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Iran’s president has hailed the amicable relations between Tehran and Baghdad, saying that the two countries’ ties can set an example to the whole region.
While the US companies have doubled their trade volume with Iran, Washington continues to ban the European Union firms from doing business with the country, said a senior German official.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed veteran judicial official, Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi, as new head of Iran’s Judiciary.
Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari says the United States’ power is being questioned today and the country has no leverage any more.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced a suicide attack on a gathering in the Afghan capital, Kabul, where some government officials were also present.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on India and Pakistan to put an end to hostilities and resolve their dispute peacefully in a bid to avoid further violence.
A senior advisor to Iran’s Leader says the Iranian nation’s mistrust of Europeans has turned the issue of the Islamic Republic’s adoption of the standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) into a highly sensitive issue.
Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to Iran's foreign minister in special political affairs, has held separate talks with delegations from China, Russia, and Germany in Tehran on the issue of Syria.
Iraq’s top parliamentarian holds talks with high-ranking Iranian officials on a wide range of issues, including ways to bolster bilateral relations, uproot terrorism and strengthen regional peace.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi who is on an official visit to Tehran at the head of a delegation.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed regret over and denounced the latest terrorist attack on a private firm in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad which left tens of civilians dead and wounded.
Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Xiaodong on Wednesday held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran, handing over letters by the Chinese president to the Iranian leadership.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the nation for achieving great victories in the face of the US over the past year, stressing that the Islamic Republic will never surrender to enemies or back off from safeguarding its independence and democracy.
Ahead of the historic visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Iraq, the Arab country’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Nizar al-Khairallah, has held talks with his Iranian counterpart Morteza Sarmadi in Tehran.
The Pakistani government has banned the operation of a number of terrorist groups, including the anti-Iran Jaish al-Adl which has launched numerous attacks on Iranian border guards during the past few years.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has offered congratulations to the Ghanaian nation and government over the anniversary of the country’s Independence Day.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says adoption of the standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is not expected to remove all economic problems of Iran but failing to adopt them will hamper the country’s trade exchange with the outside world.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country is doing whatever it can to media between India and Pakistan and help ease tensions between the two countries.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called on Europe to adopt practical measures for saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and intensify efforts to implement INSTEX -a payment channel that the three EU signatories to the JCPOA have set up to maintain trade with Iran.
If the Islamic Republic is to continue its trade exchanges with the outside world amid the harsh sanctions imposed on the country, it needs some specific work tools, one of which is the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), says Hossein Gharibi, an assistant to Iran’s foreign minister.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry has announced that Iran's retaliatory act to expel two Dutch diplomats is unacceptable and therefore the country summons its ambassador to Tehran to hold consultations.