US President Joe Biden has issued a stark warning to Iran to “be careful” around its actions in the region following Hamas attack on Israel. Iranian officials have denied any involvement in Hamas weekend assault despite Tehran’s strong support for the Palestinian resistance groups.
The United States cannot say whether Iran played a direct role in the Palestinians’ recent strike on Israel, a senior administration official said Saturday, adding the US is planning to look into the matter.
The US will transfer "Yemen-bound" seized Iranian weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, in a move that could help to alleviate some of the critical shortages facing the Ukrainian military as it awaits more money and equipment from Washington and its allies, American officials say. Tehran has repeatedly rejected as lies accusations that the Islamic Republic is sending arms to Yemen.
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Matthew Miller responded to Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani's recent remarks who said Tehran will set up a permanent station in Antarctica. Miller stressed that Washington unequivocally opposes any efforts to militarize Antarctica.
The US announced sanctions against an Iranian company as well as companies in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates for allegedly supporting Tehran’s drone program by supplying critical components.
The Iranian Judiciary has issued indictments for 73 Americans over their involvement in the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the anti-terror icon.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry categorically denied recent claims circulated by a media outlet suggesting that direct talks between Iran and the United States are set to take place in Oman in the coming weeks.
Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the chargé d'affaires of Switzerland, which represents Washington’s interests in Tehran, to protest "baseless claims" leveled by the United States and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council over the three Persian Gulf islands.
Moscow believes that the exchange of prisoners between Iran and the United States will not radically change anything in the relations between Tehran and Washington, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik on Thursday.
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a joint statement issued by the US secretary of state and foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in New York regarding Tehran’s nuclear program as well as the three “Iranian islands” in the Persian Gulf.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated that a decision to release five US prisoners from Iranian jails was a testament to Tehran’s humanitarian motives.
President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed that under no circumstances will Iran give in to Washington's bans, asking American media authorities to urge the US officials to reconsider their policy of imposing sanctions against the Iranian nation.
An airplane carrying five US dual nationals freed from prison in Iran, landed in the Qatari capital Doha on Monday. Earlier, a US official confirmed that five prisoners sought by Washington had left the Iranian capital as part of the prisoner swap agreement.
Five Iranians held in US prisons for years will be released on Monday and two of them will arrive in Tehran via Qatar's Doha, an Iraniian judiciary official has confirmed.
Qatar has confirmed that unfrozen Iranian funds worth $6 billion have been transferred to bank accounts in Doha, a source briefed on details of the matter told Reuters on Monday.
Iranian intelligence forces have confiscated a large cache of US-made weapons and other tools to be used in riots on a vessel on the southern maritime borders, a top judiciary official announced.
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations says the US “cynical attempt” to establish an illusory link between the alleged use of Iranian drones in the conflict in Ukraine and the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 to accuse Iran of violating this resolution is misleading and entirely unfounded.
An Iranian political expert has called the European troika, namely Britain, France and Germany, as the lackeys of the US after they announced a plan to not lift the missile embargo on Iran.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has stated that Iran's frozen assets will expectedly be transferred to the "final destination" in Qatar in the "coming days or so".
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley revealed that he never recommended a US military attack on Iran during the previous administration, pushing back on claims made by former President Donald Trump and his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Tehran and Washington are set to exchange prisoners as early as Monday under an agreement officially announced in mid-August, according to people familiar with the matter.
