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Austria files charges against suspect over planned 2024 Taylor Swift terror attack

The suspect, who had planned to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Security information is displayed ahead of a Taylor Swift concert, following the cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna because of a planned attack, outside Wembley Stadium in London, Britain, August 15, 2024.
REFUGEES FROM Hungary gather in the HIAS Vienna office, some expressing a desire to immigrate to the United States, and others to Australia, where they have relatives.

Historic Vienna HIAS office shut down following Trump admin's halt to refugee program

Swiss flags are seen on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) in Bern, Switzerland, November 6, 2024.

Second Iranian diplomat abandons post, seeks asylum for family in Switzerland - report

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Iran's top diplomat says 2015 nuclear deal revival depends on US political decision

Iran made it clear that if a deal was to fail, it would be the fault of Western powers.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian meets with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow

Iran nuclear deal draft puts prisoners, enrichment, cash first, oil comes later - diplomats

Envoys from countries involved are still negotiating details of the draft accord amid Western warnings that time is running out before the original deal becomes obsolete.

 Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and delegations wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 17, 2021

Iran not seeking nuclear weapons, needs atomic energy, says Khamenei

Khamenei said Iran has never sought nuclear weapons despite such allegations from the Islamic Republic's "enemies."

 Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi receives the endorsement decree for his presidency from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran August 3, 2021.

Israel sends diplomats to Vienna for Iran nuclear talks

Jerusalem is concerned a restored JCPOA deal will fail to keep Iran away from a nuclear breakout.

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, December 3, 2021.

Iran 'is in a hurry' to revive nuclear deal if its interests secured -foreign minister

Talks between world powers have been held in Vienna since April amid growing Western fears about Tehran’s accelerating nuclear advances

A meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna last week

Iran calls removal of US sanctions its 'red line' for 2015 deal revival

Iran also said that reviving Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers depended on whether the United States was ready to make a political decision.

Officials from the P5+1 and the European Union gather at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2015 to discuss the Iran nuclear deal

US envoy says returning to Vienna in hope of reviving Iran nuclear pact

Diplomats and analysts say the longer Iran remains outside the deal, the more nuclear expertise it will gain.

 US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and Barry Rosen, campaigning for the release of hostages imprisoned by Iran, sit at a table during an interview with Reuters in Vienna, Austria.

‘Damaging’ Iran deal is on the way, Bennett warns

“Whoever thinks an agreement will increase stability is wrong,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at Sunday's cabinet meeting February 6, 2022.

Iran moves centrifuge-parts production out of disputed workshop - IAEA

The move adds to uncertainty over Iran's nuclear activities while indirect talks between Tehran and Washington on saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are at a delicate stage.

 Missiles of the kind used during Iran's retaliatory strike on the U.S Ayn al-Asad military base in 2020 are seen on display at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran January 7, 2022.

Officials at Iran nuclear talks seek help from political bosses

Diplomats say negotiations are progressing but moving too slowly to reach an agreement before restrictions on Iran's nuclear activities contained in the 2015 deal have been irreversibly hollowed out.

A meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna last week