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2022-05-20 21:39
UN special rapporteur: Sanctions have negatively affected people, particularly the most vulnerable
TEHRAN — At the end of a 12-day trip to Iran, Alena Douhan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) on the enjoyment of human rights, issued a press release late on Wednesday about preliminary assessments of her visit to the sanctions-hit Iran.
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2022-05-20 21:21
Why is BBC trying to reverse reality?
TEHRAN — Alena Douhan, the UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions, visited Tehran on May 7. Douhan, who has previously studied the effects of sanctions in Qatar, Venezuela and Zimbabwe, came to Tehran to comprehensively investigate the effects of sanctions on the daily lives of Iranians.
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2022-05-20 18:33
No good intention justifies illegal sanctions
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2022-05-18 21:17
“My task is to show facts, which sometimes are horrible,” Alena Douhan says
UN special rapporteur: No good intention justifies illegal sanctions
TEHRAN — Speaking in a press briefing on Wednesday, the last day of her mission to Tehran, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Unilateral Coercive Measures (UCM) spoke about the reality of the sanctions’ impacts on the lives of the Iranian people.
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2022-05-18 13:46
By Mohammad Mazhari
We are at end of unipolarity: Turkish historian
TEHRAN - The Ukraine war proved that the world has reached the end of unipolarity, a Turkish historian and political scientist says.
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2022-05-16 22:41
Iran, Cuba should work together to oppose unilateral U.S. sanctions: FM
TEHRAN- Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Iran's foreign minister, has condemned the broad and unilateral sanctions of the U.S. against Iran and Cuba, saying the two nations should use their expertise to oppose the draconian measures.
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2022-05-11 20:41
Iran FM underlines red lines in Vienna talks
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said that Iran still pursues the path of negotiations but the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran should be done in line with Iran’s red lines.
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2022-04-13 21:24
Iran holds firm on Vienna talks
TEHRAN – With major pending issues remaining unresolved, the talks in Vienna over the 2015 nuclear deal seem to be put on hold until mediators succeed in convincing the United States that it’s high time for making political decisions.
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2022-03-30 14:26
Despite sanctions, Iran has achieved notable progress in biotechnology, stem cells: UN envoy
TEHRAN - Iran’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations has said the country has achieved notable progress in the biotechnology and stem cells industry despite unfair sanctions and coercive measures of the United States.
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2022-03-28 18:21
Nuclear deal revival entails practical guarantees, full sanctions lift: Iran
TEHRAN - To resurrect the 2015 nuclear agreement entails revolving the remaining issues, giving “practical guarantees” that the U.S. would not leave the deal again, removing the IRGC from the list of terrorist organizations, and totally lift all the sanctions that Washington has imposed on Iran, a senior Iranian politician said on Sunday.
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2022-03-27 17:27
EU’s Mora meets Iranian FM in Tehran
TEHRAN – Enrique Mora, the European Union coordinator for the Vienna nuclear talks, held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Tehran on Sunday.
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2022-03-15 17:36
'Unilateral coercive sanctions violate women's right to development'
TEHRAN – Iran calls on the international community to stand up against unilateral coercive sanctions which have violated the right to development of Iranian women, Ensieh Khazali, Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, said in the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
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2022-03-11 21:44
It is indispensable to get guarantees from the West: MP
TEHRAN- The representative of the people of Tehran in the parliament has stressed that there will be no deal until all sanctions against the Iranian nation are removed.
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2022-03-09 17:23
‘Achievements in empowering women are undeniably remarkable despite sanctions’
TEHRAN – Zahra Ershadi, Iran's ambassador and deputy representative to the United Nations, has said that Iran has made significant progress in empowering women, despite U.S. illegal and inhumane sanctions.
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2022-03-08 18:40
Impact of Russian sanctions on global markets
TEHRAN- Moscow has issued a stern warning that a Western ban on Russian oil imports could more than double the price of the vital commodity to $300 a barrel and prompt the closure of the main Russian gas pipeline to Germany.
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2022-03-04 17:44
‘Sanctions run counter to UN Charter, Sustainable Development Goals’
TEHRAN – Illegal sanctions against nations are in a clear contradiction with the UN Charter and Sustainable Development Goals, Department of Environment chief Ali Salajegheh, has said.
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2022-03-01 21:02
Gharibabadi says U.S. be condemned for violating every norm of international law
Sanctions should be seen as aggression, Iran’s rights chief says
TEHRAN - The U.S. is practically violating all norms of international law and its practices must be condemned by the entire international community, Iran’s top human rights chief says, suggesting that the world must condemn the U.S. for violating every norm of international law.
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2022-02-27 21:43
Vienna talks resume with no change in Iran’s position
TEHRAN – Iran’s top negotiator is heading back to Vienna after making consultations in Tehran with relevant officials. The consultations seem to have resulted in no significant change in Iran’s position toward a number of remaining issues.
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2022-02-21 22:09
Foreign Ministry: We will not back down from our red line in Vienna
TEHRAN — The Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday the after the return of Iran’s top negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani from Tehran to Vienna, the Iranian delegation submitted its proposals on the remaining issues in writing to the P4+1 (Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany).
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2022-02-21 22:02
U.S. bad-faith conduct exacerbates Iran’s mistrust
TEHRAN – The negotiators in Vienna are almost done with the text of the potential agreement. But the U.S. continued insistence on moving ahead with its sanctions policy against Iran is hampering the conclusion of the talks.
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2022-02-21 18:52
Tour guides able to nullify Iranophobia, minister says
TEHRAN – Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ezzatollah Zarghami has said tour guides have considerable potential to foil anti-Iranian sentiment, also known as Iranophobia.
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2022-02-20 21:21
Senior Iranian MP says sanctions under CAATSA should be lifted
TEHRAN — Spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament suggested on Sunday that now that the Vienna talks are close to completion sanctions against Iran under CAATSA should be lifted.
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2022-02-13 18:00
By Faranak Bakhtiari
You sanction it, we build it
TEHRAN – Knowledge-based companies are breaking U.S. monopoly by manufacturing sanctioned items to meet the needs of the domestic market while saving large amounts of foreign currency.
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2022-02-12 21:34
Iran’s deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy heads to Vienna to join nuclear talks
TEHRAN— Mehdi Safari, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy, traveled to Austria on Saturday to join the Iranian negotiating team in the Vienna talks.
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2022-02-08 17:07
Iran following up on case brought by EB patients against U.S.
TEHRAN – Iran is pursuing the case indicting 30 U.S. officials and entities for harsh sanctions which are threatening the lives of hundreds of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) patients in the country.
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2022-02-07 21:39
Vienna talks enter consequential stage
TEHRAN – As negotiators from Iran and the P4+1 group of countries return to Vienna on Tuesday, talks in the Austrian capital are expected to enter a consequential phase that requires political decisions on the part of the West, especially the United States.
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2022-02-06 21:48
Senior MP: Americans first proposed interim nuclear agreement
TEHRAN — The Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee chief has said that there is no need for direct talks with the United States in Vienna.
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2022-02-04 20:56
IRGC chief: Enemy has retreated
TEHRAN — Major General Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corp (IRGC), said on Thursday evening that the enemies of Islam were united in defeating the Islamic Revolution but now they are retreating.
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2022-01-25 21:59
U.S. ‘prepared to meet directly’ with Iran as Tehran doesn’t rule out the option
TEHRAN - The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, the State Department reaffirmed Monday, after Tehran said it would consider such an option.
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2022-01-23 21:32
‘Setting deadlines won’t affect Iran’s position in Vienna’
TEHRAN — A member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament has said that good steps have been taken in regards to removal of illegal sanctions on Iran, Fars reported on Sunday.