Americas

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has categorically rejected an annual report released by the US State Department on human trafficking in which certain baseless allegations were raised against the Islamic Republic.

US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, in an address to a rally staged by the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group, admitted recent protests in Iran had been orchestrated from outside.

A senior Iranian military commander says an American vessel carrying chemicals has berthed at the regional waters and plans to deliver the cargo to parts of Syria and Iraq.

Iranian President’s Special Envoy Gholam-Reza Ansari has delivered a message from Hassan Rouhani to his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza says his country supports Iran in its efforts to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity against the US and the Western sanctions.

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemies, including the US and certain disgraced regional states, seek to drive a wedge between the nation and the Islamic Establishment and spark riots by exerting economic pressure.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the US Secretary of State’s latest anti-Iran remarks are groundless claims that cannot hide Washington’s destructive role in the region.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent his Brazilian counterpart Michel Temer a message regarding the Iran nuclear deal.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called for unity inside the country while standing up to the United States sanctions and pressures.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the policy of exerting pressure and imposing sanctions is doomed to failure and will just increase the height of the wall of distrust between Tehran and Washington.

An Iranian oil official says removing Iran’s crude oil from the market is impossible after the US said it expected oil buyers to completely cut off purchases of Iranian supplies in early November.

Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia’s multinational state, has praised the Islamic Republic of Iran’s fight against the US hegemony, expressing his country’s support for Tehran in international issues.

Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a Princeton University scholar and a former member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, says holding talks with the Trump administration under current circumstances will not serve Iran’s national interests for a number of reasons.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the hollow verbal threats by US President Donald Trump against Iran will end up in the Islamic Republic’s interests in the long run.

There is a city in south-western Iran whose football fans are quite different from all their compatriots. For these people, it is not the Iranian football team that they care most about, but it is the Brazilian team! The city is named Abadan.

A member of Iran’s Expediency Council has harshly criticized those who favour Tehran’s direct talks with Washington, saying holding negotiations with the United States after its unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is humiliating for the Iranian nation and government.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a detailed article, has responded to the 12 preconditions set by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Iran last month.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as meddlesome the US’ statement about the execution of a rioter sentenced to death for running over and killing a number of police forces in Tehran.

Chief-Commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad-Ali Jafari says any compromise with the United States will be equal to the demise of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Igor Kolaković, the head coach of the national Iranian volleyball team, has blasted the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for what he calls a stupid interrogation of the Iranian team’s members upon their arrival at a US airport.

An Iranian lawmaker says the Canadian government’s agreement with the motion to not restore relations with Iran is a “political show” which serves Washington’s goal of exerting pressure on Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

New figures reveal that the volume and value of Iran’s exports to the US has increased by 450 percent and 333 percent respectively.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the Canadian government not to be overwhelmed by the anti-Iran propaganda and adopt an independent policy when it comes to its mutual relations with the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has censured the Canadian House of Commons’ vote against relations with Tehran, calling it an “unconstructive” move.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the country welcomes any attempt to restore peace and stability to the Korean Peninsula but at the same time is not optimistic that US President Donald Trump would remain committed to his pledges.