May 12, The Iran Project Supreme Leader: Decline of awakening in region due to reliance on US, Israel; US regional unpopularity cause of safety not Iran: Zarif ; Rouhanis letter on reducing compliance to nuclear deal presented to parties ambs.; Iran sets deadline for remaining JCPOA parties; Iran to up uranium enrichment level if JCPOA benefits not guaranteed; Iran says not doing anything in breach of JCPOA; Iran to make appropriate decisions based on other sides behavior: Salehi; Iran FM visit to Russia and meeting with senior Russian officilas; EU rejects Irans 60-day ultimatum on JCPOA; Macron on Iran nuke deal: We need to do everything to preserve JCPOA; UNs Guterres names JCPOA major achievement in diplomacy; Araqchi: Iranian interests prior to preserving JCPOA; IRGC chief: Enemies have no more options against Iran; Trump slaps new US sanctions on Irans metals industry; Iran blasts US new sanctions against metal industry; Zarif: US bullies Europe, EU only expresses regret; Iran to Trump: What's guarantee you won't renege; Public interest in religious concepts has increased: Irans Leader; Iranians hold rally in support of SNSC decision; IRGC says US doesnt dare to wage war on Iran; E3 seriously working to operationalize INSTEX: UK, Germany; White House gives Trump's number, wants Iran to call and Irans Rouhani calls for unity to face unprecedented US pressure are among major headlines dominated the countrys media outlets in the past week (May6 May 12).
Irans President Hassan Rouhani says Muslim countries must take all necessary steps to mount pressure on the Zionist regime of Israel and prevent further massacre of Palestinians.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the wave of Islamic Awakening in a number of Muslim countries was weakened because those nations relied on the US and the Zionist regime of Israel.
Unpopularity in the Middle East is the cause of U.S. safety concerns, not Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter on Tuesday, after Washington said it was sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the region.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said on Tuesday that the IRGC is resolute to give the countrys enemies an unforgettable lesson.
Foreign Ministry in a statement on Tuesday announced that Zarifs exclusive interview with Sputnik published today goes back to the past months and his answers also pertain to the situations surrounding JCPOA in those days.
Deputy Foreign Minister Araghchi has presented President Rouhanis letter on reducing Irans commitments to the nuclear deal to the ambassadors of the remaining parties to the JCPOA.
President Hassan Rouhani described the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), beneficial to the region and the world and detrimental to the enemies of Iran.
Chairman of the Islamic Awakening Assembly on Tuesday condemned the Zionist regimes attack on Gaza which has claimed the lives of at least 33 Palestinians.
Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) issued a statement on Wednesday, saying the country is no longer fulfilling some of its obligations under the 2015 nuclear, and setting a two-month deadline for the remaining parties to fulfill their undertakings.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran will back off from more commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal and will raise uranium enrichment level if its economic interests under the JCPOA in the oil and banking sectors are not fulfilled within 60 days.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message on Wednesday slammed the US breach of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action over the past year, saying Iran is honoring the JCPOA terms.
Iran says the countermeasures it has vowed to unveil Wednesday are all within the framework of the 2015 nuclear deal, and the country is not leaving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi announced on Wednesday that in case our other partners in JCPOA do not make their commitments, we will make further appropriate decisions regarding the conditions.
Russia and China maintain good relations with Iran in the wake of the United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Irans nuclear program, while other participants have failed to comply with their obligations, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said ahead of a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday.
The EU has rejected Irans ultimatum on JCPOA, which calls on the bloc to make good on their commitments to the nuclear deal in the next two months or Tehran would start suspending some of its own.
On Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani informed the remaining parties to the nuclear deal about the Islamic Republics decision to partially discontinue obligations under the accord. He gave Europe 60 days to ensure Irans interests under the agreement. Otherwise, he said, Tehran is ready to take further steps on scrapping the deal.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a major diplomatic achievement, expressing hope that the international document could be saved following the USs withdrawal.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said naturally Iran does not intend to create tension but Tehran is not biased towards nuclear deal and meeting Iranians interests is important.
Having exhausted all of their possibilities against Tehran, the enemies of Iran have no more options to use, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the European Union should stop submitting to Washingtons dictates concerning Tehran instead of just expressing regret over the USs anti-Iran policy.
President Donald Trump has said that he wants Iranians to call him, amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran over the Trump administrations hegemonic policy towards the Islamic Republic.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday described the general public as interested in religion, thus making it a heavier responsibility for the seminary schools to address public demands.
Iranians held nationwide rallies expressing support for the decision of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) to suspend the implementation of some of Irans commitments under the JCPOA in response to the United States withdrawal from the deal.
Irans Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that European signatories of JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) should not underestimate Irans will for a step-by-step reduction of its commitments to the deal.
A senior IRGC official says the Trump administration does not dare to wage a war on Iran despite its recent deployment of an aircraft carrier and bombers in the Persian Gulf.
Britain, France and Germany are seriously pursuing the implementation of the Iran-EU special payment mechanism, which is supposed to facilitate trade ties between the two sides after the US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on the country, senior European officials say.
After President Donald Trump publicly appealed to Iran to call him amid heightened tensions with Tehran, the White House contacted the Swiss on Thursday to share a phone number the Iranians could call the President on, according to a diplomatic source familiar with the move.
EUs foreign affairs spokeswoman, Maja Kocijancic, in an interview with an Iranian news agency talked about the reason behind the blocs rejection of Irans 60-day ultimatum on JCPOA implementation.
President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for unity among Irans political factions to overcome conditions which he said may be harder than those during the 1980s war with Iraq, state media reported, as the country faces tightening U.S. sanctions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Russian news agency RIA on Tuesday that Iran was close to an oil sales deal with the European Union, despite the sanctions which have been re-imposed by the United States.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered new sanctions on Iran, this time targeting the Islamic Republics export revenues from its industrial metals sector, and vowed to keep squeezing Tehran unless it fundamentally alters its policies.
Palestinian officials said an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement was reached with Israel on Monday to end a recent surge of violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel.
Some 17 Palestinians, including two pregnant women and a baby, were killed and ninety more have been hurt in the Palestinian enclave, Ashraf al Qudra, a Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman,said.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was supposed to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday afternoon, but the State Department canceled the trip over pressing issues. The department did not initially disclose where he was going next, though it was later revealed that Pompeo visited Baghdad, Iraq.
Yemens Houthi forces have started unilateral withdrawal from Saleef and Ras Isa ports in Hudaydah province under a United Nations-sponsored peace deal, a news agency says.
The ground breaking ceremony of reconstruction of schools in flood-stricken areas in northern Iran started by Iranian Education Minister Mohammad Bathaei.
The vice presidency for science and technology will take measures in accordance with Lake Urmia restoration utilizing technology advances, IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
A blaze that erupted at the historic Bazaar of Tabriz, northwest Iran, on Thursday is estimated to have caused about 200 billion rials ($1.33 million) to the centuries-old site.
The 27th International Quran Exhibition will be opened at Tehrans Imam Khomeini Mosalla on Saturday evening during a special ceremony attended by Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi and a number of cultural figures.