TEHRAN, November 20 - Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said Russia has decided to open a €3 billion credit line to finance the international North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC) which connects India to Russia via Iran.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Japan and South Korea will resume imports of Iranian crude oil as of next month or so after halting shipments ahead of new US sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Russia may launch settlements with Iran in national currencies in order to continue bilateral cooperation despite the US sanctions against Tehran, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US’s renewed campaign of pressure and sanctions will only strengthen the Iranian nation’s “resolve to resist,” and that his country will even “thrive” under such restrictive measures.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected media reports that Iraqi President Barham Salih is mediating between Tehran and Riyadh by passing on a message.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov rejected a recent claim by Washington that Iran is not abiding by the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, stressing that Tehran has been “fully” compliant with its commitments under the treaty.
TEHRAN, November 20 - The highest ranking diplomats of Iran and Britain at a meeting in Tehran discussed a range of issues, including the latest regional developments and the special purpose vehicle (SPV) aimed at saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and maintaining Europe’s trade with Iran.
TEHRAN, November 20 - European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said work is continuing on the special purpose vehicle (SPV) aimed at facilitating trade with Iran following the reimposition of US sanctions on the country, but gave no specific date as to when it is going to be implemented.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi said whe unable or unwilling, the European Union has failed to create the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), the mechanism aimed at facilitating trade with Iran in the US sanctions era.
TEHRAN, November 20 - The Islamic Republic of Iran Medical Council (IRIMC) says illegal economic sanctions imposed by the United States against Tehran have negative impacts on the country's health sector, calling for an immediate and humanitarian solution to the issue.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani says European countries collaborating with the United States' policies are accomplices in crimes committed by the US, the Israeli regime and reactionary states in the region.
TEHRAN, November 19 - The office of Iraqi President Barham Salih denied media reports that he is mediating between Iran and Saudi Arabia by passing on a message from Tehran to Riyadh.
TEHRAN, November 19 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the United States is wishfully thinking that it can subdue Iran with economic and psychological strain, emphasizing that Iran will not yield to such pressure.
TEHRAN, November 19 - A senior UN official for humanitarian affairs met with an Iranian foreign minister special assistant about the conflicts in the Middle East and ways to help the war-hit people of Yemen in particular.
TEHRAN, November 19 - Iran, Russia, and Turkey will hold the next round of talks on Syria on Nov. 28-29 in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Monday.