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 Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi says the Islamic Republic should not wait for other states to launch Mesbah communication satellite, adding the Europeans have backtracked on their promise to launch the satellite.
The news of the visit of three Iraqi delegations to Israel last year, issued by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its Twitter account, has sparked controversy.
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.
Reports say participation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the upcoming summit of the Arab League in Tunisia hinges on his government’s stance towards Iran’s military presence in the war-torn country.
Head of the Strategic Centre of the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says although the Americans say they are leaving Syria, it is not clear to what extent it will become operational.
The spokesman for the Taliban says talks between the group and Iran are aimed at promoting peace and security in the region, adding that it is highly important for the group to keep its communication channel with Iran open.
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has cautioned the European Union it should be quick to take measures to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, since Iran is running out of patience with Europeans due to their failure to fulfill pledges to compensate for the US withdrawal.
France as one of the signatories to the nuclear deal, which had promised to protect Iran's foreign trade against US sanctions along with two European countries of Germany and the UK, has stopped oil imports from Iran in September before oil sanctions come into force.
An Iraqi lawmaker says the country’s parliament is working on a draft plan which if approved will force the government to issue the order of the foreign forces withdrawal including those of the US from the Arab country.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as meddlesome and unacceptable the recent remarks by the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt against the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs Abbas Araqchi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani discussed the outcome of Iran-Taliban talks in Tehran last week, stressing the need for closer coordination between the Afghan and Iranian government for the efforts to restore peace to the war-torn country bear fruits.
A spokesperson for the Taliban says the group has not agreed to attend Afghanistan peace negotiations in Saudi Arabia, and, hence, will not hold talks with US representatives in Jeddah.
The Iranian Army’s Navy is to send its strongest warships to the Atlantic Ocean early spring, in its longest operation in the past decades which is estimated to last over five months.
As more and more Persian Gulf Arab states are jostling to re-establish their diplomatic ties with Syria and play a role in the reconstruction of the war-torn country, observers maintain that the new trend provides Iran with a chance to turn the current threats into opportunities and play a leading role in the post-ISIS Syria.
Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi says Iran never interferes in Afghanistan’s internal affairs, and its talks with the Taliban were made in coordination with the Kabul government.
The United States has three military bases near Manbij, which shows how important the Syrian city is to Washington, but that has complicated the city’s fate, a media report says.
The Iranian president has mocked his US counterpart’s visit to Iraq late December, saying his short, secret trip was proof of the failure of US policies in the region.
The Israeli intelligence services have received a new blow from their Iranian counterparts following the arrest of a former Israeli minister on the charge of spying for Iran, an Iranian journalist said.
The US is seeking to restore the Taliban rule to the war-torn Afghanistan despite its earlier claims to eradicate the terror group in the region, says an op-ed of an Iranian paper.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the policy of the Islamic Republic towards the Palestinian cause and the Zionist regime is principled and unchangeable.
