Time for Diplomacy Runs Out in Iran
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Tehran and Washington are headed for confrontation as the UN meets to discuss Iran&#39;s nuclear program: The US wants to take the issue to the Security Council while Europe lobbies for more diplomacy.
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Iran's hard-line president, who has berated the United States and refused to compromise on his nuclear program, is now softening his tone, saying Monday he wants dialogue rather than confrontation in Iraq. Tehran also denied it gave sophisticated weapons to militants to attack U.S. forces.
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Iran is in the "final stages" of negotiation with diplomats from the major European powers in a dispute over nuclear arms, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Saturday. But European envoys warned that a lasting agreement remains a long way off.
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VIENNA -- A year ago, nonproliferation officials were jubilantly hailing the triumph of diplomacy in reining in Iran's alleged nuclear weapons ambitions. But many now fear that efforts to negotiate with Tehran have descended into a perilous diplomatic quagmire.
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Iran is studying a request from Baghdad for another round of talks between U.S. and Iranian officials and a decision may take more than two weeks, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.
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You have to hand it to Iranian diplomacy. Heads of state, scores of ministers, and senior representatives from a number of the world&#39;s most powerful nations are working ardently to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons.
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Iran backs down on its demand to exempt some of its technology from a nuclear freeze, diplomats say.
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Next weekâs meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors over Iranâs nuclear programs is looming as a tense diplomatic battleground between the US and its European rivals.
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Analysis: Tehran' diplomatic strategy is based on the international community's desire for an alternative to confrontation, even if that amounts to less than full compliance with its demands
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Iran said Monday it was losing patience  with U.N. inspections of its nuclear program and announced that  its agreement with the Europeans to halt uranium enrichment  would soon come to an end.
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Iran's supreme leader made clear on Thursday the time had not yet arrived to restore relations with the United States, the Islamic state's arch foe, but suggested it may happen one day.
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The U.N. Security Council had given Iran until Feb. 21 to halt uranium enrichment, a process that can make fuel for power plants or material for warheads.Comment
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A U.N. deadline for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities expires Thursday with Iran showing no signs it intends to comply.
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Iran&#39;s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pirooz Hosseini leaves in a car after a second round of talks with EU negotiators failed to produce an agreement for a total suspension of uranium enrichment in Iran, on Wednesday, Oct.
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Two days of talks in Paris between Iranian and European delegations about Iran&#39;s nuclear program ended late Saturday without a formal agreement, but diplomats said progress had been made.
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Iran is believed to be years away  from having a nuclear weapon and the United States has decided  to use diplomacy, not military action, in dealing with the  issue, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday.
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Iran announced on Sunday crunch talks with the European Union to break the deadlock over its controversial nuclear programme have been postponed, amid growing calls for fresh UN action against Tehran.