IAEA chief says close to deal with Iran

  VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog director said on Tuesday he expected to sign a deal with Iran soon to unblock an investigation into suspected work on atom bombs, potentially brightening prospects for big-power talks with Tehran to stop a drift toward conflict. Yukiya Amano was summarizing the outcome of rare talks he conducted in Tehran on Monday, […]

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit China: Embassy

  (AFP)  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Beijing next month, a spokesman for the Islamic republic’s embassy said Wednesday, amid an escalating crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Ahmadinejad will be in the Chinese capital for a meeting of theShanghai Cooperation Organisation, a Central Asian grouping headed by Beijing and Moscow, said spokesman Mohammad AliZiaei. “Yes, it has been […]

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