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Iran’s ICT minister says the activities of counter-revolutionary elements in the cyberspace should not be used as a pretext to restrict the country’s political landscape.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in an article published in The Atlantic, has rejected the ‘myths’ about Iran’s aggression in the Middle East, and argued that his country has been unfairly maligned.
An Iranian source says a recent report by the New Yorker on a meeting between Iranian FM and his US counterpart was aimed at making up for Tillerson’s passivity at the meeting, and also strengthening his position amid speculations about his conflict with Trump.
A member Franco-Iranian Chamber of Commerce says Tehran and Paris have promoted their bilateral economic ties following the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2016.
The Iranian Parliament has expressed its strong protest against Italy after its embassy in Tehran demanded to fingerprint two Iranian lawmakers expected to visit the country in the near future.
German envoy to Iran says a number of posters bearing the phrase ‘Yes to Iran Nuclear Deal’, which are hung on the wall of German embassy in Tehran, are aimed at announcing that Berlin is doing its best not to let the deal break down.
Tehran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi says in view of the traffic congestion and air pollution in Tehran, police forces may carry out their missions using bicycles in the second half of current Iranian year.
Military forces on board the Iranian Navy’s 48th flotilla rescued one of the country’s merchant vessels from a pirate attack near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Monday.
In a ceremony attended by Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan and Iranian First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri in Tehran, the two countries inked a number of agreements on various fields.
A Kurdish Iranian parliamentarian says Tehran would be the best place for talks between the Iraqi government and authorities of the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has reiterated that the country will give a decisive response if the US designates the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group.
Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Movement, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, says Washington’s main problem with Iran is not the country’s nuclear program but its regional role which thwarts the US plots in the Middle East.
As Trump is reportedly going to decertify Iran nuclear deal in coming days, political and media circles in Tehran are discussing how to deal with the new US approach towards the JCPOA and Tehran’s ties with Europe in case of US withdrawal.
Iranian foreign minister says the Islamic Republic’s policies in the region are pursued without regard to the anti-Iran comments made by others, including the US President Donald Trump.
An Iranian legislator says US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s new plan seeks to maintain the Iran nuclear deal, and at the same time take a tougher line on Tehran.
Juan Cole, a senior American academic and commentator, says the Trump administration’s moves against the Islamic Republic of Iran prove Ayatollah Khamenei was right about Washington’s untrustworthiness.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has warned that if the US is stupid enough to designate IRGC as a terrorist organization, then the IRGC will regard the US army as ISIS terrorists anywhere in the world.
An Iranian lawmaker believes that if the US decides to pull out of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, Iran cannot rely on the Europeans as committed partners.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has hit back at Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir over his ‘baseless’ allegations against Iran.