Iran sympathizes with India over train accident

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday expressed regret over a train accident in northern India which led to the death and injury of dozens of people.

Iran urges FATF to focus on technical reports

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) should focus on technical reports and avoid any political motivations.

Sanctions originate from U.S. ‘blind hostility’: Iran

TEHRAN – The new U.S. sanctions against Iran are part of a psychological war, “a clear insult to legal and international mechanisms” and a result of “blind hostility toward the Iranian nation”, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday.

Iran says studying opening of EU office in Tehran

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said Iran is considering the opening of a European Union office in Tehran and that both sides are weighing the conditions and possibilities on the matter.

Iran summons German ambassador over extradition of diplomat

TEHRAN – Lamenting Germany’s extradition of an Iranian diplomat to Belgium, months after he was arrested on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack on a meeting of Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) in Paris, the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the German ambassador to Tehran.

Iran names ambassadors to China, India

TEHRAN - Without giving their names, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said that Iran’s new ambassadors to China and New Delhi have been appointed.

Tehran strongly condemns terrorist attack in Turkey

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday denounced a recent terrorist attack in Turkey’s southeastern province of Batman, expressed Tehran’s deepest sympathy to the Turkish nation and families of the lost and wounded soldiers, Mehr reported.

Tehran calls Israeli president’s remarks ‘thoughtless’ and ‘rude’

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has warned the Zionist regime of Israel against anti-Iran “thoughtless” and “rude” statements.

Tehran rejects NATO chief’s remarks on its missile program

TEHRAN – Tehran has dismissed allegations raised by the NATO Secretary General against Iran’s missile program and regional policies, saying that Jens Stoltenberg had better be concerned about the unilateral and dangerous policies of the U.S.

Iran says missile attack won’t impede Astana talks

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday that Iran’s missile attacks on IS terrorists in Syria will not cause any impediment to the process of the Astana talks.

UAE and Bahrain are undermining their ‘legitimacy’ by ‘blindly’ following ‘dictated policies’, Iran laments 

Tehran dismisses as ‘worthless’ claims of interference in UAE, Bahrain 

TEHRAN – Claims that Iran interferes in the internal affairs of the UAE and Bahrain are “baseless”, “worthless”, and “illusory”, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said late on Sunday.

Iran: Riyadh ‘most notorious’ sponsor of terrorism

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday rejected the anti-Iran comments made by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, saying terrorism has its roots in the ideology promoted and sponsored by the regime in Saudi Arabia.

By refuting U.S. claims, Iran says condemns attack on diplomats and diplomatic missions

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday that Iran censures any attack on diplomats and diplomatic missions anywhere in the world, the Foreign Ministry website reported.

‘The world will laugh at Netanyahu’s anti-Iran show’

TEHRAN – The world will laugh at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims about a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said.

U.S. uses terrorism as a tool to advance policies: Iran’s Qassemi

TEHRAN – Terrorism is a strategic tool for the United States to advance its foreign policies in the world, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday, responding to an annual State Department report which named Iran “the leading state sponsor of terror.”

Iran summons Dutch, Danish and British diplomats over terror attack in Ahvaz

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned ambassadors of the Netherlands and Denmark as well as the British chargé d'affaires to Tehran after terrorists with alleged links to the European countries carried out attacks during a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday.

Iran: Terror sponsors can’t hide role in terrorist acts through 'double-talk' 

TEHRAN - In a statement on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the sponsors of terror cannot cover up their direct role in supporting anti-Iran terrorists through “false rhetoric, unfounded double-talk and childish doubts” about the nature of the terrorist attack in Ahvaz, capital of the southwestern Khuzestan province, on Saturday morning.

Claim of request for talks with Trump is ‘farcical’, Iran says

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday that Iran has never requested meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Iran says not even thinking of talks with ‘naïve’ Trump administration

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday that Iran does not even think about holding talks with the U.S., insisting negotiation with the “naïve” Trump administration is not on Tehran’s agenda.

MP calls on Iran’s Foreign Ministry to summon French ambassador

TEHRAN - Iranian lawmaker Mohammad Dehqan, who is a member to Iran-France parliamentary friendship group, has called on the Iranian Foreign Ministry to summon French ambassador to Tehran.

La police fail Iran embassy

TEHRAN – The French police failed to act swiftly to protect Iran’s diplomatic grounds when Komola terrorists assaulted the Iranian embassy in Paris on Friday.

Iran congratulates Iraq on electing new parliament speaker

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday congratulated Mohammed Rikan Hadeed al-Halbousi on his election as the new speaker of Iraq’s parliament, hoping for the immediate formation of new government in Iraq.

Iran rejects Arab quartet committee’s accusations as ‘delusive’ 

TEHRAN - The anti-Iran accusations raised in the final statement of the Arab quartet’s ministerial meeting is ill-founded, baseless, delusive and offensive, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday.

Tehran calls White House statement ‘provocative’ and 'irresponsible'

TEHRAN – Tehran on Wednesday denounced as “astonishing, provocative and irresponsible” a White House statement blaming Iran for the recent unrest in the Iraqi city of Basra, saying shifting the blame onto others would not erase Washington’s “destructive” role in Iraq.

Iran will not sit silent if enemies continue hatching plots, General Baqeri warns

Military chief: Missile attack on terrorists shows accuracy and strategy

TEHRAN - Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said on Tuesday that Iran’s armed forces will not sit silent if enemies continue hatching plots.

Iran consulate in Basra resumes work in new building

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Tuesday that the Iranian consulate in Basra has resumed its work in a new building after the old building was set ablaze in a raid.

Tehran rejects Bahrain’s claim on Iranian nationals’ illegal entry

A spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday dismissed claims by the Bahraini security agency that it had arrested 14 Iranian nationals for illegal entry with fake Asian passports, stressing that Tehran has been provided with no documents in this regard.

Iran condoles Japanese over deadly landslide

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday expressed deep sorrow over the recent deadly floods and landslides that have killed 20 and injured many more in Japan.

Iran-Iraq integrity under attack as suspects burn consulate in Basra

TEHRAN – Following an arson attack on the Iranian consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra on Friday night, the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad says certain elements seek to damage Iran-Iraq ties which have been built after years of efforts.

Tehran says pursuing attack against fishing boat

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said that Tehran is following up on the report of an attack against an Iranian fishing boat by the UAE coastguards.