Washington, July 2 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance said that negotiations with Iran in Doha were “going well”, while warning that President Donald Trump would not hesitate to use military force again if Tehran resumed its nuclear programme or attacked commercial shipping.Speaking to reporters before departing aboard Air Force Two after visiting Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia on Wednesday (local time), Vance said negotiators from the United States, Iran, Qatar and other countries were dis…
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Doha, July 1 (IANS) Indirect talks between the United States and Iran are underway in Doha on Wednesday under the mediation of Qatar and Pakistan. “The talks are taking place indirectly now, with no face-to-face meetings between the two sides,” a source told Xinhua news agency. “The sessions are closed and are being facilitated by the mediators.”The source added that the discussions are focused on implementing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached in Islamabad on June 17, including issue…
Tehran, July 1 (IANS) Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Iran will not enter negotiations with the United States on a final agreement unless certain paragraphs of a recently signed peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two sides are implemented.Qalibaf, also the head of Iran’s negotiating team, made the remarks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV while elaborating on the latest developments pertaining to the implementation of the peace MoU and talks with the …
Doha, June 30 (IANS) Qatar confirmed on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are in Doha but will not hold direct meetings with the Iranian officials.Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said at the weekly press briefing that the US delegation would instead meet with mediators to discuss progress in implementing the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran.Al-Ansari also noted that th…
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Indian benchmark equity indices ended lower on Tuesday as weakness in information technology stocks weighed on investor sentiment, while market participants remained cautious ahead of the scheduled US-Iran talks in Doha later in the day.The Nifty declined 80.50 points, or 0.34 per cent, to close at 23,865.75. The Sensex also slipped 249.70 points, or 0.33 per cent, to settle at 76,478.67.Commenting on Nifty technical outlook, experts said that the 24,000 zone now emerges a…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not to acquire a nuclear weapon ahead of fresh negotiations in Doha, expressing confidence that the US was making progress both diplomatically and militarily while insisting Tehran would not be allowed to develop nuclear arms.Speaking in the Oval Office before signing a presidential memorandum on vehicle repairs, Trump said officials were already travelling to Qatar for talks scheduled on Tuesday.”There’ll be a meeting on …
Tehran, June 29 (IANS) A senior Iranian diplomat said on Monday that technical talks between the working groups of Iran and the United States were not scheduled for this week, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency.Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, made the remarks in an address to reporters, rejecting media reports that technical talks would be held in the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday.However, Gharibabadi, who heads Iran’s deleg…
Tehran, June 29 (IANS) Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that frozen Iranian assets worth 6 billion US dollars currently held in Qatar will be released and returned to the country, according to the official news agency IRNA.He made the remarks during a meeting with a senior cleric in the central province of Qom, while elaborating on the achievements of a recently signed peace Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States, Xinhua news agency reported.Pezeshk…
Baghdad, June 29 (IANS) Iraqi President Nizar Amedi and Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi held separate meetings here with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to discuss the recent Iran-US memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at ending their war.Amedi stressed the importance of dialogue in fostering a more stable regional environment and paving the way for lasting understandings that address outstanding issues, according to a statement by the Iraqi presidency.Al-Zaidi affirmed th…
Riyadh, June 29 (IANS) Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron, during which they discussed regional and international developments, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.According to SPA, the two leaders reviewed the latest developments regarding the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the United States and Iran, as well as ongoing efforts to facilitate comprehensive solutions that w…