The West should involve Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia in order to combat Islamic State, Austria's foreign minister said on Tuesday, in some of the most conciliatory comments towards Assad by a Western official. Most Western countries insist Syria's president must leave power if peace is to be restored, while Iran ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz lauded the agreement between Iran and G5+1, saying that the agreement provides the international community with an opportunity to help more for establishing peace and security in the region. Kurz arrived in Iran on Monday at top of a high-ranking political and economic delegation. The full ...

Vienna, Sept 1, IRNA Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday that the image presented from Iran by Israel is quite unreal. Kurz will be accompanying Austrian president in his upcoming visit to Iran. The Austrian foreign minister made the comment in reaction to speculation on cancellation of a visit to Iran by a high ranking Austrian ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project's Iran research team. Iran and Iraq Relations Expansion Headquarters SecretaryRostam Ghassemi visited Irbil, Iraq for talks aimed at developing economic cooperation and trade exchanges between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan....

Tehran, April 28, IRNA - Head of the Iranian Judiciary?s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani asked European states to help the country with its fight against drug trafficking and terrorism. He made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastain Kurz, here in Tehran. Increase of cooperation between Iran and European ...

[caption id="attachment_93809" align="alignright" width="223"] Chairman of Irans Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (R) meets Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz in Tehran on April 28, 2014.[/caption] Chairman of Irans Expediency Council says ground is prepared for a final settlement to the decade-old dispute over Iran's nuclear ...

Tehran, April 28, IRNA Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday that wise leaders of the world want having ties with Iran. He made the remarks in a meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. Ayatollah Rafsanjani said that the majority of Iranian people and the elite support agenda of President Hassan ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined that Tehran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council member plus Germany) can work out and sign a final nuclear deal on the condition that the world powers also show their determination. "We believe that we can reach the final result in due time if the G5+1 countries show ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a joint press conference in Tehran with his Austrian counterpart, Sebastian Kurz, announcing that Iran will continue talks with Austria on human rights issues. Zarif said: We have always discussed human rights issues with Austria and will continue doing so. So long as the talks are aimed at reaching ...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has received Austria's foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz in Tehran Monday morning; during a meeting they discussed bilateral ties.   By Mehr News Agency

Berlin, April 4, IRNA -- Austrian Foreign Minister, Sebastian Kurz, is to embark on a three-day visit to Iran on April 26, the Vienna-based daily Die Presse newspaper reported on Friday. Kurz has repeatedly met his Iranian counterpart. Mohammad-Javad Zarif, in the past two months, among them on the sidelines of the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna. Austria ...