Iran
  • Araghchi: US must understand a simple reality; pressure does not yield results

    Araghchi: US must understand a simple reality; pressure does not yield results

    Aug 28, 2026 09:31

    ParsToday – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, following the visit of Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs to Tehran, wrote in a message on the X platform: "The U.S. must understand a simple reality; pressure does not yield results."

  • Araghchi: Return of the Strait of Hormuz to the pre-Esfand 9 status not possible

    Araghchi: Return of the Strait of Hormuz to the pre-Esfand 9 status not possible

    Aug 28, 2026 08:21

    ParsToday – Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a meeting with Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has described the current situation in the region and the Strait of Hormuz as the result of military aggression by the United States and the Zionist regime, and emphasized that one cannot speak of a return to the pre-Esfand 9 (February 28) status without taking into account the existing realities and the crimes and damages inflicted upon Iran.

  • Qalibaf: U.S. economic siege against Iran will be futile

    Qalibaf: U.S. economic siege against Iran will be futile

    Aug 28, 2026 06:21

    ParsToday – Iran's Majlis (parliament) Speaker, in a meeting with Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and with regard to the U.S. violations of its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, as well as the plan for an economic siege against Iran, has said that Washington's economic pressures against Iran will be futile and that the Iranian nation will reclaim its rights with dignity.

  • Major General Rezaei: Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz depends on U.S. meeting Iran's conditions

    Major General Rezaei: Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz depends on U.S. meeting Iran's conditions

    Aug 28, 2026 06:11

    ParsToday – The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council has linked the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to the fulfillment of Iran's conditions by the United States, including efforts to halt the war in West Asia, particularly in Lebanon and Gaza.

  • Araghchi urges UN to condemn US economic terrorism operation against Iran

    Araghchi urges UN to condemn US economic terrorism operation against Iran

    Aug 27, 2026 06:20

    Parstoday – In a letter to the United Nations, Iran’s Foreign Minister, while outlining Iran’s position on the United States’ economic terrorism operation, stressed the UN’s legal and moral responsibility to condemn the action.

  • Baghaei: US sanctioning the already sanctioned

    Baghaei: US sanctioning the already sanctioned

    Aug 27, 2026 10:34

    Pars Today – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman described Washington’s policy toward Iran as a “full-blown farce.”

  • Iran atomic energy chief: Inspection of damaged nuclear sites contingent on new protocol

    Iran atomic energy chief: Inspection of damaged nuclear sites contingent on new protocol

    Aug 27, 2026 10:12

    Pars Today – The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) cannot seek to inspect nuclear facilities targeted in military attacks until specific rules and a new protocol for inspecting such sites are established.

  • Iran-Eurasia trade volume grows 22%

    Iran-Eurasia trade volume grows 22%

    Aug 27, 2026 08:50

    Pars Today – The director of the Trade Agreements and International Organizations Office at Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization said that despite numerous challenges and the impact of regional tensions, the volume of trade between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union reached $7.3 billion last year (1404 in the Iranian calendar), marking a 22-percent increase.

  • Baghaei mocks USS Abraham Lincoln’s departure from region: “Boss, I’m tired!”

    Baghaei mocks USS Abraham Lincoln’s departure from region: “Boss, I’m tired!”

    Aug 27, 2026 06:36

    Parstoday – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman mocked the departure of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier from West Asia, writing in a post: Mission: Project Power. Current mission: Project Vacation. “I’m tired, boss.”