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 […]

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Morteza Rahmani-Movahed and Abdolnaser Hemmati as ambassadors of Iran to Japan and China respectively. Proposed by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani approved their appointment as new ambassadors of Iran to two East-Asian countries. Rahmani-Movahed has studied international law and was advisor to Iranian Foreign Minister. […]

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has condemned an assassination attempt against Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa during an election rally in the city of Bulawayo on Saturday. In a statement on Sunday, Bahram Ghasemi also wished for a complete recovery of those who sustained injury in a bomb explosion at White City Stadium in the city of […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the US President Donald Trump’s policies and negative image in the world would finally be to Iran’s advantage. “Military power does not form the main basis of a state’s power. The power of their words can be very effective. There was a factor that played a role […]

environment Isa Kalantari, the Vice President head Iran’s Environment Department made the remarks in the Second Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) which was held in Brussels, Belgium on June 20-21, 2018. In part of his address to the meeting, Kalantari said that politicizing the climate conventions is against the spirit of collective agreements between world […]

Ali larijani held a meeting with the head of Iran-Georgia parliamentary friendship group in which he stressed the need for expanding bilateral economic ties between Iran and Georgia. In the meeting with Shalva Kiknavelizde, the head of Iran-Georgia parliamentary friendship group, in Tehran today, the Iranian parliament speaker referred to the long-standing relations between Iran […]