Iran-US Relations

Iran dismisses Biden’s allegations as baseless, hypocritical

The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has rejected US president Joe Biden’s claims regarding Tehran’s nuclear program as baseless and hypocritical.

‘Biden’s Mideast trip to make revival of Iran nuclear deal harder’

US President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East to bring Saudi Arabia and Israel closer will make revival of Iran’s nuclear deal more complicated, a former Iranian diplomat says.

Iran: US-Israel statement addressed not just to Iran, but all Arab-Muslim states

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman warns that a joint US-Israel declaration issued during President Joe Biden’s visit to occupied al-Quds was not just addressed to Iran but to all Muslim and Arab countries, which would have to submit to Tel Aviv’s “military edge.”

Raisi urges US to learn lesson from past mistakes, rules out retreat in nuclear talks

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the Islamic Republic of Iran will not back down from its rightful stance in the talks over the revival of the nuclear deal, JCPOA.

Iranian expert: Tensions between Iran and US to continue until next meeting of IAEA board

An Iranian political expert has said tensions between Iran and the US will continue until the next meeting of the IAEA’s Board of Governors in early September.

US denies visa to Iran’s karate team, bars it from major intl. sports event

The United States has denied visas to members of Iran’s national karate team, blocking their participation in the World Games in Birmingham in ‘yet another hostile political attack against the Iranian sports community.’

Kayhan: Pro-West camp in Iran spares US, blames own negotiators for JCPOA deadlock

Iran’s Kayhan newspaper blasts Reformist figures inside the country for what it describes as backing the West in its attempts to pressure the Iranian government, saying the pro-Western camp tries to blame the deadlock in talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal on Tehran’s negotiating team while it is in fact the US that is hindering the process.

Marandi: All Iran demands lie within framework of nuclear deal

An advisor to the Iranian nuclear negotiating team rejects Western claims that Iran’s demands from the US for a restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal are beyond the legal framework of the agreement, which has been in crisis due to Washington’s unilateral withdrawal.

Daily: US will neither remove anti-Iran sanctions, nor provide guarantees

Iran’s Kayhan daily says the United States neither seeks to remove the sanctions it imposed on the Islamic Republic nor provides Tehran with guarantees that it won’t violate its legal commitments again under the nuclear deal.

Analyst: Iran, US need to show more flexibility in talks

Iran and the United States have to show more flexibility to revive a nuclear agreement after former US president Donald Trump walked out of the deal, a political analyst says.

Iran says adamant to get hostages in US released

Iran says it is following up the case of the Iranians taken hostages by the United States over “false accusations” of bypassing sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic.

Kayhan’s chief editor: US in Qatar no different from the one in Vienna

The editor-in-chief of the principlist Kayhan Newspaper says the United States and its European allies seek nothing more than “futile negotiations” with Iran so that they can destabilize the country’s economy by provoking constant fluctuations in prices of foreign currencies and gold.

Iran judiciary official says US “world’s biggest violator of human rights”

The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has described the US as the biggest violator of human rights in the world.

‘EU’s Borrell stressed US to fulfill nuclear commitments, guarantee Iran’s economic interests’

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson has quoted the European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell as saying that the United States will abide by its commitments stipulated in a 2015 nuclear deal and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, adding Washington will guarantee the Islamic Republic’s economic interests.

US says Iran’s satellite carrier launch “unhelpful and destabilizing”

The White House has announced it was aware of Iran’s satellite carrier launch and criticized the move as “unhelpful and destabilizing.” Tehran has stressed the tests have been conducted for research purposes only.

Aide to former president: Europe unable to build trust between Iran-US

An aide to former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said Europe cannot build trust between Tehran and Washington.

Iran, US set to clinch deal, revive JCPOA: Ex-MP

A former Iranian parliamentarian says Tehran and Washington have developed the political will to conclude an agreement as efforts are underway to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Iranian expert calls for direct talks between Iran-US, rejects shuttle diplomacy

An Iranian political expert says Iran should engage in direct talks with the US if it wants the nuclear negotiations to quickly produce results.

Iran: US, Israel bombers flight over Persian Gulf, show movie

A senior spokesman for the Iranian armed forces has said the flight of the American and Israeli bombers in the region is just a show movie.

Tehran: US following suite on Trump policies on Iran

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has slammed the double standard policies of the United States against Iran, stressing that the Joe Biden administration has been following the same policies of the former US President Donald Trump regarding Iran.

President Raisi denounces ‘oath breaker’ US for dilly-dallying over nuclear talks

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has slammed the US for adopting an obscure policy over its standoff with Iran, saying Washington sends messages to Tehran to demand resolution of the outstanding issues between the two countries through dialogue and takes punitive measures at the same time.

US says ‘closely’ monitoring Iran’s space program

The United States has announced its military “will continue to closely monitor Iran’s pursuit of viable space launch technology." Tehran says it plans to carry out two more launches of its domestically-developed hybrid-propellant satellite carrier rocket called Zoljanah.

US says ready to conclude, implement JCPOA if irrelevant issues dropped

The spokesman for the US state department says Washington and its European allies are ready to “immediately conclude and implement” the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran drops quote issues that are extraneous to the JCPOA.

US confirms to join allies in push for IAEA resolution against Iran

The United States is planning to join the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in their push for an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution calling on Iran to fully cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog, the State Department confirmed on Thursday.

Iranian FM says he sent message to US vice president

Iranian Foreign Minister has said while in Munich to attend the international security conference there, he sent a message to US Vice President Kamala Harris, urging her to tell Iran if a hawkish group was to rule the White House.

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