“Whenever US tried to restrict our diplomacy, our diplomats, especially Mr. Zarif, didn’t allow it. Zarif’s visits to several American and African countries and interviews with different media made US Secretary of State call for talks with Iranian outlets,” said Rabiei today in a press conference in Tehran. “We are ready for this and Ms. Marzieh Hashemi can go there and hold an interview with him [Pompeo]. He can say whatever he wishes and we are not afraid of what he would say.”

In his recent visit to New York, Zarif and his delegation were restricted by US administration to just move between four buildings, however, the Iranian minister held several interviews with major media including CNN, CBS, and BBC.

Marzieh Hashemi is a 59-year-old American-born Muslim convert and an American-Iranian journalist and anchor working in Tehran-based PressTV. In January 2019, when she detained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri while in the US to visit her ill brother and other family members. A US federal court failed to indict the journalist, who was arrested as a material witness and in an unspecified criminal proceeding, of any crime and she was released after 10 days of detention, during which she was forced to remove her hijab.

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In separate messages, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi, Sports Masoud Soltanifar, and Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei also felicitated this championship.

“This victory taste sweeter for the nation in the period of economic sanctions and pressures to isolate Iran. Your success showed that we can be successful in all fields with hard work and hope,” said Rabiei.

Iran earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory (17-25, 25-17, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12) over Italy on Saturday in Bahrain to lift the world trophy for the first time in its history.

The bronze medal of 2007 edition was the best result of Iran in the competition before this year’s gold.

The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship was held in Riffa, Bahrain from July 18 to 27.

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