The United States pushed the nuclear talks into deadlock with excessive demands, local Fars news agency quoted an Iranian diplomat in Vienna as saying on Thursday.
Despite lack of clarity on exactly when and whether the U.S. and Iran will strike a deal over Tehran's nuclear program, one thing is certain - any deal U.S. President Barack Obama's administration brings home is bound to spark controversy in the U.S. Congress.
The Music House of Iran's Basij unveiled a song about the ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers in the Coburg Hotel in the Austrian capital of Vienna, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries, saying on Sunday that the reported breakthrough in negotiations is rather a "breakdown."
Iran and world powers aimed to finish the latest round of nuclear talks "in the timeframe" that all parties have set out, said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna on Sunday.
The U.S. and Iran missed Tuesday 's deadline to hammer out an agreement on the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program, but some experts said they would not be surprised if the new deadline is postponed again.
Iran's Guardian Council of Constitution, the high legislative body of the country, endorsed on Wednesday the recent bill of the Iranian Majlis (parliament) obliging the government to safeguard rights in a potential nuclear deal with the world powers.
The Iranian foreign minister, also the chief nuclear negotiator, reiterated on Monday that the country prefers a "good" deal even if it means going beyond the self-imposed deadline for clinching a comprehensive nuclear agreement.
Talks on a draft resolution for a comprehensive deal on Iran's nuclear issue are continuing at all levels, but the progress has not been sufficient, Iran's senior negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Monday.
Iran's Foreign Ministry rejected as "baseless" a recent U.S. report saying that the Islamic republic continues to sponsor global terrorism, local media reported on Sunday.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called for unity among Iraqi political and ethnic groups against terrorism challenges.
Iran is not bound by the self-imposed deadline in a run for a comprehensive deal with the world powers on the country's nuclear program, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said here on Saturday.
U.S. President Barack Obama, in an interview published on Thursday, said he has a "personal interest" in making sure world powers and Iran could reach a deal that prevents Tehran from having a nuclear weapon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Stenmeier met here Sunday to discuss the international community's negotiations with Iran and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
A major summit between the United States and the Gulf nations wrapped up Thursday with pledges of increased security cooperation, but fell short of producing a formal defense treaty sought by Gulf nations amid their concerns over a rising Iran and a possible nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
The United States would consider using military force to defend the Gulf nations in the event of an external threat to their territorial integrity, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Sunday condemned Saudi-led attack on Yemen as "genocide", according to Iran's Foreign Ministry's website.
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