The state railroad monopoly Russian Railways considers its project on the electrification of the railway in Iran completely civilian and not subject to US sanctions, the company’s CEO Oleg Belozerov said in an interview with Sputnik before the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russian Railways has signed a contract and is preparing for the electrification of the […]

Iran’s deputy foreign minister stressed that exit from JCPOA will lead to US isolation in the international arena, adding they will lose the deal if they try to link it to other issues. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi who was one of the key negotiators in the nuclear talks with […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described US diplomacy as “sham” and said the White House was repeating “the same wrong choices” after the US Secretary of State said Washington will increase its financial pressure on Iran by a series of new sanctions. “US diplomacy sham is merely a regression to old habits: imprisoned by […]

Iran’s Ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad condemned anti-Iranian remarks of Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, adding that Iran is united against new policies of Trump. Instead of introducing a new policy on Iran, the United Stated administration demonstrated its delusional arrogant attitude, he wrote in his Instagram page on Monday. The researchers […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected the insulting and baseless accusations made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the so-called new US strategy. In a Monday statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said the cheap, baseless, insulting and interventionist remarks made by Mike Pompeo and the accusations he levelled against the great and civilized Iranian nation are indicative of US officials’ despair […]

On May 8, Donald Trump officially pulled the United States out of Iran’s nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, which was implemented in January 2016. Trump administration has announced that it will re-impose some sanctions against Iran after a 90-day wind-down period (August 6, 2018) and some other sanctions […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani reacted strongly to the hostile remarks against Iran by new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying, “Who are you who want to decide for Iran and the world”. Pompeo, who was CIA chief until he was confirmed as secretary of state  on April 26, said in a speech on […]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi says that it is up to European countries to provide situation for their willing companies to do business with Iran. “We expect the European countries to create a situation for the companies of their countries to be protected by their respective governments to keep doin […]

Mohammad Ali Afshani was sworn in as Tehran mayor at the city council on Sunday. Afshani, who served as governor general of Fars province and the deputy interior minister for development affairs, was elected by the councilors by securing 19 out of 21 votes on May 13. Afshani succeeded Mohammad Ali Najafi who had handed […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will unveil the administration’s “Plan B” for countering Iran on Monday, an idea that some critics call a “pipe dream,” while others question whether the administration is coming clean on its goals for the country. The plan, administration officials say, is to assemble a global coalition to pressure Iran […]