Foreign Policy

An Iranian legislator has strongly slammed a ‘pointless and illogical’ US court ruling which urges Iran to pay compensation to the families of the victims of a bombing attributed to Hamas.

The representative of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has handed over to Iran’s deputy foreign minister a message addressing the Iranian president.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Muslims should use the Hajj rituals this year to take a united stance against Israeli efforts to control the al-Aqsa Mosque.

Food packs dispatched by Iran have been distributed among Palestinians at al-Aqsa mosque amid tight security measures.

A senior Iranian official says the recent anti-Iran sanctions approved by the US Congress clearly breach the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, but the violation is not still in a fundamental manner.

The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini will travel to Tehran on August 5 to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, according to her spokeswoman.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has denounced the US State Department’s ‘interventionist’ remarks about Iran’s test launch of its satellite carrier, saying such statements reveal the US administration’s opposition to the scientific progress of independent countries.

In a congratulatory message to his new Indian counterpart, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani stressed the need for the enhancement of relations between the two countries given the history of their cordial cooperation.

Iran and Ukraine have agreed to facilitate visa processing and issuance for their respective nationals.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has denounced the US approval of a draft law on fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic, describing it as an illegal and insulting act that endangers the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

President Hassan Rouhani has denounced the US House of Representatives’ approval of a draft law on fresh sanctions against Iran, saying the Islamic Republic would “definitely”​ give a proportionate response to the hostile move

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator has slammed the ‘hostile’ move by the US House of Representatives to impose new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying the decision would kill the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

Iranian and Croatian deputy foreign ministers in a meeting in Tehran have underscored the need to counter terrorism and extremism.

Iranian foreign minister says if Muslim people could maintain their unity, the Zionist regime of Israel would never dare to commit its atrocities against the Palestinian nation.

An Iranian legislator says Tehran has no commitment to contracting out the development of its oil fields to India.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has referred to the US criticism of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s handling of Iran’s nuclear activities, saying Tehran is prepared to restrict the IAEA’s inspection if the US thinks it is not ‘good enough’.

Spokesman for the Iranian Administration Mohammad Baqer Nobakht described recent US sanctions against the Islamic Republic as a violation of the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the JCPOA, pledging that Tehran will take “a decisive action” on the issue.

Iranian foreign ministry has strongly denounced a recent terrorist attack on a hospital in central Afghanistan, which left dozens of people dead or wounded.

A senior Iranian official says the security of the Islamic Republic is "intertwined with and inseparable from" that of Afghanistan, stressing the need for more bilateral consultations and exchange of experience to fight the causes of insecurity.

An Iranian lawmaker says given the US indecent stances towards the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the EU should prepare themselves for proceeding with the JCPOA without Washington.

Iran’s Judiciary chief has dismissed a recent US statement on the US prisoners in Iran as pointless, and said legal proceedings in Iran are none of Washington’s business.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has censured the Monday terrorist attack in Pakistan’s Lahore city, saying that resorting to violence and terror is the offspring of a degenerate ideology that has nothing to express except mindless violence and bullying.

Iran says the United States is in a minority of one in its destructive ambitions against the 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group, which includes the US itself.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson has strongly denounced a suicide blast in the Afghan capital of Kabul, which left tens of citizens dead and wounded.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari has held talks with Ammar al-Hakim, the Leader of Iraq's National Alliance and a majority leader in the Arab country’s Parliament.