In its article “Geneva Was the Continuation of New York”, E’temaad (reformist daily) maintains that the economic and political challenges facing the leaders of Iran and the United States have created common ground for both countries to move toward easing tensions in their relationship. The commentator…
Read More →Young Journalists Club (YJC- IRIB Subsidiary) maintained that during Zarif’s interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on October 5, Zakaria had used the term “the Iranian regime”, which had drawn “a sharp reaction” from Zarif: “You do not have the right to use the word regime for the…
Read More →Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, on the last round of the nuclear talks. Key points: Both sides to make concessions Iran’s new effort in this round of negotiations focused on defining a common goal between the two parties. We will make certain concessions in order to…
Read More →A commentary by Sadollah Zarei headlined “Building Confidence or Making Believe?” criticizes the Iranian nuclear negotiation team for what he calls its agreement to make confidence-building measures (CBM) to prove to the world powers that Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful. He stressed that in dealing with…
Read More →Reporters present at the conference said that Zarif appeared to be in pain as he answered questions about the nuclear discussions. Iranian media also posted pictures of Zarif lying on a couch, covered in a blanket with a laptop on his chest, during his flight to Geneva….
Read More →In a commentary headlined “Waiting for the First Step”, Gholamali Khoshru, a member of the nuclear negotiation team during the Khatami government, discusses the recent Iran - P5+1 negotiations in Geneva. He maintains that given its complexity, time is needed to solve the issues and gain mutual…
Read More →In the article “Is the Country’s Treasury Empty?”, Mohammad-Kazem Anbarlui points to the president’s remarks at a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new academic year at Tehran University (October 14), for saying that the 11th government is facing “an empty treasury and high debt.”…
Read More →Negin Ahmadian, Behnaz Hadadzadeh and Arman Mokhtari have been sentenced to six months each by the Appeals Court. …
Read More →Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has appointed Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli as acting commander for Law Enforcement Force (LEF)….
Read More →Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli announced that “governors-general will be shuffled in 31 provinces”….
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