CNN asked Iran's President-Elect about nuclear deal. Hear his replyIranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said in his first news conference that the United States violated the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the JCPOA, and called on President Joe Biden to return to the agreement. Answering a question by CNN's Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, Raisi called on Biden to li....
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Iran's hardline president-elect Ebrahim Raisi says he will not meet with BidenIranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday ruled out a meeting with President Joe Biden and in response to CNN called on the United States to return to the nuclear deal, in his first international news conference since he won Iran's election over the weekend.....
Iran's president-elect won't meet Biden, demands US 'lift all oppressive sanctions'Iran's president-elect said Monday he wouldn't meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran's ballistic missile program and its support of regional militias, sticking to a hardline position following his landslide victory in last week's election.....
Iran set to stay on hardline course after Raisi win, Saudi commentators sayThe election of a hardline Iranian president has so far been met with silence from Saudi Arabia, but commentators in state-controlled Saudi newspapers forecast little change in Iran's foreign policy as security hawks tighten their grip on power.....
Israel PM: World powers must 'wake up' on Iran nuclear dealIsrael's new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett opened his first Cabinet meeting on Sunday by slamming Iran's newly-elected president and calling on world powers to "wake up" to the perils of returning to a nuclear agreement with Tehran.Later.......
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Iran says JCPOA revival not possible without US assurancesThe sixth round of talks to revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA comes to an end in Vienna. Delegates are headed back home for a short break, this time not for further consultations, says Iran’s lead delegate but for decision making. ....
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Iran talks show positive signal, say officialsTalks on restoring the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), showed positive signal of finalizing the agreement and finding solutions to the Iranian nuclear issue.....
Opinion: Iran elected a hard-liner. Let's see what he does nowPerhaps now that Iran has chosen to install a new, ultra-conservative judiciary chief as its next president, it's time the world, but especially the United States, needs to adopt a new approach to dealing with this determinedly anti-American government. Global heads of state must pay attention to wh....
Iran, world powers adjourn nuclear talks, resumption date unclearNegotiators for Iran and six world powers on Sunday adjourned talks on reviving their 2015 nuclear deal and return to their respective capitals for consultations as remaining differences still need to be overcome, officials said.
"We are now closer than ever to an agreement but the distance that ....
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Diplomats back in Vienna for Iran post-election nuclear talksOfficials from the signatory states of the 2015 nuclear deal have exchanged paperwork and will shortly be returning to their home countries for a final decision, Iran's deputy said on Sunday.....
'Dawn of new era': Iran's ultraconservatives hail Raisi winIran's ultraconservatives Sunday hailed the election victory of their candidate Ebrahim Raisi, after Washington charged the vote was unfair and Tehran's arch-foe Israel labelled him the "most extremist" president yet. Raisi, 60, won Friday....
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Winner of Iran presidency is hardline judge who is under U.S. sanctionsEbrahim Raisi's record of fierce loyalty to Iran's ruling clerics helps explain why he won Friday's presidential election as expected, a contest the authorities limited almost exclusively to hardline candidates like him.....
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Diplomats to meet in Vienna for more Iran nuclear talksFurther talks between Iran and global powers were planned on Sunday to try to negotiate and restore a landmark 2015 agreement to contain Iranian nuclear development that was later abandoned by the Trump administration.Senior diplomats.......
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Iran says nuclear talks to be adjourned for consultations in capitalsNegotiators for Iran and six world powers will on Sunday adjourn talks on reviving their 2015 nuclear deal and return to respective capitals for consultations as remaining differences cannot be easily overcome, Iran's delegation chief said.....
Supporters gather to celebrate Raeisi's winSeyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has won Iran’s 2021 presidential election by a landslide, according to the final results by the Interior Ministry.
At a presser on Saturday, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said out of a total of 28,933,004 votes cast in the presidential election, Raeisi ....
At a presser on Saturday, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said out of a total of 28,933,004 votes cast in the presidential election, Raeisi ....
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Raisi's election draws mixed reactions in IraqIran’s ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was elected president with just under 62 percent of the vote, according to figures released....
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Iran election: Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi wins Iranian presidency amid low turnoutIran's hard-line judiciary chief won a landslide victory Saturday (local time) in the country's presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader's protege into Tehran's highest civilian position and saw the lowest.......
Afghanistan running out of oxygen as Covid surge worsensAfghanistan's government is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third surge of Covid-19 worsens, a senior health official told The Associated Press in an interview on Saturday.
The government is installing oxygen supply plants in 10 provinces where the increase in Covid cases in some....
Ayatolloah's protege wins Iran presidency in questionable electionIran's hard-line judiciary chief won the country's presidential election in a landslide victory Saturday, propelling the supreme leader's protege into Tehran's highest civilian position in a vote that appeared to see the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic's history.....
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'He is as infamous as you can get'Stanford's Abbas Milani talks about Ebrahim Raisi, the man widely expected to be Iran's next president, and prospects for the nuclear deal.....
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Opinion: The bad news about Iran's presidential candidatesThe list of candidates for the June 18 Iranian presidential election is out, and it's worse than anyone hoping for a moderate leader could have imagined. The top candidate is the chief justice of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, a thorough hard-liner and the favorite of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.....
Ultraconservative Raisi elected Iran president as rivals concedeTehran (AFP), Jun 18 – Congratulations poured in for ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi Saturday on winning Iran’s presidential election as his rivals conceded even before official results were announced. The other three candidates in the race all congratulated him for his victory, which ha....
Sacred natural sites protect biodiversity in IranHow much do traditional practices contribute to the protection of local biodiversity? Why and how are sacred groves locally valued and protected, and how can this be promoted and harnessed for environmental protection? Researchers have examined the backgrounds of this form of local environmental pro....
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The Debate -Iran Presidential Election 2021It's Election Day in Iran. People are heading to the polls across the country to choose a new president for the next four years. More than 59 million Iranians are eligible to cast ballots. Voters will choose a successor to incumbent President Hassan Rouhani from the four candidates running. Ayatolla....
Top Jewish figure to Press TV: Iranian Jews, like other compatriots, have duty to voteYounis Hammami Lalehzar, the religious leader of Jews in Iran, tells Press TV that the Jewish community has been well integrated into the Iranian society despite attempts by enemies to separate them from the nation’s ranks, and the Iranian Jews, like their other compatriots, have a national duty t....
Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem sharpens hopes of rare Olympic medal for PakistanArshad Nadeem once dreamed of becoming a star cricketer, but after switching to athletics, he has the opportunity to grab Pakistan's first individual Olympic medal in more than 30 years.
"Right now there is a chance for me," Nadeem told AFP as he prepared for next month's Covid-delayed Tokyo Game....
