- 18:29 04/03/2010
Iran threatened on Thursday to give up its counter-proposal to the UN nuclear watchdog on a uranium swap, if new sanctions were adopted against the Islamic Republic.
- 03:45 10/09/2009
The United States will study 'seriously and carefully' Tehran's proposal to resume talks within the framework of Iran Six mediators
- 20:29 18/04/2007
Iran will not discuss shutting down its uranium enrichment program even if appropriate discussions with six international negotiators are resumed, a high-ranking Iranian diplomat said Wednesday.
- 20:33 21/11/2006
Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday Iran must answer all questions of interest to the UN nuclear watchdog on its nuclear program.
- 12:52 12/11/2006
Iran intends to install 3,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges by March 2007, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday.
- 17:09 11/11/2006
Iran's foreign minister said Saturday his visit to Moscow for talks on Tehran's nuclear program is still on the agenda.
- 16:18 11/11/2006
Iran's foreign minister on Saturday dismissed allegations that the country violates its obligations to the UN nuclear watchdog, and is in breach of the non-proliferation regime.
- 11:43 10/11/2006
Tehran will reconsider its relations with the UN's nuclear watchdog if the UN Security Council passes a draft resolution on sanctions against Iran without including Russia's amendments softening the sanctions, Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Friday.
- 09:40 10/11/2006
Iran's top nuclear negotiator arrived in Moscow Friday for talks on the country's controversial nuclear program. Ali Larijani will meet with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov.
- 18:45 09/11/2006
Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said: "If Russia votes for the UN Security Council resolution in its current version, the country will be voting for sanctions against itself."
- 16:08 09/11/2006
An offer to enrich Iran's uranium in Russia could be back on the agenda after full-scale talks on the country's nuclear program are resumed, Russia's foreign minister said Thursday, the day before the top Iranian nuclear negotiator's visit to Moscow.
- 13:27 05/11/2006
Russia holds a realistic position on the Iran nuclear issue, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday.
- 18:46 03/11/2006
Russia is still ready to work out gradual measures to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem in a way that fits the reality of the situation on the ground, the foreign minister said Friday.
- 20:54 01/11/2006
Russia will not endorse measures designed to isolate Iran, the Russian foreign minister said Wednesday.
- 20:16 01/11/2006
"We are thinking over response measures if the UN Security Council adopts a resolution against Iran. If it is tough, a reaction will follow," said Hassan Rowhani, Iran's former chief negotiator and representative of the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran's Security Council.
- 15:15 01/11/2006
Iran's army will conduct practice launches of long-range ballistic missiles during large-scale military exercises starting Thursday, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said Wednesday.
- 14:28 29/10/2006
Tehran welcomes Russia's position on the peaceful settlement of the Iran nuclear issue, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday.
- 12:54 29/10/2006
Iran sees no reason for suspending its uranium enrichment work, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday.
- 14:45 28/10/2006
Iran officially confirmed Saturday the launch of a second cascade of gas centrifuges to enrich uranium.
- 19:26 27/10/2006
The Russian defense minister said Friday he is not worried Iran could acquire weapons-grade uranium.
- 14:37 22/10/2006
Iran could discuss the suspension of its uranium enrichment during talks rather than as a precondition, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday.
- 17:28 21/10/2006
Iran's foreign minister urged the European Union Saturday to explain why Tehran should stop uranium enrichment activities.
- 16:19 21/10/2006
Russia's foreign minister said Saturday that the country will resist any attempts to use the UN Security Council for punishing Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
- 16:09 20/10/2006
Iran's Foreign Ministry Friday warned the European Union and other countries involved in talks on its controversial nuclear program not to use threats and pressure.
- 14:24 20/10/2006
Iran's president said Friday the UN Security Council has ruined its reputation, while its resolutions have become irrelevant.
- 16:40 11/10/2006
Iran is determined to develop full nuclear fuel cycle technology, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday.
- 15:44 11/10/2006
Iran will not suspend its uranium enrichment program and will continue its nuclear research despite numerous warnings of sanctions against the Islamic republic, the speaker of the Iranian parliament said Wednesday.
- 17:49 08/10/2006
Iran is hoping to continue talks on uranium enrichment in a constructive manner, a country's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday.
- 20:20 06/10/2006
Unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States against countries cooperating with Iran might keep Iran-6 from finding common decisions on Iran's nuclear problem, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
- 19:53 06/10/2006
The Iran Six has a chance to agree on measures preventing the transfer of dual-use technologies to Iran, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
- 15:15 06/10/2006
Unilateral actions by the United States against countries cooperating with Iran are beyond the agreements of the Iran Six and will complicate its work, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
- 21:43 05/10/2006
The international community will have to work out new solutions for the Iranian nuclear problem following a unilateral decision by the United States to impose sanctions on countries cooperating with the Islamic Republic, Russia's foreign minister said Thursday.
- 18:10 04/10/2006
"Iran will not retreat even a step from its legal rights [in the nuclear sector], and will pursue its course with dignity," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
- 19:54 03/10/2006
Moscow believes the dispute over Iran's nuclear program should be resolved through diplomacy, the head of the Russian Security Council said Tuesday.
- 15:15 03/10/2006
Russia's Security Council secretary arrived in Tehran Tuesday to discuss with his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani a spectrum of issues, including a controversial Iranian nuclear program.
- 11:52 29/09/2006
Iran's foreign minister reiterated Friday the Islamic Republic's position that it does not see any reason to announce a moratorium on its uranium enrichment program.
- 19:40 28/09/2006
Iran's hard-line president said Thursday his country would not agree to stop uranium enrichment "even for one day."
- 16:27 26/09/2006
Iran's top nuclear negotiator and the EU foreign policy chief will not discuss Tehran's moratorium on uranium enrichment, the vice president of the Iranian National Atomic Energy Organization said Tuesday.
- 19:36 25/09/2006
Iran's top negotiator and the European Union's foreign policy chief will meet to discuss the Islamic Republic's atomic program Tuesday, an Iranian news agency said Monday.
- 20:47 20/09/2006
Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday there was every chance for a resumption of talks on the Iranian nuclear problem to be held on terms acceptable for all parties.
- 18:39 20/09/2006
Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, and the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, will hold talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program next week, Iran's National Security Council said Wednesday.
- 19:19 14/09/2006
"If Tehran does not agree to a compromise, Russia could join sanctions against Tehran," Leonid Slutsky, the first deputy chairman of the International Affairs Committee of Russia's lower house of parliament, said.
- 20:05 13/09/2006
"We believe that today it is possible... to launch talks aimed at finding a diplomatic long-term resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem," Grigory Berdennikov said at a session of the IAEA Board of Governors.
- 16:11 02/09/2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated Saturday that his country had a legitimate right to possess full nuclear cycle, an Iranian news agency said.
- 12:34 26/08/2006
Iran's President Mahmoud Akhmadinejad inaugurated Saturday a heavy-water production plant in the town of Arak (190 km to the west of Tehran
- 21:34 24/08/2006
Russia's foreign minister discussed Iran's reaction to proposals from six world powers mediating the country's nuclear problem in a telephone conversation with the U.S. secretary of state on Thursday, the Russian foreign ministry said.
- 14:21 22/08/2006
Iran will respond to proposals from six world powers aimed at resolving the longstanding nuclear dispute at 4 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. GMT), an Iranian television channel said Tuesday referring to a senior security official in Tehran.
- 13:55 20/08/2006
"We won't suspend [uranium enrichment]. Everything has to come out of negotiations. Suspension of uranium enrichment is not on our agenda," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said.
- 13:47 18/08/2006
A senior Iranian delegation will arrive in Russia next week to discuss nuclear cooperation, Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly said Friday.
- 15:20 13/08/2006
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said the Islamic Republic was surprised by the Europeans' behavior (the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution on Iran) and now did not believe in Europeans' good intentions to solve its nuclear issue by way of negotiations.
- 13:34 06/08/2006
Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Sunday the Islamic Republic will continue developing relations with Russia and China, despite a UN Security Council resolution.
- 12:56 06/08/2006
Larijani said Iran had not violated any of its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- 18:30 01/08/2006
"The UN Security Council resolution is not legally justified, and can yield no constructive results. In reality such a resolution could lead to new tensions," ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said.
- 11:46 30/07/2006
Iran will no longer consider proposals from six world powers aimed at halting its uranium enrichment, if the UN Security Council passes a resolution against it, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday. "If they issue a resolution against Iran, the package will no longer be on our agenda," Hamid Reza Asefi said.
- 10:09 28/07/2006
A resolution being prepared by the United Nations Security Council on Iran's nuclear program must not include an ultimatum, but should make the requirements set by the UN nuclear watchdog binding, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
- 12:49 23/07/2006
Iran is prepared to hold negotiations on its nuclear program without any preconditions, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday.
- 15:32 20/07/2006
Iran will produce some amount of nuclear fuel on its territory to satisfy the country's energy demands, the influential Supreme National Security Council said Thursday.
- 17:40 19/07/2006
Should Iran fail to respond to demands from the UN's nuclear watchdog, Russia will be ready to discuss economic sanctions at the UN Security Council, the foreign minister said Wednesday.
- 17:55 13/07/2006
Iran's president said Thursday that Tehran is ready to hold talks with European negotiators but the United States should refrain from raising tensions around the country's controversial nuclear program. "Iran is in favor of talks with Europe in an atmosphere of the law and justice to ease tensions around the Iranian nuclear program," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
- 16:09 13/07/2006
Possible UN sanctions against Iran will not affect Russian-Iranian military cooperation, Russia's foreign minister said Thursday. Sergei Lavrov said military and technical cooperation between Russia and Iran "is conducted fully in accordance with international norms."
- 15:01 13/07/2006
"Any harsh decision may hurt all [interested] parties," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said, commenting on Wednesday's meeting of Iran-6 foreign ministers in Paris, France.
- 11:43 13/07/2006
Iran's president said his country could review its nuclear cooperation with the West, Iran's state television said Thursday.
- 20:21 11/07/2006
"Iran does not need a nuclear bomb to substantiate its clout. Tehran is against escalating tensions in the region," Ali Larijani said adding that transferring Iran's "nuclear file" to the UN Security Council was wrong.
- 16:54 11/07/2006
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said Tuesday they had agreed to continue talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program.
- 15:47 11/07/2006
Russia hopes that the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council will positively respond to the Iran-6 package of incentives, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russia Today television Tuesday.
- 22:17 05/07/2006
Iran's top negotiator on the country's nuclear program said talks with the EU foreign policy supremo scheduled for Wednesday in Brussels had been postponed over a threat to the Iranian delegation from anti-Iran terrorist groups based in Europe.
- 18:24 04/07/2006
Russia insists that political and diplomatic efforts be continued to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem, a deputy foreign minister said at a meeting with high-ranking Israeli officials Tuesday.
- 14:48 04/07/2006
"We would like our Iranian partners to accept the proposals, which were worked out as a basis for dialogue," Putin told a civil G8 forum.
- 14:31 02/07/2006
A summit of the G-8 Group of industrialized nations scheduled to be held in St. Petersburg in July could discuss the situation in Iraq, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko said Sunday.
- 14:11 02/07/2006
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani will meet with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana July 5, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday.
- 12:33 02/07/2006
Russia hopes for Iran's quickest answer to the proposals from six world powers trying to persuade Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment program, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko said Sunday.
- 20:35 29/06/2006
Tehran will respond to international proposals on regulating the Iranian nuclear problem in August, the foreign minister said Thursday. Earlier this month, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would respond to the package of incentives on August 22.
- 15:20 27/06/2006
The launch of a nuclear power plant currently being built in Iran with Russian assistance will enhance Russia's image as a reliable partner, the Iranian parliament's speaker said Tuesday.
- 15:08 26/06/2006
"Iran has never said it would restrict itself in the choice of tools to protect its national interests," Gholam Hossein Elkham said, although he ruled out that oil could be used as an illegal way to exert pressure.
- 13:32 25/06/2006
The Iranian petroleum minister said Sunday Tehran would use its oil possibilities, if international sanctions were imposed against the Islamic Republic.
- 13:18 25/06/2006
The resumption of a moratorium on uranium enrichment will be a step back, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday.
- 15:00 24/06/2006
Iran's foreign minister said Saturday it was "illogical" to demand that Tehran respond to a package of incentives put forward by the Iran-6 before the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, scheduled for mid-July.
- 19:42 23/06/2006
Atomstroiexport, Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, said Friday it had started preparing for the launch of a water demineralizing system at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.
- 15:02 23/06/2006
- 17:48 21/06/2006
"We will consider the proposals by the end of the Iranian month of Mordad, and will announce our decision according to the will of the Almighty," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on national television.
- 18:18 20/06/2006
"Iran has put its fair position on the table and our friends in Europe responded with fresh proposals," Manouchehr Mottaki told a news conference in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, on the sidelines of an Organization of the Islamic Conference meeting.
- 14:26 18/06/2006
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday "a positive atmosphere" had been created that could help achieve agreement over Iran's nuclear program at talks with world powers.
- 12:22 18/06/2006
Iran rejects any preconditions in the talks on its nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday.
- 14:34 17/06/2006
Tehran will give an "absolutely transparent" answer to the Iran Six's package of proposals to settle the crisis around the Iranian nuclear program, the country's foreign minister said Saturday.
- 12:40 17/06/2006
Biased restrictions on the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes may seriously undermine trust in the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, Iran's deputy foreign minister said.
- 22:05 16/06/2006
"In the course of bilateral and tripartite meetings with the leaders of China, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan, we discussed various problems of mutual interest, achieving good results," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at Tehran airport after his return from Shanghai.
- 17:35 16/06/2006
- 15:46 16/06/2006
- 15:32 16/06/2006
Russia's foreign minister said Friday he expects an answer from Iran on starting talks to resolve the crisis around its nuclear program in the near future.
- 09:49 16/06/2006
Iran's president said Friday that proposals put forward by six nations in a bid to solve the crisis around the country's nuclear program were a step forward.
- 19:01 15/06/2006
Russian-Iranian cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will have bright prospects if Iran allays the West's concerns over its nuclear programs, a senior member of Russia's upper house of parliament said Thursday.
- 16:24 15/06/2006
"Iran will not retreat under pressure and its main priority is to carry on with scientific research [in nuclear sector]," Khamenei told an Iranian television channel.
- 15:09 15/06/2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Iran was ready to hold direct talks on its long-running nuclear problem and would soon propose a timeframe.
- 13:12 15/06/2006
Iran has the right to develop nuclear energy programs if the international community's concerns are allayed, Russia's president said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Thursday.
- 15:39 12/06/2006
Head of the UN nuclear watchdog Monday expressed hope that the Iran's nuclear issue could be resolved through a dialogue.
- 11:44 12/06/2006
Iran will not hold talks on its right to conduct nuclear research for civilian purposes, a spokesman for Iranian government said Monday. "Iran's position on the nuclear fuel cycle has been voiced before - it is our inalienable right and we will not conduct talks on our obvious rights," Gholam Hossein Elkham told a news conference.
- 12:24 11/06/2006
Iran believes some nuclear proposals from six world powers are unacceptable, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday.
- 18:19 10/06/2006
John Snow, speaking after the G8 finance ministers' meeting in St. Petersburg, said Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, and must not have the capability of developing nuclear weapons.
- 17:35 08/06/2006
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