The Islamic Republic does not seek tensions in the region and is committed to international law and regulations, says Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani.

MNA German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for a return to Iran nuclear deal as the only way to defuse tensions in the Middle East. We believe that the deal to stop Iran from acquiring military nuclear capabilities is a building block we need to get back to, Merkel said during a news conference with Jordans King Abdullah, according to ...

Tasnim A defense adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei deplored a recent push by the US to form a coalition in the Persian Gulf region and said Iran will not tolerate any alliance against it. In our view, formation of any coalition in the region without the participation of regional countries would create tensions,...

Reuters - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said two Israeli drones which crashed in a suburb of Beirut dominated by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah were designed to stir up regional tensions. In the first such incident in more than a decade, one drone fell and second exploded before dawn near the ground and caused some damage to Hezbollahs media ...

MNA A military aide to the Iranian Leader Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan said Wed. that "any change in the status of the Strait of Hormuz would open the door to a dangerous confrontation." Military adviser to the Iranian Leader Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan made the remarks in an interview with Qatar-based Al Jazeera Arabic TV on Wednesday....

Press TV - Syria lashes out at the United States over its new sanctions targeting Irans authorities, blaming such American actions for a rise in regional and international tensions. On Tuesday, an official source at the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Damascus vehemently condemns the bans issued by US President Donald Trump a day earlier, the official ...

Tasnim The foreign minister of Iran and the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) discussed ways to employ parliamentary mechanisms for the settlement of regional tensions. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the visiting president of IPU, Gabriela Cuevas Barron, held a meeting in Tehran on Sunday. In the gathering, ...

Sputnik - The reports about the UK deployment come against the backdrop of British Minister for the Middle East Andrew Murrisons visit to Iran to de-escalate tensions. UK Special Boat Service frogmen, who are trained to remove mines from vessels, perpetrate underwater attacks as well as counter foreign troops, have been deployed to the Persian Gulf ...

MNA In a Monday joint press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif named preserving Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) and preventing tensions in the region as the main common goal of Iranian and German governments. We had long talks today. The common target of Iran, Germany and EU is preserving ...

Press TV - The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has called the United States the root cause of all tensions in the Middle East, rejecting accusations raised by the US and its Arab allies that Iran was behind the attacks on four vessels off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. Major General Hossein Salami on Friday categorically ...

Tasnim Hezbollahs second-in-command Sheikh Naim Qassem said the US and Israel are both responsible for the escalation of tensions in the Middle East. Speaking at a meeting with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis, Qassem deplored the roles of Washington and Tel Aviv in recent regional tensions and said the language used by this (US-Israeli) ...

IRNA - Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-e Ravanchi warned about regional situation, saying that if unchecked, it may lead to another unnecessary regional crisis. In a letter to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, he added that unlike certain circles, Iran has always rejected and continues to ...

A political commentator says Saudi Arabia and the Israeli regime seek to form an uncontested alliance in the Middle East in an attempt to bring the entire region under their domination,Press TVreports. In a Thursday interview with Press TV, James Fetzer, a former professor at University of Minnesota Duluth, pointed to Riyadhs overt role in the latest ...

Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says regional dialog can best help settle regional crises and keep foreign interference at bay. We believe that regional consultations and cooperation can be the best solution to the crises in the region, Mehmanparast said on Saturday. Also, dialog among regional countries can remove any grounds ...

By Daily Star KUWAIT CITY: A drop in Iranian production coupled with regional tensions were pushing oil prices higher, Kuwait Oil Minister, Hani Hussein, said in remarks published on Sunday. "Iranian production has dropped which has contributed to raising prices," Hussein was quoted as saying by Al-Watan newspaper. "Fears from regional tensions" ...