Iran Foreign Policy – Articles and opinions about Iran’s diplomatic relations, including those related to major supranational bodies such as the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement.
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian President's pick for foreign minister emphasized that the new administration will continue to pursue a robust policy of good neighborliness, aiming to maximize the political and economic opportunities with neighboring countries while seeking to expand ties with China and Russia and all other nations that stood by Iran in the face of the US-led sanctions.
Iranians marked Sunday the anniversary of the US-, UK-aided coup that toppled the first democratically-elected government of then Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran in 1953.
Spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani has emphasized that the role of Washington and London in the coup of August 1953, in Iran, which led to the overthrow of an elected government and the return of dictatorship to the country, will forever remain a stain on the foreheads of the two countries.
Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned that the country's enemies and ill-wishers are using psychological warfare in the military sphere to instill fear and force the Iranian nation to retreat in various areas.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasized the importance of national unity and consensus in the country as a means of interacting with other nations. He stated that developing cooperation with all countries, especially neighboring ones, is a priority of his government's foreign policy.
The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and deputy head of the Judiciary has asked the Iranian Foreign Ministry to push efforts for the extradition of Sasha Sobhani, an Iranian national from Spain, on a variety of charges including child abuse and money laundering.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has stated that Tehran is determined to defend its national security and sovereignty, stressing the Islamic Republic does not get permission from anyone to use its recognized rights.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that Iran seeks to expand relations with all European countries based on friendship, confidence-building and mutual respect.
Iran's President Massoud Pezeshkian, in a phone call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said the inaction of the international assemblies towards the unprecedented crimes by the Zionist regime, and also some Western states' support for the regime, have emboldened it to continue its crimes and jeopardize regional and international peace and security.
Iranian Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a phone call that Israel’s terrorist activities, including raids on war-torn Yemen, Beirut and Tehran have expanded the scope of the Gaza war beyond the occupied territories.
A senior Iranian military commander has notified that illegal immigrants in Iran, mostly from neighboring Afghanistan, have until the end of the current year on the Persian calendar, March 20, to leave the country.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a phone call with the head of the European Council, has stated double standard policies of the US and some European states have emboldened Israel to commit further heinous crimes in the Gaza Strip and across West Asia.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman called on the United Nations Security Council to invoke Chapter 7 of the UN Charter to curb and stop "unlimited heinous crimes of the Israeli regime."
A senior advisor to the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the country has set the stage to exact a severe punishment against the Israeli regime for assassinating top Hamas leader in Tehran last week.
The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York has reiterated any accord struck by the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, with the Israeli regime over a ceasefire and termination of the occupying regime’s months-long genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip is acceptable for Iran.
The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York has strongly denied Washington 's claims that Tehran is interfering in the US presidential election by using fake news websites.
Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri has stressed his country has no option but to retaliate against the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, stating this is necessary to deter further aggression against Iran amid inaction of the United Nations Security Council.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blasted the US and certain European countries for sponsoring Israel instead of condemning its crimes in the region.
The acting Iranian foreign minister, in a telephone conversation with the British foreign secretary, emphasized that the United States and several European countries, by obstructing the United Nations Security Council from countering the Zionist regime, have wasted the first diplomatic chance to de-escalate tensions in the region.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has described Moscow as a “strategic partner” of Tehran, stressing that the expansion of ties with Russia is a top foreign policy priority of his government.
Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri tells foreign ambassadors in Tehran that the assassination of late leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh is part of the Zionist regime’s genocidal project targeting Palestinians.
No one can throw doubt on Tehran’s right to respond to the Israeli assassination of the Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani told reporters on Monday.
