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President Hassan Rouhani says Iran cannot trust Americans when it comes to the transfer of money to purchase coronavirus vaccines as they are notorious for "stealing" Iran's funds.

The Iranian foreign minister has lashed out at US President Donald Trump for levelling accusations and threats against Iran.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has vehemently denied anti-Iran accusations levelled by US President Donald Trump and the Public Affairs of the United States’ Central Command (CENTCOM).

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says his American counterpart Donald Trump will finally be defeated by the Iranian nation as was former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Iran’s government spokesman has dismissed as "mere speculation" the reports that the US President-elect's team sent a message to the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has hit out at the Canadian government for contributing to Washington’s efforts to block the transfer of medicines to Iran.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman says there is a “striking contrast” between US President-elect Joe Biden’s comments and Donald Trump’s acts, but Iran must wait and see how the incoming administration will act.

The Iranian president says every effort should be made to get the anti-Iran sanctions lifted without any delay.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, says the country will definitely take revenge against those behind the January assassination of Iranian commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad.

The Iranian president says Tehran is not overjoyed at Joe Biden taking office as the next US president, but is happy to see President Donald Trump leaving.

The Iranian president says the country is prepared to further enhance its trade and industrial relations as well as corporate cooperation with Mexico.

The Iranian president has called on those imposing sanctions on the country to set aside their wrong and failed approach for good and make it history.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will not accept any preconditions, like the inclusion of its missile program and regional activities in the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, and will not renegotiate the accord, officially known as the JCPOA.

Iran has called on the member states of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) to counter United States’ economic terrorism amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has dismissed the pressure exerted on the agency, urging the IAEA to remain independent, neutral and professional.

Iran’s government spokesman says the US President-elect Joe Biden well knows what to do and what to avoid in order to win Iran's trust again.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the US naval forces are acting with more respect towards Iran after receiving the Iranian military’s message.

Iran’s first vice president says the country must prepare itself for the scenario in which incoming US President Joe Biden refuses to lift anti-Iran sanctions.

The Iranian foreign minister says he had “professional relationship with US President-elect Joe Biden based on mutual respect” when he was a senator at the US Senate.

Chief of Staff of Iran’s Presidential Office Mahmoud Vaezi says Iran is happy to see US President Donald Trump leaving office, but it is too soon to be optimistic about the incoming administration.

The Iranian president says those who confronted the Iranian nation with all their power suffered an ignominious defeat and will be left on “the ash heap of history” in a matter of weeks.

Tehran says it will not sit for talks on every single provision of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but will return to the deal if the other signatories keep their side of the bargain.

The Iranian president says the end of the “Trumpism” era is close at hand, and that is one of the clear manifestations of the Iranian nation’s victory and a sign of the enemy’s resounding defeat in the economic war.

Iran says it does not care about the "hollow" rhetoric of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as his days in office are numbered.

Iran’s government spokesman says Washington’s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran would have failed even if Donald Trump had won the US elections.