TEHRAN – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Iranian foreign minister’s special assistant for political affairs, said on Tuesday that alleged chemical attack on the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus should be dealt with legally. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev, Jaberi Ansari […]

Iranian oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh landed in Indian capital New Delhi early on Wednesday to participate in 16th International Energy Forum (IEF). During his daylong stay in India, he is going to meet with his Indian counterpart and also delivers speech in the ministerial meeting of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) member states. […]

Seminar on Iran-China Civil Nuclear Cooperation Under the JCPOA, which had already been held in Brussels, Moscow and Isfahan, kicked off in Beijing on Wednesday April 11. Representatives of 5+1 countries (refers to the UN Security Council’s five permanent members, namely China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany) are participating in the event underway in Beijing. […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting with Brazilian President Michel Temer welcomed Brazil’s investment in the country’s oil and gas sector. During the meeting held Tuesday in Brasilia, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif called for expansion of economic ties and reaching a balance in trade transactions between the two countries. He also deemed […]

Iranian First vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri told Uzbekistan’s First Deputy PM Achilbay Rahmatov, in a meeting on Tuesday in Tehran, that Tehran and Tashkent should tap huge potentials to develop bilateral relations. “Tehran and Tashkent are enjoying great potentials for developing cooperation and they should tap these potentials for the interests of the two countries and […]

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump’s “cheap shot” against Iran with regard to the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government, saying Iran itself has been victim to Saddam Hussein’s chemical attacks in the 1980s. “Trump’s cheap shot against Iran, which has consistently condemned use of chemical […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday that the nuclear deal is not owned by the United States which is trying to make decisions on its own. “The nuclear agreement belongs to the international community and all countries which negotiated it,” Araqchi was quoted by Fars as saying. Iran and six […]

TEHRAN – In an unexpected visit to Tehran, Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Putin’s Envoy for Syria, who arrived in Tehran on Tuesday and held a closed-door meeting with SNSC Secretary Rear Admiral Shamkhani, to exchange viesws on latest developments in Syria. Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy for Syria, who arrived in Tehran […]

AEOI spokesman Kamalvandi said Tue. that if Donald Trump refuses to extend the Iran nuclear deal as the May deadline looms, the US will be isolated on the political arena. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday about Washington’s threats of withdrawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Spokesman for the AEOI, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said it is yet unclear what […]

Senior Aide to Iranian Leader Ali Akbar Velayati arrived in Syria on Tuesday to attend the first Islamic Unity Summit and to hold talks with Syrian officials. Ali Akbar Velayati is scheduled to discuss the latest regional developments and bilateral relations with some of Syrian authorities, and to attend the first Islamic unity Summit in […]