First session of resumed nuclear talks between Iran, world powers ends after 5-10 minutes, diplomats say; US official: Iran nuclear deal will be ''very hard'' to reach during talks in Geneva this week
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Israeli Minister Silvan Shalom and 250 guests attended a gala dinner at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Tuesday night at which the World Jewish Congress honored the writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel and his wife, Marion, with the organization’s Theodor Herzl Award for their lifetime achievements.
As talks between representatives from the P5+1 group of nations and Iran on Tehran’s nuclear programme resume Wednesday in Geneva, for the first time in ten years a British Prime Minister phoned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
First session of resumed nuclear talks between Iran, world powers ends after 5-10 minutes, diplomats say; Obama administration official says Washington to ''vigorously'' implement sanctions on Tehran after any initial accord.
On eve of Geneva talks, Rouhani calls Putin, Xi and says while ''significant progress'' has been made in last round of nuclear talks, ''excessive demands could complicate the process''; Iran FM: Israel trying to scuttle talks.
French President Francois Hollande, who ends a three-visit to Israel, visited on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the graves of Rabbi Yonatan Sandler, his children Aryeh and Gavriel, and Miram Monsenego, who were murdered on March 19, 2012 by a terrorist, Mohammed Merah, at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish dayschool in the southern French city of Toulouse.
