Zarif to deliver speech on Instagram

TEHRAN- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Sunday that he will be delivering an online speech on Instagram on Monday afternoon.

Prosecutor general asks Zarif to legally pursue U.S. harassment of passenger plane

TEHRAN – In a letter to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif published late Saturday, Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said Iran must legally pursue the United States’ harassment against a passenger plane.

‘Outlaws must be stopped before disaster,’ Zarif says of U.S. harassment of Iranian passenger plane

TEHRAN- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced on Friday the harassment of an Iranian passenger plane over Syria, calling on the international community to stop the U.S. “outlaws” before a disaster happens.

FM says Iran-China partnership is transparent

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that 25-year cooperation plan between Iran and China is transparent and there is nothing secret about it.

Zarif says had one-hour useful talk with Putin while in Russia

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone for an hour.

Zarif rejects as lie Bolton’s quote from Putin

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected claims made by former U.S. presidential advisor John Bolton who has said Russia was not interested in Iran’s presence in Syria.

Iran and Iraq need each other: PUK politician

TEHRAN- Mahmoud Khoshnaw, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, has attached “great importance” to the latest visits between officials of Iran and Iraq, saying the two neighboring countries need each other, according to an Iraqi news agency.

Russia makes utmost efforts to preserve nuclear deal: Lavrov

TEHRAN - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow makes utmost efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA.

Iraqi PM seeks balanced ties with Iran, S. Arabia and U.S.: analyst

TEHRAN – Amir Mousavi, an international relations analyst, has said that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi seeks to create a balance in his country’s relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States.

Zarif holds talks with senior Iraqi officials, says Iran looking for new stage in relations 

Assassination of Gen. Soleimani features high in Zarif’s talks with officials in Baghdad

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday held several rounds of talks with senior Iraqi officials during his one-day trip to Baghdad, ushering in a “new stage” in Iran-Iraq relations.

Zarif says it is necessary to be aware of ISIS threat  

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday underlined the need to be aware of the Daesh (ISIS) threat to the region.

Zarif set to visit Baghdad on Sunday

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to depart Tehran to Baghdad on Sunday.

Zarif says Iran won’t give an inch of its soil to China in the 25-year partnership

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Iran will not give even a “handspan of its soil” to China within the framework of the 25-year partnership which has not yet been finalized.

Iran invites Azerbaijan, Armenia to exercise restraint

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has voiced Tehran’s readiness to help soothe the tensions between two of its northern neighbors, namely Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have been caught in a deadly clash.

Zarif: Continued Yemeni blockade is ‘unacceptable’

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the continuation of blockade on Yemen and seizure of the ships carrying food and fuel to Yemen while the country is being hit with the coronavirus pandemic is “unacceptable”.

Zarif: China offered own draft for partnership based on Iran’s

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says China presented its draft for partnership with Iran back in the Iranian month of Esfand (February 20 to March 19) based on Iran’s draft.

Zarif calls nuclear deal last decade’s greatest diplomatic achievement

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, is the last decade’s greatest diplomatic achievement.

Zarif to visit Iraq on July 19

TEHRAN – An informed source at Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to visit Iraq on July 19.

Zarif calls regional co-op a ‘permanent necessity’

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that cooperation among the countries in the region is a “permanent necessity”.

JCPOA anniversary: JCPOA was product of Iran’s openness to engagement

TEHRAN – Five years after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) about Iran’s nuclear program was signed, the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday said the JCPOA was the product of Tehran’s openness to engagement.

Zarif is a skilled, shrewd diplomat: professor

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is undoubtedly a very skilled and shrewd diplomat, according to a professor of political science.

Enemies miserable over Iran-China partnership: Tehran

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has announced that Iran’s relations with China are entering a new stage, which has made the enemies miserable that their plots have failed.

Srebrenica genocide demonstrated Europe’s ineptitude, UN failure: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in July 1995 laid bare Europe’s ineptitude that continues until today and a failure on the part of the United Nations.

Next U.S. administration must compensate for harms inflicted on Iran: Zarif

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the next U.S. administration must compensate for the harms Washington has inflicted on Iran.

Expert calls Zarif’s letter to Borrell a test for Europe’s determination

TEHRAN - Rahman Ghahremanpour, an expert on international relations, has said that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s letter to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was a test for Europe’s “determination”.

Zarif says he met with General Soleimani every week

No hidden issue in Iran-China agreement, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that there is no “hidden issue” in the long-term comprehensive agreement between Iran and China.

‘Do not believe the hype,’ Zarif says regarding letter to Borrell

TEHRAN — Iran has triggered the JCPOA dispute resolution mechanism on at least six occasions, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said regarding his Friday letter to the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, in which he criticized the E3’s non-compliance with the nuclear agreement.

Zarif advisor calls UNSC meeting manifestation of multilateralism

TEHRAN - Ali Najafi Khoshroodi, an advisor to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said that the recent UN Security Council meeting was a manifestation of multilateralism.

EU foreign policy chief responds to Zarif’s letter

TEHRAN – EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has responded to a letter by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif regarding the E3’s non-compliance with the JCPOA, the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.