THE HAGUE — A senior U.S. official met with an Iranian diplomat during an international conference here Tuesday, marking the Obama administration’s biggest overture so far to the Islamic ...

Pleasantries exchanged between a U.S. official and Iran's deputy foreign minister at a regional security conference in Moscow over the weekend could foretell further contacts between U.S. and ...

At Afghan Conference, Holbrooke Has "Cordial" Talks With Iran's FM; Clinton Sends Letter To Tehran About U.S. Citizens ...

Iran's take on The Hague conference was just as nuanced — not flatly denying that senior U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke and Iranian diplomat Mehdi Akhundzadeh met at a conference to discuss ...

Akhundzadeh pledged to help the reconstruction of its neighbor, but he criticized US plans to send more troops into Afghanistan. ...

This talk discusses the origins of racial Iranian nationalism by revisiting the work of Fath’ali Akhundzadeh and Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani, two Qajar-era intellectuals. In their efforts to make sense of ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Iran’s representative to an international conference on Afghanistan criticized President Barack Obama’s plan to boost U.S. troops in Afghanistan but said Iran is ...

THE HAGUE, March 31 -- The Obama administration began putting its hopes of building a new relationship with Iran into action Tuesday, signaling an ambitious push to create an atmosphere of trust ...

Barack Obama may be new to the world of international diplomacy, but he has already scored an impressive victory by co-opting Iran into joining the U.S.-led efforts to rebuild Afghanistan. At an ...

Senior US, Iranian leaders met Tuesday on sidelines of international conference in The Hague aimed at re-energizing international commi ...