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 […]

After an expert-level session, councilors at Tehran City Council (TCC) finally agreed with the second resignation of Tehran’s Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi with 15 out of 21 votes in favor. After resignation of Tehran’s mayor on Monday for the second time, councilors mulled over the resignation process and agreed with it unanimously. Of 21 votes […]

 Leader’s Senior Adviser for International Affairs Dr. Ali-Akbar Velayati said that Islamic Republic of Iran supports Syrian territorial integrity powerfully. Speaking in an interview with MNA correspondent in Damascus on Tuesday morning, he pointed to the crimes committed by Zionist regime against Syrian forces and defenders of holy shrines in Homs city and added, “these […]

Iranian foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Senegal as the first stop of his four-nation tour, met with Senegalese counterpart on Monday in Senegalese capital city of Dakar. Iranian foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Senegal as the first stop of his four-nation tour, met with Senegalese counterpart, Sidiki Kaba, Minister […]

Iran’s Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, while stressing that Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is totally indigenous, said Iran’s nuclear science is very different from what is happening in some Persian Gulf states. Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), made the remarks in an exclusive interview with the IRIB on Monday. Describing as ‘promising’ some […]

TEHRAN – Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Monday that Tehran can resume enriching uranium to the purity level of 20 percent in two days. “There is the possibility to resume enriching uranium to the purity of 20 percent in four days, (but) we can do this even […]