US-Iran Relations

Trita Parsi. Illustration: TBS
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Why Mohammed bin Salman suddenly wants to talk to Iran

Secret meetings have been going on at least since January, catalysed by the specter of U.S. withdrawal from the region

Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East. US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi and the Iranian delegation (L-R) meet during a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Klamar/Pool/File Photo
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US, Iran head to Vienna for indirect nuclear deal talks

FILE PHOTO: Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East. U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi and the Iranian delegation (L-R) meet during a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Klamar/Pool/File Photo
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US, Iran to go to Vienna for indirect nuclear deal talks -sources

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
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US open to discussing wider nuclear deal road map if Iran wishes

The Islamic Republic reiterated that any attack on it by the United States would face a “crushing” response. Photo: Reuters
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Iran says US should lift sanctions, guarantee Trump's mistakes will not be repeated

Iran's Zarif says time running out for US to revive nuclear deal
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Iran's Zarif says time running out for US to revive nuclear deal

A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the US, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015/ Reuters
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Decision time soon for Biden on Iran nuclear deal

The Islamic Republic reiterated that any attack on it by the United States would face a “crushing” response. Photo: Reuters
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US will not lift sanctions to get Iran to negotiating table - Biden

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a news conference as part of the G5 Sahel summit on the situation in the Sahel region in Pau, France January 13, 2020. Guillaume Horcajuelo/Pool via Reuters
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Macron supports US-Iran dialogue, floats himself as 'honest broker'

The Islamic Republic reiterated that any attack on it by the United States would face a “crushing” response. Photo: Reuters
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US cool to, but does not reject, Iran's idea on reviving nuclear deal

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attends a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu (not seen) in Istanbul, Turkey, January 29, 2021. Turkish Foreign Ministry /Handout via REUTERS
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Iran's Zarif hints at way to bridge nuclear deal impasse

The Islamic Republic reiterated that any attack on it by the United States would face a “crushing” response. Photo: Reuters
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Iran says US, not Tehran, should act first to resolve nuclear deal row

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US, January 12, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
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US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency