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Saudis and Zionists try to Undermine Nuclear Agreement

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Hussein Sheikholeslam, advisor to Iranian Parliament Speaker warned against joint plot by Saudis and Israelis to prevent implementation of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) saying that we should closely watch implementation of this document so that US not interpret it on its own terms.
Hard News

Iran to Announce Results of Probe into Attacks on Saudi Missions: Deputy FM

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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the country plans to announce the results of its investigation into attacks on the Saudi embassy in Tehran and the Saudi consulate in Mashahd in the near future.
Foreign Policy

Iran rejects OIC statement as ‘unacceptable’

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Iran has dismissed as “unacceptable” the recent statement by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), saying it runs counter to principles of the UN Charter, the OIC Charter and international law.
Foreign Policy

Tehran, Riyadh can accommodate each other: Zarif

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic does not seek any tensions with Saudi Arabia, and that the two Muslim countries can coexist peacefully.
Foreign Policy

Saudis’ Iranophobia creating tensions in Middle East: Zarif

Emad Askarieh -
Saudi Arabia tries to achieve its regional goals by promoting “Iranophobia” and creating tensions in the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says.
Foreign Policy

Spokesman: Improvement in Tehran-Riyadh ties needs change in Saudi policies

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Saudi Arabia is responsible for the existing problem between Riyadh and Tehran, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Hossein Jaberi Ansari said, adding Riyadh is following policy on creating tensions.
Europe

German FM to visit Tehran on Feb 2: source

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to visit Tehran on February 2, an informed source told IRNA here on Saturday.
Middle East

Saudi playing victim over Iran tensions: Leader aide

Emad Askarieh -
A top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Saudi Arabia’s wrong policies led to the country’s recent tensions with Iran.
Hard News

US wants to demote Iran struggles to Saudi level: Basij chief

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The chief of Iran's Basij (volunteer forces) Brigadier General, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, says Tehran must not lose focus of its main enemy, namely the US, warning that Washington seeks to downgrade the stature of the Islamic Republic's struggles to Riyadh's levels.
Foreign Policy

Saudi-Based Takfirism Main Threat to Region: Iran’s FM

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed extremist ideologies originating from Saudi Arabia as the major threat that the Middle East is facing.
Parliament

Iranian lawmakers denounce anti-Iran Saudi policies

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian parliamentarians have harshly criticized Saudi Arabia for adopting hostile policies toward Iran, including Riyadh’s recent aerial attack on Tehran’s mission in Yemen.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia actively sponsors terrorism, Zarif says

Emad Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says some in Saudi Arabia are determined to drag the entire Middle East into confrontation.
Foreign Policy

Iran Not to Let Saudi-Triggered Tensions Ruin Syria Peace Efforts: FM

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reaffirmed the country’s “responsible and constructive” attitude toward regional crises, pledging that Tehran will not allow the tensions provoked by Saudi Arabia to undermine the efforts for the settlement of the crisis in Syria.
Middle East

Saudi airstrike on Iran embassy in Yemen premeditated act of war: Lawmaker

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Saudi Arabia’s airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, was a premeditated state-sponsored act of war which runs counter to all international regulations, says a senior Iranian lawmaker.
Foreign Policy

Spokesman: Iran seeks de-escalation of tensions

Emad Askarieh -
Iran seeks de-escalation of tensions in the region including decrease of tensions with Riyadh, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber-Ansari said on Sunday.
Foreign Policy

Saudis doomed to lose war of embassies: Spokesman

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Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said Saudi Arabia's policy of 'war of emabssies' by cutting its ties with Iran and pressuring other countries in doing so will not bear any benefit to the Riyadh regime.
Asia

Iran been patient so far vis-à-vis negative Saudi acts: Zarif

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic has so far exercised patience with regard to negative measures adopted by Saudi Arabia as Riyadh steps up its hostile policies against Tehran.
Interviews

Int’l law Expert: UN Security Council statement, unilateral

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According to international law expert Mostafa Mir-Mohammadi, the UNSC statement was a unilateral move which requires contemplation.
Foreign Policy

Riyadh must choose between hate-mongering and stability: Zarif

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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Saudi Arabia has to make "a crucial choice" to either promote “sectarian hate-mongering" by its continued support for extremist groups or promote regional stability.
Hard News

Iran to report Saudi raid on Sana’a mission to UN: Official

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A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic is set to submit a report to the United Nations over the Saudi air raid on Tehran’s mission in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a.
Foreign Policy

Iran Raps Saudi’s “Intentional” Attack on Embassy in Yemen

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari on Thursday strongly denounced a rocket attack by the Saudi regime on the Iranian embassy in Yemen’s capital, stressing that the move was an “intentional” act by Riyadh that runs counter to international laws.
Hard News

Saudi Arabia to collapse over ‘sectarian’ policies: Iran cmdr.

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A senior Iranian commander says Saudi Arabia will collapse in the near future, unless it ends its sectarian policies in the region.
Hard News

Iran’s Shamkhani: Execution of Shiite Cleric Unveils Riyadh’s Sectarian Policy

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A senior Iranian security official on Wednesday deplored the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric by Saudi Arabia, and said that the move demonstrated Riyadh’s sectarianism.
Hard News

All missing Iranian Hajj pilgrims identified: Iran

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All Iranian pilgrims listed as “missing” in last year's deadly crush during Hajj rituals in Mina, near the holy Saudi city of Mecca, have been identified, the head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says.
Government

President calls for punishment of Saudi Embassy attackers

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a letter to Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani, called for punishment of those who attacked Saudi Embassy and Consulate in Tehran and Mashad.
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