TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran was on Sunday facing a two-week deadline to give a final answer to world powers seeking a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis,

By VOA News Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described Saturday's nuclear talks with world powers in Geneva as a step forward.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday that presence of US representative in Geneva talks created an opportunity for Washington to

Anja Niedringhaus / AP EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, left, shakes hands with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili before a meeting on

The United States has said Iran must decide between confrontation and co-operation in the dispute over its nuclear programme. The warning came after talks

By Mark John and Parisa Hafezi GENEVA (Reuters) - Major powers gave Iran two weeks to answer calls to rein in its nuclear programme on Saturday or face

By Dan Eggen WACO, Tex., July 19 -- With his moves last week involving Iraq, Iran and North Korea, President Bush accelerated a shift toward centrist

Talks between Iran and Western countries, including the US, on suspending Tehran's uranium enrichment program will resume in two weeks.

GENEVA (AFP) — World powers' latest bid to make Iran halt its nuclear programme stalled Saturday as high-level talks involving US and Iranian officials

Breaking new ground? Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (left) at the meeting with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and US Under-Secretary of

By Philip Sherwell in New York Iran's chief negotiator has bluntly refused to discuss a proposed deal over its controversial nuclear programme,

GENEVA (AP) — A US decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world

Iran has given "no clear answer" to a Western-backed proposal to suspend its controversial nuclear activities, says EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

Iran has given "no clear answer" to a package of incentives offered in exchange for it suspending its nuclear programme, Javier Solana, the EU's diplomatic