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Iran’s Prosecutor General has called on the Nigerian government to release top Shiite cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and send him to the Islamic Republic of Iran for treatment.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described the US as a source of instability, saying the US presence across the world, particularly in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and the Latin America, is currently causing insecurity.
Informed military sources in the Persian Gulf have rejected media reports that the IRGC has seized a second Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has released the footage of the USS Boxer, captured by the same Iranian drone which President Donald Trump claimed was shot down by the US warship.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has condemned terrorist attacks on a police headquarters in Afghanistan's Kandahar and the University of Kabul.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the US’ restrictions on the movement of the staff of the Iranian mission to the UN in New York.
A spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that a US warship shot down an Iranian unmanned aerial system in the Strait of Hormuz, saying all Iranian drones are safe.
The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned enemies against the possibility of a turn in the country’s military strategy from the current defensive strategy toward an offensive one.
Iran’s president says Tehran is determined to keep open all options for preserving the 2015 nuclear deal with world countries while ensuring it derives its interests under the agreement.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy says it has seized a foreign vessel carrying one million litres of smuggled fuel south of Larak Island in the Persian Gulf, the state TV announced Thursday.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has strongly condemned a terrorist attack against members of the Turkish consulate in the Iraqi city of Erbil, which killed a diplomat and two other members of the consulate.
The US government’s decision to impose travel restriction on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during his stay in New York to take part at a UN meeting stands in stark contradiction to all international rules and serves as an abuse of the privilege to host the UN headquarters.
Iran has categorically rejected the Associated Press’ misinterpretation of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s comments about missile talks with the US.
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrooz Kamalvandi says Iran has no plan to trespass the current 4.5-percent enrichment level in the near future, but in the next phase, it may grow to 20%.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United Kingdom’s seizure of the tanker carrying Iranian oil in Gibraltar will receive an appropriate response in due time.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says it is unrealistic to expect Iran to reverse its decision to reduce its nuclear commitments unless the European parties help Iran reap the benefits of the sanctions removal.
The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council is holding its last meeting before the summer break, and “the longest one in five years”, with a key focus on the issue of saving the Iran nuclear deal.
The three European powers – France, Britain, and Germany – have reaffirmed their commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran on the fourth anniversary of clinching the deal.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Europeans do not seem ready yet to put investment into saving the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, despite their claim to be willing to retain it.
Iran’s Defense Ministry has undertaken to produce the critical car components that local automakers need in the wake of pullout of foreign contractors.
