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‘Bluster or threats won’t get US a new deal’: Zarif 04 May 2018

‘Bluster or threats won’t get US a new deal’: Zarif

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif, while criticizing European sides for appeasing US by giving concessions excluded from nuclear deal, stressed that ‘bluster or threats won’t get the US a new deal’. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a video posted on his Twitter on Thursday. “For the first two years in my […]

Iran to drop out of nuclear deal if US withdraws 03 May 2018

Iran to drop out of nuclear deal if US withdraws

 Senior Adviser to Iran’s Leader Ali Akbar Velayati, pointing to Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks regarding JCPOA, said Iran is committed to the historical deal without slightest violation, but if America retreat from it, Iran will not remain either. Iran accepts the nuclear deal as it has been prepared and will not admit any change, Velayati said […]

Non-nuclear NPT-designated states should be prioritized for nuclear coop. 03 May 2018

Non-nuclear NPT-designated states should be prioritized for nuclear coop.

 Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticized that nuclear-armed states have been prioritized for nuclear activities over non-nuclear NPT-designated countries. Reza Najafi made the remarks on Wed. in the ongoing second session of three planned sessions prior to the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty […]

Syria at forefront of resistance in region 03 May 2018

Syria at forefront of resistance in region

Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said in Damascus on Tuesday that Syria is at the forefront of resistance. An Iranian parliamentary delegation headed by the Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi arrived in Syria yesterday for a two-day visit, and so far, […]

No deal left if US leaves JCPOA 03 May 2018

No deal left if US leaves JCPOA

 Iran’s Ambassador to the UK, Hamid Baeidinejad, told CNN that if the United States pulls out of the nuclear agreement, “it means that there is no deal left.” “The consequence would be that Iran would in fact be ready to go back to the previous situation,” Hamid Baeidinejad said in an interview with CNN on […]

Velayati meets with Syrian tribal leader, stresses Syria’s unity 03 May 2018

Velayati meets with Syrian tribal leader, stresses Syria’s unity

The senior adviser to Iran Leader Ali Akbar Velayati received a representative of Kurdish tribes in Syria during which he stressed unity among all Syrians from all ethnic and religious backgrounds. In the meeting which took place in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon, Velayati said “fortunately, in Syria, different tribes, including Arabs and Kurds, and followers […]

Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 715 convicts 03 May 2018

Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 715 convicts

TEHRAN – On Tuesday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei agreed to pardon, commute or substitute the sentences of 715 eligible inmates, including those found guilty in public and Islamic Revolution courts, the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces and the State Discretionary Punishment Organization. The decision came in response to a request […]

Iran’s defense minister warns Israel to stop ‘dangerous behaviors’ 03 May 2018

Iran’s defense minister warns Israel to stop ‘dangerous behaviors’

TEHRAN – Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami on Tuesday warned the Israeli prime minister to stop “dangerous behaviors”, saying Iran’s response to any provocation will be “surprising” that will make the Tel Aviv regime to feel “regretful”. “I warn the occupying regime of Israel and its allies that they must stop hatching plots […]

Iran says ready if U.S. scraps nuclear deal 03 May 2018

Iran says ready if U.S. scraps nuclear deal

TEHRAN – Government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Wednesday that Iran is ready if the U.S. scraps the 2015 nuclear deal. “We are ready for change in the country’s situation when the U.S. administration pulls out of the JCPOA [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action],” he explained. In a statement on January 12, U.S. […]

5.2 magnitude quake hits southwest Iran, injures dozens 02 May 2018

5.2 magnitude quake hits southwest Iran, injures dozens

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province in southwest Iran injuring dozens. The epicenter of the powerful earthquake was Sisakht which is a city and capital of Dana County in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. According to the head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Pir Hossein Kolivand, the earthquake struck at 8:38’ local time on […]