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World Jul 24

Iran says it’s ready for nuclear talks with Washington but only if the U.S. rebuilds trust

The comments Thursday by Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi come a day before talks are to be held between Tehran and European nations.

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Iran says despite U.S. demands, it will never stop enriching uranium

Iran’s top diplomat is insisting that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium. It further underlines the Islamic Republic’s red line in negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

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US-Iran nuclear talks at ‘very crucial’ stage, UN’s atomic watchdog says

That's what the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Thursday while on a visit to the Islamic Republic.

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President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran's response, delivered via the sultanate of Oman, left open the possibility of indirect negotiations with Washington. However, such talks have made no progress since Trump in his first term unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's…

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Iran’s currency drops to a record low as Trump clinches the U.S. presidency

The rial traded on Wednesday at 703,000 rials to the dollar. In 2015, at the time of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers, it was at 32,000 to $1.

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Top Jordanian diplomat makes rare visit to Iran as fears of wider regional war soar

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Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran's top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits from Western diplomats sitting across the table as he repeatedly lectured them on everything while offering nothing.

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Iranian reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili head to runoff presidential election

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.

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