TEHRAN, Apr 11 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s assistant and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza held talks on a range of issues, including the political crisis that has engulfed the Latin American country.
TEHRAN, Apr 11 - An American political commentator described US President Donald Trump’s move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as “insane” and “self-defeating”, saying that the force is the “leading regional force fighting against the actual terrorists”.
TEHRAN, Apr 11 - The first trilateral meeting between the foreign affairs committees of parliaments of Iran, Turkey and Russia has been held in Moscow.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - US Republican Senator Rand Paul has warned Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about going to war with Iran, reminding him that he has no “permission” to do so.
TEHRAN, Apr 11 - Mohammad Javad Zarif recalled Donald Trump’s admission that Iran has been fighting with ISIS, saying that he knows well who from Iran fought with ISIS and made sacrifices for the cause.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - Iranian exports of crude oil and condensate have surged to levels near before sanctions, surprising market observers and affording the country an important victory in a US “economic war” on Tehran.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - London-based Standard Chartered has been fined $1.1 billion by US authorities for allegedly breaching sanctions against Iran and other countries.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman took a swipe at Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for welcoming the US decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps a “terrorist group”, reminding Riyadh and Manama that such worthless stances could not hide their role in sponsoring terrorism.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - The ambassador said that a C-130 aircraft carrying relief goods flew to Iran on Wednesday while another aircraft would leave on Thursday, IRNA reported.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - French President Emmanuel Macron says Paris and its European partners are pressing the Trump administration to moderate the sanctions it imposed against Tehran after withdrawing the US from the Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi says the country plans to launch three domestically-developed satellites into orbit as it presses ahead with its aerospace program despite US warnings.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 -Iran’s most senior military body vows to “spare no effort” in fighting the “terrorist” American forces operating in West Asia, a day after Washington blacklisted the country’s elite Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Iran has appointed President Hassan Rouhani’s deputy chief of staff and former nuclear negotiator as the country’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Iran says Washington’s designation of its Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist organization” runs counter to international norms, and stems from the US and the Israeli regime’s anger over the elite military force’s power and success in foiling their plots in the region.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - The US has left the world guessing on whether it will extend waivers for countries importing oil from Iran, but the recent rally in prices means there is little room for maneuver.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Iran’s second largest airline, Mahan Air, has launched direct flights to the Venezuelan capital Caracas, marking a further strengthening of bilateral ties as the US tightens sanctions screws on both countries.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the recent decision by the United States to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) a “foreign terrorist organization” is rooted in America’s “rancor” against the force, which has been on the forefront of the fight against Iran’s enemies.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 -Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi condemned the US move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and said in a reciprocal move, Tehran designates US forces in the Middle East as terrorists.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described US President Donald Trump’s move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as another “misguided” election gift to the Israeli prime minister on the eve of the regime’s election.