TEHRAN - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs has said European countries should take practical steps to protect the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called on Europe to adopt practical measures for saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Araqchi, who is in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia as part of a European tour, held a meeting with Bulgaria’s representative at the European Parliament Angel Dzhambazki on Wednesday. In the gathering, Araqchi commended Europe […]

A Polish deputy foreign minister gave Iran an assurance that a conference that his country is going to co-organize with the US in Warsaw next month will focus on the Middle East peace and will not be against the Islamic Republic at all. Poland’s Undersecretary of State for Economic Diplomacy, Development Cooperation, Asia, Africa and […]

 A top Iranian nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement showed how “untrustworthy” the United States is.  “Today is the 3rd anniversary of the implementation of Iran nuclear deal which displayed how untrustworthy and unreliable the U.S. is. A president sign, the next withdraw!” Deputy Foreign […]

MP Mojtaba Zonnour has said that talks between Iran and Taliban can help restore peace in Afghanistan. The remarks by Zonnour came days after Iran officially confirmed that it has been holding talks with the Taliban with the prior knowledge of the Afghan government in order to help bring security to the central Asian country. […]

 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, who held talks with a Taliban delegation in Tehran on December 30, met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on Saturday. During the meeting, the two exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to boost bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries and […]

 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that Iran and Russia are “reliable partners”. “I totally agree that Iran and Russia are reliable partners,” TASS quoted Araqchi as saying during a meeting in Moscow with Sergei Ryabkov, the Russian deputy foreign minister. “Our cooperation concerning the regional and international agenda […]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi said Tehran and the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are planning to make up for the US exit from the accord. Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday night, Araqchi said after the […]

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi held meetings with senior Pakistani diplomats on ways to bolster bilateral ties between the two neighbors and promote cooperation in the international arena. During a one-day trip to Islamabad on Monday, Araqchi met Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Tehmina Janjua […]

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his Belgian counterpart Bruno van der Pluijm held negotiations on Tehran-Brussels bilateral ties and international issues. In the meeting, held in the Belgian capital on Wednesday, van der Pluijm underlined the commitment of his country and other European states to defending the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying the […]