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Iran deal a high stakes gamble with Obama's legacy

Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)

A nuclear deal with Iran would be a diplomatic victory for Barack Obama, but its historic worth and impact on the US president's legacy may not be known for a d...

White House says chances of Iran deal 50/50 'at best'

Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)

The chances of clinching a nuclear deal with Iran are 50/50 "at best", the White House said Tuesday as negotiators in Switzerland raced against the clock to clo...

Kerry, Zarif in crunch round of Iran nuclear talks

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

Iran nuclear talks entered a critical week Monday with US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart sitting down in Switzerland seeking an elusi...

'Rollercoaster' Iran nuclear talks in the balance

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

Iran nuclear talks hung in the balance Monday with a senior US official saying it remained unclear whether the outlines of a deal could be agreed by a March 31 ...

France plays hawk role in nuclear talks with Iran

Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)

As the drive to reach an accord with Iran on its nuclear programme heads towards a March 31 deadline, France is digging into its role as chief hawk -- a positio...

UN Security Council would vote on any deal with Iran: US

Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)

The White House has confirmed that any nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers would be subject to a vote by the UN Security Council. ...

Putin mulled putting nuclear forces 'on alert' over Crimea

Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to put the country's nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea last year after the fall of a Mosco...

US, Iran in new nuclear talks as tempers fray

Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)

Iran and the US aim in talks starting Sunday in Switzerland to begin closing in on a deal reducing Tehran's nuclear activities to within strict limits after 18 ...

Iran launches smartphone app for leader Khamenei speeches

Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)

Iran has launched a smartphone app for all the speeches made by its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the past quarter of a century, his website announ...

S. Korea, US wrap up 'Key Resolve' military drill

Mar 13, 2015 (AFP)

South Korea and the United States wrapped up Friday one of their two large-scale annual military exercises that have prompted bellicose warnings and threats fro...

Kerry in new Iran talks as US political storm rages

Mar 13, 2015 (AFP)

Iran nuclear talks enter their critical end-game Sunday with US Secretary of State John Kerry due to meet his Iranian counterpart in Switzerland as a March 31 d...

Germany lashes US Republicans over Iran letter

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

Germany's foreign minister hit out at US Republican senators Thursday for sending a letter to Iran over the nuclear talks, fearing it could undermine Tehran's c...

Iran's supreme leader warns against 'deceitful' West

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday warned against "deceitful" world powers and branded a letter from Republican lawmakers as a sign of Ame...

Kerry heads to Egypt, before new Iran nuclear talks

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry left Thursday for a key economic conference in Egypt, before a new round of talks in Switzerland on Iran's suspect nuclear prog...

Export of Iran's revolution enters 'new chapter': general

Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)

Iran's top general said Wednesday his country has reached "a new chapter" towards its declared aim of exporting revolution, in reference to Tehran's growing reg...

Republican letter to Iran shakes trust in US: Kerry

Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry hit out Wednesday at a letter by Republican senators to Iran opposing the nuclear talks he is leading, saying it threatened glo...

Clinton slams Republican letter to Iran

Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday lashed out at Republican senators for sending a letter to Iran over ongoing nuclear talks, accusing them...

UN nuclear watchdog holds Tehran talks

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog held talks in Tehran Monday in their investigation into decade-old allegations of possible military dimensions to Iran's nu...

Letter inflames US feud over Iran talks

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

Barack Obama pilloried Republicans Monday over an incendiary letter to Iran's leaders that warned a nuclear deal with the United States could be scrapped by the...

US will 'walk away' if verifiable Iran nuclear deal not reached: Obama

Mar 08, 2015 (AFP)

President Barack Obama assured in a taped television interview Sunday that the United States was prepared to "walk away" from nuclear talks with Iran if a verif...