Iran-US Relations

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as ridiculous any media report on a call by President Hassan Rouhani for a bilateral meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump during the next week’s session of the UN General Assembly.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed a call by a US State Department official for signing a new treaty with Iran, saying the Donald Trump administration, a violator of international treaties, is just mocking calls for peace.

The United States says it seeks a treaty with Iran ahead of the next week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has offered sympathy to the families of the victims, and the people who have been affected by the two severe storms in the United States, the Philippines, and China.

An Iranian political figure says President Hassan Rouhani should attend the upcoming meeting of the United Nation Security Council, due to be chaired by his American counterpart, and turn it into the impeachment session of Donald Trump.

An Iranian lawmaker says US President Donald Trump is not eligible to chair the upcoming meeting of the United Nation Security Council because no one, after Hitler, has violated so many treaties and international conventions as he did.

A senior commander of Iran’s Army says there are no military threats against the country, despite an escalating war of words between Tehran and Washington, which is waging an economic war against the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says Tehran has not yet received any report regarding the arrest of an Iranian student from any official channel and Australian authorities, but the foreign ministry is following up on the media reports on the issue.

A report by the Iranian government says the US state and treasury departments, along with the country’s intelligence bodies, have started concerted efforts to manipulate Iran’s currency market.

A panel in charge of selecting Iran’s official submission to the Oscars has chosen the drama “No Date, No Signature” to represent the country in the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film section.

Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami rejected the possibility of any military conflict between the Islamic Republic and the US and said Washington is aware that it will lose in any war against Tehran.

Iran’s former ambassador to Jordan says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani should not miss the chance of attending the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting due to be chaired by his US counterpart Donald Trump.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the nation will resist against the bullying US in the same way as Imam Hussein, the third Shiite Imam, resisted against tyrant ruler of time Yazid, and they won’t cave into escalating pressure by Washington.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said he believes it is not possible for the “unrealistic” US to bring down Iran’s oil export to zero, as Washington is almost isolated internationally on this particular issue.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has categorically condemned a White House statement that blamed Iran for the recent unrest in Iraq’s Basra, saying the arson attack on the Iranian consulate in the Iraqi city was a result of US support for extremists.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has blasted the rogue US officials for their latest threats against the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying that it is time for the world to force Washington to act like a normal state.

A senior Iranian official says the United States’ claim that it will bring Iran’s petroleum sales to zero is just nonsense.

A senior security official says the US strategy of using sanctions to force the Iranian people to cave into its demands will lead nowhere, just as the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein failed to impose his will on Iran during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

An Iranian military advisor says if the Syrian government and nation want to confront the United States in eastern Euphrates and ask Iran for help, Tehran is ready to support the Arab country in this confrontation.

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran’s resistance has foiled plots hatched by the world arrogance against the region, and that was manifested in the US defeats in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Washington is frequently sending messages to Tehran asking for talks, but Iran ignores those messages as the US’ behaviour shows it is not honest in its request for negotiations.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called for greater cooperation between Tehran and Ankara to counter the unilateral sanctions imposed by the US, as the two countries are increasingly targeted by punitive US measures.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, says the country is under a full-scale media invasion waged by adversaries.

A political commentator says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is the best person to appear before US President Donald Trump at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

On the orders of a New York Supreme Court judge, a $1.2-million ancient Persian bas-relief has been handed back to Iran after more than 80 years of changing hands among smugglers, Press TV reports.