US presence in region always a destabilizing factor: spox
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi reacted to the US’ announcement on withdrawing troops from Syria, saying Washington’s presence in the region is always a destabilizing factor. Answering a reporter’s question on a recent decision by the United States to withdraw its military forces from Syria, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said the arrival and presence […]
Iran lashes out at Bahraini court’s verdict against Sheikh Ali Salman
The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi issued a statement Sun. condemning the life sentence verdict issued by a Bahraini appeal court against prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ali Salman. “This verdict will leave no room for any doubt in the public opinion and the international community that the Bahraini government does not intend to improve […]
Iran dismisses Denmark’s claim as an attempt to mar EU-Iran relations
The spokesman for Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Ghasemi has rejected Danish officials’ claim that an Iranian intelligence service had tried to assassinate a dissident as an attempt against the growing relations between Iran and Europe. After Danish officials’ accused Iranian intelligence services of attempting to kill an Iranian dissident in Denmark on Tuesday, Bahram Ghasemi strongly rejected […]
Israeli regime striving to create rifts among Muslim countries: FM spox
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has said that the Israeli regime is striving to create rifts among Muslim countries and cover up its 70-year-long occupation of Palestine and the massacre of Palestinian people. Responding on Friday to a question regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unannounced trip to Oman two days earlier, Ghasemi slammed the trip, […]
US intensified accusations mark failure against Iranian nation
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said the intensification of false accusations and daydreaming of the American authorities against the Islamic Republic is due to their successive failures against the will of Iranian government and nation. In response to anti-Iran accusations included in US Counterterrorism Strategy Document, as well as recent comments by US President Donald […]
Iran dismisses reports of dispatching Iranian drug addicts to Afghanistan
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi dismissed recent reports on sending Iranian drug addicts to Herat of Afghanistan as “downright lie.” Stressing that the dissemination of such fake news follows special objectives, Ghasemi said Iranian representative offices in Afghanistan have not confirmed the news. “Iranian representative offices in Afghanistan have carried out necessary investigations and no reliable […]
Iran condemns S Arabia’s bombing of Yemen displaced women, children
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi categorically condemned the Saudi-Emirati attack on a camp of internally displaced families near Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeida on Thursday. Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesman of Iranian Foreign Ministry, categorically condemned the bombardment of dislocated Yemeni women and children by Saudis. The Iranian diplomat held those countries which […]
EU can offset Trump’s anti-Iran policies: FM spox
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi said EU’s link to US can help the bloc offset Donald Trump’s policies to some degrees by introducing the US president to today’s realities of Iran and the Middle East. According to IRIB, Bahram Ghasemi made the remark to a question about EU’s position toward the US, and whether pressure […]
Iran condoles with Italy over deadly bridge collapse
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has expressed regret over the deadly collapse of a giant motorway bridge in the Italian city of Genoa. In a Tuesday statement, Ghasemi offered condolences to the Italian government and people as well as the survivors of the tragedy. On Tuesday, a bridge in Italy’s Genoa collapsed. Dozens of […]
Iran condemns Jeddah statement
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman condemned the 11-article statement of OIC in Jeddah meeting where the Iranian representative was absent due to Saudis’ refusal to grant visa to the Iranian diplomat. “The representatives from the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot attend the meetings of the permanent members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as Saudi […]