FM Zarif values women’s dignity
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a twitter message issued on Thursday honored women for their role to lead the global campaign against violence. Following is his message: “My wife and I had the honor of participating in the International Event on Women, Sustainable Peace and security, organized by our VP for women […]
Iran after all-out relations with Pakistan
Iran’s foreign minister said Iran seeks to have fully-fledged relations with Pakistan, adding it is waiting for Pakistan’s response. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in ‘Iran-Pakistan Business Forum’ in Islamabad on Monday March 12. Iran’s top diplomat stated in the Forum “I would like to reiterate that we are still ready […]
Zarif visits Islamabad for a three-day tour
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif arrived in Islamabad on Sunday evening to hold talks with senior Pakistani officials. During his three-day visit, Zarif will meet his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Asif to discuss bilateral and regional issues. He is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and military chief General Qamar […]
MP urges Zarif to withstand US violation of JCPOA
Mohammadreza Sabbaghian, Iranian MP from Bafq Constituency, said on Sunday that Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif should stand up against what US and France are doing against the JCPOA. “The foreign minister of our country must firmly withstand those who have violated the JCPOA,” said Mohammadreza Sabbaghian, Iranian MP from Bafq Constituency on Sunday. The Iranian […]
Zarif, Red Cross chief discuss humanitarian crises in Syria, Yemen
During a meeting on Sunday in Tehran, Peter Maurer ICRC’s President and Mohammad Javad Zarif Iranian Minister of Foreign affairs called for an immediate halt to war in Yemen. The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer who is visiting Tehran met with Iranian Minister of Foreign affairs Mohammad Javad […]
Israeli occupation behind most regional ‘calamities’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lambasted Israeli regime’s occupation of Palestinian lands, saying the Israeli occupation like other forms of occupation will not last long. In reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent anti-Iran remarks, Zarif tweeted on Wednesday morning that “despite Netanyahu’s claims, the fact is that illegal occupation lies at […]
Foreign ministry Spox confirms Zarif-Kerry meeting
Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesman of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that Iranian FM Zarif met US former Secretary of State Kerry in last week in Munich. “Such meetings are held in the framework of an active and comprehensive diplomacy and as a part of policies to negotiate for preserving the maximum of national interests,” […]
FM Zarif calls for expansion of economic ties with Japan
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif received Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori on Saturday morning. The Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori who is visiting Tehran met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday morning at the HQ of Iran’s ministry of foreign affairs in Tehran. […]
Zarif wraps up 4-nation East Europe tour, returns home
Iran’s foreign minister arrived back in Tehran on Saturday morning after visiting Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Bosnia on his 5-day visit to East Europe and Balkans region. Mohammad Javad Zarif, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation, started an Eastern European tour on Monday and held talks with high-ranking officials of Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia and finally Bosnia […]
Iran, Bosnia FMs stress deepening bilateral relations
Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Bosnian counterpart Igor Crnadak have held a second round of meeting in Sarajevo on Friday during which the two sides stressed further deepening of bilateral relations. During the second round of their meetings, the two foreign ministers reviewed the latest developments in relations between the two countries in the political, […]