Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it still remains to be seen if US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are prepared to depart from their predecessors’ attitude towards Iran. “It remains unclear whether POTUS (President of the United States) and Sec Blinken are ready to …
Read More »US, Israeli nukes threaten region: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to the 75th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, saying the US, ISRAEL nuclear weapons “threaten our region”. “75 years ago today, the US gained the infamy of becoming the 1st and ONLY user of nuclear …
Read More »Iranian FM arrives in Baghdad
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Iraqi capital on Sunday morning. Heading a political delegation, Zarif arraived in Baghdad to hold separate talks with senior Iraqi officials. Upon arrival in Baghdad, he is set to meet with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein and will then attend a joint …
Read More »The Iranian Embassy clarifies the themes and meetings of Zarif in Baghdad
The Iranian Embassy in Baghdad announced that the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, Mohammad Javad Zarif, will meet during his visit tomorrow, Sunday to Iraq, six dignitaries and officials in Iraq. A statement by the Iranian Embassy, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA) said: “Zarif …
Read More »Zarif rejects rumors over sale of Kish Island to China: MP
Iranian Foreign Minister described the rumors over the sale of Kish Island to China due to the intentions of the enemies to prevent the development of Iran-China relations, said Iranian Parliament member. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was scheduled to go to the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy …
Read More »Iran’s Zarif Says Bolton Book Shows US Plot to Collapse Regime
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif cited former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s new book as evidence that the U.S. “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran is designed to bring down the regime entirely, rather than to pressure the government to adopt more moderate foreign policy and nuclear ambitions. Zarif told the …
Read More »Iran’s Zarif mocks Pompeo for making misleading claim amid a push to extend arms embargo
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has responded in a sarcastic message to the recent claim of his US counterpart about the end of the UN arms embargo on Iran. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted a map on Twitter claiming that Europe and Asia could be in Iran’s …
Read More »UK, France, Germany accessories to Trump, Netanyahu
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the European countries that sponsored a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against the Islamic Republic serve the interests of the United States and the Israeli regime. On Friday, the UN nuclear agency’s Board of Governors passed a resolution — put …
Read More »Iran will never surrender to illegal US pressures, Foreign Ministry
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi slammed the newly-imposed sanctions against Iran, highlighting that the country will never give in to US’ unilateral measures. “Iran will not surrender with such sanctions and pressures,” he said on Wednesday in an interview with IRIB, refereeing to recent sanctions imposed by the US …
Read More »Iraqi new FM, Iran’s Zarif discuss mutual ties on phone
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated Fuad Hussein on his assumption of the post of Foreign Minister of the Republic of Iraq and expressed his satisfaction with the formation of the cabinet of the new Iraqi government. In this phone conversation, Iran’s Foreign Minister stressed the need to implement …
Read More »It’s up to Trump to decide when to fix Iran nuclear deal: Zarif
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it is up to US President Donald Trump to determine the time he wants to fix the 2015 nuclear deal signed between the Islamic Republic and major world powers. According to Press TV, in a post on his official Twitter account on Friday, Zarif …
Read More »Iran will respond in kind if US makes trouble for Venezuela-bound oil tankers in Caribbean
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warns of retaliatory measures against the United States should Washington make “trouble” for Iranian tankers carrying fuel to gasoline-starved Venezuela. “If our tankers in the Caribbean or anywhere in the world face trouble [caused] by the Americans, they (the US) will also be in trouble in …
Read More »No talks underway between Iran, US: Zarif
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says there are no talks underway between Iran and the United States, reminding how Washington has proven to be an untrustworthy negotiation partner. “The Americans proved that one cannot rely on the results of talks with them,” Zarif told the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s …
Read More »Ilhan Omar calls for lifting of sanctions on Iran amid outbreak
congresswoman Ilhan Omar has renewed calls for the US to suspend sanctions against Iran, as the country’s crippled health-care system struggles to deal with the rapid spread of the coronavirus. “We need to suspend these sanctions before more lives are lost,” Omar said via Twitter on Friday, retweeting an earlier …
Read More »‘2231 for Dummies’: Iran FM Urges Pompeo to Read UN SC Resolution ‘Inseparable’ From JCPOA
Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was reported by The New York Times as mulling plans to invoke a provision in the Iran nuclear agreement (JCPOA), which the Trump administration pulled out of in 2018, to either seek the extension of an arms embargo on Iran or reimpose even …
Read More »Zarif: Neither US nor Europe can lecture Iran on its missile program
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says neither the United States nor its European allies, with their ‘flimsy’ misreading of the landmark nuclear deal of 2015, is allowed to ‘lecture’ the Islamic Republic on its missile program. “US has been bullying all against UNSC Resolution 2231 since 2017. Europe obeyed …
Read More »Zarif to Trump: Stop interfering in other nations’ affairs
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again warned US President Donald Trump against interfering in the internal affairs of other countries in the age of the new coronavirus. Zarif made the remarks in a Sunday posting on Twitter in an apparent reference to Trump’s Saturday allegation that the …
Read More »US hampering Iran’s coronavirus fight, crime against humanity
A high-ranking Iranian security official says the efforts made by the administration of US President Donald Trump to block Iran’s access to financial and other resources it needs to contain an ongoing pandemic of new coronavirus, known as COVID-19, amount to crime against humanity. Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s …
Read More »Zarif rejects Trump’s claim, says Iran won’t initiate any war
Iran’s top diplomat has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran is about to launch an attack on American troops in Iraq, reaffirming the stance that the Islamic Republic will not initiate any war but it will decisively respond to aggression. “Iran starts no wars, but teaches lessons to …
Read More »Only 13% of Americans support US military going to war over Saudi oil field attack
Just 13 percent of Americans would support the US military joining Saudi Arabia in a conflict as part of a response to a recent attack on Saudi oil facilities, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by the Business Insider news website, asked participants “what, if any, role do …
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