TEHRAN (Iran News) – Germany on Wednesday criticized Iran’s recent move to start enriching uranium at Fordow facility. “This is unacceptable,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told a news conference in Berlin, referring to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s announcement that Iran was beginning injecting gas to 1,044 centrifuges at its Fordow nuclear facility. This act […]

Officials say an IAEA inspector left Iran after she was prevented from entering a nuclear site of the Islamic Republic for carrying “suspicious” materials. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said Wednesday that the female monitor left her mission unfinished and flew out of Iran after security staff at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility […]

Iran News – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday called on Iran to fulfill the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, but said Moscow understood why Tehran was cutting back on its commitments, the New York Times reported. Speaking to reporters in Moscow, Lavrov said events unfolding around the nuclear deal […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A top Advisor to Iranian Leader Ali Akbar Velyati has criticized the European signatories to the JCPOA for bringing up the issue of Iranian missile defense capabilities instead of abiding by their JCPOA obligations. Ali Akbar Velayati made the comments in an interview with the France 24-Arabic Language TV, during which […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Hamid Baeidinejad, Iran’s ambassador to London, said on Tuesday that Iran’s nuclear moves to scale down its commitments under the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal is only aimed at saving the agreement from a total collapse. Baeidinejad made the remarks hours after President Hassan Rouhani ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran gives a response to the United States’ policy of pursuing “economic terrorism” and “blackmail” in a way quite opposite of what US President Donald Trump was led to believe. Zarif made the remarks in a tweet on Tuesday after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said […]

While Iran's 4th step away from the nuclear deal is in action, it is not a violation to the deal. It is still reversible and will be done under the supervision of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), France has called the country to “fully adhere to its obligations and to cooperate fully with the IAEA."

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A European Commission spokeswoman said it is still committed to the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers even after US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the agreement, due to its importance as a global security matter. Maja Kocijancic, a spokeswoman for the European Commission, said Monday that the deal […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi told Mehr on Mon. that the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) is still in place and that “there’s a long way before our complete withdrawal from the JCPOA.” When asked by Mehr correspondent about the likelihood of Iran’s return to the pre-JCPOA conditions regarding […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that President Hassan Rouhani will announce details of Iran’s fourth step in reducing its nuclear commitments in response to the annulment of the 2015 nuclear agreement and return of sanctions by the United States coupled with inaction by the European Union to protect Iran […]