TEHRAN, May 23 - Iran’s foreign minister says American officials are prisoners to their “pipe dreams” and “corrupt” pressure groups in drawing up their foreign policy agenda, describing this as a sign of Washington’s “bankruptcy.”
TEHRAN, May 23 - British oil company BP says it has halted work on a gas field which it co-owns with National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) in the North Sea, citing US plans to reimpose sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, May 23 - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces blasted the US for drawing a list of shoulds and shouldn’ts for Iran, stressing that the Islamic Republic would never wait for permission from anybody to enhance its defense capabilities.
TEHRAN, May 23 - Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Yasser Othman, the Head of Egypt’s Interests Section in Tehran met on Tuesday and underlined the importance of developing parliamentary ties between Iran and Egypt.
TEHRAN, May 23 - Austrian oil and gas group OMV said it had not halted its planned Iranian energy projects despite the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
TEHRAN, May 23 - Iran’s envoy to the United Nations has said that Israel's killing of scores of Palestinian protesters on May 14 was a pre-planned measure.
TEHRAN, May 22 - A senior Iranian official says legitimate governments of Iraq and Syria have called for Iran's military advisory presence in their countries in order to help them fight terrorism.
TEHRAN, May 22 - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has questioned the practicality of the tough conditions set by the US for a new “jumbo” Iran deal after the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the multi-national Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, May 22 -A Tuesday session of the Iranian parliament saw fierce disputation over the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, as a group of lawmakers demanded careful scrutiny of the convention before voting on Iran’s accession to it.
TEHRAN, May 22 -Spokesman for the Iranian Administration Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said the American officials who have reneged on the international 2015 nuclear deal approved by the United Nations Security Council do not deserve to negotiate with the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, May 22 - Indian refiners say they are keen to maintain oil imports from Iran despite the US withdrawal from a nuclear deal with Tehran and threats to pressure the country with “the strongest sanctions in history.”
TEHRAN, May 22 - The Iranian women's Sokkan rowing team has put a convincing end to its campaign at the first edition of Hong Kong Barcelona Dragon Boat Festival in Spain, and clinched a silver medal at the prestigious international tournament.
TEHRAN, May 22 - The EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini stressed that there is no "alternative" to the Iran nuclear deal, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed "painful" sanctions against Tehran.
TEHRAN, May 22 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the US President Donald Trump administration for unilaterally withdrawing from the multi-nation Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, May 22 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for the meddlesome, hostile and threatening comments he made against Tehran during a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC.
TEHRAN, May 21 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi called on foreign sides to respect the vote of the Venezuelan people in the country's presidential election and support the establishment of political stability and economic development in Caracas.
TEHRAN, May 21 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the United States cannot make decisions for Iran and other independent countries after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanded broad changes in the course of the Islamic Republic's foreign and domestic policy.
TEHRAN, May 21 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington will increase the financial pressure on Iran by imposing the "strongest sanctions in history" on the Islamic Republic if Tehran refuses to change the course of its foreign and domestic policy.
TEHRAN, May 21 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi calls on foreign sides to respect the vote of the Venezuelan people in the country's presidential election and support the establishment of political stability and economic development in Caracas.