Foreign Policy

Putin in Tehran to join Syria summit, hold talks with Iranian officials

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Tehran on an official visit to join a trilateral conference on the Syria peace process and hold talks with the Islamic Republic’s high-ranking officials.

Iran Leader warns Erdogan: Any military action in Syria detrimental to entire region

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warns Turkey that any military action in the northern part of Syria harms not just Turkey itself but the broader region as well and will only serve the terrorists wreaking havoc in the region.

Iranian president welcomes visiting Turkish counterpart

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi officially welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday morning at the Sa’dabad complex in the Iranian capital Tehran.

Iranian FM: Iran focal point of dynamic diplomacy

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has in a tweet hailed the upcoming summit of the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey as an opportunity for the three countries to boost their ties and economic cooperation.

Report: Syria FM due in Tehran on Tuesday for talks over regional issues

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad will reportedly travel to Iran for talks with Iranian officials on Tuesday.

Former Iran FM: Tehran has capacities to make nukes, but not after it

Former Iranian foreign minister and Chairman of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi says Tehran has the capacities to develop nuclear weapons but it does not intend to do so.

Putin’s Iran visit has nothing to do with Biden’s tour of region: Iran MP

An Iranian parliamentarian has dismissed reports that indicate a trip to Iran by Russian President Vladimir Putin has been timed to coincide with his US counterpart Joe Biden’s tour of the West Asia region.

Iran dismisses Biden’s allegations as baseless, hypocritical

The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has rejected US president Joe Biden’s claims regarding Tehran’s nuclear program as baseless and hypocritical.

Turkish president due in Tehran on Monday for Astana peace talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will fly to Tehran on Monday afternoon to take part in the 7th summit of the Astana peace talks over Syria crisis.

Tehran’s envoy: Swedish court verdict against Iranian citizen hostile

Tehran’s Ambassador to Stockholm Ahmad Masoumifar has said that the Swedish judiciary’s life sentence against Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri was hostile and in support of terrorism.

China says to keep up cooperation with Iran despite US sanctions

Beijing’s envoy to Tehran slams the US for resorting to unilateral sanctions to exert pressure on other countries, saying China will keep up economic cooperation with Iran despite the American bans imposed on the Islamic Republic.

Iranian FM to Ukrainian counterpart: US claim over Iran drones baseless

The Iranian foreign minister, in a phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, has rejected the US national security advisor’s claim that Iran is sending drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war.

Iran security chief says Tehran won’t let others sow discord with Azerbaijan

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), in a meeting with the president of the Azerbaijan Republic, said Tehran will not allow any outside actors to drive a wedge between the two nations.

Iran: US-Israel statement addressed not just to Iran, but all Arab-Muslim states

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman warns that a joint US-Israel declaration issued during President Joe Biden’s visit to occupied al-Quds was not just addressed to Iran but to all Muslim and Arab countries, which would have to submit to Tel Aviv’s “military edge.”

Parliament chief back home from Uzbek trip, says ties to further expand

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and his entourage have wrapped up their three-day tour of Uzbekistan, saying a visa waiver agreement and stepping up trade ties to two billion dollars were among the achievements of the trip.

Iran’s security chief in Azerbaijan for high-level talks

Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), is in the Azerbaijan Republic for talks with senior officials of the neighboring country on bilateral issues and major international developments.

Iran: Swedish court verdict about jailed Iranian, political statement, illegal, basically unacceptable

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says provisions of a Swedish judiciary statement including the illegal court verdict giving life sentence to Hamid Nouri, an Iranian national, is basically unacceptable and questionable.

Iran: US staunch supporter of Israel as world’s number one child-killer

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says the US is supporting Israel as the world's greatest child-killer regime.

Iran says ready to help Syria sue aggressors at intl. courts

Iran says it is ready to cooperate with Syria to file a lawsuit with international courts against the countries that launched an aggression on Syria and left the country’s infrastructure and environment in ruins.

Iran calls on South Korea to immediately release Tehran’s frozen assets

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri has called on South Korea to unlock billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets.

Raisi urges US to learn lesson from past mistakes, rules out retreat in nuclear talks

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the Islamic Republic of Iran will not back down from its rightful stance in the talks over the revival of the nuclear deal, JCPOA.

Iran says committed to diplomacy on revival of nuclear deal

Iran reaffirms commitment to multilateral diplomacy aimed at resolving the differences hindering a revitalization of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iranian FM says Italy’s private sector interested in cooperation with Iran peers

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said the Italian private sector is interested in collaborating with the Iranian side.

Iran FM, Vatican officials explore ways of expansion of ties

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian held talks and exchanged views with the Vatican's Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Gallagher at noon on Tuesday.

Iran MP: Russia’s Putin due in Tehran next week; talks to focus on economy

Russian President Vladimir Putin is slated to pay an official visit to Iran next week for high-level talks with senior officials, with the expansion of bilateral economic cooperation high on the agenda of the discussions.

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