Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has dismissed the recent remarks by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Tehran must stop enriching uranium and import the material instead. Speaking to Iranian media on Saturday, Ghasemi said, “we welcome Mr. Pompeo to the world of foreign policy and diplomacy. But I believe he has entered […]

Commander of the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base said Sat. that no flying object with malicious intent can trespass into Iranian airspace, adding that 3,700 spots across the country are under coverage by air defense systems. Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili added that Iran is fully covered by air defense systems, promising a severe response to […]

Iranian Minister of Defense Amir Hatami said Fri. that Iran’s regional influence is one of the country’s major facet of power that has kept the enemies’ aggression at bay. “Today, the enemies of Iran, led by the criminal United States, are pushing the agenda to counter the defense power of the Islamic Republic, all the […]

Iranian President Rouhani has forwarded a message of felicitation to Nicolas Maduro for his re-election as the president of Venezuela. “The successful and peaceful holding of the electoral process with the looming shadow of economic sanctions and threats by foreign powers is indeed a great victory for the government and people of Venezuela,” wrote Iranian […]

TEHRAN – Development of space industry requires national willpower, Communications and Information Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has said. There are several institutes in Iran who are active in the field of space studies, however, sometimes they are working in parallel due to lack of appropriate connections, ILNA quoted the minister as saying at […]

After today’s talks between E3 + 2 and Iran in Vienna, Iranian negotiator said that he was positive as the remaining participants in the JCPOA shared a united stance on preserving the deal. The 9th meeting of the JCPOA commission of the JCPOA was held in Vienna’s Cobourg Hotel nearly two weeks after US unilateral […]

TEHRAN – A top Iranian diplomat says paying lip service to the 2015 nuclear agreement is not enough, demanding that European countries guarantee Iran’s benefits from the otherwise abandoned Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). “We told the Europeans that paying lip service is not enough,” Majid Takht-Ravanchi, the current deputy director of the presidential […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned on Friday the UN monitoring body’s latest report on Iran could be the last one if Europe fails to guarantee Iran’s benefits from the 2015 nuclear pact. Reza Najafi said the new report, which is the 11th of its kind since the JCPOA […]

TEHRAN- Iran will properly manage the U.S.-led sanctions on its aviation sector and entities as it did during the past years, the spokesman of Iran Civil Aviation Organization told IRIB. Iranian aviation industry has been under sanctions during the recent years and could manage the pressures, Reza Jafarzadeh said, adding: “We will rely on our […]

TEHRAN – The interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran has condemned the enemies’ hatred towards Iran, saying even if Iran gives up its missile program, the animosity towards it will continue. “If Iran gives up all weapons and defends itself with rocks like Palestine, does the enemy leave Iran alone? Absolutely not; Have they left […]