With reformers sidelined, Iranian elections looking like hard-liners Vs. conservatives
Radio Free Europe | Golnaz Esfandiari: With Iranian parliamentary elections just a month away, there are increasing signs that the vote will…
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Black box of downed Ukrainian plane to remain in Iran: MP
Tasnim – An Iranian lawmaker said the country has decided to examine the flight recorders from a Ukrainian jetliner that was mistakenly…
Lawmakers to review JCPOA implementation
IRNA – Members of the Iranian parliament will discuss the report of the national security and foreign policy commission on the implementation…
Oman’s foreign minister meets Iran’s foreign minister Zarif – Tweet
Reuters – Oman’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will meet Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in…
Iran has capacity to enrich uranium at any percentage: nuclear agency
Reuters – Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium at any percentage if Iranian authorities decide to do so, the deputy head…
Zarif hits back at Trump over “No Thanks!” tweet
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif struck back at US President Donald Trump for basing his foreign policy on Fox…
US state terrorism to end its presence in region: Iran’s Deputy FM
Tasnim – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said the assassination of top Iranian commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani…
DAVOS-Absent Iran faces detente calls from worried West and Middle East
Reuters | Dmitry Zhdannikov and Luke Baker: Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif skipped this year’s Davos, but Tehran was still a hot…
Iran missile precision indicated US miscalculations: US Academic
IRNA – University of California professor David Yaghoubian said that Iran’s precision missile attack on US bases in Iraq made Washington review…
Reporting on the Iran nuclear deal: ‘nothing happens until everything happens’
The Guardian | Julian Borger: Our world affairs editor reflects on how, despite years of negotiations, we came once again to the…
Will Russia provide missiles to ‘close the entire sky’ over Iran?
Al-Monitor | Anton Mardasov: Russian officials are weighing the possible risks of selling missile defense equipment to Iran following the military escalation…
Iran urges Iraq judiciary to sue US for assassination of Martyr Soleimani, his comrades
MNA – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi in a Saturday phone conversation with the head of the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq…
Recent developments herald unique phenomenon in today’s world: Leader
MNA – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei addressed the students from the Union of the Islamic Students Associations in Europe in…
Tehran condemns US ‘harassment’ of Iranians at its borders
Press TV – Iran has denounced “unconstitutional and inhuman” treatment of travelers of Iranian descent by US border guards, saying the American…
Spokesman dismisses talks between Zarif, Payne on Australian prisoner
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday dismissed talks between Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Australian counterpart…
Head of Russia’s Duma due in Iran
Tasnim – Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin is going to pay a visit to Iran for the second…
EU’s Borrell extends timeline for dispute mechanism on Iran deal
Reuters – The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell on Friday extended the time available to discuss ways to save the 2015 nuclear…
Iranian cleric lauds Iraqis’ massive rally against US military presence
Tasnim – Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard said the Iraqi people “created another Allah’s day” by staging a…
Threatening to assassinate Quds Force chief shows US state terrorism: FM spox
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Washington’s threat to assassinate the new commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps…
So-called Trump deal exposes US’ long-fixated delusions: Iran Foreign Ministry
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi reacts to the United States’ detailing of what Washington claims should replace the…
Basij Commander: US bases no more credited after IRGC’s retaliatory missile strikes
FNA – Commander of Basij (volunteer) forces Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani underlined that the January 8 retaliatory missile attacks against the US…
Iran: US will fail to undercut our influence through terror acts like Soleimani’s assassination
Press TV – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi says the US is wrong to think it can dent Iran’s influence through…
Zarif lauds China’s timely response to coronavirus
MNA – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated the Chinese New Year and praised Beijing for timely measures in the…
Europe’s position on activating trigger mechanism unconstructive
IRNA – Adviser to Iran’s Parliament Speaker in International Affairs and Director General of the Parliament’s International Affairs Department in a meeting…
Iran says drone used in Soleimani strike came from Kuwait
Bloomberg – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the U.S. drone used to kill a top Iranian general in Baghdad took off…
Iran stands ready to counter any threat with quality defensive arms: Hatami
Press TV – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic is determined to respond to any possible threat with…
Iran to legally pursue case of US assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani: FM spox
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said that Iran will pursue the US assassination of Iran’s top commander Lt.…
Rising tension in region, US main aim in assassinating Lt. Gen. Soleimani
MNA – Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that the main purpose of the United States in assassinating Iran’s…
Iran proposes defense cooperation with Indonesia
Jakarta Globe – The Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia has said that Iran would gladly work with Indonesia in a defense partnership if the…
SCCR approves ‘World Sacrifice Prize’ under name of Martyr Gen. Soleimani
MNA – Members of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR) approved that the “World Sacrifice Prize”, as proposed by the Martyr…
Ratification of FATF-related bills no more on agenda
MNA – Today, Iran Expediency Council passed the set deadline for it to announce its verdict on the ratification of FATF-related bills…
Black box of downed Ukrainian plane must remain in Iran: road min.
MNA – Iranian Road Minister Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday that “the black box of the downed Ukrainian plane, as one of…
JCPOA parties already warned of Iran’s plan for possible NPT exit: Spokesman
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal had already been given…
Iran will never seek nuclear arms, with or without nuclear deal – Rouhani
Reuters – Iran will never seek nuclear weapons, with or without nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, calling on…
Iran slams silence over US’ assassination of Iranian top commander
MNA – Iran’s ambassador to the UN office in Geneva has condemned the international silence over the US’ assassination of Iranian top…
AEOI Chief deplores E3 statement about Dispute Resolution Mechanism
IRNA – Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi said that statement released by Germany, France and the UK…
Iran slams South Korea for misnaming, militarizing Persian Gulf
Press TV – Tehran has censured South Korea for misnaming the Persian Gulf and sending a military mission to the waters south…
Provincial Basij cmdr assassinated in southwest Iran
IRNA – Basij (volunteer forces) commander of Darkhovin, a city in southwestern Khuzestan Province was assassinated early on Wednesday. Abdolhosein Mojaddami was…
Venezuelan FM condemns US “Treacherous” assassination of General Soleimani
FNA – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat deplored US assassination of former IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani…
GE granted license to help investigate Ukrainian plane downed by Iran
Reuters – General Electric Co has received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to help in the investigation of a Ukrainian…