An Iranian official says the fuel smuggled from Iran to the United Arab Emirates is used for bunkering vessels, earning the Arab state more than $20 billion per year.
The White House spokeswoman says the United States prefers diplomacy with Tehran in dealing with the Iran nuclear deal, but if that fails, Washington is willing to consider other options. Jen Psaki also said there has been progress in Vienna talks.
An informed source has said that diplomats in Vienna have bridged many of their differences in the sanctions removal negotiations and that delegations of Iran and the P4+1 group are now discussing how to implement and sequence a possible agreement.
More than 40 film stars including Mark Ruffalo, Susan Sarandon, Gael García Bernal and Viggo Mortensen, have backed Harry Potter actress Emma Watson, after her post on social media in solidarity with Palestinians angered the Zionist regime officials.
The Syrian economy minister says he recently exchanged views with Iran’s minister of roads and urban development on ways to operationalize the long-term strategic economic cooperation deal inked in 2019.
An agreement with Iran could be achieved "in the coming weeks" due to a "better atmosphere" in Vienna, where negotiations are currently being held, European Union's foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell announced on Friday.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) predicted the country’s annual non-oil exports would amount to $46 billion in about two months.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian who is in Beijing at the head of a high-ranking delegation has said Iran and China have agreed to start the implementation of their 25-year strategic deal.
Top negotiators of Iran and the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal are briefly leaving Vienna for their respective capitals, while expert-level negotiations continue in the Austrian capital.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah says Iranian peace initiative puts forward an effective solution to the ongoing conflict in the war-ravaged country. He added Saudi Arabia is looking for a pretext to prolong its devastating military aggression against Yemen.
A senior Russian diplomat criticizes “regrettable” and “senseless” attempts by opponents of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to sabotage the diplomatic process that is making headway in Vienna with the aim of reviving the embattled accord.
The Islamabad government’s newly-unveiled National Security Policy underscores a need for Pakistan and neighboring Iran to keep up close cooperation to both better manage joint borders and ensure regional security.
Iran has officially launched its first-ever specialized refinery designed to process super heavy crude oil on the southern Qeshm Island, as the country keeps promoting its energy sector regardless of tough US sanctions.
Top Iranian clubs Persepolis and Esteghlal have been officially kicked out of the Asian Champions League, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Friday.
Iran and China, the two great civilizations in West and East Asia, have enjoyed good, stable and strong relations during history, Tehran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdolahian wrote in an op-ed in the Global Times. Heading a high-level political and economic delegation, the Iranian FM is visiting Beijing at the official invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has criticized former President Donald Trump for the current situation over Iran’s nuclear programme. The top diplomat has called Trump’s move to pull Washington out of the Iran nuclear dal as ”one of the worst decisions made in recent American foreign policy”.
