TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani unveiled plans on Friday for a boost to the country’s military and defense power, including an enhancement of its missile program. Addressing a military ceremony marking the Sacred Defense Week, held in Tehran, President Rouhani said Iran would strengthen its defense and military power to the extent it deems […]

A senior Iranian official has expressed the Islamic Republic’s opposition to an upcoming referendum for independence by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, saying that Tehran supports the Arab country’s territorial integrity. Abbas Araqchi, who is Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, made the remarks during the annual coordination meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says US President Donald Trump’s position on the landmark nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries prove that any talks with Washington will bear no fruits. “The stance [adopted by] the current US administration on the JCPOA (nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif discussed various bilateral and regional issues, including KRG referendum plan and JCPOA with his French and German counterpart in New York on Wednesday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed issues of mutual interest in a meeting in New York. During the Wednesday talks held […]

Army Chief Maj. Gen. Bagheri criticized Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s plan to hold a referendum on independence, saying the move would hurt the Kurds in northern Iraq. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri made the remarks on Thursday, saying the current grievous situation in Iraq and lack of unity in the […]

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei in reaction to US president’s anti-Iran remarks at UN General Assembly said Trump’s remarks are out of anger and desperation not from the position of power. Ayatollah Khamenei deemed US President Donald Trump’s Tuesday remarks against Iran “contemptible, offensive, obtuse, hectic, and all around untrue”, adding “those words were […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated his administration’s policy to promote relations with European countries and said the Islamic Republic is ready to deepen ties with Britain in all spheres, economy in particular. Speaking at a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in New York on Wednesday, Rouhani described facilitating banking cooperation as […]

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministers of Iraq, Iran and Turkey held a trilateral meeting in New York on September 20, 2017 to discuss the referendum plan of the KRG. In the meeting, Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iraq’s Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Turkey’s Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu conferred on the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s upcoming referendum on independence slated for September […]

TEHRAN – “The money-seeker president of US demonstrated once again the colonialistic traits of US statesmen,” said Iran’s Velayati on Wednesday. “The vulgar and undiplomatic remarks of the opportunist president of US at the podium of the United Nations demonstrated once again the colonialistic character of the statesmen of this country in contrast with the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani strongly deplored US President’s anti-Iran speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, saying it was “ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric”. “The ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric, filled with ridiculously baseless allegations, that was uttered before this august body yesterday, was not only unfit to be heard at […]