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Zarif: Iran, now a great regional power
Irans foreign minister said the Islamic Republic of Iran is the main regional power by relying on the noble ideals and discourse of Islamic Revolution.
Mogherini says meeting with Zarif beginning of EU work on Syria
The European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said her meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif focused not just on mutual ties but rather was the beginning of a cooperation the European body is planning to have with regional powers on the Syrian issue.
Iran urges EU for banking coop. regardless of US Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Europeans should be independent from other world powers and provide necessary space for further cooperation with Iranian banks and institutions.
Talks with Mogherini focused on JCPOA, Syrian crisis Irans FM Zarif said EUs foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini had come to Iran to confer on Syrias developments, the implementation of the JCPOA and the efforts needed from the Europeans in this regard.
UN must take practical measure to tackle Mideast issues: Iran
A senior Iranian diplomat has called on the United Nations to take practical steps in addressing global issues, particularly the deadly crises in the Mideast, instead of putting forward mere peace proposals.
Iranian Parliaments periodic report blasts US non-compliance with N. deal
The Iranian parliaments National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in its latest six-month-period report on implementation of the last year nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers lashed out at the US for non-commitment to its undertakings.
Iran, Iraq cannot accept Wests reading of human rights: Tehran
Irans Judiciary chief says the Islamic Republic and Iraq are capable of introducing their own version of human rights principles, saying the two neighbors will not bow to the Western reading of the concept.