Tehran urges Berlin to clear up ambiguities over involvement in Gen. Soleimani assassination

TEHRAN — The head of the Iranian Judiciary's High Council for Human Rights has asked Germany to cooperate with Iran regarding the perpetrators and accomplices in the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. military earlier this year.

Zarif urges Germany to end ‘despicable Covid Apartheid’ against Palestinians

Zarif tells Maas that JCPOA parties must honor obligations endorsed by UN Security Council

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged Germany to end its “despicable” coronavirus apartheid against the Palestinian people instead of lecturing Iran on what it should do.

Tehran slams Germany for warning dual citizens against traveling to Iran

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has criticized Germany for advising dual citizens to avoid traveling to Iran as the country does not recognize dual citizenship.

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Remnants of Achaemenid fortress unearthed in northeast Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologists have discovered remnants of an ancient fortress, believed to date back to the Achaemenid era (c. 550-330 BC), during a survey held across Tepe Rivi in the northeastern province of North Khorasan.

IranAir to resume Tehran- Cologne service as of Oct. 30

TEHRAN – Iran’s flag carrier IranAir is scheduled to resume flights to Cologne, Germany, as of October 30.

Eighth archaeological season begins at Tepe Rivi without German experts

TEHRAN – The eighth round of archaeological seasons at the ancient Tepe Rivi site in northeastern North Khorasan province has begun in the absence of German experts who did not join due to the coronavirus restrictions.

German FM reiterates support for JCPOA

TEHRAN - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas once again underlined the need to preserve a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, calling on Iran to implement its commitments under the deal.

IranAir launches first Germany flight after six months

TEHRAN – Iran’s flag carrier, IranAir, has resumed flights to Germany after more than six months of hiatus due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Iran’s first museum of psychiatry to open in Tehran

TEHRAN – The first museum of psychiatry in the country will be officially inaugurated in Tehran’s Roozbeh Hospital next week.

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Iran censures Germany over allegations of human rights violation

TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva has strongly criticized Germany’s statement about the human rights situation in Iran, saying the allegations raised in the statement are not corroborated by hard evidence or facts on the ground.

German diplomat visits National Museum of Iran, discusses ways to expand ties

Tehran - Stephan Reitze, the first secretary and head of the cultural section at the German Embassy in Tehran, toured the National Museum of Iran on Sunday, discussing ways with the museum’s director Jebrael Nokandeh to deepen bilateral ties.

Iran summons German ambassador over meddlesome tweets

TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Germany’s ambassador over the meddlesome tweets of the German embassy in Tehran.

E3 rejects U.S. attempt to trigger snapback sanctions against Iran

TEHRAN – The European troika (the United Kingdom, Germany and France) has rejected the United States’ attempt to trigger snapback mechanism and restore all the UN sanctions against Iran.

E3 opposes U.S. move to reimpose Iran sanctions

In a joint statement on Thursday the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, whose countries are signatory to the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPO), issued a joint statement saying they cannot support the United States’ action in triggering the snapback mechanism to return all the UN sanctions on Iran.

Open-air museum being set up featuring millennia-old relics in northeast Iran

TEHRAN – A new round of restoration work is due to commence on Tepe Rivi, which has so far yielded magnificent remains of the Bronze Age up to the Sassanid period.

Persian music ensemble Aseman to perform in Germany

TEHRAN – The Persian music ensemble Aseman will give a concert at Eli-ja Church in Saarbrücken, Germany on August 8.

Restoration project starts on Bronze-Age objects found in northeast Iran

TEHRAN – A restoration and rehabilitation project has been commenced on 20 Bronze-Age relics which have recently been excavated by a team of Iranian and German archaeologists at Tepe Rivi, an ancient hill in northeastern North Khorasan province.

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E3 does not support any attempt to trigger UN sanctions snapback

France, Germany and the United Kingdom, known as E3, said in a statement published on Friday that they do not support any unilateral attempt to trigger a snapback of United Nations sanctions against Iran.

Garments of Iran’s salt mummies to be restored using German expertise

TEHRAN – A team of experts from Iran and Germany will start a project for purifying, cleansing, and restoring garments and personal belongings of ancient salt mummies which were first found in Iran’s Chehrabad Salt Mine in 1993.

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Banning Hezbollah, an example of Germany's double standard in domestic policy

TEHRAN – Rumors of Germany’s ban on Hezbollah's activities, which have been circulating since Nov. 2019, came true on Ap. 23, 2020.

Iran sends homegrown 40,000 test kits to Germany, Turkey: Zarif

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has written on his Twitter page saying Iran has sent 40,000 advanced test kits to Germany, Turkey, and other countries to help them fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Iran sends medical items to Germany, Lebanon and Afghanistan

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said that Iran will keep helping countries in need, announcing Iran sent medical items to Germany, Afghanistan and Lebanon.

Envoy: Iran starts to export COVID-19 test kits to Germany, Turkey

TEHRAN — Iran has started to export coronavirus diagnostic kits to a number of countries, including Germany and Turkey, Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad announced on Wednesday.

‘Germany blacklisted Hezbollah to serve Israel’s interests’

TEHRAN - Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi, chairman of the Majlis Judicial and Legal Committee, has said that Germany blacklisted Lebanon’s Hezbollah to serve the interests of the Zionist regime of Israel.

Germany vulnerable to Israel due to Holocaust: ex-diplomat

TEHRAN — Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator, believes Germany is the most vulnerable European power toward Israel’s pressure due to the Holocaust.

Germany is weak against Israel’s pressure: professor

TEHRAN - Hadi Borhani, a professor at the University of Tehran, has said that Germany is very weak in the face of pressure by the Zionist regime of Israel.