Hours after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi tells his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin that "NATO expansion is a serious threat to the stability and security of independent countries in different regions."
After months of negotiations in Vienna, superpowers and Iran indicate a new agreement is close.
In interview with i24NEWS, the former prime minister calls for Israel to sound the alarm on emerging agreement in Vienna.
Prime minister says renegotiated agreement would see Iran rein in its nuclear activity for two and a half years, rather than the 10 years under the previous agreement.
Lawmakers insist that US and European parties should guarantee that they would not exit a restored agreement, nor trigger the "snapback mechanism" under which sanctions on Tehran would be immediately reinstated if it violates nuclear compliance.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian tells parliament breakthrough depends on Iran.
Revolutionary Guards-aligned Nour News blasts Israeli officials' "unexpected" meeting with Russia's envoy to Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov and International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi.
Yosh Zarka travels to Austria to take part in meetings with head negotiators, according to Israeli media reports that have not been corroborated by any official government source.
Iran is "in a hurry" to strike a new nuclear accord as long as its national interests are protected," Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says. Head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council says the talks "have reached a stage where the outcome can be announced without speculation and with certainty."
"We put our hopes on the east, west, north, south of our country and never have any hope in Vienna and New York,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says in a speech commemorating the 43rd anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution.
