Ready for negotiations if US lifts sanctions; Rouhani says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran is ready to return to the negotiations if the United States first drops sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday. European countries have been pushing for getting Iran ready for negotiations to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal that has been unraveling since the United States withdrew and reimposed sanctions last year. […]
Using JCPOA trigger mechanism legally problematic
Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi has reacted to a statement by three major European countries on the JCPOA.
Ayatollah Khamenei Calls for Islamic Mercy In the Wake of Iran Unrest
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei urged the Iranian officials to show “Islamic mercy” to the individuals engaged in the recent unrest in Iran.
Iran’s Top General Met Azerbaijan Envoy
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri and First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to boost security ties between the two neighbors. During the meeting, held in Tehran on Wednesday, Iran’s top General Baqeri and Mustafayev […]
OIC condemns new settlement construction in al-Khalil
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned a controversial plan by Israel to build a new settlement in the heart of the flashpoint West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron). Naftali Bennett, right-wing Israeli minister of military affairs, said on Sunday that the new settlement, which will be constructed at the site of a wholesale […]
NATO Leaders Should not Rest on Peace; Johnson says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that NATO was rock solid in its commitment to protecting its members and leaders but that peace could not be taken for granted and so the alliance should discuss emerging threats. “We are rock solid in our commitment to NATO,” Johnson said to […]
Pulling out of JCPOA, wrong deed of Trump; Rouhani says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his American counterpart has been duped into pulling the US out of the JCPOA. The greatest trick ever played on US President Donald Trump was when the Zionist regime of Israel and Saudi Arabia deceived him into pulling the US out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan […]
Strategic roadmap of Iran-China prepared; Baqeri says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the Islamic Republic has prepared a strategic roadmap document about the 25-year relationships of Iran-China. Baqeri said the document regarding the Strategic roadmap of Iran-China was prepared at the highest levels of the country and has […]
New IAEA Chief: Meet Iran Envoy in Vienna
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The new IAEA chief said he is expected to hold talks with Iranian officials who will be in Vienna later this week for a meeting of the remaining JCPOA parties. Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Tuesday, described Iran’s nuclear program as one of the […]
Joint Caspian Projects with Azerbaijan to Expand
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran is determined to carry out joint oil projects with the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. In a Tuesday meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev in Tehran, Rouhani said Iran is seriously pursuing the implementation of joint projects on oil […]