MNA A former Iranian diplomat believes US efforts to extend the arms embargo on Iran aim to influence the 2020 election, but exactly like the previous proposal, it will result in nothing but defeat. Speaking in an interview with Mehr News Agency, Iranian Former Ambassador to Poland Ramin Mehmanparast reacted to US efforts to extend arms embargo ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has termed sanctions against Iran as 'unjustified' adding that they would have no impact on Islamic Republic's trade with other countries,IRNAreported. Iranian Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy made the remarks during his meetings with the official of the government of southern Sindh province ...

By Xinhua TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ali-Akbar Velayati, the senior advisor toIran's supreme leader said Saturday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is preparing the ground for military intervention inSyria. Velayati made the remarks in reference to the recent exchange of artillery fire between Syria and Turkey, said the report....

By Xinhua TEHRAN, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) --Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that the Islamic republic will not back down on its "peaceful" nuclear program, Press TV reported Tuesday. Mehmanparast emphasized that the Iranian nation will not back away from its "inalienable right to a peaceful nuclear energy program under the ...

By Xinhua TEHRAN, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) --Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejadsaid here Tuesday that direct talks with theUnited Stateson bilateral relations is "possible, but the conditions should be met." However, Ahmadinejad said that "I don't think under current circumstances, negotiations will take place between the two countries." International ...

By France 24 AFP -Iran's foreign ministry criticised a UN committee on Wednesday for passing a resolution condemning its human rights record, and accused the West of using the issue for political gain. "The human rights mechanisms of the United Nations have become a plaything for Western governments," ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said ...

By Trend Iran has condemned the bomb attacks that left nearly 40 people dead and scores of others injured near the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday,Press TVreported. The terrorist attacks carried out under the pretext of pursuing people's demands are not justifiable by any means, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast stated ...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry has welcomed the decision of a British court not to extradite a former Iranian diplomat wanted by the United States after he was caught in a sting operation trying to export night-vision weapons' sights toIran. Nosratollah Tajik, 59, a former Iranian ambassador to Jordan, was arrested in London in 2006 ...

By Zawya TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has said that all countries, particularly Muslim states, should provide assistance to the people of Gaza, who are currently facing a relentless Israeli military onslaught. Mehmanparast made the remarks during his regular press briefing in Tehran on Tuesday in reply to a question ...

By The News International TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday shrugged off comments by the UN atomic watchdog chief that Tehran's controversial nuclear drive is "worrying," insisting that such concerns can be resolved in "technical-legal" talks. "If the (International Atomic Energy) Agency takes a rational approach in the talks an agreement is reachable ... ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says Palestinians in the Gaza Strip should be "equipped" to defend themselves against Israel. But Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast refused to comment on Israeli allegations that Iran is already sending arms to Gaza, which has been under Israel's attack since last week in retaliation for ...

By Trend The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says only practical and fundamental changes in Washington's policies could restore the trust of the Iranian nation towards the United States, Press TV reported. The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that only respect for the rights of the Iranian nation, as well as a fundamental and practical reconsideration ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says the standoff over Iran's nuclear program could be resolved quickly should world powers recognize the country's right to master the nuclear fuel cycle for peaceful purposes. The Tuesday remarks by Ramin Mehmanparast during a press conference in Tehran underscores Iran's ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has criticized neighboring Iraq for forcing a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Iraq should not be influenced by anti-Iranian Western countries, adding that the search of two Iranian ...

By AFP TEHRAN Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday rejected a guilty plea by an Iranian-American man that he conspired with Iranian officials to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington. Manssor Arbabsiar pleaded guilty on Wednesday at the New York federal court to attempting to hire a Mexican drug gang for $1.5 million to blow up the Saudi envoy ...

By AFP TEHRAN Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday appealed for the release of 48 of its citizens held hostage by rebels in Syria and threatened with execution one by one unless Syria's army withdraws from an area in Damascus province. The statement, relayed by the official news agency IRNA, described the captives as "pilgrims." The Syrian ...

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has strongly condemned Zionist regime atrocity in martyring and injuring a number of residents of the Gaza Strip, calling on the UN to stop Israels criminal and aggressive acts against Palestinians. Expressing sympathy with the families of the martyrsand the injured, Ramin Mehmanparast emphasized ...

Speaking at a weekly press briefing here in Tehran on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparastpointed out different issues. Bloombreg News reported, Irans Foreign Ministry said cyber- attacks against the Islamic republic are launched by hostile governments as part of a broader soft war and will fail. Illegitimate regimes ...

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast expressed hope that Francois Hollandes presidency opens a new page on Iran-France bilateral relations. We hope a new era will open up based on the existing potential between the two nations and their historic relations, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in an exclusive ...

According toFars, Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters in his weekly press conference onTuesday that we have repeatedly announced that the issue of the trio islands is related to our countrys national sovereignty, and underlined that presindent Ahmadinejad was entitled to visit Abu Musa due to Irans national sovereignty ...