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Majid Takht-Ravanchi, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, says members of the MKO terrorist cult are now closely cooperating with the US intelligence in order to create chaos in Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the European Union that Iran will start the third phase of scaling back its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal as of September if the other sides fail to live up to their obligations under the 2015 accord.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami said the IRGC’s great capabilities guarantee that Iran will never lose a war on the ground.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s top diplomatic adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, will arrive in Tehran on Tuesday as his country steps up its efforts to save the Iran nuclear deal amid Tehran’s reduction of its commitments in reaction to Europe’s inaction.
A political commentator says the Board of Governors of the UN’s nuclear watchdog will probably tip the balance in favour of Iran in its upcoming meeting.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has warned that the Islamic Republic will respond to the UK's seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar in due time.
A former prime minister of Sweden has questioned the legality of seizure of an Iranian oil tanker by the UK, stressing that the non-EU states are not subject to the European sanctions.
Iran’s envoy to Vienna-based international organizations says the International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report has confirmed that the purity level of uranium enrichment in Iran has exceeded 3.67 percent, a limit set by the 2015 nuclear deal.
Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has blamed US President Donald Trump for following a stupid ploy devised by the B-Team – Bin Salman, Bin Zayed, Bolton, and Bibi – to scrap the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in the hope of reaching a better agreement.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has expressed protest at the US’ move to keep Iran’s volleyball players at the Chicago Airport for hours upon their arrival in the country.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi warned that if the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal continue failing to live up to their obligations, the Islamic Republic will take the third step to reduce its nuclear commitments after 60 days.
Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi says enrichment of uranium at 20% level of purity is among Iran's options in the third phase of reducing its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal.
Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has lashed out at the United Kingdom for illegally seizing an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar, saying the country will not tolerate London’s “maritime piracy”.
Reports say Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah of Iran, will soon receive a paycheck to appear in a show that will be produced by Saudi-backed satellite TV channel “Iran International”.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is prepared to reverse the measures it took to reduce its commitments under the 2015 nuclear in case the Europeans live up to their part of the bargain.
A senior Iranian general has revealed that Washington, through diplomatic channels, recently asked Tehran to allow it to conduct a small-scale operation in the Iranian airspace in order to save its face following the IRGC’s shoot-down of a US spy drone.
Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami says the enemies are gradually understanding the real power of the Islamic Republic.
Iran says the United States can take part in the meetings of the signatories to the Iran nuclear deal — from which Washington has withdrawn — on the condition that it lifts sanctions against the country’s oil and banking sectors.
Iran on Sunday officially announced the beginning of the second phase of the reduction of its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal, boosting the level of its uranium enrichment to a level beyond the 3.67% limit set by the JCPOA.
President of France has admitted to his Iranian counterpart that the European Union has failed to take sufficient and effective measures to make up for the American sanctions against Iran after the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal.