Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Wednesday that the foreign policy of the Iranian government under President Ebrahim Raisi is based on increasing friendship and unity in the region. Khatibzadeh made the remarks addressing a ceremony in Tehran on the eve of the new Iranian Year (Nowrouz) where the Tehran-based ambassadors ...

Upon arriving in New York for the 76th United Nations General Assembly Session, Irans foreign minister outlines the foreign policy objectives he intends to pursue during his upcoming meetings with his counterparts from across the world. The plane carrying Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his accompanying delegation touched down at John F. Kennedy International ...

Hossein Amirabdollahian, the diplomat nominated by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi for the job of foreign minister, has explicated his plans to cope with the existing challenges with a focus on the adoption of active stances in implementing the foreign policies, an MP said. The spokesperson for the Iranian Parliaments National Security and Foreign ...

Ali Akbar Velayati, the secretary general of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening and an advisor to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said in a webinar on Sunday that Iran is still with the Palestinians, not only in political and diplomatic arenas but also in the field and resistance. Tehran-based World ...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Islamic Republic is determined to uphold its longstanding policy of maintaining balanced and friendly relations with all Eurasian and East Asian powers. Iran has a longstanding policy of maintaining balanced, friendly relations w/ all Eurasian & E/S Asian powers. Our potential longterm cooperation ...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tehran reserves the right to resort to the cyberspace or any other means to respond to the cyberattacks launched by foreign governments and regimes. Speaking to reporters, Seyed Abbas Mousavi talked about the claims that certain governments and regimes have launched cyberattacks and acts of sabotage ...

IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran was ready to establish good relations with Saudi Arabia but unfortunately Riyadh has shown no interest in having equal ties with Tehran. Zarif made the remarks at a joint press conference held in Moscow on Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Asked about the future ...

IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to his fruitful talks with Iraqi Kurdish officials, saying neighbors are "our priority". "Fruitful continuation of visit to Iraqi Kurdistan Met with KDP President @masoud_barzani, Iraqi Kurdistan Region Pres. @IKRPresident and Region PM @masrour_barzani," Zarif wrote on his ...

FNA - Presidents Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said that boosting of ties with Asian countries is a basic principle of Irans foreign policy, and added that Tehran is ready to expand cooperation with all friendly countries. "Eastward look, development of Asian ties are fundamental & priority policies that stretch from Irans borders to India &...

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's recent trips to Muscat and New Delhi, as bilateral and trilateral visits by Iranian, Indian and Omani foreign ministers during these trips, show the efforts by the three countries to strengthen their relations in the region's most turbulent conditions. Zarif arrived in Muscat, the capital ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the Islamic Republic of Iran has established amicable and intimate relations with 12 neighboring countries and hoping that the remaining two neighboring states would resume their ties with Iran. He made the remarks late on Wed. in Administrative Council session in Ardabil province, adding that Iran ...

Al-Monitor | Heidarali Masoudi: Iran's parliament is studying a proposed budget for the next fiscal year amid an extremely tight economy suffering under intense US sanctions. One important aspect of this proposal is Foreign Ministry funding, which has been under increased pressure from both proponents and opponents of President Hassan Rouhanis administration....

Reuters - Iran will overcome U.S. sanctions by either bypassing them or through negotiations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, adding that Tehran will not cross its red lines in any talks with arch foe Washington. The government is determined to defeat (the enemy) by bypassing Americas sanctions ... or through various means including ...

Reuters - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, tweeting: The ball is in the US court. After getting our hostage back this week, fully ready for comprehensive prisoner exchange, Zarif said. The United States and Iran on Saturday swapped prisoners - an American detained ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pointed to the importance of dialogue among nations, noting that this path can lead to foiling enemies conspiracies. The enemy is seeking to put pressure on our people; our nation is showing resistance but this doesnt mean that we should not take a path which can foil enemies plots. Negotiation is necessary ...

FNA - Iranian President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi underlined that the Islamic Republic is pursuing the policy of establishing normal relations with its neighboring countries. Iran has good relations with its neighbors, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey, Vaezi said on Friday. The senior Iranian official, meantime, called for ...

ISNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says the country has always stressed the importance of dialogue and political negotiations as the only solution to regional problems and issues. Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday the Islamic Republic of Iran will do whatever it can to set the stage for talks between countries in the region. He made ...

IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that Iran's foreign policy has focused on having good neighborly relations with the regional states and special economic cooperation in the region. Zarif made the remarks answering to a lawmaker's question about why Iran has not had sustainable diplomatic cooperation with its eastern and ...

Bourse and Bazaar | Alireza Saedi: Amid the current fragility of the nuclear deal, which was caused by the unilateral withdrawal of the United States, Iran finds itself mired between Chinas rise, Americas retreat, Europes paralysis, and Russias ambitions. Irans most urgent challenge is to devise an effective geopolitical strategy that can address the ...

MNA Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said that Armed Forces of the country support foreign policy with all its might. During the past one year, the variety and complexity of threats [against Iran] required Armed Forces to continue improving their readiness while the macro policy of Iran was to prove Irans legitimate rights ...