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14 Oct 2021; MEMO: A senior EU official met with Iran's newly appointed deputy foreign minister in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Thursday to chart a course for returning to the stalled nuclear deal talks, Anadolu Agency reports.

Enrique Mora, the EU's deputy foreign policy chief, held wide-ranging negotiations with Ali Bagheri Kani, who is tipped to be the new nuclear negotiator, replacing Abbas Aragchi, with the Vienna talks at the top of the agenda.

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov emphasized the need to resolve differences through dialogue in a telephone conversation on Tuesday.

The ministers discussed the latest developments in the Iranian-Azerbaijani relationship, and stressed the need for mutual respect regarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries, according to a report on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's official website.

TEHRAN, Oct 12 (NNN-IRNA) – The speaker of Iran’s parliament said here yesterday that, any dialogue regarding the 2015 nuclear agreement must lead to the lifting of the sanctions against Iran.

“The United States withdrew from the agreement during the Trump era, and it was surprising that the world did not react well to the U.S. move,” Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in a meeting with visiting President of Swiss National Council, Andreas Aebi, as quoted by semi-official Mehr news agency.

11 Oct 2021; MEMO: A main concern of Iran in any talks to rescue the 2015 nuclear deal would be around ways to verify the lifting of US sanctions, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Saturday, reported Reuters.

The talks, which aim to bring Washington and Tehran back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear pact aimed at curbing the Iranian enrichment programme, were adjourned in June after hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi was elected Iran's president.

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that his country's stockpile of 20-percent enriched uranium has exceeded 120 kg, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.

Regarding the storage of 20 percent enriched uranium, "we have exceeded 120 kg and in this matter, we are ahead of the plan," Mohammad Eslami, the head of the AEOI, was quoted as saying.

Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian said after his trip to Lebanon that supporting this brother country was a moral duty.

In a tweet in Arabic on Sunday, Amirabdollahian thanked the Lebanese people and government for their ‘warm reception and generous hospitality.

Supporting this resistant brother country is a moral duty that Iran will spare no effort to fulfill, he also said in the tweet.

You lived honorably and freely and I thank you, he told Lebanese people and government.

TEHRAN, Oct 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran dismissed as “baseless” the “allegations” made recently by Saudi Arabia and some European countries, pertaining to Tehran’s nuclear programme, a representative of the Islamic republic to the United Nations was quoted as saying yesterday.

09 Oct 2021; MEMO: Border Guard Commander in the Iranian Law Enforcement Force Brigadier-General Ahmed Ali Goudarzi confirmed that Israeli espionage in Azerbaijan is being "fully monitored", Al Mayadeen reported on Friday.

Goudarzi stressed that his country's border, especially in the north and northwest: "Is safe, and there is nothing to worry about."

TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Saturday that he demanded the United States to show the "true will" of reaching an agreement with Iran by liberating part of Iranian assets frozen abroad under U.S. sanctions.

"If (U.S. President Joe) Biden's intentions are serious, he must first issue a serious signal, and one of those signs is to release at least 10 billion U.S. dollars of our own money," Amir Abdollahian said in an interview on Iran's IRIB state TV.

03 Oct 2021; MEMO: Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday that US officials tried to discuss restarting nuclear talks last month, but he insisted Washington must first release $10 billion of Tehran's frozen funds as a sign of goodwill, reports Reuters.

Iran has rejected direct talks with the United States, and indirect talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord aimed at keeping Iran from being able to develop a nuclear weapon stopped in June.