TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Sunday that “Iraq’s security was at its highest during the Arbaeen ceremonies and Iran had no part in contributing to it.” “Iran had no part in providing security in Iraq, as Iraq’s security was at its highest [for the Arbaeen march]. They didn’t […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz underlined US sanctions have not yet had negative impact on infrastructure projects, and we are planning for faster improvement of Iran-Austria ties. Speaking to ILNA news agency correspondent, Scholz stressed Vienna will continue its trade ties with Tehran despite of the US sanctions, adding that […]

The Trump administration will once again issue US sanctions waivers to allow Russia, China and Europe to continue nuclear nonproliferation work in Iran, Iran News quotes what Independent reported. The periodic US sanctions waivers grant exemptions from US sanctions against Iran, and allow foreign companies to collaborate on the civilian nuclear programme with Iran’s Atomic […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday that Republicans and Democrats need to work together for the good of the United States, while avoiding a direct reference to the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Tillerson, whom Trump fired in a tweet in March 2018 amid friction […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi confirmed that President Hassan Rouhani has sent separate letters to the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) Member States and Iraq. Asked by journalists about the reports of Rouhani’s letters to heads of the PGCC States and Iraq, Mousavi confirmed the reports on Saturday, then saying, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said his ministry plans to connect the Iran’s power grids to Syria through Iraq as Tehran and Damascus signed a preliminary agreement in this regard. Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Iranian Energy Ministry and the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A large Iraqi popular group, in a statement on Saturday, announced that the majority of Iraqis oppose strongly any form of gathering protesters insulting Iran in the ongoing Iraq protests. The Ansar group (supporters) allied to Hashd al-Sha’abi warned against the negative impacts of divisive slogans by some protestors. “The fact […]

India, on Friday, reiterated its stance to the United States regarding the importance of strategic relations with Iran. This was conveyed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to her American counterpart, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “From our side we explained the Indian position, particularly the need to maintain land-based access to Afghanistan. We explained the need […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Ahmad Dastmalchian, Iran’s former ambassador to Lebanon, has said that the Syrian constitutional committee is very important, because it will replace bullets with dialogue. In an interview with IRNA published on Saturday, he said, “Initiative of the Astana talks which was created by Iran, Russia, and Turkey to settle the Syrian […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has said that President Hassan Rouhani has called on the Persian Gulf littoral countries to join Iran's Hope initiative.