Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed as unfounded recent reports that the country’s charge d’affaires in Germany has been summoned to the European country’s foreign ministry over a suspected espionage case. In a statement released on Monday, Qassemi said he would not confirm the report since it is completely false. Iran’s temporary charge d’affaires […]

Germany, France and the UK are scrambling to win EU backing for a dual-pronged approach on Iran that would seek further sanctions against Tehran while shoring up the landmark nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. The three powers want to agree on a common EU position ahead of a February 13-14 meeting against Iran that […]

A Polish deputy foreign minister arrived in Tehran on Monday after Iran’s strong protest at an anti-Iran conference that Poland is going to co-organize with the US in Warsaw next month. Poland’s Undersecretary of State for Economic Diplomacy, Development Cooperation, Asia, Africa and the Middle East Policy Maciej Lang held a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign […]

 Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani rebuked the arrest of Marzieh Hashemi, a US-born anchor working for Iran’s Press TV, saying such tricky measures prove Washington’s double standards regarding human rights. Addressing the Parliament’s open session on Sunday, Larijani said the US’ unlawful treatment with the Press TV anchor shows that Washington just claims to respect […]

Hamid Aboutalebi, a political advisor to President Hassan Rouhani, said on Saturday the U.S. is trying to revive the Obama era’s global consensus against Iran through the Warsaw summit, after the Trump administration’s unilateral pressure against Iran failed.  In a string of tweets, Aboutalebi said the Trump administration is realizing that its unilateral sanctions have […]

 Chief of Iran’s Air Defense on Saturday inaugurated a new radar site in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Tasnim reported. Accompanied by a group of top commanders, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard launched the new radar site, dubbed Vahdat-e-Birak, in the city of Zahedan, the province’s capital. He also unveiled the site’s homegrown radar as […]

Canada lies far north of her intended destination, but Rahaf Muhammad is happy to be enduring its harsh winter. The 18-year-old Saudi hoped to end up in Australia after escaping her allegedly violent family. But she was stopped on the way, in Bangkok. Saudi authorities pressed Thailand to send her back home. Ms Muhammad warned […]

Iran’s ambassador to Beirut Mohammad-Jalal Firouznia and Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Defense Yaacoub Sarraf conferred on regional developments and the status of bilateral cooperation. The meeting was held with Iranian military attaché to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Mirzaei in attendance, IRNA reported on Saturday. The two sides also exchanged views on Tehran-Beirut bilateral ties, discussing ways […]

Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the upcoming Astana meeting on crisis in Syria would be held in the second half of February. Russian Interfax News Agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin as saying on Friday that the upcoming Astana meeting would be held approximately in the second half of next month, adding that […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should stop threatening Iran. His comments came as Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Iran should leave Syria or Israel will continue hitting Iran’s positions in Syria. Qassemi noted that Iran has advisory presence in Syria upon request by Damascus. “Iran […]