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Iranian first vice-president has slammed the US plan to hold an anti-Iran conference in Poland next month as another “desperate” move to pressure Tehran that will lead nowhere.
Iran has managed to develop a new type of fuel for Tehran Research Reactor, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced, hailing it as a great progress for the country in its efforts to develop domestic nuclear reactors.
A high-ranking delegation of Iranian lawmakers travelled to Syria on Sunday, in a trip aimed at boosting parliamentary relations between the two countries as calm is gradually returning to the war-torn Arab country.
Iran’s top cinema official announced the country would cancel a film week dedicated to Polish films in Tehran in protest against Warsaw’s plan to host an anti-Iran meeting organized by the US.
The governor of Iran’s Central Bank says the US’ plan to organize an anti-Iran conference in Warsaw signals Washington’s frustration with its previous anti-Iran plots.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to travel to Iraq at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation on Sunday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at an anti-Iran conference due to be held by the US in the Polish capital of Warsaw next month, describing it as a “desperate circus” that will disgrace the participants.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has criticized his French counterpart’s remarks about Iran’s missile program, urging Paris not to repeat the incorrect claims of those opposed to the Iran nuclear deal.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected the “groundless” accusations and remarks made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.
The Iranian government’s latest bill for state budget has been a hot topic in political and media circles in recent days. The bill, presented to the parliament by President Hassan Rouhani late last month, allocates over 4,700 trillion rials for the fiscal year that will start on March 21.
Iran’s ambassador to The Hague called on high-ranking officials of the Netherlands to preserve the security of Iranian diplomats and the country’s embassy in the European country after Wednesday’s attack on Iran's embassy building.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as “untrue” reports by certain US media that an American citizen is imprisoned in the Iranian city of Mashhad in suboptimal conditions.
Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will overcome the sanctions the US has reinstated following its withdrawal from the nuclear deal and achieve an “unprecedented” victory.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced a recent decision by the European Union to impose sanctions against several Iranian nationals over groundless accusations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected allegations that Tehran has supported attacks against anti-Iran separatists in Denmark, criticising Europe for hosting anti-Iran terrorists.
The escalating trade war between the US and China could in many ways benefit Iran, which has been a victim of US punitive measures just like China, a report published by Fararu news website reads.
An Iranian official expressed hope plans to ditch dollar in bilateral trade between Iran and India would soon go into effect, allowing the two countries’ private sector companies to cooperate to realize a trade target of $30 billion.
An Iranian expert in Afghanistan affairs refers to the ongoing talks between the US and the Taliban, saying Washington is seeking to establish an Islamic State in eastern and southeastern regions of Afghanistan through the Taliban.
Following the US unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in May, Iran expected the remaining sides of the deal particularly Russia and China to adopt practical measures to safeguard the nuclear accord, but all to no avail, said Iranian analyst, Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri.
