Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the ongoing Caspian Sea Summit in Kazakhstan as a “day of solidarity” of the five Caspian Sea littoral states. “Day of solidarity of Caspian Littoral States: Codifying cooperation on environment, shipping, fisheries, sustainable development & security w/o foreign military presence. Agreeing to continue friendly dialog on unresolved issues […]

The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has told Iranian media that he did not have any knowledge of reported Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s visit to Iran. “I have not received any prior notification or witnessed an official announcement on the visit” Bahram Ghasemi told Fars News Agency yesterday. Prior to this, ‘Iraqi Alghad […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Convention on Caspian Sea’s Legal Status will urge all legal regimes of the sea to be implemented through unanimous decisions made by its 5 littoral states. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani briefed media prior to departing Mehrabad airport to attend the Caspian Sea summit in which a number of important and […]

TEHRAN – Ali Najafi Khoshroudi, the spokesman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has shrugged off the renewed U.S. sanctions against Iran, contrary to the past there is no consensus against Iran. Except the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the entire world have shunned the U.S. exit from the […]

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the sentences of economic saboteurs should be issued quickly and fairly, recommending courts to take necessary care while handing down verdicts. Iran’s top Leader made the remarks in response to a letter sent to him by Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani seeking permission […]

The foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral states convened in Kazakh city of Aktau on Saturday to finalize the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea. The ministerial meeting of the Caspian Sea Five Summit kicked off in Kazakh city of Aktau late on Saturday (local time) with foreign ministers of the […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi underlined on Saturday that Iran supports Turkey in the face of US sanctions on Ankara. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi reassured that Iran will provide all kinds of help and support to Turkey in the face of US threats to pose sanctions on Ankara. “Others cannot bend nations to their will […]

Iran test-fired an anti-warship missile in a recent naval exercise in the Persian Gulf, Fox News said on Friday, quoting U.S. officials with knowledge of the launch. The test of the Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile coincided with a large-scale naval exercise by the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps forces late last week involving over 50 small […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned the US president’s jubilation after inflicting economic sanctions on Turkey. “Trump’s jubilation in inflicting economic hardship on its NATO ally Turkey is shameful,“ Zarif has just tweeted in a reference to the recent sanctions imposed by the United States government on Turkey, causing a sharp decline in […]

Iran’s Guardian Council has approved an amendment bill on combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) as part of standards set by the FATF, according to the Council’s spokesman. Spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, told reporters in a press conference on Saturday that the Council has acknowledged the amendment bill on combating the financing […]