TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to first visit Beijing and Moscow and then fly to Brussels for consultations on the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). “Zarif will start his diplomatic tour on Sunday to discuss the JCPOA. The trip will begin with China, which […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini discussed the need for continued implementation of the Iran nuclear deal in a phone talk on Friday. According to the official website of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, the two diplomats conferred on plans and arrangements for a Tuesday meeting in Brussels between Zarif, […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has strongly denounced the unfair and deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Durban, South Africa. In a Friday statement, Ghasemi offered sympathy to the South African nation and government, and the bereaved families of the victims of the heinous crime, in which the imam was killed, several others were […]

Research Director of International Business at the India, China & America Institute Dr. Dan Steinbock underlined that EU has begun putting new emphasis on enhancing European defense cooperation and concluding trade agreements with other countries and regions which can be seen as systemic efforts to reduce EU dependence on the US. Steinbock described US President Trump’s […]

TEHRAN – Iran is continuing to implement its commitments under the nuclear deal (JCPOA) with major powers, the UN atomic watchdog overseeing the deal said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. “Iran is subject to the world’s most robust nuclear verification regime under the JCPOA, which is a significant verification gain,” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief […]

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that he will spearhead a diplomatic effort to examine whether the other signatories of the JCPOA can ensure its full benefits for Iran in the face of U.S. withdrawal. “In response to U.S. persistent violations & unlawful withdrawal from the nuclear deal, as instructed by […]

 Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has told his French counterpart that Iran’s benefits in the JCPOA must be guaranteed, adding Europe has little time to preserve the deal. According to the official website of Iran’s presidency, during the phone talk which took place on Wednesday evening, Iran’s president described the United States’ repeated breaches of the JCPOA […]

Following Trump’s pullout from Iran nuclear deal, President Rouhani said Thu. that any new US sanctions against Iran will be contrary to international rules and the UN Security Council Resolution 2231. President Rouhani made the remark in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, following Trump’s decision to withdraw from the multilateral […]

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Thursday that the enemies are seeking to create division inside the country, calling for unity in the face of enemies’ plots. “Iran is powerful and has made a lot of achievements in modern technologies that scare the enemies,” Rahmani Fazli said in Tehran, adding “today, Iran’s influence […]

The US Treasury has blacklisted six individuals reportedly associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and three related business entities, just days after the US withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. The list of sanctioned individuals was updated Thursday with the names of Meghdad Amini, Mohammad Hasan Khodai, Said Najafpur, Masud Nikbakht, Foad Salehi and Mohammadreza […]