Politics

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the UK, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels later on Monday to discuss Iran’s recent nuclear announcement.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran is facing an “all-out war” of economic and political pressures through sanctions imposed on the country.

The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, says the US doesn’t have the power and guts to wage any war against Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will depart for Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on Sunday at the head of a high-ranking political-economic delegation.

Iranian lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill presented by the government which allows children with an Iranian mother and a non-Iranian father to ask for the country’s citizenship.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly denounced a deadly terrorist attack on a hotel in the Pakistani port city of Gwadar.

Alireza Kazemi Abadi, Iran’s Ambassador to the Netherlands and the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), has been elected as Deputy Executive Councilor of the organisation.

Following the recent escalation between Washington and Tehran over the 2015 nuclear deal, several countries have expressed readiness to mediate between the two arch-rivals.

The White House has contacted Swiss authorities to share a telephone number with Iran in hopes that Tehran will contact US President Donald Trump, CNN reports.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi has held talks with Richard Moore, the Director General for Political Affairs at the UK Foreign Office who is in Tehran at the head of a delegation.

French lawmaker Anne Genetet has been elected as the head of the Iran-France Friendship Group at the French National Assembly.

Political Deputy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Crops (IRGC) Brigadier General Yadollah Jawani says the Iranian nation will never attend any negotiation which is set to be held under pressure.

Iran has threatened to allow migrants and narcotics to flood European countries as it cannot pay the costs of fighting terrorists, drug smugglers, and illegal migrants alone, especially now that it is under the US’ harshest sanctions ever.

Spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council of Iran says the country will withdraw from the JCPOA and even go beyond that if other parties fail to meet Tehran’s demands.

Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations has implicitly ruled out the possibility of a meeting between the presidents of Iran and the US.

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has strongly condemned the US regime's decision to impose sanctions on Iran's metal industry.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has categorically condemned the US’ hostile policies towards Cuba, particularly its decision to end the suspension of Title III of the Helms–Burton Act.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has released a fact sheet on the country’s decision to suspend implementing part of its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA.

The High Representative of the European Union and the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom have, in a joint statement, dismissed Tehran’s recent move to reduce its commitments under the nuclear deal.

A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic has put a "step-by-step" withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on the agenda.

The Iran Front Page (IFP) has reached out to senior Iranian and American experts or former officials to ask for their quick thoughts on Iran’s Wednesday decision to “reduce” its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.

An EU spokesperson says that the European Union is analysing the implications of Iran's announcement on reducing nuclear commitments together with the members of the Joint Commission.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has strongly denounced separate terrorist attacks in the Pakistani city of Lahore and the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in the Russian capital of Moscow.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it is time the world kept its side of the bargain and delivered on its commitments as per the Iran nuclear deal.