Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US seeks to use negotiation as a "deceit" to achieve its goals after its failure to gain anything through pressures.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed the latest claim by US President Donald Trump that he stopped an attack on Iran because 150 people would have died, saying the US has already killed several generations with its chemical weapons.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the recent sanctions imposed by the US against Iran's Leader and foreign minister show the White House's offer of talks is a lie.
The UN Security Council has called on Iran and the United States to sit for talks to ease the escalating tension following the recent developments in the Persian Gulf.
Iran's ambassador to the UN asserts that the United States’ new sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s topmost authorities still serves to reflect Washington’s disrespect for the international law.
Iran has lashed out at the latest US sanctions against a number of Iranian officials, including the country’s Leader and foreign minister and several IRGC commanders.
A presidential advisor says if the United States wants something more than the 2015 nuclear deal, it needs to give Iran concessions beyond those of the JCPOA.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Moammad Javad Zarif says the US and certain western countries are hindering the fight against narcotics, and thus are responsible for the consequences.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has warned the European parties to the JCPOA that if they do not take a significant step within the few coming days, Tehran’s second phase of scaling down its nuclear deal commitments will begin more seriously.
Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi hailed a recent move by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to shoot down an intruding US spy drone as a “crushing response” and said it can be repeated anytime.
A member the German Parliament says Europe has not shown an appropriate reaction to the US in order to preserve the Iran nuclear deal in the face of Washington’s sanctions on Tehran.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has slammed the US sanctions against Iran as part of a propaganda campaign, saying Washington has imposed every type of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over the past four decades.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the B-Team – Bin Salman, Bin Zayed, Bolton, and Bibi – were dragging US President Donald Trump into a war with Iran, but prudence prevented that from happening.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at a US spy drone’s recent incursion into the Iranian airspace, saying the world countries are expected to show a stronger reaction to the US’ violation.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Gabriela Cuevas Barron, the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), have discussed the key role the world’s parliaments can play in easing regional tensions.
A top Iranian military commander underlined the country’s military preparedness to counter US threats, saying the American leaders should feel responsibility for their forces’ lives and avoid any wrongdoing in the Middle East.
Iran’s Vice President for Legal Affairs says the US move to send a spy drone to the airspace of Iran is a violation of international law, and a legal action will be taken in this regard.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the chargé d'affaires of the United Arab Emirates to express Tehran's strong protest at the incursion of a US spy drone into the Iranian airspace, which had taken off from a US base in the UAE.
A senior Iranian military commander says Iran has refrained from shooting down a US plane with 35 people on board that was accompanying an American spy drone which was shot down in the Persian Gulf after intruding into the Iranian airspace.
A senior IRGC commander says Iranian armed forces and nation never welcome any war but they are fully prepared to defend the country against any threat.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says regardless of any decision adopted by the US, the Islamic Republic of Iran will never allow Washington to invade its borders.
Different reactions of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to calls for talks by two US presidents reveal the great importance that the Islamic Republic attaches to mutual respect and independence, writes Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.