Iran-US Relations

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says regardless of any decision adopted by the US, the Islamic Republic of Iran will never allow Washington to invade its borders.

Different reactions of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to calls for talks by two US presidents reveal the great importance that the Islamic Republic attaches to mutual respect and independence, writes Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.

Iran has released the first photos of the debris of a US spy drone which was shot down in southern Iran after incursion into the Iranian airspace.

Iran has denied reports that US President Donald Trump has sent a message to Tehran through Oman overnight to say he is not after a war with Iran, and seeks dialogue.

Swiss ambassador to Tehran, whose country represents the US interests in the Islamic Republic, has been invited to the Iranian Foreign Ministry to receive an official note regarding the recent incursion of a US spy drone into the Iranian airspace.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has strongly protested the US administration over an American spy drone's incursion into the Iranian airspace in an emergency phone call with the Swiss envoy in Tehran.

Iran has released the first footage of the IRGC's shoot-down of an intrusive US drone early Thursday above the Persian Gulf.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has strongly denounced a US spy drone's intrusion into the Iranian airspace, warning the aggressors about the consequences of such acts.

There are reports that the air defence of Iran's IRGC Aerospace Force has shot down a US RQ-4 drone close to the Iranian province of Hormozgan in Persian Gulf shores.

The Iranian president says Tehran’s move to scale back its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal in reaction to the US’ violations of the JCPOA is the “minimum” action Iran has taken.

The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council says there will not be any military confrontation between Iran and the United States.

Iran’s defence minister has dismissed as “undocumented” a video released by the US military which allegedly shows an Iranian boat removing what the US calls “a mine” from the two oil tankers recently hit by explosions in the Sea of Oman.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh says today's conditions are harder than those of the wartime, because at the time of war Iran did not have problem in oil exports.

Chief-Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami has dismissed the anti-Iran accusations levelled by the US regarding the recent oil tanker attacks in the Sea of Oman, saying that Americans are accustomed to telling such lies.

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismissed the idea of negotiations with the US as a ploy to sap Iran’s military strength and pave the way for an ultimate surrender.

Iran’s First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has described the Islamic Republic as the country that has preserved the security of the region, saying that the recent oil tanker attacks were carried out when Iran was not present in the Persian Gulf.

An Iranian Intelligence Ministry official gave new details on the “heavy blow” that Iranian intelligence forces have inflicted on the US by detecting and disbanding two sophisticated cyber espionage networks affiliated to the CIA.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will not wage any war against any country, but in case of a battle, the Iranian nation will be the ultimate winner.

A senior Iranian political commentator who has always advocated normal ties with the West says he would take up arms and defend Iran in case of an American invasion.

Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm newspaper, referred to the recent developments in the region, and said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has long been threatening Iran is afraid to speak in support of the US verbal threats to Tehran these days.

North Korea's state media have slammed the "deceptive" US approach toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The US has admitted to a scandalous defeat in the cyber space after Iran detected a complicated cyber network, Secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Ali Shamkhani said.

Germany’s former ambassador to the United States believes Iran is wiser and more predictable than the administration of US President Donald Trump who is raising anti-Iran accusations over the recent developments.

Realities on the ground show it is US President Donald Trump, not Iranians, who has reached an impasse, a political analyst says.

Iran’s Parliament speaker says the “suspicious” attacks on two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman could be staged by the US as the country has a history of carrying out such false flag operations.