israeli counterpart that the United States will remain "clear-eyed" over the development of the Iran nuclear issue, said the Pentagon officials Wednesday.
Russia would increase spending on its nuclear arsenals by 50 percent in the next three years, a parliamentary defense committee said Tuesday.
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