TEHRAN, July 18 - Russia's special presidential envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev will pay a visit to Tehran on Wednesday to brief the Iranian leadership on results of the recent Trump-Putin summit in Finland, a report said.
TEHRAN, July 17 - Iran’s energy minister says rising energy consumption amid a suffocating heat wave forced the country to cut power exports to neighboring Iraq which is grappling with an electricity crisis.
TEHRAN, July 17 - European countries have activated a blocking statute that prohibits companies from complying with US sanctions on Iran, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says.
TEHRAN, July 17 - Iran’s top military commander has emphasized the importance of enhancing defense relations with Pakistan, saying the two neighbors are seeking to jointly manufacture defense equipment.
TEHRAN, July 17 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted the commitment of remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) after the US exit and said their practical measures have started.
TEHRAN, July 17 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the complaint that Tehran has filed against the US is due to Washington’s breach of its international commitments, particularly the 1955 Treaty of Amity.
TEHRAN, July 17 - Deputy Head of Iranian Chamber of Commerce Pedram Soltani said Europe has allocated $80 billion for Iranian companies doing business with Iran.
TEHRAN, July 17 - The European Union Foreign Affairs Council approved the amendment on the 1996 regulation in order to block in Europe the extraterritorial effects of American sanctions against European companies doing business with Iran.
TEHRAN, July 17 - The French, British and German governments have told Iran they are exploring activating accounts for the Iranian central bank with their national central banks in a bid to open a financial channel to keep alive the Iranian nuclear deal, according to several European officials.
TEHRAN, July 17 - Iran said a recent move by Saudi Arabia to increase its production of oil despite last month’s agreement by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to maintain supply limits has already put the credibility of the Organization at stake, stressing that Riyadh would be responsible for the future repercussions of this.
TEHRAN, July 17 - Iran's Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alawi announced that the country’s security forces managed to detain members of a terrorist team affiliated to the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) in southwestern Iran.
TEHRAN, July 16 -Indications are growing that Chinese companies are scrapping plans to purchase oil from the United States and are instead turning to Iran for imports in what appears to be a result of escalating trade tariff war between Beijing and Washington.
TEHRAN, July 16 - The United States exposed made a surprise revelation that could suggest its campaign to bring down Iran’s oil exports to zero is based on ‘miscalculations’ – as Iran had earlier warned.
TEHRAN, July 16 - Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says the United States seeks insecurity in the Middle East and is against restoration of security to this region.
TEHRAN, July 16 - Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Monday the U.S. withdrawal from world powers' 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran would have negative consequences for Middle East stability.
TEHRAN, July 16 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic has lodged a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the United States' "unlawful" move to re-impose "unilateral" sanctions against Tehran.
TEHRAN, July 16 - Iran said US President Donald Trump’s anticipation that certain oil producers can fill the market gap created as a result of cutting off Iranian supplies is based on a “miscalculation” and that he had fallen into a trap that the same producers had created.
TEHRAN, July 16 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called US President Donald Trump's "deal of the century" for the Palestinian territories a "satanic" plan, saying it is a non-starter.