TEHRAN, October 21 - Iran’s vice president for legal affairs hailed the Financial Action Task Force’s decision to extend suspension of counter-measures against Tehran, saying it would do a big favor to a European Union-proposed payment system for sustained trade with Iran under US sanctions.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Iran has sent a major cargo of oil to China before the re-imposition of the second round of US sanctions that will be meant to target the country's oil exports.
TEHRAN, October 20 -Iran has dismissed the "false and baseless" claim made by the United States about Tehran's efforts to undermine US elections, including next month’s midterms, saying such allegations are rooted in an "unknown delusion."
TEHRAN, October 20 -Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has demanded that Islamabad push for the release of a number of Iranian forces abducted in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on the border with Pakistan.
TEHRAN, October 20 -Iran’s new ambassador to Seoul says there is a “comprehensive plan” aimed at expansion of bilateral ties with South Korea in face of returning US actions.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Iran's ambassador to the UN says the US cannot cover up the crimes Israel commits against the Palestinian children, adding Washington is also the killer of 66 Iranian kids.
TEHRAN, October 20 - An unprecedented volume of Iranian crude oil is set to arrive at China’s northeast Dalian port this month and in early November before US sanctions on Iran take effect, according to an Iranian shipping source and data on Refinitiv Eikon.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly condemned a terrorist attack in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar that led to the deaths of three senior officials of the South Asian country.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry expressed sympathies over a fatal train accident in India’s northern city of Amritsar that killed scores of people at a ritual ceremony.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry has hailed a decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering body, to extend the suspension of its counter-measures against Tehran despite Washington’s tremendous efforts to get the Islamic Republic back into the body’s blacklist.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Participants in the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) have reaffirmed their "collective support" for a multilateral nuclear agreement Iran signed with major world powers in 2015, saying the lifting of sanctions against Tehran is an essential part of the deal.
TEHRAN, October 20 - US President Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia functions as a counterbalance to Iran in the Middle East region and this has put Washington in a “complex” situation with regards to Riyadh’s explanation about dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli called for immediate joint operation with Pakistan to secure the release of Iranian border guards who have been kidnapped on the country’s border with Pakistan.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Turkey’s top refiner, Tupras, is in talks with US officials to obtain a waiver allowing it to keep buying Iranian oil after Washington reinstates sanctions on Tehran’s energy sector in November, industry sources said.
TEHRAN, October 19 - European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-member block is “working on the concert establishment” of its plan to set up a way to preserve business with Iran and avoid renewed US sanctions.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Tehran has called on Islamabad to adhere to its commitments under bilateral security agreements days after Pakistan-based terrorists kidnapped a number of Iranian forces, emphasizing the need for a joint operation to determine their fate.
TEHRAN, October 19 - All those armed Syrian oppositionists who have joined the peace process for their country and have renounced violence are part of the solution to the Syrian crisis and “shall be” discriminated from terrorist groups, Iran’s chief negotiator for Syria says.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Iran's deputy ambassador to the UN says the United States should stop supporting terrorism in Syria and end its illegal military presence there as regional efforts are underway to find a political solution to over seven years of militancy gripping the Arab country.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected US and Israeli calls for Moscow to persuade Iran to pull its military forces out of Syria, saying it is not what Russia can make a decision about.