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Iran

Iran nuclear deal outline - is the marathon finally over?

03/04/2015

World

International equilibrium finally found for Iranian nuclear development

World powers and Iranian negotiators managed at long last to agree on a framework for the continuation of Tehran’s nuclear development programme

03/04/2015

Iran

What do key players think of the outline Iran nuclear deal: overview

03/04/2015

Iran

Nuclear negotiator Zarif is given a hero's welcome in sanctions-weary Iran

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has received a rapturous reception from crowds in Tehran, after negotiating a preliminary nuclear deal

03/04/2015

Iran

Nuclear deal sparks celebrations in sanctions-weary Iran

There has been a night of jubilation in Tehran, as people celebrated news that Iran and world powers had reached a framework nuclear deal paving the

03/04/2015

Switzerland

Iran and world powers reach outline nuclear deal

Iran and six world leaders have reached an outline deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Iran has agreed to have just one atomic facility, to shut down

03/04/2015

USA

Iran nuclear agreement is 'good deal,' says Obama

US President Barack Obama says the outline agreement struck in Switzerland is a “good deal” and will stop Tehran obtaining a nuclear weapon

02/04/2015

Switzerland

Iran reaches framework agreement with six world powers over Tehran nuclear programme

After eight days of marathon talks in Switzerland, Iran and six world powers have reached a breakthrough framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear

02/04/2015

World

Iran's nuclear talks with P5 face steady pressure from ultra-conservatives

The deadline has come and gone and a preliminary deal over Iran’s nuclear programme continues to be elusive. There has been lots of talking between

02/04/2015

Eswatini

Joint statement between Iran's Zarif and EU's Mogherini is being finalised

02/04/2015

Switzerland

Iran nuclear talks enter day eight with progress made but no deal drafted

Negotiations continued deep into the night in Lausanne between Iran and the 5 +1 group of world powers over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Progress is

02/04/2015

Switzerland

World powers struggle to strike deal with Iran over nuclear programme

The talking was supposed to have ended on Tuesday night, but world powers are still trying to strike a deal with Iran over its disputed nuclear

01/04/2015

World News

Worldwide death sentences on the rise but executions drop - Amnesty Intl.

The number of executions dropped in 2014 compared to a year before but the number of people given death sentences rose sharply, says Amnesty.

01/04/2015

Iran

Midnight deadline comes and goes but there is still hope of a nuclear deal with Iran

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says a deal curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions has been reached. The Russian minister left the Swiss hotel in

01/04/2015

Israel

Israel: Netanyahu warns nuclear deal would leave Iran able to make a bomb in under a year

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the framework Iranian nuclear deal being sought by international negotiators will leave Iran with the

31/03/2015

Iran

Nuclear talks with Iran jammed repeatedly over the years

Deep concerns about Iran’s potential nuclear ambitions began to rumble through western capitals in 2002. Satellite photos were made public of Natanz

31/03/2015

Switzerland

Iran nuclear talks continue beyond a midnight deadline as the search for a deal goes on

With the original deadline set at midnight, Russia’s Foreign Minister had hastily rejoined nuclear talks with in Iran on Tuesday. Sergei Lavrov had

31/03/2015

Switzerland

Pressure on at Iran nuclear talks ahead of midnight deadline

The pressure is on at talks in Switzerland to find a preliminary deal on the Iranian nuclear issue. Tehran is in negotiations with senior officials

31/03/2015

Yemen

Global perspectives on Yemen: Overview

Yemen is embroiled in a bitter civil war between Houthi forces, who have captured the capital Sanaa, and troops loyal to the President Abd-Rabbu

31/03/2015

Iran

'Fifty-fifty chance of reaching a nuclear deal with Iran' as deadline for a deal looms

Six world powers and Iran are still struggling to reach a preliminary nuclear deal with only hours to go before a self-imposed deadline. Gloom set

31/03/2015