Reuters: Iran says it will not cede its “right” to install advanced machinery to refine uranium, signaling defiance on what looks likely to be a serious sticking point in its nuclear talks with world powers that began on Tuesday.
Iran’s nuclear research looms as hurdle in talks with powers
Pakistan warns Iran not to send in troops after guards kidnapped
Reuters: Pakistan warned Iran on Tuesday not to send troops across the two countries’ shared border to retrieve five kidnapped Iranian border guards, an incident that threatens to exacerbate regional and sectarian tensions.
Iran at talks: No scrapping any nuclear facility
AP: Iran drew a red line on Tuesday on how far it would go at landmark nuclear talks, saying as the meeting opened that it would not buckle to pressure from the U.S. and five other world powers to scrap any of its nuclear facilities.
Iran talks open to rough start
The Hill: Nuclear talks with Iran got off to a rough start Tuesday when the country’s top negotiator ruled out scrapping any of the country’s nuclear facilities, a key requirement for the U.S. and other parties to the talks.
U.s. Slams Europe’s rush to be first in line for Iran business
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. has made no secret of its determination to strictly enforce the remaining energy and banking sanctions on Iran, actively discouraging European companies from rushing to do business with Tehran following November’s nuclear deal.
Iran’s Khamenei says nuclear talks will ‘lead nowhere’
AFP: Iran’s top decision-maker Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday that nuclear talks with world powers would “lead nowhere” but that he was not opposed to them.
Iran’s mixed messages ahead of P5+1 talks
Daily Beast: On the eve of resuming nuclear talks with the West, Iran’s actions are confusing analysts, who say the world is either witnessing a thaw in Tehran…or business as usual.
Iran and U.S. agree final nuclear deal may be unreachable
Reuters: The United States and long-time arch-foe Iran agree on at least one thing ahead of Tuesday’s negotiations on a long-term nuclear deal – reaching an agreement will be very difficult, if not impossible.
Iran seen honoring nuclear deal but stockpile may grow: diplomats
Reuters: A monthly update by the United Nations atomic watchdog is expected to show later this week that Iran is complying with last year’s landmark nuclear agreement with six world powers, diplomats said on Monday.
Iran nuclear talks to focus on centrifuges, reactor
AFP: An Iranian negotiator said nuclear talks with world powers this week would focus on advanced centrifuges and the unfinished Arak heavy water reactor, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
