By Hanif Ghaffari

Washington's Isolation and Dual Game of Paris

The United Nations General Assembly's meeting in New York uncovered Washington's isolation in the international system even more than before. The unilateralism of the United States and its illegal approach towards international agreements (e.g. its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) were criticized by our president at the UN.

‘Pompeo should thank Kerry for maintaining back channel to Zarif’

TEHRAN - Former Deputy Director of the CIA John McLaughlin has said that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo should thank John Kerry, former secretary of state, for maintaining back channel to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

U.S. studying possible Iran sanctions waivers: Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington is studying issuing possible waivers for countries and businesses that want to continue buying oil from Iran beyond November 4, the White House’s designated deadline for them to halt oil imports from the Islamic Republic or face punishments.

Ill-wishers seeking to depict future as ‘uncertain’: Iran’s vice president

TEHRAN - Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday that the ill-wishers of the Iranian people are seeking to depict an uncertain future.

U.S. pursuing pressure campaign against Tehran in India

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis were on an official visit to India with a top agenda priority of pressuring New Delhi to stop buying Iran’s oil.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Why Did the White House Form the "Iran Action Group"?

Exactly sixty-five years ago, a CIA-backed coup toppled Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iran’s prime minister. The goal of the coup was to strengthen the West’s ally Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of a new Iran Action Group to coordinate U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Zarif: U.S. failed in nuclear diplomacy but Iran won

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said despite a lot of noise from Washington over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, it was the U.S. and not Iran that its foreign policy ended in failure.

Who is Brian Hook?

On the eve of the 65 anniversary of the coup against the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mossadeq, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo named senior policy adviser Brian Hook as Washington’s special representative for Iran.

Pompeo forms group to spearhead anti-Iran actions

TEHRAN – State Secretary Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday that the U.S. State Department has formed an “Iran Action Group” to coordinate and run an aggressive U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic.

Zarif: No Iran-U.S. meeting planned during UN summit

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday ruled out plans for a meeting with American officials on the sidelines of next month’s session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

By Javad Heirannia

Trump thinks trough meeting with Rouhani can solve all U.S. problems with Iran: Nephew

TEHRAN – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that Trump believes that “if he met with Rouhani, he could solve all U.S. problems with Iran.”

Zarif says no plan to meet Pompeo

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that he has no plan to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Singapore.

Zarif to Trump: Try respect for Iranians and international commitments

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump should try respect for the Iranians and also for the international commitments.

Contradiction in Washington: Trump, Pompeo at odds over Iran preconditions

U.S. President Donald Trump says he is ready to meet his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, “any time they want to.”

Trump thinks he is still a hotel owner: MP

TEHRAN – Reformist lawmaker Mohammad-Reza Tabesh has reacted to anti-Iran remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying Trump rules his country “as if he is still a hotel owner”.

By staff and agency

‘Pompeo’s speech shows Trump administration has no knowledge of history: Limbert

John Limbert, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for Iran, has said that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo showed that President Donald Trump’s administration has no knowledge of history.

Zarif to Trump: BE CAUTIOUS! 

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif late on Monday warned U.S. President Donald Trump to “BE CAUTIOUS” after a day earlier Trump threatened that Iran “will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered.” 

‘The Iranians have never given in to the foreigners’ bullying policies’

Pompeo’s ‘disgraceful’ remarks show U.S. frustration, Iran says

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “disgraceful” and “hypocritical” remarks are manifestations of the U.S. frustration.

Tehran dismisses Pompeo’s ‘ridiculous’ allegations

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected as “baseless” and “ridiculous” the recent anti-Iran allegations by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who has said Tehran is using its embassies to plot terrorist attacks in Europe.

Sanctions have turned into opportunity: Iran’s defense chief

TEHRAN – Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Tuesday that the U.S.-led economic and financial sanctions against Iran have turned into an opportunity, making the country more self-reliant.

By Payman Yazdani

No major international development occurred after Trump, Un meeting: Dr. Cyr

TEHRAN - Commenting on talks between the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea, Dr. Arthur I. Cyr believes that the Summit meetings are most successful and important when used to confirm consequential agreements, negotiated in detail in advance.

By Hanif Ghaffari

Decoding the White House's recent offer to Macron

TEHRAN - The Washington Post, in one of its most recent articles, unveiled the U.S. President's suggestion to the French government: Donald Trump is trying to Persuade Paris to leave the European Union. The suggestion was apparently made during the recent visit of President Emmanuel Macron to Washington. During this visit, Trump has suggested that, if France leaves the European Union, the United States could have better bilateral trade relations with France.

North Korea slams U.S. talks as 'regrettable' after Pompeo called them 'productive'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finished two days of talks with senior North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Saturday, telling reporters that the two countries agreed to continue discussions on denuclearization and the repatriation of the remains of Americans killed during the Korean War.

By Hanif Ghaffari

A contemplation on Trump's destabilizing suggestion to Macron

The Washington Post, in one of its most recent articles, unveiled the U.S. President's suggestion to the French government: Donald Trump is trying to Persuade Paris to leave the European Union.

Iran: Saudi Arabia and U.S. must be held accountable for human tragedy in Yemen

Iran on Friday hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his latest comments about the Islamic Republic's role in the Middle East, saying countries such as Saudi Arabia which have waged war on Yemen with a support by the U.S. must be held accountable for human tragedy in Yemen.

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, Zarif tells Pompeo 

TEHRAN – on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to U.S. Secretary of States Mike Pompeo’s comments on demonstrations in Iran, saying it is better that Pompeo take a look at the situation in his country ranging from its support to “terror-sponsoring regimes”, “blind support” for Israel to “separation of immigrant families and caging of their babies”.

Up next, Trump administration uses the ‘M’ word against Iran

TEHRAN – Not long after laying waste a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., UK, France, China, Russia, and Germany), the Trump administration just threatened Iran with military action if it goes beyond the nuclear limits of the deal.

Zarif responds to Pompeo’s list of demands

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has written an article in response to a list of 12 demands set by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Iran on Tehran’s nuclear program, ballistic missile tests and foreign policy.

Zarif: World should rise up to resist U.S. extreme unilateralism

In a letter to his counterparts around the world, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned that the U.S. exit from the multilateral 2015 nuclear agreement shows that “the specter of an extreme unilateralism is once again hovering upon the world, and we all should rise up and resist it.”

By Lupicinio Rodríguez

EU acts in light of Trump’s sanctions against Iran

At the beginning of May, we heard the surprising news that the U.S. had decided to exclude itself from the Iran Nuclear Deal and intended to once again launch new sanctions against Iran, secondary sanctions had previously been suspended under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).