Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with his British counterpart Philip Hammond over Tehran’s nuclear program and the latest developments in the Middle East.

Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says a deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries over Tehran’s nuclear issue is possible if the six world powers abandon their “excessive demands.”

Prominent Lebanese cleric called for a joint Islamic movement among Muslim and Arab countries to counter terrorism.

While the new round of talks between Iran and the US is underway in the Swiss city of Lausanne, the US Secretary of State says many technical differences over Iran's nuclear program have been solved.

Iraqi officials say they have arrested dozens of ISIL Takfiri militants in the capital Baghdad as the country is gaining major advances against the terrorist group elsewhere in its territory.