Iran rejects Arab quartet committee’s accusations as ‘delusive’
The anti-Iran accusations raised in the final statement of the Arab quartet’s ministerial meeting is ill-founded, baseless, delusive and offensive, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday. In a Wednesday statement published on the Foreign Ministry’s official website, Qassemi said the statement issued on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the U.S., […]
Iran dismisses reports of dispatching Iranian drug addicts to Afghanistan
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi dismissed recent reports on sending Iranian drug addicts to Herat of Afghanistan as “downright lie.” Stressing that the dissemination of such fake news follows special objectives, Ghasemi said Iranian representative offices in Afghanistan have not confirmed the news. “Iranian representative offices in Afghanistan have carried out necessary investigations and no reliable […]
Turkey, Russia, Iran reach agreement on Syria constitutional committee lists
Turkey, Russia and Iran have reached an “agreement in principle” on the lists of Syrian government and opposition lists to form a constitutional committee. The representatives of the three guarantor countries met with UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura on Sept. 10-11 in Geneva, during which they discussed the formation of a constitutional […]
Three guarantor states determined to eliminate all terrorists
Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN said that Iran, Russia and Turkey, as three guarantor states, are determined to continue cooperation to eliminate all terrorists. Gholamali Khoshroo made the remarks on Tuesday, addressing the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. He stressed that the three guarantors are determined to continue […]
Iran, India, Afghanistan eye increased coop. in trilateral meeting
Seyed Abbas Araghchi announced that the first trilateral meeting of deputy foreign ministers of Iran, Afghanistan and India, aimed at increasing regional cooperation, was held in Kabul. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi posted the following photo on his Instagram account on Tuesday, writing that the first trilateral meeting of deputy foreign […]
Rouhani’s chief of staff lands in Turkmenistan
Mahmoud Vaezi, the Chief of Staff of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, has arrived in Turkmenistan on Wed. morning atop a high-ranking politico-economic delegation. The chief of staff of Iranian president has arrived in Ashgabat this morning atop a high-ranking politico-economic delegation. Vaezi is accompanied by senior officials from ministries of foreign affairs, petroleum, economy, roads and […]
Pakistani amb. stresses strengthening ties with ECO member states
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran Riffat Masood said Tue. her country is planning to develop commercial, energy, and transportation projects with the member states of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Riffat Masood made the remarks among the reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday. Mrs. […]
Marivan governor bans Iraqis from buying basic goods
The governor of Iranian western city of Marivan has banned Iraqi travellers from buying basic goods on the other side of the border for fear of scarcity in the city. Marivan Governor has warned that the purchase of basic commodities by Iraqi travelers arriving from the Iraqi border to Marivan has led to scarcity in […]
FM Zarif lambastes White House for sponsoring Saudis after 9/11
On the anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attack, the Iranian minister of foreign affairs has lashed out at US hypocritical approach towards Iran and Saudi Arabia. “17 years after 9/11, Iran – as the first Muslim nation that condemned the tragedy, mourned victims and took real action against Al-Qaeda and its offshoots including ISIS and al-Nusrah […]
US animosity due to Islamic Republic’s increasing clout
Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament has said that US sanctions are due to Iran’s increasing influence in the region, calling for unity amid pressures. Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said Iran’s increasing influence and power in the region is the reason why the United States is sparing no efforts to […]