• Iran will only respond to actions, not words: Zarif to US

    Iran will only respond to actions, not words: Zarif to US

    Jan 26, 2021 16:39

    Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran will take proper action whenever the United States lifts the illegal sanctions to pave the way for its return to the 2015 nuclear deal, stressing that the Islamic Republic takes Washington’s actions, not words, as its yardstick.

  • Efforts begin to save JCPOA under Biden administration

    Efforts begin to save JCPOA under Biden administration

    Jan 26, 2021 04:57

    They are clearly very different issues, but EU foreign affairs ministers have agreed the two main policy areas on which they want to make progress with the United States: climate change and the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

  • Tehran says no changes seen regarding JCPOA, warns to implement new nuclear law ‘word by word’

    Tehran says no changes seen regarding JCPOA, warns to implement new nuclear law ‘word by word’

    Jan 25, 2021 09:12

    Tehran says nothing new has happened with regard to the 2015 nuclear agreement it reached with six world powers, which was later ditched by former US President Donald Trump.

  • Iran not interested in ‘direct contact’ with Biden administration for now: Senior diplomat

    Iran not interested in ‘direct contact’ with Biden administration for now: Senior diplomat

    Jan 24, 2021 02:55

    A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic has had no contact with the administration of new US President Joe Biden, stressing that any possible talks could only be held within the “right format” of a 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement signed between Tehran and major world powers.

  • Biden’s US should seize chance to lift bans, rejoin Iran nuclear deal: Zarif

    Biden’s US should seize chance to lift bans, rejoin Iran nuclear deal: Zarif

    Jan 22, 2021 15:56

    Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the US President Joe Biden to end his predecessor’s fruitless pressure policy against Iran and begin the process of rejoining the 2015 nuclear agreement by lifting all unilateral sanctions unconditionally, warning that the “window of opportunity will not be open” for the new White House team forever.

  • Unlawful US sanctions dealt blow to multilateralism

    Unlawful US sanctions dealt blow to multilateralism

    Jan 21, 2021 09:31

    Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again slammed the US for turning its back on its obligations under the 2015 nuclear agreement, saying Washington has profoundly undermined multilateralism by imposing unlawful sanctions on others.

  • What is the way to combat US sanctions?

    What is the way to combat US sanctions?

    Jan 21, 2021 03:42

    In his televised speech that was delivered on January 8, 2021, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei discussed the issue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying, “We do not at all insist on the return of the US to the JCPOA, and we are in no rush for that country to do so… Our reasonable, logical demand is that sanctions be lifted. This is a right that has been taken away from the Iranian nation.”

  • EU's Borrell calls for close cooperation with US on Iran deal as Biden is to be sworn in

    EU's Borrell calls for close cooperation with US on Iran deal as Biden is to be sworn in

    Jan 20, 2021 13:05

    The EU foreign policy chief has called for closer cooperation between the bloc and the new US administration on three key areas, including the Iran nuclear deal, after the end of what he called ‘governing by tweeting’ of Donald Trump.

  • Rouhani: Ball now in Biden administration's court

    Rouhani: Ball now in Biden administration's court

    Jan 20, 2021 05:51

    President Hassan Rouhani hailed the end of Donald Trump’s political life that left a legacy of American political isolation, saying the ball is now in the court of the incoming US administration which must make up for its predecessor’s mistakes and return to law.

  • US should rejoin Iran nuclear deal with no preconditions: China

    US should rejoin Iran nuclear deal with no preconditions: China

    Jan 20, 2021 02:52

    China has called on the incoming US administration to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with no preconditions and remove the unilateral sanctions on the country.