Iran urges intl. bodies to abide by commitments to refugees Iranian Interior Minister called on international bodies and organizations to live up to their commitments towards Afghan refugees. Speaking in a joint meeting with Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Tehran on Monday evening, Iranian Minister of Interior Ahmad Vahidi stated that UN […]
The recent round of Vienna talks ended last Friday with slight progress on a number of issues. After more than two weeks of intense negotiations, the delegations decided to take a break to make consultations in capitals and prepare for the next round which is expected to take place before the end of this month. […]
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Enrique Mora wrote, “Round 7 had its own logic and purpose in three phases: incorporate the new IR delegation into an ongoing, rather mature in terms of procedures, negotiation; discuss potential new ideas from a new government; see whether other delegations keen to incorporate any of those ideas into […]
TEHRAN – Iran is firm to make every effort to restore the 2015 nuclear deal in its original form but it demands verifiable guarantees that the other parties will not again violate their obligations, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said on Tuesday, insisting “full, effective and verifiable implementation of the agreement by all sides.” The […]
TEHRAN – The Iranian Army chief said on Monday that Israel’s “empty threats” against Iran originate from its “fear”. Abdolrahim Mousavi made the remarks during an opening ceremony of an exhibition on the capabilities and achievements of the Navy. Mousavi warned that any Israeli move to operationalize its threats would be met with a “proportionate […]
TEHRAN — Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, said on Sunday that the United States seeks to begin a sectarian war in the region. Hajizadeh made the remarks in the presence of commanders, administrators, professors and students of Imam Hussein University (AS). The brigadier general also described West […]
TEHRAN— Ali Bahador Jahromi, the Iranian government spokesman, said on Sunday that Canada must put an end to shows and extradite Iranian embezzlers and return the stolen public property. “The Canadian government’s show on International Human Rights Day” are not acceptable, Bahadori Jahromi wrote on his Twitter account. The government spokesman added, “The Iranian people […]
TEHRAN – An Iranian diplomat said on Friday that countries that have been contributing to concentration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere have “historical responsibility” to compensate related damages. Zahra Ershadi, deputy permanent representative of Iran to the UN, made the remarks in a statement before the UN General Assembly Plenary. Ershadi also […]
TEHRAN — President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday it is Iran’s strategy to break sanctions. Raisi made the remarks in a meeting with ambassadors and heads of missions of Iran to 15 neighboring countries. He added, “The enemy’s strategy is that the shadow of these sanctions to always remain and grow on the Iranian […]
TEHRAN — A number of CEOs of large holdings and Turkish investors in Iran met with Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, on Thursday night on the sidelines of a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey. At the beginning of the meeting, the CEOs […]
TEHRAN – Rome’s ambassador to Tehran Giuseppe Perrone has paid a visit to the UNESCO-registered Persepolis when he admired sets of glazed bricks recently unearthed by a team of Iranian and Iranian experts. Accompanied by several diplomates and embassy staff, the envoy visited Tall-e Ajori, a ruined royal gateway in the vicinity of Persepolis, where […]
TEHRAN – An Azeri delegation headed by the Managing Director of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Rovnag Ibrahim Abdullayev visited Tehran to meet with the Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji and discuss expansion of cooperation, Shana reported. As reported, the two sides discussed the development of gas cooperation in the Caspian Sea region, […]