TEHRAN, December 12 - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi says Baghdad government will send a delegation to the United States to explore avenues for an exemption from sanctions against Iran, which would allow the Arab country to keep importing Iranian gas used to feed its power stations.
TEHRAN, December 12 - The US and Europe diverge on the need to uphold a landmark nuclear deal with Iran, but their trade path has taken a curiously similar trajectory since Washington reimposed sanctions on Tehran in August.
TEHRAN, December 12 - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has decided to continue investing in two major Iranian oilfields but suspend investment in the South Pars natural gas project, Reuters claimed on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, December 12 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States is complicit in the crimes the Saudi regime has been committing in a years-long war against the people of Yemen.
TEHRAN, December 12 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Georgian Ambassador to Tehran Ioseb Chakhvashvili over recent reports of the Tbilisi government’s disrespect for some Iranian passengers.
TEHRAN, December 12 - Iran’s ambassador to Vienna-based international organizations held meetings with senior officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Austria.
TEHRAN, December 12 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry hailed the parliamentary elections in Armenia as part of a trend towards democratic changes in the neighboring country.
TEHRAN, December 12 - An adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker criticized the European Union for lack of sufficient action to counter the US sanctions against Tehran and carry out a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, December 11 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the futility of the US government’s attempts to cut Iran’s oil exports down to zero and said that since the latest batch of economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic took effect, oil exports “have become better”.
TEHRAN, December 11 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran welcomes an initial agreement between Yemen’s warring sides who have gathered in Sweden for UN-sponsored peace talks.
TEHRAN, December 11 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underscored that the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 has not prohibited Iran’s missile activities.
TEHRAN, December 11 - Iran is capable of producing 25 million tonnes of steel in the current fiscal year which ends on March 21, 2019 but foreign sanctions and duties are a big hurdle, the head of the Iranian Steel Producers Association says.
TEHRAN, December 11 - An Iranian trade official said the value of the country’s non-oil exports in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (began March 21) has exceeded $31 billion.
TEHRAN, December 11 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, in a recent meeting with members of a committee tasked with holding a congress to commemorate martyrs of the province of South Khorasan, cautioned against the enemy’s plots to damage spiritual values in Iran.
TEHRAN, December 11 - The Iranian foreign minister’s special assistant for political affairs held a meeting with senior European diplomats in Belgium for talks about the crisis that has engulfed Yemen.
TEHRAN, December 10 - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has slammed “baseless” statements of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), saying that the council has turned into a front for proclaiming the policies of some of its member states.
TEHRAN, December 10 - Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says the kingdom is in talks with the United States about a new security alliance of Arab countries specifically aimed at countering Iran.
TEHRAN, December 10 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi, referring to the Georgian government’s recent move to disrespect some Iranian passengers, advised Iranian nationals to avoid unnecessary trips to the Caucasus country.