Politics

The Canadian people want their government to refrain from radical policies, Afkham said in reaction to the outcome of general elections in Canada.

A bust of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran in praise of his efforts on the diplomatic front.

Saudi Arabia is unfortunately the only country that is still looking at regional developments through a win-lose lens and is insisting on the removal of others, Afkham said.

Iran will fulfill its commitments under JCPOA in a couple of weeks, Araghchi said.

The first meeting on the implementation of JCPOA was held in a very constructive atmosphere and focused on the annex four and reciprocal commitments, Araghchi said.

The Supreme Leader says that the Saudi government is responsible for the deaths of Muslims in the Mina tragedy, and that Muslim nations should have expressed their protest with one voice on the heels of the incident.

A senior Iranian official has presented three likely scenarios Iran, the US and Israel will consider for the region following the finalization of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Mohammad Hassan Sheikholeslami, Ph.D., has penned a number of articles on public and media diplomacy as well as on the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Speaker Ali Larijani has said that MPs tried to pass a law on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action so that parliament can play an active role in the passage of the Iran nuclear deal.

Day two of an Iran trip took the German top diplomat to the Expediency Council and the University of Tehran.

Iran has not bowed to military restrictions in nuclear talks with P5+1 and its defense measures have nothing to do with the negotiations, Velayati said.

At present, we see the beginning of new developments in Syria, thanks to efforts by Brigadier General Hamedani, Major General Jafari said.

There is hope that through Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency the fabricated file of Past Military Dimension (PMD) will be closed, Shamkhani said.

Iran and Germany can cooperate to settle regional and international problems, President Rouhani said at a meeting with the German top diplomat.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in east Saudi Arabia which claimed lives of many innocent civilians gathering together to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam.

If the nuclear talks are viewed as the preliminary stage of normalization of ties between Iran and the rest of the world, after the Vienna accord a new window opened, ushering in economic talks.

The German foreign minister has said that Zarif and his team stood their ground to represent Iran’s interests and help work out a solution acceptable to both sides.

We are not after eliminating Saudi Arabia, and won't allow Saudi Arabia to eliminate Iran from the region, Zarif said.

The massacre of innocent women and men is an inhumane unjustifiable act, Afkham said.

None of Iran’s missiles have been designed to carry a nuclear warhead, and thus their production and test are not contrary to Resolution 2231, Araghchi stressed.

Iran’s defense minister has praised the "iron resolve” of the Yemeni people who have been resisting Saudi attacks, and lauded Russia’s efforts in battling terrorist groups in Syria.

A former foreign minister has rejected the position attributed to the Supreme Leader on JCPOA and said that the Leader has left it to parliament and the Supreme National Security Council to decide the fate of the Iran nuclear deal.

The bill on the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has cleared the Guardian Council.

The nuclear deal does not guarantee the termination of sanctions, nor does it offer any assurances that the country's achievements will be safeguarded, the daily argues.

Political analysts say that the Iran nuclear deal has disunited principlists who are characteristically opposed to the way the eleventh government has handled nuclear talks.