Iran says no agreement made to resume U.S. talks
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that no arrangement or commitment had been made to resume negotiations with the United States, amid heightened tensions following attacks by Israel and the United States on Iranian territory.
In an interview with state broadcaster IRIB, Araghchi said the possibility of restarting talks was under consideration but would depend on whether Tehran's national interests were protected.
Araghchi accused Washington of betraying Iran during previous rounds of negotiations on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal and lifting U.S. sanctions.
Iran's parliament submits law on suspending IAEA cooperation to gov't: speaker
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Thursday that a law suspending the country's cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog has been submitted to the government for implementation, following approval by the Constitutional Council.
The move, which halts Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), comes amid heightened regional tensions after recent military exchanges with Israel and the United States.
Israel's Netanyahu says strikes on Iran open "window of opportunity" for regional peace deals
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel's recent military campaign against Iran has created a "window of opportunity" to expand regional normalization agreements, days after a fragile ceasefire took effect.
His comments came amid unconfirmed reports by Israel's state-owned Kan TV that Israeli and Syrian officials have held indirect talks, via U.S. mediators, on a possible normalization deal between the two countries. The two neighboring countries have officially been in a state of war since 1948.
Indian gov't says analysis of crashed Air India plane underway
The Indian government said on Thursday that the black box data of crashed Air India Flight AI-171 has been downloaded to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to its crash recently in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
According to India's federal civil aviation ministry, the analysis of Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and Flight Data Recorders (FDR) data was underway.
The ministry said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau promptly initiated an investigation and constituted a multidisciplinary team on June 13 in accordance with international norms and protocols. ■
