Trend News Agency - If there is a special purpose vehicle (SPV), there will be no need for physical transfer of money, Irans former ambassador to the UN office in Geneva Ali Khorram said in an interview with ILNA, Trend reports. He said that SPV is a mechanism that doesnt neutralize US sanctions, but simplifies financial and banking relations. In ...

Iranian Diplomacy - There has never been a US administration more isolated internationally than the current government under Donald Trump, says an international affairs expert, a day after President Hassan Rouhani made the same remarks. Rouhani is correct in saying that in the history of international relations, the US isolation and international ...

Financial Tribune - Implementing standards set by the Financial Action Task Force will not only help facilitate Iran's trade with other countries, but also contribute to national peace and security, a former diplomat says. "FATF and its related bills are a means rather than an end," Ali Khorram also told ISNA in remarks published on Wednesday, in ...

Iranian Diplomacy - The legal and rational speech of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations General Assembly completely overshadowed the offensive address delivered by his US counterpart, an international affairs expert said. Trumps approach to international affairs was based on offensive realism, Mahdi Motahharnia told IRNA, adding ...

Iranian Diplomacy- Former diplomat Ali Khorram discusses the recurrent motif of Irans turn towards East policy and closer relations with China and Russia. With Donald Trumps withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, and with the doubtful prospects for the deal despite intense ...

Iranian Diplomacy- Interview with Ali Khorram, Irans former ambassador to China, on Irans decision to expand its nuclear enrichment capacity and its likely consequences. In his traditional speech on the anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeinis death, Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei instructed the government to lay the foundations for 190K SWU ...

Iran Review- Q: Experts and analysts believe that a possible future trip by French President Emmanuel Macron to Iran will be focused on discussing the Islamic Republics missile activities as well as what the West calls Iran's regional activities. They believe that these negotiations, on the one hand, will be aimed at appeasing US President Donald Trump,...

Financial Tribune- A former diplomat has cautioned against drawing too close a parallel between the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues, saying that the recent thaw in Washington-Pyongyang ties should be interpreted in light of the fundamentally different status of the two sanctioned countries. North Koreas situation is not comparable to Irans ...

Iranian Diplomacy- In an unprecedented move last Monday, Russia vetoed a British-drafted resolution in the UN Security Council, which expressed concern over Iran's violation of the arms sanction on Yemen. The draft resolution presented by the UK criticized Iran for failure to block supplies of missiles to Yemen's Houthi rebels. Nonetheless, ...

IRNA US officials have failed in their efforts to put pressure on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to not confirming Iran's commitment to its obligations under the nuclear agreement, a senior international relation expert said. Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Saturday, Ali Khorram said that the US strategy is ...

Iranian Diplomacy- Donald Trumps first serious step in the White House prompted much criticism. The executive order that banned nationals from seven Muslim-dominated countries, including Iran, has proved to be controversial. The UNs advice for tolerance, Angela Merkels negative assessment, and street rallies across the US are only parts of the reactions ...

Inspections and the way the Additional Protocol should be carried out are the main hurdles separating the two sides from a deal, Ali Khorram said. Ali Khorram, an expert in international affairs, says disagreements between Iran and P5+1 over the inspections regime and how the Additional Protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) should ...

Ali Khorram, a former Iranian diplomat, says failure to strike a comprehensive deal in Vienna would be the worst possible scenario for nuclear negotiations. Fararu.com, a news website on November 15 posted an interview with Ali Khorram, an advisor to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, about his take on ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna between Iran ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Drafting a final comprehensive agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) needs hard work and the two sides are aware that everything will return to the past if the nuclear talks fail, an advisor to the Iranian foreign minister said. "Writing a Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action ...