Britain and Iran on Thursday resumed direct diplomatic relations as the Iranian Embassy in London restored part of its consular operations.
EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Thursday the timetable for the next round of Iranian nuclear talks.
The United States will remain " very mindful" of concerns of the Gulf states as it seeks to strike a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran, a senior American diplomat said Wednesday.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday that he is not optimistic about Iran's nuclear negotiations with the world powers, state-run Press TV reported.
Russia's deputy foreign minister on Tuesday dismissed the expansion of U.S. sanctions against Iran as "illegitimate."
A senior official of the U.S. Defense Department told Congress on Tuesday that the United States will not allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon, and that if Iran decided to use nuclear talks as a cover for developing one, Washington would be able to detect it.
Iran has successfully test-fired two missile, one of them a surface-to-surface long-range ballistic missile, official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Iran is ready for serious talks with world powers to reach a comprehensive agreement over its nuclear program, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said here on Monday.
Iran will not shut down or dismantle any of its nuclear facilities, an Iranian atomic official was quoted as saying by Press TV on Sunday.
Iran agreed to take seven "practical steps" in its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), according to a joint statement of Iran and the IAEA posted on the website of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Sunday.
A French delegation has arrived in Iran to explore business opportunities as Tehran is opening up its economy to the international business amid West's partial easing of sanctions, official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Iranian officials have downplayed the recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Iran's nuclear program and threatened to target U.S. interests if the Islamic republic is attacked.
Syria's main opposition group in exile the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) confirmed here on Monday its participation in the Geneva II peace conference shortly after UN withdrew its invitation to Iran for the meeting.
Dismayed by developments over a Syrian peace conference slated for Montreux, Switzerland later this week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon decided Monday it would proceed without Iran, despite his earlier invitation extended to Tehran.
The United States is hopeful that all parties can now focus on ending the Syria conflict, State Department said on Monday, after UN withdrew the invitation to Iran to attend an upcoming peace conference in Switzerland.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday that he had invited Iran to attend this week's Syria peace conference in Switzerland, also known as Geneva II.
He suggested a non-governmental organization (NGO) be set up to resolve any doubts and concerns of the Gulf states about Iran's " civilian" atomic activities scientifically.
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