TEHRAN, November 15 - The European Union has reportedly picked Luxembourg to host the so-called Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which the bloc has designed to conduct banking transactions with Iran after the United States restored sanctions against the country earlier this month.
TEHRAN, November 14 - Tehran’s envoy to the UK says the US has failed to rally the world community behind its new sanctions against Iran, and that the Islamic Republic possesses “enough leverage” to keep its oil sales going despite US attempts to reduce them to “zero.”
TEHRAN, November 14 - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami warned the enemies that any aerial military action against the country will draw such a crushing response that the perpetrators would regret it.
TEHRAN, November 14 - A senior Iranian diplomat has warned that the possible collapse of a historic nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers in 2015 would certainly add to political complications in the Middle East.
TEHRAN, November 14 - The 2018 edition of the International Islamic Unity Conference, the world’s baggiest gathering of Islamic scholars, is planned to be held in Tehran later this month.
TEHRAN, November 14 - Iran’s intelligence forces disbanded five international drug rings in the country’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, confiscating a large amount of heroin precursor imported from Europe.
TEHRAN, November 13 - President of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran Alireza Marandi says the United States has endangered the lives of many Iranian patients by imposing "unjust" food and medicine sanctions against Tehran.
TEHRAN, November 13 -Former German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel says small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can continue trade with Iran despite US sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, November 13 - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani called for European Union’s effective measures to save the 2015 nuclear deal and said the EU’s independence in the face of US sanctions would also serve the interests of European countries.
TEHRAN, November 13 - A top Iranian Navy commander shrugged off US threats against the Islamic Republic and said the Armed Forces are fully ready to guarantee the security of the country’s oil tankers in international waters.
TEHRAN, November 13 - Iran and Syria have pledged to keep counter-terrorism cooperation and to counter US bids to revive terrorists and create obstacles to prolong the war in the Arab country.
TEHRAN, November 13 - Iran knew about Saudi Arabia’s plans to assassinate senior Iranian officials, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed.
TEHRAN, November 12 -Iran says it plans to sue the United States at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for sanctioning its maritime transport services.
TEHRAN, November 12 -Iran has continued to implement all its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal it signed with major global powers even as the United States re-imposed fresh sanctions against Tehran, a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says.
TEHRAN, November 12 -Iran’s armed forces have pledged to protect the country’s oil tankers against possible threats after the United States said the ships should not be allowed to dock anywhere because they were a “floating liability.”
TEHRAN, November 12 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Pakistani officials have pledged to help release the Iranian border guards who were recently abducted by Takfiri terrorists near the common border.