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Sanctions lead to devastating repercussions like those of terrorism, war crimes: Takht-Ravanchi
Mar 12, 2021 08:16Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi has denounced sanctions as inhumane, immoral and illegal, saying their far-reaching, devastating and long-term consequences are as brutal and vicious as terrorism, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Zarif: Repeating Trump’s failed ‘maximum pressure’ policy by US won’t yield new results
Mar 11, 2021 12:09Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif deplored the US state secretary’s recent remarks about Iran’s blocked assets in South Korea, warning Washington against repeating the failed policies of the previous American administration.
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Iran: No talks needed on US return to JCPOA, only sanctions removal counts
Mar 11, 2021 09:09A senior Iranian diplomat says the United States’ possible return to a 2015 nuclear agreement signed between Tehran and major world states does not require any negotiations since Washington held no consultations with anyone before its withdrawal from the multilateral deal in 2018.
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Iran’s nation emerged victorious in clash of wills with US: Rouhani
Mar 11, 2021 08:49President Hassan Rouhani says the former US administration put forth its utmost efforts but failed to bend Iran to its “disgraceful will,” as the nation emerged victorious in the “clash of wills.”
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Iran countermeasures legal, meant to maintain balance of nuclear deal: FM Zarif
Mar 11, 2021 05:04Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the countermeasures Iran began to take one year after the United States’ withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear agreement are legal and aimed at preserving the balance of the multilateral deal, reiterating that they can be reversed in case the Washington returns to compliance with its obligations.
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President Rouhani: US must honor commitments, lift sanctions for diplomacy to survive
Mar 11, 2021 03:19President Hassan Rouhani has told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the US must honor its commitments and lift sanctions on Iran if it seeks a diplomatic end to the stalemate surrounding the 2015 landmark nuclear agreement.
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US must lift Obama-, Trump-era sanctions before Iran returns to full JCPOA compliance: Security source
Mar 10, 2021 14:12The US needs to lift the sanctions imposed on the Islamic Rebublic during the administrations of former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump before Tehran reverses its countermeasures and returns to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, a source tells Press TV.
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Iran rejects step-for-step JCPOA revival: Senior security official
Mar 10, 2021 08:44A senior security official says Iran is opposed to a step-for-step return to the 2015 nuclear deal, adding that the country only accepts the lifting of sanctions in a verifiable manner before returning to full compliance with the multilateral agreement.
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Salehi: Leader’s fatwa against nukes sets Iran’s course of action
Mar 10, 2021 03:54The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has once against dismissed claims that the country seeks nuclear bombs, saying the fatwa (religious decree) issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei against weapons of mass destruction sets Iran’s course of action.
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2015 nuclear deal implemented only by Iran not other signatories: Zarif
Mar 10, 2021 03:42Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is the only participant to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), to has fulfilled its commitments under the landmark accord and that the rest of the signatories have failed to deliver on their obligations.