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.
Iran is not hopeful about exporting its natural gas to the neighboring state of Pakistan, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Wednesday.
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.
It is essential for Tehran and Moscow to bolster defense cooperation, Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan was quoted as saying by Press TV on Tuesday.
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 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.
Iran will not shut down underground bunker of Fordow uranium enrichment facility as its closure is one of the country's redlines at the nuclear talks with the major world powers, a senior Iranian lawmaker was quoted as saying by Press TV on Sunday.
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.
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.
Four sanction experts from the banking, trade, oil and transportation sectors have been added to Iran's nuclear negotiating team, local media reported Thursday.
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.
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.
Iran will not accept any pre- condition for attending peace talks on Syria, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Tuesday.
Iran is determined to resolve the nuclear dispute in a "short period of time," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday.
World leaders should create new proposals for the upcoming nuclear talks in Geneva, semi-official ISNA news agency quoted Iran's foreign minister as saying on Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama has said Iran is still "a year or more" away from building a nuclear weapon, citing U.S. intelligence assessments.
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