Iran-US relations and the Corona Virus crisis
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Pompeo urges Iran to cooperate on ex-FBI agent’s return, despite its uninformedness of his fate
MNA – Despite the repeated announcements by Iran of not having any information on ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson’s fate, US Secretary of…
US offered help to combat COVID-19 in Iran ‘suspicious’: Mousavi
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said the Islamic Republic is suspicious of the US’ offer to help Iran fight…
Trump says ready to lend helping hand to coronavirus-hit Iran ‘If They Ask’
Sputnik – The United States is ready to provide assistance to Iran, which is struggling with the spread of the coronavirus disease…
Iran dismisses Pompeo’s ‘hypocritical’ claim on coronavirus response
Press TV – Iran has dismissed a “hypocritical” claim made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about making an offer to…
Pompeo says US offered to help Iran with coronavirus response
Reuters – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States has offered to help with the coronavirus response…
How the US and Iran can work together on their ‘Shared Priorities’
Iran Review | Gary Sick: Near the very end of his speech after the Iranian missile barrage, President Trump made the following…
Iran’s reaction to Trump’s tweet: Don’t dishonor our language
Press TV – Iran has called President Donald Trump’s bluff on expressing support for Iranian protesters in Farsi just after he threatened to attack…
Iran may seek US help in jet-crash probe through UN treaty
Bloomberg – Iran has invoked an international agreement to get assistance from foreign investigators—including from the U.S.—in the investigation of Wednesday’s fiery…
Rouhani heads to Japan as Abe seeks US-Iran deal
Al-Monitor – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took off from Tehran Dec. 17 to visit Malaysia and Japan in what is seen as…
Freed Iranian scientist recounts ordeal in US jail, says American ‘justice’ exists only in Hollywood movies
Press TV – Iranian stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani, who returned home Saturday following his release from US prison, has recounted…
Iranian Foreign Ministry asks citizens to refrain from visiting US due to arrest risks
Sputnik – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has recommended its citizens, including scientists, to refrain from visiting the United States for the risk…
US hopes US citizen’s release means more progress possible with Iran
Reuters – The United States is hopeful that the release of U.S. citizen Xiyue Wang by Iran will lead to the freeing…
US jailers had told inmates I was a terrorist: Iranian scientist
Press TV – Iranian stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani, who returned home Saturday after being released from US prison, says his…
‘We can make a deal together’: Trump thanks Iran for ‘very fair negotiation’ that led to prisoner swap
RT – In a reprieve from the usual bellicose rhetoric, President Donald Trump thanked the leaders of Iran for swapping an American…
Resistance against US leads to production of science: Iranian cleric
Tasnim – Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard highlighted the positive effects of Iran’s resistance against the US sanctions…
Iran rejects US order to pay $180 mn over reporter’s jailing
AFP – Iran on Monday rejected a US court order for Tehran to pay $180 million in damages to a Washington Post…
Iran’s Rouhani shows spark of old self against hard-liners
Al-monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: In the past few weeks, Iran’s moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, has sought to defy hard-liners by bringing up…
Burned by Trump, Iranians report negative views of the United States
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Three new waves of nationally-representative surveys conducted by the University of Maryland over the past six…
Tying country’s fate to Republicans, Democrats to harm Iran: advisor to Leader
MNA – Senior Adviser to Iran’s Leader Ali Akbar Velayati said that Republicans and Democrats are two sides of the same coin…
Zarif meets US media, Congressmen at their request: Spox
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday that Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, meets the US Congressmen and media men…
‘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,”…
Iran and the US: Still possible to escape the worst and work for the best
LobeLog | Francois Nicoullaud: The U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)— could be an ill-advised,…
Iran and the United States: Doomed to be forever enemies?
The New York Times | Carol Giacomo: President Trump and hard-line advisers want to isolate and undermine the government in Tehran. Engagement…
I spoke to the Iranian foreign minister about Trump’s impact on his country. He has a message for all Americans
The Independent | Negar Mortazavi : Since President Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal last year, Iran…
Trump administration ignored Iran offer for prisoner swap: FM Zarif
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized US government for refusing to engage with Tehran in a humanitarian…
US general says will ensure necessary resources to counter Iran
Reuters – U.S. Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Saturday the United States would deploy the necessary resources to counter…
Iran’s foreign minister proposes prisoner exchange with US
The NewYork Times – Iran’s foreign minister offered publicly on Wednesday to negotiate a prisoner exchange with the United States, saying he…
Experts: IRGC terror label could fuel US-Iran tension
Voice of America | Mehdi Jedinia and Sirwan Kajjo: The recent U.S. designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign…
ICJ extends time-limits for Iran, US initial pleading files
IRNA – The International Court of Justice extended time-limits for Iran and the US to file pleadings in an ongoing case in…
Strategic retreat the better choice for Iran
IRNA/Global Times – On April 8, US President Donald Trump declared that his country would formally name the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps…
Americans seek to return to Iran: Maj. Gen. Safavi
MNA – Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, said the Americans, with a claim that Iran…
US Congress repeats old claims on ex-FBI agent case to pressure Iran
MNA – The US Congress has once again dragged back to surface old claims about the disappearance of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson…
From ‘peace and joy’ to ‘Hell will freeze over’: Best of Iranian FM Zarif’s war of words with US
RT – Iran’s now-former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif often used social media to spar with the US in the ongoing cold…
Debate already heating up in Iran as Sanders runs for US president
Al-Monitor – “A social Democrat pursuing political revolution in the United States,” wrote Iran’s official IRNA news agency of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders…
Rouhani to Trump: Countries building wall around themselves destined to fail
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that countries which build walls around themselves will be destroyed from inside and will achieve…
Warsaw summit failure reflects anger over Trump’s Iran policy
February 15, The Iran Project – Lack of participation at the two-day Warsaw Conference, organized by the US in the Polish capital…
US accuses ex-intelligence officer of giving Iran secrets
The Wall Street Journal | Aruna Viswanatha and Dustin Volz: A former U.S. Air Force special agent gave highly classified information to Tehran and…
IRGC intelligence vows harsh blows to US, proxies
Tasnim – Head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization warned the US and its mercenaries to brace themselves for…
Twitter removes Leader’s anti-Trump remarks
FNA – Twitter removed a post on the Arabic account of Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei where the Leader had said…