Iran condemns US’ ‘worthless’ threat to use military option
Press TV –Iran has categorically condemned a US official’s threat to use military option against Iran, describing it as a “molded” option…
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US warns Russia, China of UN isolation if Iran arms ban extension blocked
Reuters – Russia and China will be isolated at the United Nations if they continue down the “road to dystopia” by blocking…
US wants face-to-face meeting with Iran on prisoners
Reuters – The United States would like a face-to-face meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and it wants the U.N. Security…
US says door remains open for diplomacy with Iran
Reuters – The door remains open for a wider negotiation with Iran about its nuclear program and other issues but so far…
US must show respect for Iranian nation or keep humiliating itself: MFA
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Thu. that the United States must show respect for the Iranian…
US threatens to trigger return of UN Iran sanctions as Russia reaffirms opposition
Press TV – The United States has threatened to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the UN…
US ‘hopeful’ UN will extend Iran arms embargo, Russia ‘negative’
Reuters – The United States is “hopeful” the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in…
Intel: Trump administration seeks to extend UN arms embargo on Iran
Al-Monitor | Bryant Harris: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress today that the United States will appeal to the international community…
US grants sanctions waiver to ease humanitarian aid to Iran
Reuters – The United States on Thursday granted a license to allow for certain humanitarian trade transactions with Iran’s sanctioned central bank,…
More companies interested in using humanitarian channel to Iran: US envoy
Reuters – U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Thursday the United States was in talks with at least two…
US sanctions five Iranian officials, including Ayatollah Jannati
Press TV – The United States has imposed sanctions on five Iranian officials, including Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the secretary of Iran’s Guardian…
‘US point man on Iran met with MKO rep. before, after Gen. Soleimani’s assassination’
Press TV – The United States’ point man on Iran met with a representative of the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group…
CBI chief reacts to Swiss payment channel for food, medicine delivery to Iran
MNA – The Governor of the Central bank of Iran (CBI) reacted to the Thursday trial operation of a humanitarian channel for…
US says first shipments of medicine to Iran delivered via Swiss humanitarian channel
Reuters – A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations, the Swiss and U.S. governments said…
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…
US threatens to assassinate new chief of elite Quds Force of IRGC
Press TV – The US special representative for Iran has threatened the Islamic Republic with yet another act of state terrorism, saying…
US misleading world on Iran’s right to enrichment: Russia
Tasnim – The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned recent remarks by US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook about Tehran’s nuclear activities, saying…
US envoy says it seems Iran concluded response to Soleimani assassination
Reuters – U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday it seems that Iran has concluded its retaliation for the…
Iranian FM spox reacts to remarks of Mnuchin, Hook
MNA – In a press conference on Monday, the Spokesperson of the Iranian foreign ministry Abbas Mousavi reacted to the latest remarks…
US national security threatened by own unwise leaders: SNSC spox
MNA – Spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has rebuked the remarks by US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook that…
US is open to dialogue with Iran, special envoy Hook says
Bloomberg – The U.S. is open to dialogue with Iran even as Washington enforces sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Brian Hook, the…
In shift, State’s Hook says Yemen’s Houthis independent from Iran
Al-Monitor | Laura Rozen: In a shift that analysts said reflects progress in Saudi talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels to end the…
US admits Iran’s missile testing not prohibited in UN resolution: Zarif
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook openly admits that missile testing is…
US calls on social media networks to block accounts of Iranian leaders
Radio Farda – The United States has called on social media giants Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to suspend accounts linked to Iranian…
CBI governor: New US sanctions on Iran ‘repetitive, ineffective’
MNA – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Sat. that three new US sanctions imposed against…
Iran tanker: US offers captain millions to hand over ship
BBC – The US state department has confirmed it offered millions of dollars to the captain of an Iranian oil tanker which…
Iran condemns Hook’s comments, US reward for terror
Press TV – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned the latest moves and comments by the US administration, especially its Iran…
Zarif to Hook: Read US National Security Archive
MNA – Foreign Minister Zarif, in reaction to Brian Hook’s claim that CIA had no part in the 1953 coup against the…
US wants Senate-approved deal with Iran: US envoy Brian Hook
Al-Jazeera – The Trump administration wants a Senate-approved agreement with Iran to replace the 2015 nuclear deal that the US president withdrew…
Iranian deputy FM calls US envoy’s remarks “joke of the day”
IRNA – An Iranian deputy foreign minister on Friday ridiculed remarks of by a US official who had claimed that Washington’s withdrawal…
Iran either sits at negotiating table or ‘watches their economy crumble’ – US Envoy
Sputnik – Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir and US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook have commented on…
Iran responds diplomacy with diplomacy, war with defense
MNA – “The Iranian nation answers diplomacy with diplomacy, respect with respect and war with a harsh defense”, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed…
US lawmakers press Trump official to say Iran not behind 9/11
Press TV – US lawmakers have warned the administration of President Donald Trump not to attack Iran by using a war authorization…
‘Defensive move’: US envoy to Iran refuses to rule out military action
Sputnik – The Trump envoy to Iran dodged questions as to whether the White House would use Washington’s 2001 Authorization of Use…
US will respond with military force if Iran attacks its interests: Hook
Reuters – The United States will respond with military force if its interests are attacked by Iran, the U.S. Iran envoy said…
US says countries buying Iranian oil will be subject to sanctions
Reuters – The United States will sanction any country which buys oil from Iran after the expiration of waivers on May 2,…
Pompeo shares details on ‘escalating’ Iran threats in Brussels: US State Department
Reuters – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shared information on “escalating” threats from Iran with European allies and NATO officials during…
US does not want war with Iran: Brian Hook
MNA – The United States does not want war with Iran but will continue putting maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic, US…
Iran’s embassy in S. Korea rejects US claims
IRNA – Iran’s embassy in South Korea on Monday denounced a US envoy claims on supporting terrorism and emphasized that the country…