In an interview with American CBS TV Network, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country is ready to restart its nuclear program if the Trump administration reinstates sanctions. “We have put a number of options for ourselves, and those options are ready,” Zarif said in an interview with the CBS News on Saturday morning. […]

Iran, for long, has been using buy-back oil contracts in deals with foreign companies who worked on developing the country’s oil and gas fields. But in recent years, some issues attributed to the buy-back model have made this kind of contracts less attractive to foreign companies, thus, encouraging the oil-rich country to introduce a new […]

During his three day stay in Pakistan, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the local media that the reason US has not been able to tear up JCPOA is that it is an international agreement verified by the UN.

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani said on Monday that the real culprits of recent unrest in Iran would be dealt with decisively. In a meeting with high-ranking judicial officials on Monday, the head of the judicial system of Iran said that he has called on judges to differentiate between innocent people who were clearly deceived […]

TEHRAN – The US is likely to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Saturday. “Yesterday’s decision shows that the US is close to withdrawing from the deal,” Ryabkov told, according to Anadolu. Ryabkov’s remarks come one day after US President Donald Trump extended sanctions relief on Iran for […]

TEHRAN – During a planned visit to New Delhi, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development and his Indian counterpart are expected to make the final decision about details of a deal on financing a railroad linking the Iranian southeastern cities of Zahedan and Chabahar, an official said. In a meeting with India’s ambassador to […]

TEHRAN – Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Dec. 27 that a deal was reached with Russia over the purchase of two S-400 defense missile systems and four batteries, confirming a top Russian representative’s comments. Russia will supply Turkey with four batteries of S-400 surface-to-air missiles for $2.5 billion under a deal that is […]

TEHRAN  – High-ranking officials from Iran and Turkey signed a roadmap for the development of cooperation between the two neighboring countries in various security fields, including efforts to boost border control and counter money laundering. The roadmap was signed at the end of the second session of the joint working group of interior ministry officials […]

TEHRAN – South Korean Hyundai Rotem signed a deal worth 720 million euro in Tehran on Saturday on building 450 railbuses in Iran. The deal was signed between the South Korean company, the Iranian Rail Industries Development Company, and the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, known as RAI. The duration of the contract will be […]

Some of the United States’ closest allies, the UK, Germany and France, have formed a united front to defend the 2015 nuclear deal, CNN reported on Tuesday. Without being invited, they’ve organized a joint team to travel to Washington this week, setting up their own meetings to ramp up the pressure on the U.S., according […]