AP: Iran sought Sunday to calm hard-line worries over groundbreaking exchanges with Washington, saying a single phone conversation between the American and Iran presidents is not a sign that relations with will be quickly restored.
Iran: More needed than Obama call for full ties
Argentina says Iran committed to probing 1994 bombing
Reuters: Iran has approved a deal with Argentina to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that courts in the South American country accuse Tehran of sponsoring, Argentine official state news service Telam said.
Obama and Iran’s Rouhani hold historic phone call
AFP: US President Barack Obama and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani spoke by phone Friday in the historic, first direct contact between leaders of their estranged nations since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Newly appointed SRSG for Iraq takes office in Baghdad
Iran Focus: According to UNAMI website the newly appointed Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Nickolay Mladenov, arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday and assumed his responsibilities as the Head of UNAMI.
France challenges Iran to act quickly on nuclear talks
Reuters: France’s foreign minister challenged Iran on Friday to address concerns about its atomic program sooner than the one year it has proposed, because of concern that Tehran could forge ahead with nuclear production despite negotiations with major powers.
Officials: Iran source of Navy computer intrusion
AP: U.S. officials say an unclassified Navy computer network was breached about two weeks ago by hackers believed to be linked to Iran.Cyberattacks originating in Iran have been a persistent issue for U.S. government and businesses, particularly energy companies.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard unveils attack drone
AP: Iran unveiled on Friday an unmanned attack aircraft it described as its most sophisticated drone to date that can reach much of the Middle East, including Israel. Revolutionary Guard chief, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, called the missile-carrying plane a “strategic asset”.
Iran plays down prospects for quick IAEA nuclear deal
Reuters: Iran’s envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog played down prospects for a quick breakthrough in talks on Friday with the agency on a stalled investigation into Tehran’s disputed atomic program.
Iran, atomic agency in first talks since Rouhani election
AFP: Following a diplomatic frenzy in New York, Iran was due Friday to hold talks with the UN atomic agency, their 11th such meeting but the first since Hassan Rouhani’s election.
US, allies see chance to resolve Iran nuke impasse
AP: The U.S. and its international partners emerged from a meeting with Iran declaring that a “window of opportunity has opened” to peacefully settle their nuclear standoff. But diplomats asked Tehran to come back with a detailed plan of action to reassure the world it is not trying to build an atomic bomb.
