Foreign Policy

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called on Europe to adopt practical measures for saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and intensify efforts to implement INSTEX -a payment channel that the three EU signatories to the JCPOA have set up to maintain trade with Iran.

If the Islamic Republic is to continue its trade exchanges with the outside world amid the harsh sanctions imposed on the country, it needs some specific work tools, one of which is the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), says Hossein Gharibi, an assistant to Iran’s foreign minister.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held a phone conversation with his Swedish counterpart Margot Wallström.

The Dutch Foreign Ministry has announced that Iran's retaliatory act to expel two Dutch diplomats is unacceptable and therefore the country summons its ambassador to Tehran to hold consultations.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says two Dutch diplomats have been expelled from Iran as a reciprocal move.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says European countries, enticed by Riyadh's petrodollars, are poised to exclude Saudi Arabia from the list of countries that finance terrorism.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei never trusted Europeans with their pledge to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a new video clip released on Monday shows.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected “baseless” remarks made by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir who had claimed the Islamic Republic is responsible for the continuation of war in Yemen.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Tehran’s policy towards the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute has not changed, and the country is still prepared to help Armenia and Azerbaijan Republic settle the dispute peacefully.

Iran says real fight against terrorism begins with complete eradication of the Wahhabi ideology promoted by Saudi Arabia and its allies in the region.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani highlighted the failures of the US government and its allies in the Middle East and said Washington’s regional allies should expect uprisings of their citizens.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the United Arab Emirates failed to impose its will on delegations attending the recent meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Abu Dhabi, and win their support for the anti-Iran declaration it had drafted.

A group of lawmakers representing the Iranian Parliament's Hope Faction have visited the Foreign Ministry building in downtown Tehran to meet with the country's top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says some countries have got used to making false claims in order to cover up their destructive policies.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held separate phone conversations with Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and his Iraqi counterpart Mohamed Ali Alhakim.

Iran has strongly condemned the United Kingdom for listing Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement as a terrorist organization.

The Embassy of Pakistan in Tehran has called on the Iranian government to play an active role in resolving Islamabad’s tension with New Delhi and help find a peaceful solution to this problem.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has offered congratulations to Senegal and Nigeria on holding their presidential elections successfully.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has highlighted the need for national unity, saying all Iranian people, regardless of their political orientation, religion, or ethnicity, are sitting in the same boat.

There are indications that Europe does not really intend to ease the pressure of Washington’s sanctions on Iran despite establishing a special purpose vehicle named INSTEX, a conservative Iranian daily has argued.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran and Armenia should deepen their friendly relations in defiance of the United States, which seeks war and division across the world.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed regret over the recent clashes between India and Pakistan, saying that Tehran is ready to contribute to peaceful settlement of differences between the two Asian states.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, whose resignation was rejected by President Hassan Rouhani early Wednesday, had a phone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem later in the day.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed regret over the deadly derailment of a train in Cairo's main station, which killed and wounded dozens of people.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has once again expressed Tehran’s deep concern over the risks posed by the growing border tensions between India and Pakistan and the two sides’ military lineup against each other.