A senior Iranian official on Wednesday ruled out a nuclear "time out" proposal under which Iran would stop uranium enrichment expansion in return for a halt to further U.N. sanctions, an Iranian news agency reported.
Iran would be available to hold further talks with the United States over the issue of Iraq, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday during a visit to South Africa.
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook a desert area of central Iran Wednesday, the state IRNA news agency reported.
An Iranian official said on Wednesday that Tehran has taken practical steps to resolve the outstanding nuclear issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the official IRNA news agency reported. Iran's Under-Secretary of t ...
Venezuela agreed to sell Iran gasoline on Tuesday, less than a week after Iran unveiled a rationing program to limit its dependence on gasoline imports.
China's envoy to the UN has opposed further sanctions against Iran, and instead urged the international community to increase diplomatic efforts to resolve that country's nuclear issue. China holds the UN Security Council rotational pres ...
China's UN envoy urged the international community Tuesday to boost diplomatic efforts to end the nuclear standoff with Iran, saying the time was not yet right for new sanctions.
Presidents Ahmadinejad of Iran and Chavez of Venezuela revel in each others' company, says the BBC's Jon Leyne.
China called Tuesday for stepped up diplomacy rather than new sanctions to try to persuade Iran to suspend uranium enrichment and rein in its nuclear program.
PRETORIA • Iran would be available to hold further talks with the United States over the issue of Iraq, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said yesterday during a visit to South Africa.