Tehran, Baghdad discussing rial-based visas for Iranian pilgrims

TEHRAN – Tehran is in the last stage of talks with Baghdad to replace dollar with Iran’s national currency, rial, when issuing visas for Iranian pilgrims who plan to visit Iraq during the Arbaeen rituals, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday.

Iran rejects claims of sending missiles to Lebanon

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Tuesday rejected a report by Fox News that accused Iran of smuggling arms into Lebanon.

Iran says will cooperate with any political bloc taking power in Iraq

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Tehran will continue cooperation with Iraq no matter what political faction will form the administration.

Talks with Europeans on nuclear deal to continue, Iran says

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Sunday that Iran will continue talks with the Europeans on preserving the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Tehran says E3 guarantees fall short of saving JCPOA

TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic says that the European parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), have not offered guarantees strong enough to save the deal after the U.S. unilaterally walked out.

Iran says not given missiles to Iraq

TEHRAN – Iran is saying that it did not send missiles to Iraq, as claimed by foreign media.

Tehran says sacking of Hashd al-Sha’abi chief is an Iraqi issue

TEHRAN – Iran says Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s decision to remove national security adviser and Hashd al-Sha’abi chief Falih Alfayyadh is an internal affair which Tehran does not meddle with.

Qassemi: ‘Ill-wishers’ targeting Tehran-Paris relations

Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dismissed media reports that France has told its diplomats to postpone all non-essential trips to Iran, warning about attempts aimed at undermining relations between the Islamic Republic and European countries, especially France.

Iran to France: Missile program is non-negotiable

TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday reiterating Tehran’s long held policy that Iran’s missile program is “domestic”, “legitimate”, “defensive” and “non-negotiable”.

Tehran denounces Saudi aggression against Yemeni civilians

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday strongly denounced the Saudi-led coalition’s Thursday airstrike in Yemen that led to the deaths of more than 30 civilians, mostly children, in the western province of Hudaydah.

‘EU’s 18 million euro aid not related to package to save nuclear deal’

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Thursday that the European Union’s 18 million euro aid for Iran has nothing to do with a package supposed to be offered to save the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran says U.S. ‘action group’ is psychological warfare

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday that a new Iran Action Group in the U.S. State Department is a “psychological warfare” which will yield no result.

Iran protests disrespect for Islamic headscarves at Tbilisi airport

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi says Tehran has lodged its strong protest with Georgia after several Iranian passengers had their Islamic headscarves disrespected during security check for a flight from Tbilisi to Isfahan, the Foreign Ministry website reported on Thursday.

Tehran condoles Italy over deadly bridge collapse

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Tuesday offered his condolences to the Italian people and government over the collapse of a giant motorway bridge in Genoa, which led to the deaths and injuries of dozens of people.

No foreign country has right to establish military base in Caspian Sea, Iran says

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Sunday that based on the Caspian Sea convention no foreign country has the right to navigate or establish military base in the Caspian Sea.

Zarif in Kazakhstan for Caspian Sea summit

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday announced that the foreign ministers of the five Caspian Sea littoral states, including Iran, are scheduled to take part in the fifth Caspian Sea summit in Kazakhstan on Sunday to adopt a convention on its legal status, IRIB reported.

Iran rejects OIC accusations, denounces ‘Saudi-Emirati war crime’ in Yemen

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected accusations by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as “worthless”; it also said airstrike on a school bus in Yemen on Thursday constituted an example of the Saudi-UEA “war crime”.

‘Iran’s diplomatic, military fronts never more united’

TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry spokesman says Iran’s diplomatic and military fronts are more united than they have ever been.

Saudi Arabia issues visa for head of Iran interests section

TEHRAN – An informed source announced on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has agreed to grant visa to head of the interests section of Iran at the Saudi kingdom

Iran condemns assassination attempt on Venezuelan president

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Sunday denounced assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Tehran condemns deadly terror attack in Afghanistan

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday censured bomb attack in Afghanistan’s Paktia province which left dozens dead and injured.

Iran summons Tajik envoy over terror attack claims

TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry has summoned Dushanbe’s ambassador to Tehran to protest claims of linking a deadly terror attack in the Central Asian country to Iran, spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday.

Tehran calls attack on Yemen fish market ‘war crime’

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday denounced as a “war crime” the new Saudi-led air strikes on a fish market in Yemen’s western port city of Hudaydah, which killed about 40 people and injured many more.

‘Trump’s ill will toward Iran at odds with calls for dialogue’

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Tuesday that Tehran believes in “dialogue” and “logic”, but U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration have not acted in good faith, which is an essential prerequisite for dialogue, the Foreign Ministry website reported on Wednesday.

Tehran denies rumors of Omani FM’s visit

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Tuesday dismissed media reports that Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi will visit Tehran on Friday.

Washington has proven it is not trustworthy to negotiate with, Foreign Ministry says

‘U.S. not as crazy as going to war with Iran’

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday dismissed the possibility of a war against Iran by the United States, saying, “I doubt that America is so depleted of wise men that it would make such a terrible blunder.”

Tehran’s ambassador to China to be named soon

TEHRAN – After Abdolnaser Hemmati, who had been named as Iran’s ambassador to China, was tasked to take over as Iran’s central banker, the Foreign Ministry said Tehran will soon name a new ambassador to China. 

Tehran congratulates Pakistan on elections

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday congratulated Pakistan for successfully holding parliamentary and provincial elections.

“Iranians have always responded to threats with threats and to respect with respect”

Tehran says U.S. must abandon idea of talks ‘under shadow of threats’

TEHRAN – On Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the U.S. government must abandon “forever” the idea of “one-way negotiations” with Iran “under the shadow of threats”.

‘EU package should guarantee Iran’s interests’

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said that any economic package by the European Union, Russia and China should “guarantee Iran’s interests” if the 2015 nuclear agreement is going to continue to exist.