Araghchi held ‘very good’ talks during regional tour: Zarif

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said his aide held ‘very successful’ talks during a regional tour that included several countries involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Iran won’t tolerate terrorists in Nagorno-Karabakh, Zarif warns

TEHRAN – In a clear warning on Sunday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran is all but sure about the presence of foreign terrorists in the war-torn region of Nagorno-Karabakh, warning that Iran won’t tolerate their presence.

Iran sympathizes with Turkey over earthquake

TEHRAN – Senior Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, have expressed sympathy with Turkey over the earthquake that rocked the country’s third-largest city, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 800 others.

Zarif condemns Nice attack, urges sanity

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced the Thursday terrorist attack in the French city of Nice that killed at least three citizens, saying this “vicious cycle” which is result of hate speech “must be replaced by reason and sanity”

Zarif dismisses report Iran has freed two U.S. spies in prisoner swap 

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday vehemently dismissed as untrue a report that Iran has released two U.S. spies in a prisoner exchange deal. 

Iran condemns ‘repetitive’ U.S. oil sanctions

TEHRAN – Iranian diplomats have denounced the United States’ new oil sanctions on Iran as repetitive that will unite the Iranian people and government against the U.S. economic pressure.

Zarif: U.S. appetite for bullying others only grows by appeasement

“37 million people have been displaced as a result of the U.S. ‘Forever Wars’,” Iran’s chief diplomat says

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the United States’ appetite for bullying other countries only grows by appeasement.

Zarif hits back at Macron, says Muslims are victims of the ‘cult of hatred’

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has censured French President Emanuel Macron for anti-Islam stance, saying Muslims are the primary victims of the “cult of hatred”.

Iran not intending to engage in arms race, says Zarif

Zarif calls on neighbors to choose peace over tension

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on neighboring countries to choose peace, security, stability and prosperity for all instead of remaining prisoners of the past and perpetuate instability and tension in the region.

Abdullah holds talks on Afghan peace process with Zarif, Ghalibaf

TEHRAN – Chairman of Afghan peace council Abdullah Abdullah, who is in Tehran to hold talks with top Iranian officials, held talks on Sunday with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

Iran’s defense co-op with the world a win for multilateralism: Zarif

Chief diplomat says it is ‘momentous day for international community’ as arms embargo against Iran is terminated

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated the international community over defiance of “malign U.S. efforts” to extend an arms embargo on Iran, which officially came to an end on Sunday.

Zarif’s visit to China accelerated strategic partnership: ambassador

TEHRAN – The recent visit by Iran’s chief diplomat to China has accelerated the process of moving forward with a comprehensive strategic partnership plan between Tehran and Beijing, Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh, the Iranian ambassador to Beijing, said.

Abdullah Abdullah set to visit Tehran on Sunday

TEHRAN — Chairman of Afghan Peace Council Abdullah Abdullah is scheduled to arrive in Tehran on Sunday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Saturday.

Zarif talks with Azeri counterpart over Karabakh dispute

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was briefed on Thursday by his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov about the latest developments surrounding the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute.

Iran hails Zarif’s ‘very successful’ visit to China

TEHRAN - Mahmoud Vaezi, President Rouhani's chief of staff, praised on Wednesday the outcome of the chief Iranian diplomat’s visit to China, saying the top diplomat had a “very successful” visit to that country.

Zarif holds ‘fruitful talks’ with Chinese counterpart

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday he held ‘fruitful talks’ with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

Rouhani dismisses U.S. sanctions as internal ‘political propaganda’

TEHRAN – In his first response to the new sanctions the U.S. imposed on Iran on Thursday, President Hassan Rouhani said these sanctions were imposed to serve political goals in the United States.

Zarif: U.S. after blowing up Iran’s food, medicine payment channels

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States is seeking to blow up Iran’s remaining channels to pay for food and medicine.

Zarif: Britain is a ‘thief’ if it links debt payment to Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the British government is a “thief” if links the payment of Iran’s debt to the release of dual British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Zarif meets with new Kuwait emir to offer condolences

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has traveled to neighboring Kuwait to offer condolences over the passing of its emir.

Zarif: World must force Israel to destroy its nuclear arsenal

Israel which has openly threatened others with nuclear annihilation is always crying wolf about proliferation, Iranian FM says

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the international community must compel Israel—which has aggression in its very DNA—to promptly accede to the NPT and destroy its nuclear arsenal.

Zarif talks with Dutch, Austrian counterparts

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has had a phone conversation with his counterparts from the Netherlands and Austria to discuss a whole range of issues.

Zarif hopes for broader Iran-China partnership

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated the Chinese people and government on the eve of the 71st anniversary of the founding of new China, expressing the hope for broader partnership between Iran and China.

Zarif appreciates role of Ayatollah Sistani in Iraqi politics

TEHRAN – In a tweet on Monday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif paid tribute to a grand Iraqi religious leader, after a distinguished Iranian journalist criticized the figure.

Zarif slams American rulers as ‘cowards and savages’

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described American rulers as “cowards” and “savages” over the January 3 assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror general Qassem Soleimani.

Zarif urges Azeri-Armenian talks amid clashes

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise restraint, after a fresh round of clashes between the two neighboring countries.

Iran’s Zarif offers help to end Nagorno-Karabakh violence

TEHRAN – In a bid to calm tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Iran on Sunday expressed its readiness to help the two countries resolve their differences through dialogue.

U.S. sanctions impede Iran’s ability to fight Covid-19: Zarif

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused the United States of impeding Iran’s ability to fight the coronavirus outbreak, saying that U.S. sanctions have prevented the purchase of critical medical supplies.