Zarif says US has targeted Iran interests in region
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the US has targeted Iran’s interests in the region and…
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MP advises IAEA not to sacrifice Iran’s interests for US excessive demands
IRNA – A senior Iranian lawmaker advised the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday not to sacrifice Iran’s legitimate interests for…
In Washington’s game of extending arms embargo, Tehran still has a leverage
Iranian Diplomacy – Not only Tehran, but also the international community, including UN Security Council permanent members are well aware of Donald…
UN Security Council to start talks on US bid to extend Iran arms embargo
Reuters – The United Nations Security Council is due to hold a first round of talks on Wednesday on a U.S. proposal…
IAEA susceptible to US’ pressure: Prof. Entessar
MNA – Nader Entessar, Professor Emeritus of Political Science from the University of South Alabama, in an interview with the Mehr news…
Iran’s Zarif seeks Russian support as US pressure builds
Al-Monitor | The Iranian foreign minister went to Moscow for help against US efforts to extend an arms embargo against Iran. Iran’s…
US’ use of coercion against countries rooted in long history of racism: envoy
MNA – An Iranian diplomat noted that Washington’s coercive measures against other nations can be traced back to the long history of…
Iran’s Rouhani warns other countries against following US arms sanctions
Al-Monitor – Iran has warned other countries of the United Nations Security Council to not go along with US plans to continue…
US manipulating UN to punish Iran — Russian top diplomat
TASS – Washington has no right to manipulate the UN Security Council and the UN Secretariat, trying to punish Tehran for its…
President warns of Iran’s reaction to arms embargo extension
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described the lifting of a UN arms embargo on Iran as a significant achievement of the…
Showing Iran as security threat, goal of US, Israel: FM Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that distorting Iran’s image and presenting it as a security threat is the…
Iran prepared to retaliate if US stopped Venezuela-bound tankers: news agency
Reuters – An Iranian news agency close to the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday Iran’s naval forces were preparing to target…
US retains no right to abuse UN to vilify Iran: FM Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the United States has no right to abuse the United Nations and…
Iranian nation shatters US’ ‘knee on throat policy’: President Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that ‘Knee on throat’ is the US’ main policy, but Iranians shattered the US’ knee…
Zarif: US maximum pressure hasn’t brought Iranians to their knees
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to US’ recent crime of killing a black American, saying…
Tehran-Seoul ties should not be subject to US interventions
MNA – Iran has criticized South Korea for following the United States’ interventions, which have undermined Tehran-Seoul mutual relations. Iranian Foreign Ministry…
On the US failed strategy on Iran
Iranian Diplomacy – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed in a recent TV interview that there was a “scientific consensus” about…
‘A Suez Moment’: Inability to halt Iran-Venezuela oil aid exposes deepening US decline – Academic
Sputnik – The first three of five Iranian gasoline tankers have arrived in Venezuela, representing a deepening solidarity between two countries that…
China firmly opposes US act to end sanctions waiver against Iran
IRNA – Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday that China firmly opposes US recent decision to end sanctions waiver…
Resolving Iran’s problems acts against US oppression: Larijani
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that resolving Iran’s problems is the most significant revolutionary step against US…
Iranian ambassador: No way for US but to abiding by international treaties
IRNA – Iranian ambassador to Caracas Hojjatollah Soltani said on Tuesday that the US has finally realized that it has to abide…
Envoy: US’ act not to attack Iranian tankers shows layers of wisdom in US
IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Caracas Hojat Soltani in a message said the US measures not to attack Iranian tankers carrying oil…
US not in position to judge other states, Iran’s FM spox says
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Monday said that the the United States does not have the political and…
Petrol tankers sail from Iran to Venezuela in defiance of US
Financial Times | Gideon Long and Aime Williams: Caracas desperately needs fuel as sanctions worsen economic crisis Five ships laden with Iranian…
Top commander warns US of Iran’s decisive response to hostile actions
FNA – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri warned Washington of the dire repercussions of…
Iran warns US of decisive response to trouble for Venezuela-bound tankers
Tasnim – Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami warned the US that causing any disturbance to the Iranian oil tankers carrying…
US unlikely to succeed in extending Iran arms embargo, says Russian ambassador
TASS – The United States is unlikely to succeed in its attempts to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran, Russian Ambassador…
US is not allowed to disrupt legal trade: Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that legal trade continues around the world, and the United States is not…
World no longer tolerates US bullying: Iran security chief
Press TV – Iran’s top security official says the United States has failed to muster support even from its own allies in…
US interception of Iran vessel to Venezuela would be ‘completely illegal’
Press TV – The United States’ possible attempt to intercept the Iranian vessel en route to Venezuela would have “no legal basis,”…
US continues to ‘Steer Violence’ amid world’s fight against COVID-19: Iran
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman slammed the US for continuing to “cause division” and “steer violence” globally as the world struggles…
US needs to read text of JCPOA more carefully: Ulyanov
MNA – Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov has strongly criticized the United States’ new stance on restoring…
Why is US pushing unworkable plan to renew Iran arms ban?
Al-Monitor | Mark Fitzpatrick: Two years after the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, the administration is looking extend the…
Persian Gulf partners can no longer afford to stay the course with US Iran policy
NPR | Bilal Y. Saab & Michael P. Mulroy: To help prevent a U.S.-Iran war in their neighborhood, the countries of the…
China’s rejects planned US moves at UN on Iran sanctions
Reuters – China rejected on Thursday a planned push by the United States to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran…
Is the US abandoning its war on Iran to focus directly on the so-called China threat?
RT | Darius Shahtahmasebi: Saudi Arabia was made nervous by a recent US decision to remove some of its military hardware from…
Empty chest-thumping won’t win US allies on Iran
Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: Even by the standards of hyperbole set by the administration of President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Michael…
First the Muslim ban, now coronavirus — Iranian families separated by one Trump order after another
The Intercept | Felipe De La Hoz: The Shamelis are an extraordinarily tight-knit Iranian family. Forty-year-old Amin, the eldest of five brothers,…
Iran’s Rouhani pledges ‘crushing response’ if US extends arms embargo
Reuters – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened a “crushing response” on Wednesday if the United States goes ahead with plans to extend…
Iran says US push to extend Tehran’s arms embargo is ‘illegitimate’
Reuters – Iran dismissed as “illegitimate” efforts by the United States to extend the U.N. Security Council arms embargo on Tehran, an…