TEHRAN – A former Iranian diplomat believes that in the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear accord, Iran should take the initiative to help resolve regional crises. In an interview with the Iran newspaper published on Sunday, Seyed Hossein Mousavian, who is currently a researcher at Princeton University, said Iran is an influential […]

TEHRAN – Government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Wednesday that Iran is ready if the U.S. scraps the 2015 nuclear deal. “We are ready for change in the country’s situation when the U.S. administration pulls out of the JCPOA [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action],” he explained. In a statement on January 12, U.S. […]

TEHRAN – Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Saturday that “nothing will happen” to Iran if the Trump administration goes ahead with its threat to abrogate the 2015 nuclear deal. “The U.S. assumes that Iran will face serious problem if it withdraw from the deal while we are ready for any situation and […]

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Saturday that the U.S. will be surprised by Iran’s response if it scraps the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “We have said for several times that we hope that it would not be imperative […]

 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi dismissed on Mon. as ‘mere speculation’ the news raised in certain media outlets about US and EU’s agreement on ‘fixing’ the 2015 nuclear deal. Speaking in his weekly press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said that he was uninformed about the number and the content of […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday that the nuclear deal is not owned by the United States which is trying to make decisions on its own. “The nuclear agreement belongs to the international community and all countries which negotiated it,” Araqchi was quoted by Fars as saying. Iran and six […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday Iran’s nuclear industry is moving forward faster than before. Speaking in a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of ‘National Day of Nuclear Technology’ in Tehran this morning, President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran’s nuclear program has not stopped in his term, underlining that Iran’s nuclear industry is moving […]

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is visiting Washington this week and meet senior members of U.S. Congress to underline UK’s commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal. Speaking at the start of his visit, Johnson said that it is vital for the international community to stick to the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan […]

During a visit to the United States, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano says Iran has been complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement, and that the nuclear-related commitments undertaken by Tehran under the deal are being implemented. Amano met with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley in New York on Thursday, where […]