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.
TEHRAN, October 18 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, held talks about the destiny of a number of Iranian border guards who were recently abducted by Takfiri terrorists near the Pakistani border.
TEHRAN, October 18 - Iran’s Army is going to host the first edition of the International Military Sports Council (CISM) archery competitions in November, a top commander said.
TEHRAN, October 18 - Iran’s senior officials remain generally upbeat about the country’s oil production outlook despite looming US sanctions which seek to drain a key source of revenues.
TEHRAN, October 18 - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has repudiated new US sanctions on Iran’s businesses, saying Washington appears to be taking every opportunity to exert pressure on countries it dislikes.
TEHRAN, October 18 - The United States is becoming increasingly addicted to sanctions, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned, after Washington imposed fresh sanctions on a number of Iranian entities.
TEHRAN, October 18 - South Korean Ambassador to Tehran Ryu Jeong-hyun says companies in his country understand the significance of the Iranian market and will not leave it under the US sanctions.
TEHRAN, October 17 -Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Iranian nation should look to countries in the East on its path of scientific progress, because relying on Western states will not contribute to the country's growth.
TEHRAN, October 17 - The mastermind of a September terrorist attack in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz has been killed in Iraq’s Diyala province, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced.
TEHRAN, October 17 - The US is bullying OPEC into lowering oil prices while its very own sanctions against Iran have upset the global oil market, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, October 17 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed Qatar as a great and grown-up nation and slammed foreign interference in the internal affairs of the Arab country.