Iran strongly condemns Saudi-led airstrikes on Sanaa residential areas
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi severely condemned recent Saudi-led air raids on Yemen’s capital of Sanaa on Thursday which…
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Friday Prayer leader: Trusting the youth key to achieve stronger economy
MNA – Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers leader described the Leader’s advice on relying on the young generation as a roadmap for development…
Iran’s Zarif calls for “practical steps” to save nuclear deal
Reuters – The international community and remaining signatories of Iran’s nuclear deal should act to save the accord as “supportive statements” are…
Top US lawmakers press Pompeo for answers on Iran arms control report
Reuters – The chairmen of three congressional committees on national security on Thursday pressed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to explain…
Iran not seeking escalation in region, but will defend itself: Tehran’s UN envoy
Press TV – Tehran’s ambassador to the United Nations says Iran will not take steps towards the escalation of tensions in the…
Germany and Netherlands halt training schemes in Iraq as tensions rise
The Guardian | Julian Borger: Germany and the Netherlands have suspended their military training programmes in Iraq because of a perceived security…
Leader appoints new IRGC commanders
Tasnim – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei promoted Brigadier General Ali Fadavi to lieutenant commander of the Islamic…
‘B-team’ will commit political suicide if their warmongering continues: FM Zarif
MNA – The Iranian foreign minister has once again warned against the hostile acts of the so-called ‘B-team’, saying that continuation of…
Putin: Russia regrets seeing Iran nuclear deal unravel, done enough to save it
Press TV – Russian President Vladimir Putin says Iran’s nuclear program is most transparent and Moscow “regrets” to see the 2015 nuclear…
Europe has common interests with Russia, China over Iran – Merkel
TASS – The European countries, parties to the Iran nuclear deal, share interests with Russia and China, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said…
Iran plans no changes to nuclear centrifuges, IAEA ties: spokesman
Reuters – Iran has no plans to launch centrifuge machines able to enrich uranium at higher capacity or to alter its relations…
Enemies can’t launch military attack against Iran: Gen. Nemati
MNA – Deputy Commander the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces Brigadier General Amir Nozar Nemati has downplayed the US’ hackneyed tactic of psychological…
Iran no threat to anybody in Iraq or elsewhere: Iran mission to UN
MNA – Iran has rejected the United States’ claims that ‘Iranian activities’ endanger American sites and troops in Iraq, saying the Islamic…
Iraq ‘will not allow US to use its territory to attack Iran’
Press TV – Iraq’s ambassador to Moscow says Iraq will not allow the United States to use Iraqi soil to launch attacks…
New Mexico candidate warns against war
AP — The Latest on New Mexico’s open congressional race in 2020 (all times local): 8:00 p.m. Congressional candidate and former CIA…
Iran urges EU to adopt right decision on JCPOA
IRNA – Iranian vice president on Wednesday urged the European Union (EU) to adopt a right decision towards implementation of the Joint…
‘No infighting whatsoever’ in White House over Iran, Trump claims
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has denied any “infighting whatsoever” over Iran in his administration. “There is no infighting whatsoever,”…
Japan calls for saving Iran nuclear deal
IRNA – Japanese prime minister on Thursday called for saving Iranian nuclear deal, reached between Iran and G5+1 (US, UK, France, Russia,…
IRGC commander: Iran enemies have reached end of the line
Press TV – The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the enemies of Iran “have reached the end…
Iran showing maximum restraint despite US exit from nuclear deal: Zarif
Press TV – In a visit to Japan, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is showing “maximum restraint” in the face of…
Reducing JCPOA commitments Iran’s appropriate long-overdue decision: Nader Entessar
Iranian Diplomacy | Payman Yazdani: Professor of political science describes Iran’s decision to reduce its JCPOA commitments as an appropriate response that…
What Europe can and can’t do to save the Iran nuclear deal
Bloomberg | Jonathan Tirone: European countries were key to negotiating the landmark 2015 international accord that restricted Iran’s nuclear program in return…
Skeptical US allies resist Trump’s new claims of threats from Iran
The New York Times | Helene Cooper and Edward Wong: As the Trump administration draws up war plans against Iran over what it says…
Iran accuses US of escalating tensions as Russia decries ‘downward spiral’
CNN | Nicole Gaouette: Senior Iranian officials warned the US against conflict Tuesday, as Russia’s foreign minister spoke of a “downward spiral”…
Iran reminds Europe of 60-day chance to save N. deal
FNA – The survival of the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), hinges on Europeans’…
Germany concerned over US-Iran tensions
AP — The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere in Mideast amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and…
Iran able to satisfy defense needs of other countries: cmdr.
MNA – Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi Fard, the commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, said that Iran is able to fulfill…
Bolton hasn’t yet learned his lesson from Iraq War: US 2020 candidate
Press TV – US national security adviser John Bolton has not yet learned lessons from the country’s invasion of Iraq in 2001,…
Germany will exert every effort to save JCPOA: envoy
MNA – German Ambassador to Iran Michael Klor-Berchtold on Wednesday reiterated his country’s support to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the…
Tehran not to revoke decision on JCPOA ultimatum
MNA – Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi referred to the government’s decision to reduce some commitments to the nuclear…
Envoy denies halt to Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project
Tasnim – Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tehran Rafat Masoud quashed rumors that her country has decided to back off from completing a pipeline…
Iran will defeat the American and Israeli alliance: Iran defense minister
Reuters – Iran will defeat the American and Israeli alliance, Iran’s Minister of Defence Amir Hatami said on Wednesday, according to the…
Putin, Austrian president to discuss Iran
TASS – President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen said before negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will discuss with…
Kremlin: Pompeo didn’t ease Iran concerns
The Australian – The Kremlin’s spokesman says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t offer President Vladimir Putin any reassurances or ease…
Iran ready for any scenario, from confrontation to diplomacy: official
Reuters – A senior Iranian official said on Wednesday that Tehran was ready for all scenarios from “confrontation to diplomacy” but the…
German FM’s visit to Iran not on agenda yet
MNA – The member of the foreign policy commission of German Bundestag said that the plan of German Foreign Minister’s visit to…
US orders departure of non-emergency employees from Iraq
Press TV – The US State Department has ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees from Iraq, after repeated US expressions of…
British Council confirms employee convicted and jailed in Iran
Press TV – The British Council has confirmed one of its employees has been convicted and jailed in Iran for espionage charges.…
FM Zarif leaves New Delhi for Tokyo
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has departed New Delhi for Tokyo upon the official invitation of his Japanese counterpart.…
Tehran, New Delhi discuss implementation of judicial agreements
MNA – The 11th Joint Consular meeting of Iran and India was held in New Delhi on Tuesday, where the two sides…