Senior political commentator Seyyed Hossein Mousavian says the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have made a huge investment in pushing for a regime change in Iran.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi says the Islamic Republic will stop its current talks with the Europeans if it comes to this sense that they are wasting time.
Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani says things have not played out favourably for Donald Trump since he walked out of the 2015 nuclear deal earlier this month, as the world has so far stood up to the controversial US president.
Tehran has prepared itself for the worst case scenario following the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, said the Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
New sanctions that prevent Iranian hotels from using the leading tourism website Booking.com will have no considerable impact on the country’s tourism industry, said President of the Iranian Hoteliers' Society.
A senior military commander has played down the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear pact, arguing the US government has never been truly committed to its obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal, whether under Donald Trump or his predecessor Barack Obama.
The E3+2 group of countries (UK, France, Germany, Russia and China) have, in a statement, vowed to continue supporting the Iran nuclear deal and doing business with the Islamic Republic despite the US sanctions to be re-imposed in coming months.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the country is now more confident about preserving the Iran nuclear deal given the European states’ commitment to meeting Iran’s demands.
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, has likened the ties between Washington and Tehran to the “Tom and Jerry”, saying that the Americans will ultimately fail "like the famous cat” in the animated series.
President Hassan Rouhani’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi has called for further unity among all domestic parties in the wake of the anti-Iran moves made by the triangle of the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani says the country’s missile program is non-negotiable and the Islamic Republic continues to strengthen its defensive capabilities.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed his American counterpart’s recent comments against Tehran as a sign of bankruptcy of the United States, which he said has put its foreign policy up for rent.
Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior and influential politician, says the Iranian government must prepare itself for a full-scale economic war waged by the US.
The chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces has likened the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal to the Iraqi withdrawal from the 1975 Algiers border treaty, saying US President Donald Trump could face a fate similar to that of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
A political commentator says Washington’s pullout from the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposing sanctions were basically aimed at cutting back Tehran’s influence in the Middle East.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani downplayed the recent anti-Iran threats made by the US President Donald Trump administration officials, saying that such threatening statements will not intimidate the Iranian nation.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has taken a swipe at the new US secretary of state for the meddlesome comments he made against Tehran in the so-called new US strategy.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has rejected remarks by the top US diplomat who listed US demands Iran should meet, saying Washington is in no positions to dictate to an independent Iran.
An Iranian conservative lawmaker has lashed out at the Rouhani administration for the time and effort it spent to secure the Iran nuclear deal, saying the attempts made in that regard failed to produce the desired result.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the EU’s commitment to remain in the Iran nuclear deal stands in contradiction with ongoing withdrawal of leading European companies from Iran.
