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Daily Life In Tehran as Iran and US Hold Nuclear Talks - Tehran

The frontpages of Iran's newspapers in a sidewalk newsstand in Tehran, Iran on April 13, 2025 show a widespread optimism in Iran towards the nuclear talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump, one day after the first leg of the talks were held in Oman. Photo by Alireza/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life In Tehran as Iran and US Hold Nuclear Talks - Tehran

The frontpages of Iran's newspapers in a sidewalk newsstand in Tehran, Iran on April 13, 2025 show a widespread optimism in Iran towards the nuclear talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump, one day after the first leg of the talks were held in Oman. Photo by Alireza/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life In Tehran as Iran and US Hold Nuclear Talks - Tehran

The frontpages of Iran's newspapers in a sidewalk newsstand in Tehran, Iran on April 13, 2025 show a widespread optimism in Iran towards the nuclear talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump, one day after the first leg of the talks were held in Oman. Photo by Alireza/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life In Tehran as Iran and US Hold Nuclear Talks - Tehran

The frontpages of Iran's newspapers in a sidewalk newsstand in Tehran, Iran on April 13, 2025 show a widespread optimism in Iran towards the nuclear talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump, one day after the first leg of the talks were held in Oman. Photo by Alireza/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life In Tehran as Iran and US Hold Nuclear Talks - Tehran

The frontpages of Iran's newspapers in a sidewalk newsstand in Tehran, Iran on April 13, 2025 show a widespread optimism in Iran towards the nuclear talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump, one day after the first leg of the talks were held in Oman. Photo by Alireza/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UK: Gatwick Airport Evacuated Due To Security Incident

Passengers were evacuated at London Gatwick Airport on Friday, November 22 due to a security incident.

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IRAN-TEHRAN-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CAMPAIGN

(240704) -- TEHRAN, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's former health minister, attends an electoral campaign in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024. After a highly-contested first round of presidential elections, Iran is set for a runoff vote on July 5, as none of the candidates have secured the required 50 percent of votes, Iran's Election Headquarters Spokesperson Mohsen Eslami said Saturday. The results show that reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's former health minister, received more than 42 percent of the votes, while principlist Saeed Jalili, the former chief negotiator in the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, garnered over 38 percent of the total. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CAMPAIGN

(240704) -- TEHRAN, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's former health minister, attends an electoral campaign in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024. After a highly-contested first round of presidential elections, Iran is set for a runoff vote on July 5, as none of the candidates have secured the required 50 percent of votes, Iran's Election Headquarters Spokesperson Mohsen Eslami said Saturday. The results show that reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's former health minister, received more than 42 percent of the votes, while principlist Saeed Jalili, the former chief negotiator in the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, garnered over 38 percent of the total. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CAMPAIGN

(240704) -- TEHRAN, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili (R) attends an electoral campaign in Tehran, Iran, June 30, 2024. After a highly-contested first round of presidential elections, Iran is set for a runoff vote on July 5, as none of the candidates have secured the required 50 percent of votes, Iran's Election Headquarters Spokesperson Mohsen Eslami said Saturday. The results show that reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's former health minister, received more than 42 percent of the votes, while principlist Saeed Jalili, the former chief negotiator in the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, garnered over 38 percent of the total. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CAMPAIGN

(240704) -- TEHRAN, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's former health minister, attends an electoral campaign in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024. After a highly-contested first round of presidential elections, Iran is set for a runoff vote on July 5, as none of the candidates have secured the required 50 percent of votes, Iran's Election Headquarters Spokesperson Mohsen Eslami said Saturday. The results show that reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's former health minister, received more than 42 percent of the votes, while principlist Saeed Jalili, the former chief negotiator in the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, garnered over 38 percent of the total. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shadati)

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Presidential Election Day - Tehran

Saeed Jalili (C, front), the former top negotiator for nuclear talks, is pictured at a polling station to cast his ballot for Iran's 14th presidential election in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2024. The final result of Iran's 14th presidential election will be decided in a runoff between top contenders Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili on July 5, said Spokesman of Iran's Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami. Announcing the first round's results at a press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday, Eslami said Pezeshkian and Jalili garnered 10,415,991 (42.6 percent) and 9,473,298 (38.8 percent) votes respectively. The two candidates will now face a runoff to determine who will assume the country's top executive position. Photo by Xinhua/Shadati/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Election Day - Tehran

Saeed Jalili (C, front), the former top negotiator for nuclear talks, casts his ballot for Iran's 14th presidential election at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2024. The final result of Iran's 14th presidential election will be decided in a runoff between top contenders Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili on July 5, said Spokesman of Iran's Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami. Announcing the first round's results at a press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday, Eslami said Pezeshkian and Jalili garnered 10,415,991 (42.6 percent) and 9,473,298 (38.8 percent) votes respectively. The two candidates will now face a runoff to determine who will assume the country's top executive position. Photo by Xinhua/Shadati/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(FOCUS) IRAN-TEHRAN-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(240629) -- TEHRAN, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Saeed Jalili (C, front), the former top negotiator for nuclear talks, casts his ballot for Iran's 14th presidential election at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2024. The final result of Iran's 14th presidential election will be decided in a runoff between top contenders Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili on July 5, said Spokesman of Iran's Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami. Announcing the first round's results at a press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday, Eslami said Pezeshkian and Jalili garnered 10,415,991 (42.6 percent) and 9,473,298 (38.8 percent) votes respectively. The two candidates will now face a runoff to determine who will assume the country's top executive position. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shadati)

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(FOCUS) IRAN-TEHRAN-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-VOTING

(240629) -- TEHRAN, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Saeed Jalili (C, front), the former top negotiator for nuclear talks, is pictured at a polling station to cast his ballot for Iran's 14th presidential election in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2024. The final result of Iran's 14th presidential election will be decided in a runoff between top contenders Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili on July 5, said Spokesman of Iran's Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami. Announcing the first round's results at a press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday, Eslami said Pezeshkian and Jalili garnered 10,415,991 (42.6 percent) and 9,473,298 (38.8 percent) votes respectively. The two candidates will now face a runoff to determine who will assume the country's top executive position. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shadati)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-SMALL NUCLEAR REACTOR-TEAM (CN)

(240321) -- CHENGDU, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Song Danrong (R), chief designer of Linglong One, talks with team members on an experimental platform for Linglong One, in Nuclear Power Institute of China in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 14, 2024. The construction of Linglong One in Hainan Province has gone smoothly. Linglong One is another innovative nuclear reactor developed by China with independent intellectual property rights, after Hualong One reactor. It is also the first small modular pressurized water reactor in the world to have passed the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) general safety review. Based at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan, construction on Linglong One started in July 2021, and it is expected to be in commercial use at the end of 2025. After completion, it is expected to achieve an annual power generation capacity of 1 billion kWh, which would meet the needs of about 526,000 households. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissi

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-SMALL NUCLEAR REACTOR-TEAM (CN)

(240321) -- CHENGDU, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Song Danrong (R), chief designer of Linglong One, talks with team members on an experimental platform for Linglong One, in Nuclear Power Institute of China in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 14, 2024. The construction of Linglong One in Hainan Province has gone smoothly. Linglong One is another innovative nuclear reactor developed by China with independent intellectual property rights, after Hualong One reactor. It is also the first small modular pressurized water reactor in the world to have passed the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) general safety review. Based at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan, construction on Linglong One started in July 2021, and it is expected to be in commercial use at the end of 2025. After completion, it is expected to achieve an annual power generation capacity of 1 billion kWh, which would meet the needs of about 526,000 households. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissi

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-SMALL NUCLEAR REACTOR-TEAM (CN)

(240321) -- CHENGDU, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Song Danrong (R), chief designer of Linglong One, talks with team members on an experimental platform for Linglong One, in Nuclear Power Institute of China in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 14, 2024. The construction of Linglong One in Hainan Province has gone smoothly. Linglong One is another innovative nuclear reactor developed by China with independent intellectual property rights, after Hualong One reactor. It is also the first small modular pressurized water reactor in the world to have passed the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) general safety review. Based at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan, construction on Linglong One started in July 2021, and it is expected to be in commercial use at the end of 2025. After completion, it is expected to achieve an annual power generation capacity of 1 billion kWh, which would meet the needs of about 526,000 households. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissi

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Kennedy to visit Fukushima Daiichi complex

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from front, R) holds talks with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (L front) at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on May 12, 2014. Kennedy told Nemoto she will visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant later in the week during her first trip to Fukushima Prefecture since assuming her post in November 2013.

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Kennedy to visit Fukushima Daiichi complex

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) is pictured during talks with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on May 12, 2014. Kennedy told Nemoto she will visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant later in the week during her first trip to Fukushima Prefecture since assuming her post in November 2013.

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S. Leeper, ex-chairman of Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation

HIROSHIMA, Japan - American Steven Leeper, former chair of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, talks about his recent book entitled "Nippon ga sekai wo sukuu - Kaku wo nakusu best scenario" (Japan saves the world - a best-case scenario for abolishing nuclear weapons), in Hiroshima on March 26, 2014. Leeper served as the first foreign chairperson of the foundation.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (R) attends a symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013. China hosted the event to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008. At left is Wu Dawei, China's special envoy in charge of the talks.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan exchange words during the opening ceremony of a symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013. China hosted the event to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan attends a symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013. China hosted the event to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (2nd from R) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013, prepares to take his seat at a symposium to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008. Wu Dawei, China's special envoy in charge of the talks, is pictured far right.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (C) attends a symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013. The symposium marks the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008. Wu Dawei, China's special envoy in charge of the talks, is pictured far left.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan speaks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013, during a symposium to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan exchange words at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013, at the opening ceremony of a symposium to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is pictured at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013, at the opening ceremony of a symposium to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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N. Korean delegation in China

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan arrives at Beijing airport on Sept. 16, 2013. Kim is leading a delegation for a seminar on the six-party talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

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China's top nuclear envoy in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Wu Dawei, China's special envoy in charge of the six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, speaks with reporters after meeting with Kim Kye Gwan, the North's first vice foreign minister and its point man on nuclear issues, at a Pyongyang hotel on the night of Aug. 29, 2013. Wu said that he held "in-depth discussions" with his North Korean counterpart on the possibility of restarting the long-stalled multilateral talks.

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U.S. envoy Davies arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, arrives at Beijing airport on Feb. 22, 2012, for the first nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea since the death of its leader Kim Jong Il in December the previous year.

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U.S., N. Korea fail to narrow gaps on nuke issue

GENEVA, Switzerland - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan speaks to reporters after a meeting with U.S. officials in Geneva, Switzerland, on Oct. 25, 2011. U.S. and North Korean diplomats wrapped up two days of talks that day on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program without tangible progress, but agreed to hold further talks to narrow differences.

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U.S., N. Korea start 2nd day of nuclear talks

GENEVA, Switzerland - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan heads for the second day of talks in Geneva on Oct. 25, 2011, with Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea, and Glyn Davies, U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, about the North's nuclear programs.

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U.S. diplomat Bosworth in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Stephen Bosworth (C), U.S. special envoy on North Korea, emerges on Oct. 24, 2011 from a hotel in Geneva where he is staying. Bosworth began two days of talks the same day in Geneva with North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on the Pyongyang nuclear issue.

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N. Korea's Kim Kye Gwan heads for Geneva

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is seen at Beijing international airport in China on Oct. 22, 2011, en route to Geneva where he will hold talks with Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea, and Glyn Davies, U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, about the North's nuclear programs on Oct. 24 and 25. Davies will replace Bosworth after the Geneva talks.

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N. Korean diplomat heading for Geneva

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (R) arrives at Beijing international airport on the night of Oct. 21, 2011, en route to Geneva where he will hold talks with Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea, on Oct. 24 and 25 on the Pyongyang nuclear issue.

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N. Korea official in New York

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan replies to questions from reporters in New York on Aug. 2, 2011, as he leaves his hotel. He said he is satisfied with the results of bilateral nuclear talks with the United States held in the city.

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N. Korea official in New York

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan replies to questions from reporters in New York on Aug. 2, 2011, as he leaves his hotel. He said he is satisfied with the results of bilateral nuclear talks with the United States held in the city.

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New Hiroshima mayor visits Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) hold a press conference in the Nagasaki city office on May 10, 2011. Matsui visited Nagasaki in southwestern Japan for the first time since being elected mayor of the western Japan city in April. The mayors of the two atomic-bombed cities agreed during their talks to deepen cooperation in efforts to realize a world free of nuclear weapons.

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N. Korea's 1st vice foreign minister at Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan speaks to reporters in Beijing on April 11, 2011, after meeting with Wu Dawei, China's chief nuclear envoy and special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs. Kim showed the North's position that Pyongyang's uranium enrichment program can be discussed at the six-way talks, while the United States, South Korea and Japan have been calling for the issue to be taken to the U.N. Security Council.

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China's Wu speaks to reporters

BEIJING, China - Wu Dawei, China's chief nuclear envoy, speaks to reporters in Beijing on April 11, 2011, after meeting with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan. Wu said a meeting of chief delegates of North and South Korea followed by talks between the North and the United States should precede resumption of the stalled six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea.

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N. Korean nuclear envoy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (2nd from R) walks into a hotel in Beijing on April 7, 2011. Kim and Wu Dawei, China's top envoy on the stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament talks, had unofficial talks in the capital city the same day.

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N. Korea to seek measures with China to lift U.N. sanctions

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan answers reporters' questions after meeting with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2010. Kim said North Korea will seek ways with China to have U.N. sanctions on the country lifted, which Pyongyang says is a condition for rejoining the six-party talks on its nuclear programs.

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N. Korea to seek measures with China to lift U.N. sanctions

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan answers reporters' questions after meeting with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2010. Kim said North Korea will seek ways with China to have U.N. sanctions on the country lifted, which Pyongyang says is a condition for rejoining the six-party talks on its nuclear programs.

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U.N. chief in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) talks with survivors of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack in a meeting at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2010. Ban visited the atom-bombed city for the first time.

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U.S. envoy Bosworth leaves Seoul for N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korean policy, leaves a hotel in Seoul on Dec. 8, 2009, for Pyongyang to talk with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju. During his three-day visit to Pyongyang, Bosworth is expected to press North Korea to return to the dormant six-party talks on disbanding its nuclear arsenal.

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U.S., N. Korean officials meet in N.Y. over 6-way talks

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters after meeting U.S. officials at the U.S. office of the United Nations in New York on Oct. 24, 2009. They met to discuss ways to bring Pyongyang back to the stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks, the first direct bilateral contact since the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama was launched in January.

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N. Korean diplomat Jong Thae Yang arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Jong Thae Yang, a key North Korean delegate to the six-nation talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programs, arrives at Beijing airport on Feb. 17. The deputy chief of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's department of U.S. affairs is believed to be heading for Moscow to take part in a Feb. 19-20 session of the multilateral framework's working group on the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism. The session will be closely watched as it will be the first round of negotiations involving the United States and North Korea since U.S. President Barack Obama assumed office.

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N. Korea willing to disable nuke facilities by year-end

BEIJING, China - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks to reporters on July 18 after he and other delegates to the six-nation talks end their first-day meeting in Beijing on North Korea's nuclear program. (Pool photo)

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Japan's negotiator vows to keep tackling abduction, other issues

BEIJING, China - Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's chief negotiator to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, speaks to reporters after concluding the first day of the six-party talks in Beijing on March 19. Sasae said Japan will continue to tackle issues with North Korea including Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals and dismissed concerns that Japan will be left behind in the six-party process due to its insistence in taking up bilateral issues. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)