Deputy FM says Iran will stop 20% enrichment if US lifts sanctions
The Iranian deputy foreign minister for political affairs says Iran can resume its nuclear obligations “swiftly and easily” once the United States…
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Iran earned less than $20bn from crude exports in 2020: Top banker
Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says the country earned less than $20 billion from crude exports in 2020 as…
US seizes $7mn of Iran assets in latest ‘highway robbery’
The US government says it has seized $7 million in Iranian assets for “victims of terrorism”, in the latest hostile move by outgoing…
Iranian Pres. Rouhani urges Biden to compensate for US’ past mistakes
President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic welcomes any move by US President-elect Joe Biden to “compensate for past mistakes” and return…
US must lift all Iran sanctions to correct Trump’s failed ‘maximum pressure’ policy: Top security official
Ali Shamkhani said that the complete lifting of all anti-Iran sanctions is the only option left for Washington to return back from…
‘ Failure of Trump’s new anti-Iran UNSC move further highlights US isolation‘
Iran’s ambassador to the United Kingdom says the US’ continued failure to unite the UN Security Council against the 2015 nuclear agreement with…
Iran to use frozen funds in Iraq to buy vaccine: Energy Minister
Iran’s energy minister said he has reached an agreement with the Iraqi officials on how the Iranian funds frozen in an Iraqi…
Russia observes intel law, regional security in defense cooperation with Iran: FM Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has defended his country’s defense ties with Iran, saying Moscow respects international law and gives priority to regional…
Rouhani: Iran seeks at least 2.3m bpd oil export
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced here on Sunday that the government not only pursues daily export of 2.3 million barrels of oil…
Pres. Rouhani says Iran govt. seeking to render US sanctions ineffective
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has censured the US for blocking the import of almost everything to the country, including medicine and COVID-19…
Era of ‘economic war’ against Iran over, Rouhani says
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the era of the US-led “economic war” on the Islamic Republic has come to an end. “Once…
Iranian people must see effects of lifting sanctions, says FM Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a Twitter message outlined details of Monday informal meeting with P4+1 counterparts on JCPOA and…
Iranian UN envoy says INSTEX failed to prove its efficiency in past 2 years
Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi urged the European Union to prove the efficacy of INSTEX, saying Iran…
Pompeo obsessing with Iran again, says FM spox
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Saturday said that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is obsessing with Iran again. Khatibzadeh…
UN chief urges all countries to have trade with Iran conforming to Res. 2231
Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, called on all member states to preserve the July 2015 nuclear deal and engage “in…
Vietnam regrets US decision to sanction firm, says trade with Iran ‘strictly civilian’
Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has voiced regret about a US decision to sanction a Vietnamese company for working with the Islamic Republic, saying trade…
Iranians’ resistance will make US give up sanctions, Rouhani says
President Hassan Rouhani says he is confident that the next US administration will abandon its sanctions policy against the Iranian people and…
US imposes Iran-related sanctions on two individuals
The United States imposed Iran-related sanctions on two individuals on Monday, according to the Treasury Department’s website, in order to increase pressure…
US must earn right to rejoin Iran deal by fulfilling obligations, says FM Zarif
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US is obliged to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, but it should first…
Iran sanctions US envoy to Yemen, cites pivotal role in humanitarian disaster
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has announced sanctions against US Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Henzel for his pivotal role in the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in…
UN chief urges support for Iran’s economy amid pandemic
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for initiatives in support of trade relations with Iran during the current economic and health challenges posed…
Iran will export some 2.3m bpd oil next year, says President Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran will export some 2.3 million bpd oil in the next fiscal year envisaged…
US sanctions Iranian Yemen envoy, Islamic studies university “Al-Mustafa”
The United States Treasury Department has added the names of Iran’s ambassador to Yemen and an Islamic Republic-headquartered religious studies university to…
Rouhani: White House hindering Iran efforts to import vaccine, medicine
President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at his US counterpart, Donald Trump, for hampering Iran’s purchase of medical equipment and vaccines required…
US sanctions blocking Iran’s purchase of COVID-19 vaccine: CBI chief
The inhumane sanctions imposed by the US government have prevented financial transactions for the sale of the coronavirus vaccine to Iran, the…
Unilateral sanctions against Iran targeting medicine: Health minister
Iran’s Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education Saeed Namaki says the unilateral sanctions imposed on the country have targeted medicine and…
Zarif advises Germany to “stop despicable COVID19 apartheid”
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message urged German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and the E3 to stop despicable COVID…
US imposes more Iran-related sanctions targeting individual, entity
The outgoing administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed more Iran-related sanctions on an entity and an individual, as Iran reasserts…
Rouhani says world leaders wondered how Iran managed to overcome sanctions
President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that Iran has been under severe sanctions and in an all-out economic war for three years,…
Iranian Parliament ratifies outlines of strategic action plan to counter sanctions
Lawmakers at Iran’s Parliament have overwhelmingly endorsed the outlines of a strategic action plan, which aims to counteract sanctions imposed on the…
Iran Parliament passes double-urgency motion to counter US sanctions
The majority of Iranian lawmakers have approved double urgency of a strategic motion, which aims to counteract unilateral sanctions imposed on the…
Iran UN envoy says US unilateral sanctions on Iran are crime against humanity
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi has said that the sanctions…
Iran emerging victorious from 3-year economic war: President Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says during the past three years, the country has been engaged in a full-fledged economic war with its…
US envoy to Iran says more sanctions coming, urges Biden to maintain leverage
The Trump administration plans to tighten sanctions on Tehran during its final months in power, the top U.S. envoy on Iran said…
Iran’s Leader urges focus on nullifying sanctions
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on the Iranian officials to concentrate efforts on thwarting and overcoming the…
More foreign firms eager to work with Iran: Spokesman
A growing number of foreign companies have shown enthusiasm for cooperation with Iran recently, the Iranian administration’s spokesperson said. Speaking at a…
Unilateral sanctions clear violation of UN Charter, intl. law
Iran’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations says the United States’ unilateral sanctions against other nations are clear violation of human rights and…
Iran will seek international justice against US over medical sanctions
A senior official at Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education said on Monday that Iran will lodge a complaint against US…
US imposes new sanctions on Iranian companies
The US imposed new sanctions on a number of Iranian officials and companies on Wednesday. The new batch of sanctions targeting the…
US economic terrorism against Iran failed legally, morally: Pres. Rouhani
President Hassan Rouhani says the United States has failed in the immoral and illegal economic terrorism it has been waging against the…