TEHRAN, Jun 24 - The Iranian parliament has sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei asking about using the reserves of the National Development Fund (NDF) to boost the capacities of the country’s oil and gas refineries.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 -Just when junior foreign office minister Andrew Murrison was on a mission to Tehran to ostensibly “reduce” tensions in the Persian Gulf region, his superior, UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt indicated that Britain would be ready to join the United States in attacking Iran.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 -Russia says it and its partners will take steps to counter new sanctions that US President Donald Trump has said it will impose on Iran Monday.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 -Iran has dismissed attempts by the United States to form a coalition against the Islamic Republic, saying such measures are destined to fail.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 - Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi said the Europeans’ failure to fulfill their commitments under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal has left Iran with no choice but to stop honoring its obligations.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 - Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) highlighted the failure of the US policy of pressure and sanctions, saying Tehran will press on with its uranium enrichment activities as already announced by the authorities.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 -There is a “clear divide” in the Trump administration in how to deal with Iran in the wake of the downing of a US drone violating the country’s airspace while the US president’s base remains against war with the Islamic Republic, an analyst says.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman dismissed a controversy over the case of Nazanin Zaghari, a dual Iranian-British citizen jailed in Iran on espionage charges, and denounced protests against her detention that have been disrupting the activities of Iran’s Embassy in London.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday reiterated the country’s stance on Washington’s economic sanctions against Tehran and said the Islamic Republic is resolved to resist such pressures “with full power”.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson slammed British Foreign Office Minister Andrew Murrison for making unconstructive comments about Iran just after meetings with Iranian officials.
TEHRAN, Jun 23 - US Sen. Bernie Sanders has slammed President Donald Trump for mishandling the rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, saying he has “helped create the crisis" with Iran.
TEHRAN, Jun 23 - Political commentator Jason Unruhe says the US president called off an alleged retaliatory strike on Iran to avoid voter backlash at home rather than to save lives on the ground in Iran.
TEHRAN, Jun 23 -Iranian Parliament Vice-Speaker Massoud Pezeshkian hailed the recent shooting down of a US spy drone over Iran’s territorial waters, saying it was a strong punch in the mouth of the US and demonstrated that Iran will not give in to pressures and threats.
TEHRAN, Jun 23 - An Iranian vice president pledged that the Islamic Republic will take legal action against the US for violating the country’s airspace.
TEHRAN, Jun 23 -Political analyst Ryan Dawson says Iran’s shooting down of a trespassing US spy drone was a move in the right direct, and that any country would do the same thing in the face of such an incursion.
TEHRAN, Jun 23 -US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Iran “violence and disinformation” after Iran shoots down an American state-of-the-art spy drone over its territorial waters, repeating claims without evidence that the aircraft was targeted over international waters.
TEHRAN, Jun 22 - Northrop Grumman Corporation, the American manufacturer of the RQ-4A Global Hawk spy drone recently shot down by the Islamic Republic, had reportedly used a fictitious war scenario with Iran to convince the Pentagon to buy the expensive unmanned aerial vehicle.
TEHRAN, Jun 22 - Iran says it will not allow any incursions by the United States into its borders regardless of the response that may come from Washington.