Iran, Oman’s Top Diplomats Meet in Muscat
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Omani counterpart in Muscat on Monday for political talks. The top Iranian diplomat arrived in Oman on Monday morning for a one-day visit and held a meeting with the sultanate’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah. Zarif is going to have more high-profile meetings […]
Turkish President Due in Iran for Key Talks
TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will travel to Iran on October 4 to discuss the latest regional developments, particularly the recent independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. Speaking at the Turkish Parliament’s legislative year reception on Sunday, the Turkish president said the roadmap that Iran […]
Iran’s oil output up 20,000 bpd in September
TEHRAN – Iranian crude oil production increased by 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) in September from its previous month. According to the latest data released by Reuters, exempted from the OPEC, non-OPEC curbs, Iran has increased its crude output to 3.81 million bpd in September from 3.79 million bpd in August. The country has increased […]
Tehran, Baku review goods, passenger transit issues
Iranian and Azeri officials in a meeting in the Azerbaijan capital discussed the issues pertaining to transportation of commodities and passengers between the two neighboring nations. Head of transit and international transportation of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization Reza Nafisi and his Azeri counterpart Habib Hassanov met in Baku on Friday and examined the […]
German FM urges US to engage in nuclear dialogue with Iran
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has called on the United States to engage in dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program amid growing concerns about the future of the nuclear agreement Iran clinched with the P5+1 group of countries more than two years ago. In a statement on Sunday, Gabriel welcomed US Secretary of State Rex […]
Iran’s veep calls Turkish PM to strongly support Baghdad
Iran’s Vice-President Jahangiri and Turkish Premier Binali Yildrim discussed the latest developments in Iraq after the referendum held in Kurdish areas of Iraq, in a phone dialogue on Friday. “Our negotiations in Baghdad will continue to manage the developments in post-referendum time,” said Es’hagh Jahangiri, the Iranian First Vice-President on Friday during a telephone conversation […]
Russia rejects US claim on Iran, IAEA
A senior Russian official has dismissed a recent US claim that Moscow is trying to “shield” Iran from inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which Washington has been pushing to widen to Iran’s military sites. Back in August, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attempted to convince the IAEA to request access […]
US Top General Says Iran Complying with JCPOA
TEHRAN – US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford said Iran is complying with its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. “The briefings I have received indicate that Iran is adhering to its JCPOA obligations,” Dunford wrote in answers to questions in advance of his hearing […]
No restrictions to cooperate with Iran
TEHRAN- Head of Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación (CESCE), translated in English as the Spanish Export Credit Insurance Company, Jaime García-Legaz announced that his company has no restrictions to cooperate with Iran, the portal of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) quoted him as saying on Monday. In […]
Barzani middleman for Zionists to partition Islamic countries: Velayati
A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs says President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG) Massoud Barzani is a middleman for Zionists, who seeks to implement their plans for the division of Muslim states. “Barzani is a middleman for Zionists [whose goal is] to disintegrate Islamic […]