• Trump rejected Iran’s conditions for meeting Rouhani: Zarif

    Trump rejected Iran’s conditions for meeting Rouhani: Zarif

    Sep 29, 2019 03:38

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it was US President Donald Trump who wasted his chances for a meeting with Iranian officials on the sidelines of a United Nations gathering in New York by rejecting Tehran’s main conditions for such a meeting.

  • EU threatens to withdraw from JCPOA

    EU threatens to withdraw from JCPOA

    Sep 28, 2019 02:45

    European leaders have threatened to start withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal in November if Tehran does not return to full compliance.

  • Iran nuclear deal likely to be fully destroyed in foreseeable future: Russia envoy

    Iran nuclear deal likely to be fully destroyed in foreseeable future: Russia envoy

    Sep 27, 2019 13:30

    A senior Russian diplomat says a 2015 nuclear agreement Iran clinched with major world powers could be completely destroyed in foreseeable future, stressing the importance of finding a solution to solve the existing situation.

  • Iran nuclear deal parties committed to saving it though ‘increasingly’ difficult: EU

    Iran nuclear deal parties committed to saving it though ‘increasingly’ difficult: EU

    Sep 25, 2019 13:36

    European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, have expressed their commitment to preserving the agreement, stressing, however, that there are increasing difficulties ahead.

  • Pres. Rouhani rejects E3 statement on Saudi Aramco strikes as 'baseless accusations'

    Pres. Rouhani rejects E3 statement on Saudi Aramco strikes as 'baseless accusations'

    Sep 25, 2019 03:20

    President Hassan Rouhani has roundly dismissed the “unsubstantiated accusations” made by Britain, France and Germany about Tehran’s involvement in the highly disruptive drone attacks on Saudi Aramco petroleum and gas processing plants at Abqaiq and Khurais in the kingdom's Eastern Province.

  • Iran’s Rouhani: Macron’s efforts can be fruitful only if US bans lifted

    Iran’s Rouhani: Macron’s efforts can be fruitful only if US bans lifted

    Sep 24, 2019 14:17

    President Hassan Rouhani says efforts by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron to de-escalate Washington-Tehran tensions and save a 2015 nuclear deal will bear fruit only if the sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran are lifted.

  • Trump threatens to tighten US sanctions against Iran

    Trump threatens to tighten US sanctions against Iran

    Sep 24, 2019 13:28

    US President Donald Trump has threatened to tighten sanctions against Iran during his third address to the United Nations, accusing the Islamic Republic of “menacing behavior” in West Asia.

  • Iran open to ‘permanent for permanent’ formula with US: Zarif

    Iran open to ‘permanent for permanent’ formula with US: Zarif

    Sep 24, 2019 08:31

    Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran is open to the idea of a permanent for permanent machanism with the United States, which means Iran will agree to permanent inspections of its nuclear facilities if the US also agrees to permanently lift its sanctions against Iran -- measures that the two sides were supposed to take in 2023 under a multilateral nuclear deal prior to Washington’s withdrawal.

  • Military strike on Iran will lead to 'all-out war' in region: FM

    Military strike on Iran will lead to 'all-out war' in region: FM

    Sep 19, 2019 09:59

    Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a possible military strike against his country by the United States or Saudi Arabia will unleash an “all-out” war in the region.