Zarif says US must make up for losses inflicted on Iran
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said no matter who wins the 2020 presidential election in the US, the next…
Tag Archives: Iran-US relations
Trump is hoping for an Iranian miracle. Tehran will not give him one
Middle East Eye | Marco Carnelos: Chances are next to nil that Iran would make a new deal with the man who…
Threatened with expulsion, US general tries to scapegoat Iran: Sources
Press TV – A senior US commander conjures up a raft of unfounded accusations against Iran to evade the spotlight that had…
US knocked out in social media: envoy
MNA – Referring to the recent war of words between Iran and US embassies in Beijing, Ambassador in Beijing China Mohammad Keshavarz-Zadeh…
Top Security Official: Idiots once keen to besiege us, now trapped in Iran’s might
FNA – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani noted the return of his country’s fuel tankers…
Future US-Iran prisoner releases could be complicated by who’s involved, who isn’t
VOA | Michael Lipin: As the U.S. and Iran welcome the latest freeing of each other’s citizens and call for more such…
Iran sanctions case being dropped by US despite conviction
Bloomberg | Chris Dolmetsch: In a rare move, federal prosecutors are seeking to withdraw a criminal case against an Iranian banker who…
US must make up for Iranian scientist detention on trumped up charges: Judiciary official
Press TV – The head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights says the US must make up for the…
Iranian scientist Asgari to arrive in country on Wednesday morning: Mousavi
MNA – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that Iranian scientist Asgari, who had been imprisoned in the US, will return to…
Iranian professor acquitted of sanctions busting leaves US, Zarif says
Reuters – An Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States after being acquitted of stealing trade secrets has left the country and…
Let Americans breathe, Iranian spokesman tells US government
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Seyed Abbas Mousavi decried the US government’s crackdown on protests over the killing of an unarmed…
White House hosting worst US administration, Pompeo knows nothing about ABC’s of politics: Rouhani
MNA – In his remarks during Wednesday Cabinet Meeting, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the White House is hosting the worst…
Iran underlines Trump administration’s inefficiency in fight against coronavirus
FNA – The Iranian foreign ministry voiced regret over US President Donald Trump administration’s “incompetence” which has imposed difficulties and endangered the…
US tells Iran to send plane so Washington can deport 11 Iranian nationals
Reuters – The United States urged Tehran on Monday to send a charter plane to take home 11 Iranian nationals whom Washington…
Iran urges US to correct its behavior instead of making excuses
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the US government should correct its behavior instead of making excuses. He…
Pompeo has made world more dangerous, Iran’s Foreign Ministry says
Tasnim – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran took a swipe at US Secretary of State Mike…
Ayatollah Khamenei calls on Iranian people not to be afraid of US, bullying powers
Press TV – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has calls on the Iranian people not to be afraid…
Trump would be willing to give coronavirus aid to Iran if asked
Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be willing to provide aid to Iran to help deal with the…
Iran-US relations and the Corona Virus crisis
The Dispatch | Tridivesh Singh Maini: Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding (it is for the first…
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,”…