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Saeed Khatibzadeh

US President Donald Trump seen following an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
April 19, 2026, 7:13 pm
Trump says talks to take place Tuesday, as Iran says it has ‘no plans’ to attend
US president says he’s optimistic on prospects for deal, threatens to blow up bridges and power plants if Tehran doesn’t agree to demands; Netanyahu says war is ‘not over yet’
By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
File: Iran's then-foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh holds a press conference in Tehran on May 9, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 11, 2025, 12:21 pm
Iran seeks ‘peaceful’ nuke deal with US, but won’t compromise on security – official
Deputy FM Saeed Khatibzadeh says Washington ‘betraying diplomacy’ and sending contradictory messages about holding talks via mediators
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks at a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on June 27, 2022. (AFP)
June 27, 2022, 9:53 pm
Iran and US confirm indirect nuclear talks to resume in Qatar
Fresh negotiations are separate from stalled discussions in Vienna; EU to act as go-between, but new location puts Doha in a key spot
By AFP
A person involved with security at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, on March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
June 20, 2022, 2:53 pm
Iran blames US for stalled nuclear talks, but maintains ‘train not derailed’
Tehran says if Washington ends sanctions, the sides can ‘certainly and quickly’ finalize agreement; says its decision to disconnect IAEA cameras was ‘proportionate and decisive’
By AFP
In this image made from April 17, 2021, video released by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, various centrifuge machines line the hall damaged on April 11, 2021, at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, some 200 miles (322 km) south of the capital Tehran. (IRIB via AP)
June 13, 2022, 1:04 pm
Iran says its actions in contravention of 2015 nuclear deal are ‘reversible’
Spokesman argues a new accord could turn back clock on Tehran’s accelerated nuclear development, as IAEA slams non-cooperation
By AFP
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks at a press conference after the IAEA Board of Governors meeting on the Situation in Ukraine at the Agency's headquarters in the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria, on March 2, 2022. (Lisa Leutner/AP)
June 2, 2022, 11:35 pm
UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi lands in Israel for meeting with Bennett
Visit comes amid stalled Iran nuclear talks, days after Israeli prime minister published documents he said prove Iran spied on the IAEA
By AP and Agencies
Technicians work at the Iranian Arak heavy water reactor, 150 miles southwest of the capital Tehran, on December 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
June 1, 2022, 8:54 pm
Iran warns UN watchdog of ‘consequences’ over report on undeclared nuclear sites
Tehran vows to ‘respond firmly and appropriately to any unconstructive action’ taken by the IAEA, which says it still has questions regarding presence of nuclear material
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett showing documents he said prove Iran spied on the International Atomic Energy Agency, May 31, 2022. (Twitter)
May 31, 2022, 1:25 pm
‘The proof’: PM publishes seized papers he says show Iran spied on UN nuke watchdog
Bennett rebuffs Iranian foreign minister’s claim that Tehran’s alleged IAEA spying operation is just ‘Zionist lies’; the documentary evidence ‘is here in my hands,’ he says
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Enrique Mora, a leading European Union diplomat, left, shakes hands with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2022. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)
May 9, 2022, 1:50 pm
EU intermediary to visit Iran amid stalled nuclear talks
The yet-unfinalized visit by coordinator Enrique Mora is a move in the ‘right direction,’ according to Iranian foreign ministry
By AFP
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh speaks to media during a press conference in Tehran, on April 11, 2022 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 11, 2022, 2:33 pm
Iran says US not showing necessary will to revive nuclear agreement
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says he doesn’t know if a deal will be made
By AFP
International Atomic Energy Organization director general Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, speaks with with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, during their meeting in Tehran, on March 5, 2022. (AP)
April 4, 2022, 1:15 pm
Iran says it will return to Vienna only to finalize nuclear deal, not to negotiate
Foreign Ministry spokesman Khatibzadeh says Tehran is waiting for Washington to settle outstanding issues
By AFP
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, February 27, 2022. (Stephanie Lecocq,Pool Photo via AP)
March 11, 2022, 1:47 pm
EU says ‘pause’ in Iran nuclear talks needed due to ‘external factors’
Josep Borrell says he will continue to be in touch with all parties ‘to overcome the current situation,’ as Russia’s Ukraine invasion complicates final stages of diplomacy
By Jon Gambrell
Tanks move during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. Russia has deployed troops to its ally Belarus for sweeping joint military drills that run through Sunday, fueling Western concerns that Moscow could use the exercise to attack Ukraine from the north. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)
February 22, 2022, 12:30 pm
Iran blames West for Ukraine crisis, urges Moscow and Kyiv to show restraint
Tehran, itself under US sanctions, makes statement as Washington, Brussels set to announce economic measures against Russia
By AFP
This January 15, 2011 file photo shows the heavy water nuclear facility near Arak, Iran. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)
February 5, 2022, 1:39 pm
Iran: US waiving sanctions on Tehran’s civil atomic program is ‘good but not enough’
Iranian foreign minister wants to see something ‘tangible’ from the Americans after Biden administration restored some sanctions relief is aimed at salvaging nuclear deal
By Agencies
Illustrative: Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh during a press conference in Tehran, on February 22, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
January 17, 2022, 7:32 pm
Iran says time for US to make ‘political decisions’ in nuclear talks
Tehran calls on Washington to ‘announce its decisions on removing sanctions and the remaining issues,’ predicting this will result in a ‘lasting, reliable agreement’
By AFP
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