Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he held talks Sunday with France's President Emmanuel Macron after making an unannounced trip to the French resort of Biarritz, where leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations are gathering. Zarif said on Twitter he also had extensive talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, and the country's...
Iran's foreign minister holds talks with Macron at G-7 summit venue
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Continuing to listen to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims
When The Miami Herald’s Julie K. Brown broke an explosive story late last year about a past lenient plea deal scored by Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender and financier, justice for Epstein’s victims was front of mind. Brown started reporting before the allegations against Harvey Weinstein sparked the #MeToo movement, but her investigation moved it forward regardless: “At a time when Olympic gymnasts and Hollywood actresses have become a catalyst for a cultural reckoning about sexual abuse, Epstein’s victims have all but been forgotten,” Brown wrote. “The women—now in their late 20s and early 30s—are still fighting for an elusive justice that even the passage of time has not made right.” Last...
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Japan Minister, Meeting Iranian Counterpart, Urges Iran to Abide by Nuclear Deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono at a hotel in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 27, 2019. Kazuhiro Nogi / Pool via Reuters. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said he urged Iran to abide by a 2015 nuclear deal during a meeting on Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. The men agreed to maintain close communication between Japan and Iran, which historically have had friendly ties, to...
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G7 summit: Iranian foreign minister attends unexpected talks
Iran's foreign minister made a brief and unannounced visit to the G7 summit in France on Sunday....
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Iranian foreign minister holds talks in Beijing after surprise visit to G7 summit
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Beijing on Monday after a surprise appearance at the Group of Seven summit in France over the weekend – a move highlighting China’s close relationship with Iran, which is in a stand-off with the US over its nuclear programme.Zarif tweeted in the afternoon that he had arrived in Beijing after a stopover in Tehran. He said he planned to present his Chinese hosts with a 25-year road map on the China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership,… ......
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Chinese FM holds talks with Iranian Foreign Minister
BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif here Monday. Noting that the...
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Iranian reporter with Zarif flees in Sweden, seeks asylum - report
Fazel was political editor for Iran’s Moj news agency and had previously worked for the government-funded Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). ......
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Donald Trump says he knew Iranian foreign minister was going to G7 talks
US President Donald Trump insisted he knew that Iran’s Javad Zarif would attend G7 talks and said French leader Emmanuel Macron sought his approval before inviting the Iranian foreign minister. Mr Trump said the G7 countries had had “great unity” in their talks about Tehran and appeared to leave...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in Beijing for talks
BEIJING (AP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing following a surprise visit to the Group of Seven summit in France. Zarif held talks with Wang Yi on Monday afternoon at a state guesthouse in western Beijing. China has been a close Iranian...
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Iranian president defends his foreign minister's visit to G7
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president is defending his foreign minister's surprise visit to the G-7 summit, saying he's himself ready to go anywhere to negotiate a way out of the crisis following the U.S....
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Why an Iranian journalist fled an official delegation to stay in Sweden
An Iranian journalist is asking to stay in Sweden after fleeing Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's tour of the country, Swedish officials have confirmed. ......
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Iranian Journalist Says He is Claiming Asylum in Sweden After Accompanying Zarif on Diplomatic Mission
A veteran Iranian journalist is claiming asylum in Sweden after traveling there with Iran’s foreign minister, then fleeing his government detail in what he says was a daring escape. Amir Tohid Fazel, an editor at a conservative news agency, had accompanied Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Europe when he fled his hotel in Stockholm on Aug. 21, slipping out for a cigarette break and then dashing away on foot. Fazel described the getaway in an interview with Sweden’s public broadcaster Monday, saying that surprise circumstances had forced him to flee. According to...
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Iranian journalist flees to claim asylum in Sweden during Javad Zarif trip
An Iranian journalist is claiming asylum in Sweden after fleeing a government detail during a visit by Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Amir Tohid Fazel, political editor of the conservative Iranian news agency Moj, who has decades of experience, said in an interview with Sweden's national public television broadcaster that he had...
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Iranian journalist flees during Javad Zarif trip to claim asylum in Sweden
An Iranian journalist is claiming asylum in Sweden after fleeing a government detail during a visit by Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Amir Tohid Fazel, political editor of the conservative Iranian news agency Moj, who has decades of experience, said in an interview with Sweden's national public television broadcaster that he had...
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Asylum bid: Iranian journalist uses cigarette break to flee foreign minister’s delegation in Sweden
A veteran Iranian journalist is claiming asylum in Sweden after travelling there with Iran’s foreign minister, then fleeing his government detail in what he says was a daring escape.Amir Tohid Fazel, an editor at a conservative news agency, had accompanied Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Europe when he fled his hotel in Stockholm on August 21, slipping out for a cigarette break and then dashing away on foot.Fazel described the getaway in an interview with Sweden’s public broadcaster… ......
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Iran Journalist Flees Zarif Delegation to Stay in Sweden
An Iranian journalist covering Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's Nordic tour has fled the official delegation and applied for residency in Sweden, officials said Tuesday. The Swedish Migration Agency said Amir-Tohid Fazel, a political reporter for Iran's ultra-conservative news agency Moj, had "applied for a residence permit in...
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Iranian Journalist Flees Zarif's Entourage In Sweden, Seeks Asylum
An Iranian journalist who accompanied Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif earlier this month on an official trip to Europe has fled the entourage and sought political asylum in Sweden. But critics are questioning the credibility of Amir Tohid Fazel, accusing him of working with Iranian intelligence agents to help undermine critics of the Iranian clerical establishment. Some suggest Fazel's asylum request may be an attempt by Iran's intelligence...
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Iranian journalist flees foreign minister's press pool 'to claim asylum' in Sweden
(CNN)An Iranian state news journalist fled from Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's press pool and applied for residency in Sweden last week, according to authorities. Amir Tohid Fazel, a journalist for the hardline Moj News Agency, said in an interview with Swedish national broadcaster SVT that he claimed "asylum" because a colleague from Tehran warned him...
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