TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham deplored the Canada-sponsored UN human rights resolution against Iran, criticizing certain states' instrumental use of human rights against independent nations. "Unfortunately, the resolution on the human rights situation in Iran in the 69th meeting of the UN General Assembly which ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Diana Timmerman, and Marie Donovan. Official Statements Deputy Energy Minister Rahim Meydani announced that the water crisis ...

Tehran, Oct 11, IRNA Presidential Aide for Cultural Affairs Hessameddin Ashna said a few points were made clear to the UK Prime Minister David Cameron during his meeting with the President Hassan Rouhani. Talking to IRNA on Saturday, he said regional and international issues as well as bilateral relations were discussed during the meeting which took ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) Irans FM spokeswoman has said Camerons remarks in his UN address about Iran would affect incipient dtente. Marzieh Afkham responded to a Mehr News question on Irans and British embassies reopening in capitals following the Rouhani-Cameron meeting on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York. The process of reopening ...

For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran and the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, are essentially the same thing. During a diatribe against Iran in hisUnited Nations speechon Monday, Netanyahu asked: Would you let ISIS enrich uranium? Would you let ISIS build a heavy water reactor? Would you let ISIS develop intercontinental ballistic ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Chief of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his hostile remarks against Iran during his address to the UN General Assembly. "The Americans have allocated their full support to Israel and it is thus quite natural that Netanyahu will turn (into a) mad (dog) before that ...

Tehran, Oct 1, IRNA Head of Joint Chief of Staff here Wednesday praised President Hassan Rouhani's comments at UN General Assembly and its sidelines as 'rational, politically appropriate, and gallant' arguing that he delighted system's officials. 'Dr. Rouhani is a religious personality armed with wisdom, political insight, and gallantry,' said Major ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader's top Adviser for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati blasted British Prime Minister David Cameron for his remarks against Iran, and said the Iranian nation deplores the "cheap" comments. "Our people remember the long record of the British undesirable and unfriendly behavior," Velayati told reporters after meeting ...

Tehran, Oct 1, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday briefed his cabinet session on his recent visit to New York, noting most countries participating in UN General Assembly meeting called for constructive interaction with Iran. President Rouhani attended the 69th annual session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 24. While in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission is against broader Tehran-London relations unless British Prime Minister apologizes to Iran. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the commission said expansion of ties with Britain is not advisable unless David Cameron apologizes for his anti-Iran comments at the UN ...

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(Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday tried to shift the spotlight away from the Islamic State militant group and back to Iran, warning the United Nations that a nuclear-armed Tehran would pose a far greater threat than "militant Islamists on pickup trucks." Islamic State's seizure of large swaths of Syria and Iraq and its ...

[caption id="attachment_119252" align="alignright" width="212"] State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki[/caption] The US has rejected the recent comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu about Iran during his UN speech in New York. In his speech at the 69th annual session of the UN General Assembly on Monday, Netanyahu called Iran ...

State Department spokeswoman says any agreement with Iran would have to meet U.S. standards; adds: Hamas, Islamic State pose different terror threats to U.S. The U.S. won't be fooled by what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Iran's "manipulative charm offensive" regarding the Islamic nation's intentions toward the West, the State Department's ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani slammed the recent anti-Iran remarks made by the British Prime Minister David Cameron at the UN General Assembly Meeting. "The comments by the British prime ministers were incorrect and unacceptable. Iran's foreign ministry has already given a response (to the allegations)," Rouhani told reporters ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus anti-Iran remarks were to justify the crimes the regime committed in its latest war against defenseless Palestinians in Gaza, Irans mission to the UN says. The remarks made by the Israeli regimes premier include baseless allegations against the Islamic Republic of Iran and are basically made with the aim ...

(Reuters) - A nuclear-armedIranwould pose a far greater threat to the world than Islamic State militants who have seized large swaths ofSyriaandIraq, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. "Make no mistake, ISIS (Islamic State) must be defeated," Netanyahu told theUnited NationsGeneral Assembly. "But to defeat ISIS and leaveIranas ...

A senior Iranian diplomat says engaging in diplomatic negotiations with British officials is not a red line for the Islamic Republic, because holding dialogue is not the same as having similar stances. Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Expatriates Affairs Hassan Qashqavi told reporters on Monday that diplomatic ...

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