TEHRAN, September 28 - Back home from New York, President Hassan Rouhani says Washington's attempts to advance an anti-Iran agenda at the UN only backfired, stressing that this year's General Assembly session and related events further exposed the US's isolation on the world stage.
TEHRAN, September 27 - India’s Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj says her country will continue to purchase Iran’s oil despite sanctions re-imposed by the US on Iran.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani slams the US’s withdrawal from the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, saying the United Nations should not allow any country to make a habit of breaching international commitments, especially those under Security Council resolutions.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Speaking in a meeting with the Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Bin Mohamad on Wednesday in New York on the sideline of the UN General Assembly session, Rouhani hailed the steps taken to cement relations between the two countries in different fields such as energy, joint ventures, and scientific cooperation.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says President Donald Trump is behind the current oil price spike, dismissing the US president’s attack on OPEC in his controversial address to the UN on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says US President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has isolated Washington as the majority of countries back the historic agreement.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has blasted the United States for abusing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to further undermine the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, an accord that US President Donald Trump quit in May.
TEHRAN, September 27 - EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the bloc’s initiative to facilitate payment to/from Iran as part of efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal could be in place before November, when the US is to re-impose the second batch of its anti-Iran sanctions.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has lashed out at Western countries for adopting a double-standard policy toward the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), reminding them of their support for slain Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in his war on Iran in the 1980s.
TEHRAN, September 26 - Tensions have escalated between the US and European Union (EU) countries over their plan to preserve business with Iran and avoid renewed American sanctions.
TEHRAN, September 26 - The first summit of regional security dialogue kicked off in Tehran, with Iran, Russia, China, India, and Afghanistan national security advisers attended.
TEHRAN, September 26 - An American political analyst said the triangle of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US was behind the recent terrorist attack in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz, adding that Saudi Arabia has been consistently involved in providing support for terrorist activities across the region.
TEHRAN, September 26 - An Iranian deputy foreign minister said a ministerial meeting of Iran and the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly has laid bare the US isolation.
TEHRAN, September 26 - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde says she met President Hassan Rouhani in New York Monday and discussed economic challenges facing Iran.
TEHRAN, September 26 - Oil prices on Tuesday rose to the highest level since 2014, with traders predicting them north of $100 per barrel in the not far-off future amid uncertainty over looming US sanctions on Iranian exports.
TEHRAN, September 26 - A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has rejected a US offer for possible meeting and negotiations with high-ranking Iranian officials.
TEHRAN, September 25 -French President Emmanuel Macron has called for "dialogue and multilateralism" on Iran, shortly after his American counterpart promised hard-hitting sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, September 25 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said any talks should be within the framework and in continuation of the JCPOA and Security Council resolution 2231.