The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad-Javad Zarif and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and made the following statement:

“Delegations of the E3+3 and the Islamic Republic of Iran, led respectively by the EU High

Representative for Foreign and Security Policy and Foreign Minister of Iran, held two days of

substantive and forward looking negotiations in Geneva on 15 and 16 October 2013. 

Building on the positive atmosphere of the first ministerial meeting held in New York on 26

September, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran presented an outline of a plan

as a proposed basis for negotiation, which is being carefully considered by the E3+3 as an

important contribution.

 Members of delegations followed with in-depth bilateral and joint consultations on various

elements of the approach. It was decided to convene the next meeting in Geneva on

November 7 and 8. The participants also agreed that E3+3 and Iranian nuclear, scientific and

sanctions experts will convene before the next meeting to address differences and to develop

practical steps.” 

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“Mr.Hashemi Rafsanjani and his campaign entered to the presidential race while committed to the law and ethics and we will continue [to respect the law],” he said.

“Hashemi was and god willing will remain as a pillar of the regime.”

Iran’s interior ministry announced on Tuesday that Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a two-term former president had been disqualified by the Guardian Council to run in next month’s election to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The list of qualified candidates also did not include the name of the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s top aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

Mashaei said he will ask the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei to help him back in the presidential race.

But Rafsanjani did not immediately comment on the decision.

Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei the spokesman of the Council in an interview with Iran’s state TV on Tuesday that according to the Iran’s presidential election law, disqualified candidates cannot appeal the decision of the Guardian Council. 

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Just a few hours after list of vetted presidential candidates publicly announced, Kadkhodaei appeared in the state TV to explain the decision of the Guardian Council.

Removal of Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the presidential race generated surprise in the reformist front which was hoping to return to the power with supporting Hashemi.

“We considered the age of the candidate. So the Guardian Council believes that an old candidate, despite his well management ability, is not physically capable to accept the responsibilities of presidency,” Kadkhodaei said.

Hashemi’s old age (78) has been the target of criticism by his rivals and authorities.

“If a presidential candidate disqualified by the Guardian Council, it doesn’t mean that he is not qualified to perform in other political positions,” he said.

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With fears the war, now in its third year, could turn even deadlier, diplomatic efforts have been ramped up, with Russia and the US last week renewing joint efforts to find a solution to the crisis.

Salehi told Spiegel his country was willing to take part in an international conference on Syria proposed by the US and Russia, which could take place later this month.

Salehi said he was “confident” that progress was being made in the conflict, which is estimated to have killed 70,000 and displaced millions more internally and in neighboring countries.

Iran’s foreign minister also condemned the use of chemical weapons and appeared to offer to mediate in the Syria crisis.

“We condemn chemical weapons,” Ali Akbar Salehi told 

Iran, a strong Damascus ally, was itself a victim of chemical warfare during its conflict with Iraq in the 1980s, Salehi recalled.

Tehran is “categorically against all weapons of mass destruction”, he said.

Damascus government accused militant opposition groups of using chemical weapons against Syrian people and called for a UN probe to investigate the file.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday said there was “strong evidence” the Assad’s forces had used chemical weapons against militiamen, but the UN said there was no incontrovertible evidence yet.

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“Given to the increased requests from the youths and revolutionary people, Dr. Elham is to register in the presidential election,” he said.

Elham has held a variety of posts over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two terms and was a member of the Guardian Council.

Given to possibility of Ahmadinejad’s top aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaee will register in the election, Elham’s candidacy will add to complexity of upcoming Iran’s presidential election. It is not clear Ahmadinejad will support which one of his close aides.

But Elham’s aide said in an interview with Iran’sView that “he will not withdraw from election race on behalf of Mashaee,” who possibly will run as the government backed candidate.”

Some political activists believes that Elham is Ahmadinejad’s alternative candidate to replace Mashaee in case he denied by Guradian Council.

But former Ahmadinejad administration’s Minister of Justice, Elham, will not run as “candidate of the government”, Rahmani said. “he will run for president as the candidate of 3rd Tir Current.” Third Tir or July 24 is the date Ahmadinejad won the 2005 presidential election.

While Saturday is last day of Candidate registration process, Rahmani didn’t give an exact date of Elham register his candidacy but he said “Youth supporters of Dr.Elham will gather front of his home tomorrow afternoon and will not leave until he go and register for presidential election.”

Bahman Sharifzade a cleric close close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s top aide, Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaee, said in an interview with Shargh newspaper that Mahaee will register for presidential election on Saturday which is last day of Candidate registration for the presidential election.

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“Mashaee has more than 40% of votes and all of parties, from reformists to principalists admitted to his popularity,” Sharifzadeh said in an interview with reformist Shargh newspaper.

Mashaee was labeled by Principalists as part of a “deviant current” that critics say seeks to undermine Islamic rule in Iran.

Given to Mashaee’s controversial remarks in recent years, the conventional wisdom is that he will be denied entrance to the Presidential race by the Guardian Council.

“There is no reason for denying Mashaee to enter to the Presidential Election,” Sharifzadeh said.

Mashaee who was the Chief of Staff in Ahmadinejad’s administration, left the office as Ahmadinejad suggested and became the head of the Non Aligned Movement Secretariat.

Then Ahmadinejad began a speaking tour around Iran in the beginning of the new Iranian year and Mashaee was present at each step.

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“With consensus of the Coalition of Five, Aboutorabi-Fard will register for the election on Friday morning,” he said in an interview with Iranian Nasim News Agency.

In a speech at a university in the city of Karaj on Tuesday, Aboutorabi-Fard said his years-long political experience shows that “Iran’s executive branch as an exceptional capacity to develop the country.”

The Iranian deputy Majlis (parliament) speaker went on to say that Iran has to try to reach the highest levels of political and economic powers in a world where bullying and the use of force has an upper hand in the global politics.

Yahya Al-e Eshaq, the chairman of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, former Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, General Inspection Office of Iran Director Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, and MP Mohammad Reza Bahonar are the other members of the Coalition of Five.

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