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Iran's Rouhani says extension of nuclear talks possible: live TV

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s nuclear talks could be extended beyond their June 30 deadline if world powers raise new issues in the negotiations, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. “If the other side sticks to the framework that has been established and does not bring new issues into play, I believe it (the nuclear issue) can be solved and we can reach an agreement,” Rouhani said in a televised news

Iran's Rouhani says extension of nuclear talks possible: live TV

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s nuclear talks could be extended beyond their June 30 deadline if world powers raise new issues in the negotiations, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. “If the other side sticks to the framework that has been established and does not bring new issues into play, I believe it (the nuclear issue) can be solved and we can reach an agreement,” Rouhani said in a televised news

Iraq oil revenues fall short of budget projections: PM

Iraq’s oil revenues are even lower than projected in the country’s already austere 2015 budget, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday, spelling more financial trouble for cash-strapped Baghdad. “So far, our oil revenues are below what was passed in the budget,” Abadi said in televised remarks, without providing exact figures on the shortfall. Iraq’s parliament approved a budget of 119.5 trillion Iraqi dinars in January (about $99.6 billion at the

Iraq oil revenues fall short of budget projections: PM

Iraq’s oil revenues are even lower than projected in the country’s already austere 2015 budget, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday, spelling more financial trouble for cash-strapped Baghdad. “So far, our oil revenues are below what was passed in the budget,” Abadi said in televised remarks, without providing exact figures on the shortfall. Iraq’s parliament approved a budget of 119.5 trillion Iraqi dinars in January (about $99.6 billion at the