Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has tweeted that Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, adding that “the ball is in the US’ court.”

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran on Monday declared no negotiations with the US administration happened on swapping prisoners, saying that the Iranian and American citizens were released recently for humanitarian reasons. “The proposal to swap the prisoners was raised one and a half years ago (by Iran to the US) on the sidelines of the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Global Arms sales rose by nearly 5% in 2018 in a market dominated by the United States, according to a new report published Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The turnover of the 100 biggest arms manufacturers came to $420 billion, thanks in large part to the US […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran has reacted to recent threats of military action from Israel, warning that its response to any such potential effrontery will make the occupying regime regret its acts. “The Islamic Republic, through reliance on its people’s culture of self-sacrifice and resistance, will not hesitate or compromise even a moment in defending […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Iran’s Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht highlighted the country’s measures to export a million barrels of crude per day in the next Iranian calendar year (March 2020 – March 2021) and said the country has taken new paths for overcoming the sanctions. Speaking to reporters in Tehran […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Monday that the possibility exists for the implementation of INSTEX – an EU financial mechanism meant to circumvent US sanctions on Tehran – in the future. “There is the possibility that the INSTEX will be implemented in the future through inking a memorandum of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Rafael Grossi, the newly appointed director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has reiterated his aim to establish constructive relations with Iran. “As DG Grossi has previously stated, he aims to establish constructive working relationship w/ Iran,” the IAEA said in a tweet on its website Saturday. Grossi met with Iranian […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The head of Iran’s Organ Transplant Management Center said the “cruel” sanctions imposed by the US against the Islamic Republic have negatively affected rare disease patients. Speaking at a meeting with high-ranking Spanish health officials in Madrid, Mehdi Shadnoush presented a report on the situation of patients with rare diseases in […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – European Union’s new foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has described preserving the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as JCPOA, as a “collective responsibility.” “#JCPOA is crucial for global security & nuclear non-proliferation. We have a collective responsibility to preserve #IranDeal,” Borrell tweeted on Saturday. Borrell, who also serves as […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for efforts to promote economic cooperation with the Sultanate of Oman.