Iran-US Relations

A spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that a US warship shot down an Iranian unmanned aerial system in the Strait of Hormuz, saying all Iranian drones are safe.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the hostile policy being pursued by the United States against Iran has fueled tensions in the Middle East, warning that such an approach could have “catastrophic consequences” in the region.

The US government’s decision to impose travel restriction on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during his stay in New York to take part at a UN meeting stands in stark contradiction to all international rules and serves as an abuse of the privilege to host the UN headquarters.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for an end to the US arms sales to new Saddam Husseins.

The spokesman for the Yemeni Ansarullah movement says the US President's claims about Iran's presence in Yemen are not true, stressing that such allegations are being made merely to blackmail Saudi Arabia.

The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has renamed a prestigious prize in mathematics after the late Iranian math genius Maryam Mirzakhani, who became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal.

Historical experience shows the cause of many disasters through the course of history has been the mental problems of some country leaders.

The Iranian president says Tehran is ready for negotiations with the US if its sanctions against the country are lifted.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the White House lies about Iranian nation’s “regression” and the collapse of the country’s economy under the current sanctions.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has rejected a "fabricated" report that the US has sent a message to Russians for talks with Iran at the level of foreign ministers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has finally left Tehran for New York in order to attend the annual meeting of the high-ranking officials of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

A former Iranian diplomat says the claim that Iran was trying to seize a British tanker is aimed at advancing the US plan of controlling ships and their traffic in the Persian Gulf.

An Iranian expert says France’s “Freeze-for-Freeze” proposal to save the Iran nuclear deal is a temporary solution even if it is accepted and becomes operational.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has condemned the destructive interferences of the American and British governments in China's domestic affairs as well as their provocative acts in Taiwan and Hong Kong within the past few days.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says an emergency meeting held by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the Austrian capital, Vienna, proved the US isolation among member states more than ever before.

Iran’s ambassador to Paris has highlighted the leading role that President of France Emmanuel Macron can play in relieving the current political tensions in the region.

The US government has been politically isolated in the world, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said, advising Washington to liberate itself from the yoke of the B-Team (Bin Salman, Bin Zayed, Bolton, and Bibi) to be able to behave wisely.

A full database of the Iranian prisoners of war martyred in the Ba'athist Iraqi jails is at the Pentagon’s disposal, which refuses to share the information with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an Iranian commander has said.

The Iranian foreign minister says the United States has not yet issued a visa to him for a trip to that country to attend the meetings due to be held in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Iran has described the extraordinary meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as another defeat for the United States.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Dapkiunas have criticized Washington’s destructive approach to international treaties.

It is no secret to the reader that the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been at odds with each other for the past forty years.

Iran’s foreign minister says the “trigger mechanism” cannot be enforced to reciprocate Iran’s moves with regard to the Iran nuclear deal, which is also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the extraordinary meeting of the UN nuclear agency’s Board of Governors will be a good opportunity for Tehran to pinpoint the West’s breach of commitments.

President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has expressed shame and sorrow over the US mistreatment of Iran’s national volleyball team at Chicago airport.