Iran, P4+1 reach two drafts, says spokesman
In his weekly press briefing on Monday, Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave updates on the Vienna negotiations. He also welcomed the change of tone in Saudi Arabia yet called for a change of behavior.
Russia says Vienna talks making progress
The current nuclear talks over Iran’s nuclear program in Vienna are moving forward, a senior Russian diplomat said as the third round of the talks were concluded earlier this week.
Washington to pay $7b in exchange for four spies
The Lebanese news network, Al Mayadeen reported that the Islamic Republic has agreed to release four Americans accused of spying for the CIA. In exchange, Washington will release four detained Iranians, in addition to unfreezing $7 billion of Iranian assets in the U.S.
Tehran, Baghdad Reach Agreements in Supplying Energy
Iraq’s electricity minister said that Iran and Iraq had reached agreements in supplying energy, electricity, and gas for Iraq.
Iran imports 1m doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China
Iran received the largest shipment of coronavirus vaccine, containing 1 million doses, from China on Sunday, IRNA reported.
Vienna talks positive, says Vaezi
Iranian government Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vazei described the atmosphere at Vienna negotiations as "positive" and expressed hope that good days would be ahead of the Iranian people once the sanctions are lifted.
MP says Natanz suffered 5 acts of sabotage
Speaking to Fars News Agency, Fereydoun Abbasi, head of the Energy Committee of the parliament recounted sabotage acts done in Natanz nuclear site, revealing new details about the recent power outage.
Biden ‘wants to have it both ways’ on Iran: Analyst
A political commentator says the administration of US President Joe Biden intends to remove a fraction of sanctions against Iran but to keep the majority of them in place, arguing that Washington’s insistence on classification of the bans to those related to the 2015 nuclear deal and others has made negotiations to revive the agreement lengthier and more complex.
Saudi ‘outreach towards thawing relations with Iran is a sign of desperation’: Scholar
Saudi “outreach towards thawing relations with Iran is a sign of desperation” because Riyadh’s position has been weakened in the Middle East region following the departure of “the totally controlled Netanyahu-run Trump administration,” an American scholar and political commentator has said.
In Vienna, Iran, P4+1 agree to continue talks with more speed, seriousness
Representatives of Iran and the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), have agreed to continue the next round of Vienna talks with more speed and seriousness.