Foreign Policy

Iran says will not benefit from direct talks with US

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the country will benefit in no way from directly negotiating with the United States since Washington has taken no practical action to prove its goodwill in the course of talks over the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Iran FM to UAE counterpart: Zionist regime threat to all regional nations

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has told his Emirati counterpart that the Zionists have been and are still the root-cause of insecurity in the region.

Khatibzadeh: Iran won’t cross its red lines in Vienna

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has said the Islamic Republic will not cross its red lines in the Vienna talks.

Iranian deputy parliament chief says Tehran will remain beside Syria

Iranian Deputy Parliament Speaker Ali Nikzad has said the Islamic Republic will continue standing by Syria after the crisis in the country is over.

Raisi: Iran ready to help Qatar hold more glorious FIFA World Cup

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in a phone conversation with the Qatari Emir, says Tehran is ready to help Doha hold a “better and more glorious” 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Iranian envoy calls for Denmark apology over mistreatment of woman by police

Iran’s ambassador to Copenhagen has protested to Denmark’s foreign ministry after the Danish police harshly treated and insulted an Iranian woman in the country.

Iran welcomes UN initiative over Yemen

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has welcomed an initiative put forth by the UN chief’s special envoy for Yemen to stop military operations for two months and to allow ships carrying food and fuel and to partially reopen the Sanaa airport.

Iran rejects UN rights resolution as totally unacceptable and illegal

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has dismissed the Human Rights Council resolution on the human rights situation in Iran as totally unacceptable and illegal.

Iran’s FM wraps up multinational meetings in China, back home

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has wrapped up a visit to China, where he attended a meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors and separately met with a number of his counterparts mainly from Asian countries.

Raisi: European governments provided no aid for Afghan refugees in Iran

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says European countries have provided no relief aid for Afghan refugees in Iran and the Islamic Republic is hosting them on its own.

China FM calls implementation of Tegran-Beijing strategic agreement 

Chins's foreign minister has called for speeding up the implementation of Tehran-Beijing strategic partnership Agreement.

Iran FM: US should act realistically regarding Vienna talks

The Iranian foreign minister says the US should act realistically regarding the Vienna talks over the revival of the Iran nuclear deal.

Iran says concerned over Daesh recruitment in Afghanistan and spread of terror

The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran is seriously concerned over Daesh terror group recruiting inside Afghanistan as well as in some regional countries.

Iran Foreign Ministry: New US sanctions show of ill-will against Tehran

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has slammed the United States’ new sanctions on the country, stressing that they are another indication of the ill-will of Washington toward the Iranian nation.

Russia FM: Tehran-Moscow ties have great significance

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described ties with Iran as significant, voicing Moscow's readiness for the expansion of relations with Tehran.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman describes ties with Iran as “stable”

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has told Iran’s Tasnim News Agency that relations between Tehran and Moscow are stable.

Iran, Pakistan FMs meet on sidelines of Afghanistan forum in China

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has held a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on the sidelines of a meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors in China.

Iran’s UN envoy slams US’s unilateral coercive sanctions against other countries

Iran’s envoy to the United Nations Zahra Ersahdi says the US’s inhumane unilateral coercive measures pose a serious threat to the health of Iranians.

Azeri president congratulates Ayatollah Khamenei on Nowruz

Azerbaijan’s President Elham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory message to leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the arrival of Nowruz. Aliyev said, “I personally and on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan wholeheartedly congratulate you and your people on the occasion of Nowruz.

Azerbaijani president congratulates Iran’s Raisi on Nowruz

In a message, Azerbaijani President Elham Aliyev congratulated Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Iranian nation on Nowruz on behalf of himself and the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Senior advisor to Iran FM: Time ripe to end Yemen war

Top Advisor to the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Asghar Khaji, on Tuesday, held talks with the UN Secretary Generals Special Envoy on Yemen’s Affairs Hans Grundberg, on the latest developments in Yemen and how to resolve the human catastrophe in the country.

Iran welcomes Yemen’s peace initiative

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has welcomed a peace initiative put forward by the head of the Yemeni Supreme Political Council.

Source denies report Iran seeks to meddle in Iraq’s election of president

An informed Iranian source has denied a report by Saudi media that Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s security chief, is going to visit Iraq for talks with the country’s officials on ways of resolving the current crisis over the election of the Iraqi president.

Former Iran FM: IRGC must be removed from US ‘terror list’

The head Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations has said the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) must be removed from the US’s so-called terror list. Kamal Kharrazi made the comment at the Doha Forum 2022.

Iran FM: US lack of political decision obstacle to nuclear deal

Iran's foreign minister says the lack of a political decision on the part of America to remove anti-Iran sanctions poses an obstacle to the achievement of final results in the Vienna talks.

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