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Head of a Ukrainian diplomatic delegation that is visiting Iran for a new round of talks on the January crash of a passenger plane has held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Diplomatic delegations from Iran and Ukraine have held the second round of talks on the issues surrounding the January 8 “accidental” shoot-down of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran.
Iran’s defence minister says the country is capable of producing 90 percent of its defence needs domestically, and that is a bitter pill to swallow for Washington.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations says with the termination of the UN arms embargo on Iran, the country will now conduct legal trade in weapons with other states.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed Tehran’s support for the participation of Taliban in Afghanistan’s political structure.
Iran’s former ambassador to the Azerbaijan Republic says Tehran and Moscow see eye to eye when it comes to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
A senior Iranian official says with the termination of the UN arms embargo on Tehran, no one can refer to sanctions as a pretext to seize weapons of Iranian origin in other countries.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has released a statement to announce the termination of the UN Security Council's provisions on arms restrictions against Iran.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the country will press ahead with using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes regardless of Washington’s baseless allegations in that regard.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has denounced the terrorist attacks carried out against Pakistani military forces in the past two days in the country’s Ormara and North Waziristan districts.
An Iranian diplomat says the country has “many friends” and partners to start trading in armaments with them in line with its national interests days before a decade-old United Nations arms embargo against Tehran expires.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says it is not at all acceptable that several rockets fired during the Karabakh conflict have struck Iran's border areas.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has informed Baku of a joint initiative by Tehran, Moscow, and Ankara to settle the decades-old dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
A top Iranian official has welcomed the Azerbaijan Republic’s proposal that Iran, Russia and Turkey play a more pivotal role in maintaining peace and stability in the region.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has rejected the allegation that the Iranian diplomat arrested in Belgium has threatened Belgian officials with retaliation, describing the claim, raised by Reuters and some other European media, as shallow fabrication.
Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), will visit the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday, October 18, 2020, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has expressed Iran's opposition to any foreign military presence in the Persian Gulf region, including the presence of European forces.
The chief of staff of the Iranian president has highlighted the failure of American sanctions and pressures against Tehran, saying Washington has no option but to change policy towards the Islamic Republic, no matter who wins the US presidential election.
