Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has welcomed the Nigerian government’s “positive” move to permit a medical team to visit and examine Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of Nigeria’s Shiite community, and his wife.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, the prime minister of Israel, and Trump’s national security advisor are dragging the US into a war with Iran.
An Iranian political analyst says Saudi Arabia beheaded nearly 40 domestic dissidents a few months after the scandal of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder to tell the world that even global outcries can’t deter the country from pressing ahead with its anti-human rights projects.
Iran's defence minister says the country is ready to work with regional states against terrorism and extremism, which are jeopardizing the stability and security of countries in Southeast and West Asia.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says the Islamic Republic of Iran is closely following the developments in Sudan as well as protests and demonstrations by the people of the African country.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian president says US President Donald Trump’s hostile measures against the Islamic Republic and the “maximum pressure” he is exerting on Iran will just increase the national unity of Iranian people.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the Saudi and Bahraini governments' support for the US sanctions imposed on Iran's oil exports, saying the Islamic Republic will not allow any country to replace it in the petroleum market.
Iran's Judiciary Chief Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi has strongly denounced the recent mass execution of Shiite Muslims in Saudi Arabia, saying the Al Saud killed these “freedom-seekers” in the name of fighting terrorism.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza have, in a meeting in New York, denounced the interference of certain countries, led by the US, in the Latin American country’s internal affairs.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will do its utmost to export oil after the US tightened its sanctions against the country, stressing that the Islamic Republic — which has been the target of cruel American bans for decades — has gained much experience in going around such restrictive measures.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s proposal to exchange prisoners with the United States is serious, but it’s nothing new.
Iraq is set to maintain and even increase its natural gas and electricity imports from Iran to meet the extreme summer demand, defying the US’ move to stop issuing sanctions waivers for the countries that import energy from Iran.
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has dispatched a delegation to Iran to discover the possible sources of the massive attack by desert locusts on parts of the country over the past days, said head of the Iranian Plant Protection Organization.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the country and its allies in the Middle East, Iraq in particular, will never allow outsiders to bring insecurity into the region again.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says if the United States lifts its sanctions, apologises for its unlawful measures, and shows mutual respect, it is possible to hold talks with them.
Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has downplayed the US’ refusal to renew sanctions waivers for the import of Iran’s crude oil, saying that the Islamic Republic will export petroleum as much as it wants.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized the Trump administration for turning a blind eye to Saudi crimes, saying that being a member of the B team - Bolton, Bin Salman, Bin Zayed and "Bibi" - gives immunity for any crime.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country’s military will make the final decision on the option of closing the Strait of Hormuz, a highly important strategic location for global energy trade, in reaction to the US’ ban on the country’s oil exports.
A senior Iranian lawmaker says despite the US decision to tighten its sanctions on Iran’s oil sector, the country’s oil exports will never decrease to less than one million barrels per day.
Head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (IKRF), the main relief organization of Iran, says the country’s government should have rejected the European Union’s offer to send €1.5 million in cash aid to Iranian flood-stricken people, as the amount was extremely small.
Iranian lawmakers have passed a law based on which any state, individual or body which puts its weight behind the US move to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization will face Iran’s tit-for-tat measure.
Iranian Vice President for Legal Affairs says the country is legally pursuing the United States’ move to block the flow of cash aid to flood victims in the Islamic Republic.