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The Iranian foreign minister has decried the United States for cashing in on the outbreak of the coronavirus in China, saying Beijing has had a more successful performance in containing the virus compared with that of the US in the 2009 H1N1 epidemic.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated his Sri Lankan counterpart on the anniversary of the independence of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Iran’s president and parliament speaker have separately lambasted the European signatories to the Iran nuclear deal for failing to make good on their commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal following the US’ unilateral withdrawal.
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran says the value of the pharmaceutical and medical products that have been imported over the past 10 months with the financing provided by his organization has been 2,000 times higher than the value of consignments recently delivered via a Swiss channel.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi have discussed the latest efforts to contain the novel coronavirus.
EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, who is on his first visit to Iran since taking his new post, has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Monday afternoon.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says the Islamic Republic believes cooperation among regional states is the only way out of the current tensions and crisis, and that Tehran is still prepared for talks with Saudis despite their foolish moves.
Tehran has criticized the media hype regarding Switzerland’s launch of what it calls a “humanitarian” channel for the import of medicine into Iran in the face of US sanctions, saying the move was helpful but not much worth highlighting as it was fully paid for by the Iranian nation’s money.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the transaction channel launched thanks to the “efforts” made by the Swiss government is by no means a sign of the US good will.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has blasted the Saudi government for barring an Iranian delegation from attending a meeting on the so-called deal of the century at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) headquarters in Jeddah.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran says the Islamic Republic welcomes the appointment of Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as the new prime minister of Iraq.
The new commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has given an assurance that Iran’s support for the Palestinian resistance forces will continue unabated after the US assassination of his predecessor.
Chief of Staff of the President of Iran Mahmoud Vaezi says the people’s massive presence in the upcoming rallies marking the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, and their huge turnout in the Parliamentary election on 21 February will certainly foil the plots and pressures of the enemies.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and members of his cabinet paid a visit to Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum on Sunday, and renewed allegiance with the late founder of the Islamic Republic and the martyrs’ ideals.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran says the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell is going to pay a visit to Iran on Monday.
Seyyed Rasoul Mousavi, an assistant to Iran's foreign minister and the director-general of the Foreign Ministry's West Asia Department, had a meeting with the families of some of the Afghan martyrs of the Ukrainian plane crash.
Iran has started celebrating the Ten-Day Fajr (Dawn) ceremonies, marking the 41st anniversary of the 1979 Revolution that toppled the Pahlavi monarchy and founded the Islamic Republic in the country.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini on Saturday morning to commemorate the late founder of Islamic Republic as well as martyrs of the 1979 Revolution.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says the US' desperate move to blacklist Iran's nuclear chief Ali-Akbar Salehi will have no impact on the progress of the country's peaceful nuclear program.
Iran’s ambassador to France has mocked the US president’s new plan for the Middle East and Palestine, saying the so-called deal of the century cannot even be called the deal of a second.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri has called on the Islamic nations to join hands and raise their voices against a “cruel” plan that the US president has unveiled for Palestine, known as deal of the century.
An Iranian official says the country has confiscated over 798 tonnes of narcotic and psychedelic drugs in the first ten months of the current Iranian year.
