President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation (IRIWF), Alireza Dabir, says he has already returned his US green card to American immigration authorities, citing opposition to Washingtons policie I received a green card at the Sydney(2000)OlympicGames, just like many other athletes, in the belief that we would study in the States. ...

Bloomberg - The Trump administration is isolating itself, not the regime in Tehran. The Trump administrations policy toward Iran seems increasingly guided by the desire to look tough between now and Novembers election, regardless of the long-term harm its maneuvers are doing to U.S. interests. Its latest initiative is to try and force the so-called ...

Tehran Times - An Iranian university professor says U.S. President Donald Trump has achieved nothing by putting pressure on Iran. In an interview with IRNA published on Tuesday, Mahdi Nourbakhsh said Trump has no foreign policy achievement to present to the American public in the upcoming presidential elections. Pointing to the U.S. failure in ...

Tasnim Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized Washingtons hypocritical approach to Tehrans defense programs and peaceful nuclear activities. "The US insists Iran must not: Enjoy peaceful nuclear energy, Buy any defense equipment, Build defensive missiles. Meanwhile, the US: Spends $100B on new nuclear ICBMs, Builds secret 'new' ...

Al-Monitor - In yet another diplomatic push to ease mounting pressure from the United States, Iranian officials were busy hosting two visiting foreign ministers to talk solutions for economic relief ?From behind a red strip of tape to ensure coronavirus-related social distancing, placed on a handmade Persian carpet in Irans presidential palace, ...

MNA While appreciating Swiss efforts to mitigate US sabotage, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that return to normal trade is global priority. In a tweet on Monday, Zarif wrote, "Pleased to host Swiss FM @ignaziocassis on centennial of diplomatic relationsties that endure based on mutual respect." "Excellent talks on bilateral,...

Iran Rview | Shireen Hunter: Since Donald Trump became president in 2017, U.S.-Iran relations have steadily deteriorated. This downward trend in relations accelerated following the United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, in May 2018. The United States followed with the imposition of new sanctions, on the sale ...

MNA In a sarcastic tweet on the recent US claim about its participation in the JCPOA, Russian senior diplomat said that the meeting of the Joint Commission on JCPOA with all 'real' participants will start soon. In a tweet on Tuesday, Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov wrote, "The meeting of ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   US representing a truly failed model: Ayatollah Khamenei Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei slammed the US government as a model of complete failure, saying human values like health, justice and security are being trampled on in the United States more ...

Tasnim Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei slammed the US government as a model of complete failure, saying human values like health, justice and security are being trampled on in the United States more than anywhere else. Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday attended a videoconference with the members of President Hassan Rouhanis ...

MNA Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov described the US request to 'snapback' sanctions against Iran negative, saying that US claims go against elementary common sense. In a Saturday tweet, Ulyanov wrote, "Very impressive resistance in the UN Security Council to US attempts to trigger snapback....

The Guardian | Julian Borger: Letters from 13 of 15 members underscore US isolation as it seeks to snap back measures against Tehran The extent of US isolation at the UN has been driven home by formal letters from 13 of the 15 security council members opposing Trump administration attempts to extend the economic embargo on Iran. The letters by ...

Reuters - Russia rejected U.S. plans to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran as nonexistent, saying only a country that remains in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal can trigger the return of the sanctions in a process known informally as snapback. We will not take it as snapback, Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters, rejecting U.S. Secretary ...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected the notion raised by some foreign media that a request from Washington has reinstated the UN sanctions against Tehran, saying the US will never achieve its illegitimate objective. Asked by reporters on Friday about the latest status of developments relating to the US illegal measures at the United ...

IRNA - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell referring to the US unilateral withdrawal from Joint Comprehension Plan of Action (JCPOA), adding that the US is not a participant to the agreement, so it cannot resort to a mechanism for restoring sanctions against Iran. In a statement, Borrell said that "as I have repeatedly recalled, the US unilaterally ...

IRNA - Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi in a message described US' anti-Iran act in the United Nations Security Council as null and void. "US notification is incapable of having legal effect. It is null and void," Araghchi wrote in his Twitter account. "None of the remaining JCPOA participants considers the notification ...

Reuters - The United Kingdom, France and Germany on Thursday said they cannot support the U.S. move to restore United Nations sanctions on Iran, saying the action is incompatible with efforts to support the Iran nuclear deal. In order to preserve the agreement, we urge Iran to reverse all measures inconsistent with its nuclear commitments and return ...

TasnimB Irans Foreign minister called on the UN Security Council to stop the US dangerous and unlawful position in breaching the international law and hold Washington accountable for the irreparable damages it has done to the Iranian nation. In a letter for the Indonesian chairperson of the UN Security Council, sent via Irans UN ambassador, Mohammad ...

Tasnim - Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the US and the UK for seeking to suffocate Iranian peoples demand for dignity through coups and plots since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. "67 years ago today, US/UK tried to suffocate the Iranian peoples demand for dignity in a coup overthrowing their elected government....

MNA Referring to the 1953 Iranian coup d'tat, Iranian President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said that Iranian people remember this event as a symbol of American evil and US irresponsible intervention. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Vaezi wrote, "Sixty-seven years ago on this day, the Americans overthrew the elected government of the Iranian ...