Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has vehemently condemned the assassination of a prominent Afghan shia cleric in Herat. According to the official website of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, in a Monday statement, Ghasemi expressed regret over the assassination of Mohammad-Jafar Tawakkoli, a religious scholar from the western province of Herat, and said such attacks which have […]

Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran expects Europe to decide on the JCPOA based on the mutual interests of the two sides and not to be influenced by Trump’s belligerent policy. According to the official website of the Iranian Parliament ‘Khane Mellat’, Iran’s Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met and talked with French Ambassador […]

Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi has said that Iran has taken necessary measures to respond to any US and Israeli military and non-military threats. “The Americans and the Zionists are the major threats that may wage a proxy war in in the region,” Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said on Sunday […]

Spokesman for Iranian Parliament National Security Commission Naghavi Hosseini has said that there is no JCPOA after the US exit, saying the attempts to keep it alive are futile. “The Europeans want Iran to stay in the deal,” Hossein Naghavi Hosseini told Iranian ISNA news agency on Monday. In reaction to the remarks made by the […]

As the Iranian Rial loses more of its value against the foreign currencies, the Iranian president held a meeting Sun. with economic officials to bring the situation under control. An economic official who attended the meeting with President Rouhani yesterday told Mehr News Agency correspondent “they could convince the president to agree on negotiable transactions […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that it is the U.S. “strategic objective” to make Iran leave the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “However, it does not mean that we will not exit the JCPOA under any circumstances, but we are aware of the […]

Chief of staff of Iran’s president confirmed on Sunday that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent a letter to EU leaders following the US unilateral pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal. Mahmoud Vaezi confirmed Fars News correspondent’s question about rumors regarding President Rouhani’s letter to EU leaders, adding “the letter was written after the US withdrew […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has condemned the terrorist blast that targeted a rally of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in capital Addis Ababa, in which scores of people were wounded. Ghasemi expressed sympathy with the victims’ bereaved families over the deadly attack on Saturday. Rejecting any violent and terrorist acts, he expressed Iran’s solidarity […]

Iranian Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli will travel to Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Tuesday. On his two-day visit, the interior minister will have separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jenish Razakov and minister of emergency situations, in addition to meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart. On this visit, the agreement on security and law enforcement cooperation between the […]

TEHRAN – Authorities have set a bail of 6.5 billion-rial (around $152,500) for the release of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh but she has rejected it, her husband has announced. Reza Khandan said his wife considers the allegations against her baseless and believes the bail is inappropriate, ISNA reported on Saturday. He also said Sotoudeh […]