Foreign Policy

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the Islamic Republic respects the outcome of Turkish people’s vote in Sunday’s constitutional referendum and hopes that it will lead to peace and stability in the neighboring country.

The Russian ambassador to Iran has rejected the US efforts to alter Moscow’s stances towards Tehran, stressing that strengthening relations with Iran is his country’s main foreign policy priority.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has started touring Central Asia and the Caucasus to boost Iran’s ties with three major countries in the region, especially in the field of economy.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a convoy of buses carrying displaced civilians from Syria’s towns of Foua and Kefraya that killed dozens of people near Aleppo, mostly children.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi slammed the US for adding new sanctions against the Islamic Republic under the pretext of human rights issues, saying Washington is not in a position to comment on the human rights situation in Iran.

Iran, Russia and Syria have once again condemned a recent US cruise missile strike against a Syrian army base under the pretext of responding to an alleged gas attack in the town of Khan Shaykhun, calling for an impartial investigation into the reported incident.

An Iranian official declared that immigrants and refugees who have a work permit and reside in Iran will be covered by the Social Security Organisation.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed as politically-motivated the European Union’s extension of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over human rights, saying the bloc has turned a blind eye to the realities of civil rights in Iran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the country’s missile tests have nothing to do with the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers, stressing that the launches do not violate UN Security Council Resolution 2231, either.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry voiced backing for Venezuela’s democratically elected government in the wake of recent violent protests in the Latin American nation, saying Tehran supports talks between the Caracas government and the opposition for peaceful resolution of differences.

Top defense officials from Iran and Syria agreed on closer coordination to intensify military action against the terrorist groups that have plagues Syria for six years.

The European Union has extended by another year sanctions against Iran over alleged claims of “human rights violations” despite the fledgling rapprochement between Tehran and the bloc since the 2015 landmark nuclear agreement.

A political analyst says the Trump administration has adopted a more aggressive approach toward Iran than Obama’s did.

Iran’s foreign minister will join his counterparts from Russia and Syria on Friday for a trilateral meeting due to be held in the Russian capital, an Iranian spokesman said.

A senior advisor to Iran’s foreign minister says the Islamic Republic is a key player in Syria and will not allow the United States to change the equations to its benefit.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined the need for implementation of some reforms in Syria’s ruling system, but at the same time noted that the only way out of Syria’s problem is the ballot box.

In his first post in Arabic, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif strongly denounced the recent terrorist attacks on Egyptian churches, and condoled with the Arab nation on the tragedy.

A top Iranian parliamentarian says Washington’s plan to establish an air-exclusion zone in Syria is a nonstarter and will only further complicate the crisis in the Middle East.

Presidents of Iran and Russia say the US missile attack on a Syrian airfield was a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned terrorist attacks on two churches in Egypt that killed and wounded dozens of people on Sunday.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the recent missile strikes by the US military against a Syrian airfield were a “strategic mistake.”

President Hassan Rouhani and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad have held phone talks over a US missile strike which targeted an airbase used as a frontline in the battle against foreign-backed terrorists.

A top Iranian official says it is a far-fetched idea that Tehran and Washington will get engaged in a military conflict.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected as “ill-advised” the comments made by king of Jordan who has accused Iran of being involved in strategic problems in the Middle East, saying his move to put Iran on the same list with ISIS demonstrates his shallow view of the regional developments.

The military brass of Iran and Russia say the pre-planned US missile strikes against a Syrian airfield were a blatant attack on an independent country with the purpose of hindering its recent military gains and boosting the morale of terrorists and their allies.