In a Saturday meeting, Asadollah Abbasi, the president of Iran-South Korea parliamentary friendship group, and Kang Seok-ho, a senior member of the South Korean National Assembly, agreed that bilateral relations must not be affected by U.S. pressure. Pointing to U.S. policies against the Islamic Republic, Abbasi said Washington’s irrational policies, which are in violation of […]

Tehran says it could increase uranium enrichment if the European Union continues to act passively in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said so in an interview with the German news magazine Der Spiegel published on Saturday. “The Europeans and the other signatories must act […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman as well as the speaker of the Parliament Larijani have congratulated Sunni lawmaker Mohammed al-Halbousi on his election as the new speaker of Iraqi parliament. The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi as well as Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani congratulated Mohammed al-Halbousi on his election as speaker of Iraqi Parliament. The […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif told Der Spiegel that it would be possible to think about holding talks with US only if the Western country returned to the Iran nuclear deal from which it withdrew back in May. Speaking to the German weekly news magazine on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister stressed that there is “no basis for […]

Germany and its European partners are considering setting up a payment system with Iran that allows the continuation of business transactions with the Islamic Republic once U.S. sanctions kick in, an economy ministry spokeswoman said on Friday. “As you know, it is a central goal of the EU and the German government to ensure that […]

The Embassy of Pakistan in Tehran commemorated Pakistan’s 53rd Defense Day with national fervor to pay homage to the indomitable courage of the Armed forces of Pakistan who fought valiantly in the 1965 war. A reception was hosted by Ambassador of Pakistan to Iran Ms Riffat Masood at her residence in the evening of 12th […]

 Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, has visited Switzerland, Belgium and France to hold consultations on the Syrian crisis. In an interview with the IRIB published on Friday, he elaborated on his trips and meetings. On his visit to Geneva, he said, “This trip was aimed at holding second round […]

During the recent meeting in Argentina, ministers of trade and commerce of all the G20 states reached a full consensus on the need to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO), Argentine Ambassador to China Diego Ramiro Guelar said on Saturday. “I have just received a letter from the Argentine Foreign Ministry, which noted that during […]

The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the recent retaliatory missile strike against the terrorists based in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region sends a “meaningful” message to the enemies, who imagine they can bully Iran. “IRGC’s recent revenge against the terrorists conveys a highly meaningful message to the enemies, particularly those superpowers […]

 Interim Friday Prayer preacher of Tehran Ayatollah Kazem Sediqqi says that enjoining good and forbidding wrong should be primarily directed toward “political and economic roughnecks” who are plundering and looting the country. Addressing worshippers in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Seddiqi said there’s no use in confronting the weak. “People have seen this and they now […]