TEHRAN  – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced that President Hassan Rouhani, during his visit to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly session, refused requests by Washington for a meeting with US President Donald Trump. In remarks released late on Sunday, Qassemi said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly […]

TEHRAN  – The Trump administration is working on a nuclear weapons policy that is intended to mark a decisive end to the era of post-cold war disarmament, by bolstering the US arsenal and loosening the conditions under which it would be used. A draft of the new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) was presented in September […]

TEHRAN – An official with French energy giant Total said the main contract for development of the 11th phase of South Pars gas field in southern Iran will be awarded in 2018 after US President Donald Trump’s final approval. Total’s Chief Financial Officer Patrick de La Chevardiere said the group was proceeding with plans to […]

TEHRAN– Iran’s Deputy FM Araghchi said US lack of commitment to JCPOA is the most flagrant violation of the deal and Trump’s anti-JCPOA remarks have cast a shadow of uncertainty over the agreement. Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivered a speech Saturday during the expert panel of JCPOA in the International Conference on Disarmament and […]

TEHRAN  – The Trump administration’s retreat from the Iran nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers will make it harder for other countries to take the US seriously on a range of topics, former US energy secretary Ernest Moniz said. Trump’s announcements have “challenged the cohesion of the US and its allies,” Moniz said, Washington […]

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps denounced the “featherbrained” US president for his recent insults against the Iranian nation and his hostile comments about the IRGC, pledging that it will press on with plans to broaden its regional clout and boost Iran’s missile power. In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC lashed out at US President […]

TEHRAN – Today it is very obvious for the public opinion of the world that Trump is a liar, said Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC). “Today it has become known to the public opinion of the world that Trump is a liar,” said Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed the nation’s consistent voice against the US president’s recent hostile remarks, saying such collective reactions would force Washington to back off from its policies. Addressing a Tuesday session of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution in Tehran, President Rouhani praised the Iranian nation for its unified and decisive […]

TEHRAN – President Donald Trump struck out again with his third try at a travel ban, as a federal judge temporarily blocked it from taking effect nationwide on Wednesday. This time, Trump’s order was found to discriminate by using the nationality of travelers “as a proxy” for their security risk. In earlier rulings over two […]

TEHRAN – US Democratic Senator Al Franken said if the US walks out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, it will “leave us isolated”. “Our European allies, Russia, China, are not going to pull out so it will just leave us isolated. It undercuts our leadership in the world and, boy, […]