Politics

Iran says the meeting between Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein during the former’s latest visit to New York was aimed at deterring the hawks in the Trump administration from influencing the US public opinion.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected the allegations raised by the US to justify its decision to step up the American military buildup in the Middle East, saying such claims are highly dangerous for the international peace and security.

Iran has denounced as brutal and illegal a French court’s verdict to extradite an Iranian engineer to the US.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says holding talks with a “sinister lunatic” amounts to a “relentless war.”

Iran has rejected media reports that said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Tehran after hosting US President Donald Trump in Tokyo.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has denounced a deadly terrorist attack at a mosque in the city of Quetta in Pakistan, which killed or wounded dozens of fasting worshippers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will see the end of US President Donald Trump, but he'll never see the end of Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on an official visit to Islamabad, has held talks with top Pakistani officials on expansion of reciprocal ties in the fields of border security, fight against terror, and linking the two sides' strategic ports together.

Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Majid Takht-Ravanchi has dismissed the latest anti-Iran remarks by the US president as paradoxical and said the claims reveal the endless animosity that Donald Trump has towards Iran and the its great nation.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran won't stop fighting for its independence and dignity even if the country is bombarded.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is currently in Pakistan as part of his tour of several Asian states, is reportedly going to visit Iraq on Saturday.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has held talks with Jens Plotner, the political director of the German Foreign Ministry and the country’s chief negotiator for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the Islamic Republic won’t sit down for any negotiations unless it receives a fair treatment from the other side.

Iran says it has no problem with the visit of an Iraqi delegation to Tehran with the aim of mediating between Iran and the US, but the Islamic Republic will have its own say on the issue.

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri warned the enemies that any military action would trigger Iran’s harsh and crushing response.

Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi says he learned from his recent visit to Tehran that the Islamic Republic is open to talks with the US but not under pressure.

A senior IRGC commander says the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have complete control over the Persian Gulf waters north of the Strait of Hormuz.

Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the conditions he had set for the country's ratification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015 were not met, and he did not approve of the way it was handled.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will head to Pakistan on Thursday on the latest leg of his tour of Asian countries.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi says his country is set to send delegations to the US and Iran to help “halt tension” between the two sides amid growing concerns over a military conflict as Washington ratchets up its belligerent rhetoric against Tehran and builds up its military presence in the region.

Iranian president says pressure may cause difficult conditions, but the Iranian nation does not bow to the bullies.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says the "surprising" allegations levelled against Iran in a recent statement by the Canadian Department of Global Affairs were stimulated by the country's election campaigns.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says Iran is prepared to support the nuclear deal exactly in the same way that France and its European allies have supported and implemented the agreement during the past year.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs has sat for talks with the ambassadors of Islamic countries in Tehran ahead of the summit of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is due to be held in Saudi Arabia.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will not negotiate with US President Donald Trump unless Washington shows Tehran "respect" by honouring its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.