TEHRAN, May 12 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the White House would welcome the opportunity to negotiate with Tehran, adding that Washington's decision to deploy a carrier strike group to the region is not aimed at waging war against Iran.
TEHRAN, May 12 - The Pakistani border force commander says the country has started fencing its 950-kilometer-long shared border with Iran in an effort to strengthen security in the area.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi dismissed US President Donald Trump’s recent claim that he was ready to speak with Iranian leaders, saying his calls for negotiation are nothing but propaganda.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, shrugged off the recent deployment of US warships to the Persian Gulf waters, saying the Americans know that they cannot afford a military confrontation with Iran.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami briefed Iran’s lawmakers on the latest developments in the region and his plans to strengthen the IRGC.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Iran's Holy city of Qom is the place where the Muslim world's greatest Communal Quran recitation is taking place in the blessed month of Ramadhan.
TEHRAN, May 12 - Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran is facing an “all-out war” of economic and political pressures through sanctions imposed on the country.
TEHRAN, May 12 - The opening ceremony of the 27th Tehran International Quran Exhibition was held at the Imam Khomeini (RA) Mosalla (prayer hall) in the Iranian capital on Saturday evening.
TEHRAN, May 11 - The Pakistani border force commander says the country has started fencing its 950-kilometer-long shared border with Iran in an effort to strengthen security in the area.
TEHRAN, May 11 -The White House has contacted Swiss authorities to share a telephone number with Iran in hopes that Tehran will contact US President Donald Trump, CNN reports.
TEHRAN, May 11 - Iran's deputy minister of industry, mining and trade says the country is not much concerned about the United States' recent metal sanctions, noting that Iranian steel, copper and aluminum have already their own customers.
TEHRAN, May 11 - More than 200 prominent Iranian Sunni clerics in a letter to the UN chief slammed the beheadings of 37 Saudi nationals by the kingdom, calling for a detailed and independent investigation of the heinous crime.
TEHRAN, May 11 - The deputy chairman of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries said India’s first export shipment to Afghanistan has arrived at Iran's Chabahar Port.
TEHRAN, May 11 - Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi warned the European Union against continued passivity on the US sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying the opportunity to save the 2015 nuclear deal is limited.
TEHRAN, May 11 - Germany said Berlin, Paris, and London are making all-out efforts to implement INSTEX -a payment channel that the three EU signatories to the JCPOA have set up to maintain trade with Iran.
TEHRAN, May 10- Ranking diplomats from Iran and Britain held a meeting in Tehran to discuss a range of issues, including the bilateral relations and the latest status of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, May 11 - After US President Donald Trump publicly appealed to Iran to call him amid heightened tensions with Tehran, the White House contacted the Swiss on Thursday to share a phone number the Iranians could call the President on, according to a diplomatic source familiar with the move.
TEHRAN, May 11 - A spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party said US sanctions on Iranian oil exports do not serve peace in the region, noting that the embargoes are only affecting people.
TEHRAN, May 11 - An Iranian deputy foreign minister said Europeans must share the burden of addressing issues facing Afghan refugees, adding that Iran alone could not afford the costs of hosting Afghans while being hit by Western sanctions.