TEHRAN, Dec 30_Iran's top diplomat has said that recent naval drills between Iran, Russia and China show that Tehran is ready to cooperate to ensure safe maritime passage in the Hormuz Strait.
TEHRAN, Dec 28_Iran says its joint naval drills with China and Russia in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman reaffirm its resolve to secure vital waterways.
TEHRAN, Dec 18_Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged regional countries to develop “realistic” neighborly cooperation, instead of relying on “realpolitik” strategies, to guarantee security in the Persian Gulf region.
TEHRAN, Dec 15_Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the military presence of the United States in the Persian Gulf has brought about disaster for regional countries and helped foment extremism.
TEHRAN, Dec 5_Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a letter written to the UN chief by three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is aimed at hiding their “miserable incompetence” in fulfilling their commitments under the accord.
TEHRAN, Dec 2_Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has taken European countries to task for not fulfilling their promises to counteract the impact of US sanctions against Iran following Washington's withdrawal from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers, asking Europeans to at least carry out their ‘minimal human duty’ toward Iranians.
TEHRAN, Nov 27_Meeting with a visiting Taliban delegation, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has voiced Iran’s readiness to help promote intra-Afghan talks aimed at restoring peace and stability to the neighboring war-wracked country.
TEHRAN, Nov 6_Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran gives a response to the United States’ policy of pursuing “economic terrorism” and “blackmail” in a way quite opposite of what US President Donald Trump was led to believe.
TEHRAN, oct 31_Iran's foreign minister has hailed the first meeting of Syria's constitutional committee in Geneva, describing it as the beginning of a "path to the rule of law" in the Arab country following over eight years of war.
TEHRAN, oct 28_Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the United States for pursuing double standards toward the Islamic Republic, saying new regulations adopted by the White House would only worsen economic terrorism targeting the Iranian people.
TEHRAN, Sept 29_Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States has already initiated a cyber war against Iran, but it could not "finish" a full-fledged war if it started one against the country.
TEHRAN, Sept 23-Iranian Foreign Minister held separate meetings with Danish FM Jeppe Kofod and French FM Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday in New York on the sidelines of UN General Assembly.
TEHRAN, Sept 22-Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the US is "posturing" by sending troops and defense equipment to Saudi Arabia in response to last week's attacks on major Saudi Arabia oil facilities.
TEHRAN, Sept 20_Iran's 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.
TEHRAN, Sept 19_Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned a decision by US President Donald Trump to tighten economic pressure against Tehran, saying Washington once again proved that it deliberately seeks to target ordinary people.
TEHRAN, Sept 15 -"Blaming Iran won't end disaster," said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in reaction to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's accusing of Iran of having been behind the Yemeni drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities.
TEHRAN, Sept 14 -Amid reports about Israel's spying on the White House, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has mocked Washington’s friendly ties with Tel Aviv, saying the US needs no enemies with a spy in his allies.
TEHRAN, Sept 10 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest nuclear allegation against Tehran, noting that the Tel Aviv regime is the one that possesses nuclear arms.
TEHRAN, Sept 09 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has cautioned the Afghan warring parties against a plot that outsiders are hatching to trigger a new round of carnage across Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, Sept 09 -Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the three steps taken by the Islamic Republic to reduce its commitments under a nuclear deal it clinched with world powers in 2015 are legitimate and allowed under the agreement.
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