TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has ruled out the prospect of Iran and the P4+1 engaging in a process of talks for the sake of talks, saying the duration of the nuclear negotiations is determined by national interests. The chief Iranian diplomat’s comments were posted in Persian on his Instagram page. He […]

TEHRAN –Works by American writer, humorist, novelist, and lecturer Mark Twain were reviewed during a program on Thursday on Namayesh Radio, an IRIB’s radio station dedicated to audio plays and performances. Actor Reza Omrani, actress Behnaz Bostandust and scholar and translator Keyhan Bahmani participated in the program, which involved reading and reviewing some of Twain’s […]

Billboard — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Friday expressed grave concern over the events in the past few days in Iraq, particularly a car explosion at Baghdad, which left four people killed and 20 wounded. He said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always supported the security, stability and territorial integrity of Iraq, […]

Billboard — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Friday that new U.S. sanctions against Russia is a wrong move and completely unacceptable. He added, “Apparently, the U.S. government’s addiction to sanctions against other countries under false pretenses has become an institutionalized approach in this country, and the change of administrations has not had […]

Billboard — Iraj Masjedi, Iran’s ambassador to Iraq, met with Salar Abdul Sattar Mohammad, Iraq’s minister of justice, on Friday to discuss expansion of judicial cooperation between the two neighboring countries. During the meeting, Ambassador Masjedi thanked the Iraqi judiciary for its cooperation in transferring Iranian prisoners in Iraq to the country and presented an […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Iran criticized the European countries during the latest round of nuclear talks in Vienna for imposing so-called human rights sanctions on Iran and ignoring recent sabotage at a key Iranian nuclear plant. Araghchi said the new EU sanctions are meant to undermine […]