Venezuelan Ambassador to Tehran Carlos Antonio Alcala Cordones says the US is seeking to create a situation similar to Syria and Libya in his country. In an interview with the Tehran Times and Mehr news agency on Wednesday in his office, the ambassador said that the US plots against the Maduro government are intended to […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the United States and its allies that it would be “suicidal” to go to a war with Iran. Zarif, who is in Germany to attend the 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2019, made the remarks in a wide-ranging exclusive interview with NBC News on Friday when asked […]
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces criticized Pakistan’s failure to ensure security along the common border after a fatal attack on the IRGC forces in southeast Iran, pledging that the Iranian Armed Forces will take action to punish the terrorists behind the attack. Finnish Ambassador to Iran Keijo Norvanto hailed E3 initiative to […]
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iranian establishment’s might relies on people, describing popular support as the basic principle of the Islamic Republic. “People are the pillar of this establishment’s power, that is why respecting the rights of people is not only a moral issue, but a necessity for national security,” Zarif said in […]
Senior Adviser to Iran’s Leader Ali Akbar Velayati said that European countries’ behavior is not acceptable for Iranian people. “Tyrannical and illegal sanctions and pressures of the United States, as well as Europe’s unpleasant behavior, are not acceptable for the Iranian nation,” he said Tuesday in a conference dubbed ‘۴۰ Years of Foreign Policy Since […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stressed on Wed. that the establishment of full stability, security and normal conditions in Syria for the return of Syrians to their normal life is a key regional goal for Iran. “One of the important regional goals and foreign policy principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the establishment of […]
US President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address said a trade deal with China will have to address not only what he called the chronic US trade deficit but also changes in Chinese policies to protect American workers and businesses. “I have great respect for President Xi, and we are now working […]
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani blasted the European states’ conditions for implementation of their declared mechanism for trade with Iran – Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) – describing them as “humiliating”. “The Europeans have created a mechanism with limited capacity after 9 months of procrastination and negotiations not for money transactions but for […]
“Europe has no right to set conditions for implementing the new financial channel,” Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday. Commenting on INSTEX a payment channel launched by the three EU signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (France, Germany and Britain) last week to help […]
Iran’s Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi, who arrived in Tehran after spending 10 days in a jail in the United States without any charge, released a statement on Saturday. Hashemi, 59, arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Wednesday night. She issued the statement before speaking to Iranian and foreign reporters at the Press […]