After meeting with Iraqi leaders and top officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif started a visit to the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Tuesday. Heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, Zarif arrived in Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital, this morning. He was welcomed by the prime minister of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, on […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting with Hadi al-Ameri, the head of Iraq’s Building Alliance parliamentary faction, highlighted the role of the Iraqi nation and popular troops in uprooting terrorism in the Arab country. In the meeting, held in Baghdad on Monday afternoon, Ameri pointed to the efforts of the alliance in […]

Iraq’s President Barham Salih exchanged views with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about a range of issues, including regional developments, and voiced his country’s willingness to enhance its relations with Iran. In the meeting in Baghdad on Monday, attended by an Iranian delegation led by Zarif, Salih stressed the need to pursue political solutions to all regional […]

The chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission and Syrian President Bashar Assad underlined the importance of enhanced ties between the two countries. During a meeting in Damascus on Monday, Assad and Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh affirmed the two countries’ determination to continue to develop their bilateral ties and serve the interests of their […]

 The high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy says the United States cannot impose its policies on the 28-nation bloc’s legitimate trade relations with Iran. “We Europeans cannot accept that a foreign power – even our closest friend and ally – makes decisions over our legitimate trade with another country,” […]

 Iran will not be complying with the “fully illegal” US sanctions, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Thursday, in yet another defiant statement from Tehran after the American sanctions on Iran’s oil and shipping industry snapped back in early November. “We believe that we should not comply with the illegal sanctions against Iran,” Reuters […]

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami arrived in Caracas on Thursday for taking part at inauguration ceremony of Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela prepares for another term of his presidency. Hatami will attend the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro on January 10th in Caracas, Venezuela. He was welcomed by Venezuela’s Minister of Planning on arrival […]

Iran international striker Karim Ansarifard says the match against Vietnam will be Team Melli’s second final in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran will take on the Vietnamese team at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on Saturday. “Every match is like a final for us. We won Yemen 5-0 in our […]

India has begun paying Iran for oil in rupees, Reuters reported quoting an Indian senior bank official as saying on Tuesday. It is the first such payment since the United States imposed new sanctions against Iran in November. The U.S. has given a six-month waiver to eight countries including India for imports of Iranian oil. […]

Turkey has resumed imports of Iranian crude oil under the U.S. sanctions waiver, according to the trading and shipping sources. The country restarted oil imports from Iran after a one-month stop in November when U.S. sanctions on Iran were reimposed, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Turkey used to import about 200,000 barres per day (bpd) of […]