Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson has described the Sunday explosions that hit several vessels in the Sea of Oman as “alarming” and “regrettable”, calling for a probe into the incidents.
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the UK, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels later on Monday to discuss Iran’s recent nuclear announcement.
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran is facing an “all-out war” of economic and political pressures through sanctions imposed on the country.
The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a number of vessels have been targeted by “sabotage operations” near the territorial waters of the Emirati port of Fujairah.
The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, says the US doesn’t have the power and guts to wage any war against Iran.
The CEO of Iran Special Trade and Finance Institute (STFI) says Tehran has set up the mirror mechanism proportionate to the EU's INSTEX channel and now the ball is in the Europeans’ court to run the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges to protect trade with Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will depart for Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on Sunday at the head of a high-ranking political-economic delegation.
Alireza Kazemi Abadi, Iran’s Ambassador to the Netherlands and the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), has been elected as Deputy Executive Councilor of the organisation.
Following the recent escalation between Washington and Tehran over the 2015 nuclear deal, several countries have expressed readiness to mediate between the two arch-rivals.
Iran has officially opened it pavilion titled “Being and Singing” at Venice Biennale Arte 2019 near St. Mark's Square, featuring artworks by three Iranian artists.
Yemen's Houthi forces have started unilateral withdrawal from Saleef and Ras Isa ports in Hudaydah province under a United Nations-sponsored peace deal, a news agency says.
The White House has contacted Swiss authorities to share a telephone number with Iran in hopes that Tehran will contact US President Donald Trump, CNN reports.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi has held talks with Richard Moore, the Director General for Political Affairs at the UK Foreign Office who is in Tehran at the head of a delegation.
Political Deputy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Crops (IRGC) Brigadier General Yadollah Jawani says the Iranian nation will never attend any negotiation which is set to be held under pressure.
Iran has threatened to allow migrants and narcotics to flood European countries as it cannot pay the costs of fighting terrorists, drug smugglers, and illegal migrants alone, especially now that it is under the US’ harshest sanctions ever.
Spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council of Iran says the country will withdraw from the JCPOA and even go beyond that if other parties fail to meet Tehran’s demands.