Iran-US Relations

Iranian Entrepreneurs Render US Sanctions Futile: Araqchi

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has described the US sanctions against Iran as “useless and futile,” arguing that “relying upon our domestic capabilities our entrepreneurs will provide us with every product we need.”

Iran Not to Negotiate from Position of Weakness: Rouhani

Iran’s President says the enemies think they can bring a weak Iran to the negotiating table with maximum pressure, but it is not possible.

Iranians Don’t Need US Prescriptions for Democracy: Official

Iran’s Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei has responded to US Representative for Iran Brian Hook’s mocking of the Islamic Republic’s parliamentary elections, reminding him of Donald Trump’s recent “disgraceful” request for “foreigners’” help with his presidential election campaign.

‘US Must Give Iran Equipment for Reading Ukrainian Plane’s Black Box’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States must give Tehran the means and equipment required for extracting data from the black box of the Ukrainian plane which was accidentally shot down in Tehran last month.

World Amazed by Iran’s Resistance to Pressure of ‘US Wild Monster’: Leader

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Iranian nation’s resistance against the US pressures has surprised the world as it is impossible for other countries to show such tolerance.

US Pressuring Iraq Not to Reveal Details of Soleimani Killing: MP

A member of Iraq’s Fatah Alliance says the United States is putting a lot of pressure on the Iraqi government to prevent the disclosure of the results of a probe into the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

France Being More Catholic than Pope in Adhering to US Sanctions: Iran

The Iranian embassy in France has reacted to some remarks made by a French lawmaker against the Islamic Republic saying that some French institutions are exerting the strongest pressure, even worse than those of the US, on the Islamic Republic.

Iran Dismisses US Lies about Yemen Missiles

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations blasts the United States’ back-to-back attempts at spreading “disinformation” about the Islamic Republic.

Iran Will Hit Israel, US Interests If They Make Any Mistake: IRGC Chief 

Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has warned Israel and US that if they make any mistake, their forces will be targeted.

Iran Raps France, US for ‘Baseless’ Comments on Its Space Program

The head of the Iranian Space Agency has lashed out at the US and French officials for their “baseless and hackneyed” comments about the recent launch of an Iranian satellite.

US Trying to Downgrade Iran Attack Casualties to Brain Injury: IRGC

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Spokesman Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif says Washington is trying to hide the number of the slain soldiers during Iran’s missile attack on Ain al-Assad base in Iraq.

President Rouhani Debunks US Claim That Gen. Soleimani Sought War

President of Iran Hassan Rouhani has dismissed the American “lie” that top Iranian commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani was after a war in the region, saying the martyr was contributing to regional stability and helping the nations.

US Troops Mortified Globally after IRGC Strike: Spokesman

Spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) General Ramezan Sharif says that the US military “are finished in the region” after IRGC missile strikes on their base “humiliated them in the eyes of the military people in the world.”

US Sanctions ‘A Crime in True Sense of Word’: Iran Leader

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the US sanctions as a true instance of “crime”, urging the country’s officials to cut Iran’s dependence on oil revenues in a bid to counter the impacts of sanctions.

US Will Have to Announce Heavy Casualties Inflicted in Iran Attack on Iraq Base

A top Iranian military official says Washington will have to announce the casualties that the US military suffered in Iran’s retaliatory missile strike on the American Ayn al-Assad base in Iraq.

IRGC Showcases Wreckage of US Drone It Downed in June

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled, for the first time, the wreckage of a highly-advanced American surveillance aircraft that the elite Iranian defense forces shot down last June for violating the Iranian airspace in the country’s south.

Can India Mediate between Iran and US?

Chief Minister of India’s Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath says the US can no longer act as a mediator between quarreling states and that the “entire world” expects New Delhi to shoulder the task of reducing tensions between Iran and the US.

US Pressures Have Gone Nowhere, Iranian President Says

President of Iran Hassan Rouhani says the US has failed to bring the Islamic Republic to its knees, noting that Iran’s economy without oil has been growing in spite of the American sanctions.

‘Deal of Century’ Will Die before Trump’s Death: Iran Leader

Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US president's so-called 'deal of the century' will perish before Donald Trump's death.

Zarif Holds Talks with PA President, Hamas Chief on ‘Deal of Century’

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has held separate talks with Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the American-Zionist deal of the century.

Iran FM Hails Palestinian Rejection of Deal of Century

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has voiced support for the Palestinian leaders and people in their opposition to the deal of the century.

Military Spending No Guarantee of Power, Zarif Tells Saudis

Iran’s minister of foreign affairs says military spending will not guarantee power for any country as the US which spends over 600 billion dollars on military has to leave the Middle East now.

US Lying that No Restrictions Put on Food, Drug Import: Iran

Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri says the Americans are lying that they have put no restrictions on drugs and food import for the Islamic Republic.

Iran Upholds Death Sentence for CIA Spy: Judiciary

Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said the death sentence for a man convicted of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been upheld.

Zarif Blasts US for ‘Profiteering’ over Coronavirus Outbreak in China

The Iranian foreign minister has decried the United States for cashing in on the outbreak of the coronavirus in China, saying Beijing has had a more successful performance in containing the virus compared with that of the US in the 2009 H1N1 epidemic.

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