Tehran slams Pompeo’s anti-Iran rhetoric

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Thursday slammed U.S. officials for making “fabricated” and “unreal” claims and accusations to maintain the status quo in West Asia and keep it a tense region struggling with numerous crises. 

Washington has taken its animus towards Iran to a new extreme over the past two years, Zarif laments

Zarif: U.S. policies driven by pathological obsession with Iran

TEHRAN – In a speech to the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized Washington’s policy toward Iran, saying the U.S. is maddeningly obsessed with Iran 

By Negar Asadi & Javad Heirannia

Ambassador: U.S. wants to make Venezuela another Syria or Libya

TEHRAN - Venezuelan Ambassador to Tehran Carlos Antonio Alcala Cordones says the U.S. is seeking to create a situation similar to Syria and Libya in his country.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian 

Warsaw circus: in the name of peace but in interest of terrorists

TEHRAN - In his speech at the beginning of the Warsaw Summit, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz put forward a statement against the Islamic Republic of Iran and claimed that they want “stabilization of the region” and expressed concerns over Iran's activities.

Pompeo meets Mogherini after Pence’s Iran accusations

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels on Friday, a day after Vice President Mike Pence accused America’s traditional European allies of trying to undermine U.S. sanctions against Iran, Reuters reported.

European heavyweights criticize Warsaw conference

Pompeo’s East Europe tour fails at once

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s efforts to unify Eastern Europe against Russia, China and Iran failed at once when Budapest said it’s fed up with lectures about its foreign policy.

By staff and agency

European officials criticize Warsaw conference

Officials from France, Germany and Britain have criticized joint U.S.-Poland conference on the Middle East in Warsaw scheduled to be held on Wednesday and Thursday.

U.S. Pledges to Fight Russia, China for Influence in NATO's East

The U.S will fight to regain influence in NATO’s eastern flank, particularly in countries such as Hungary where the government’s spotty record on democracy led to a freeze in relations that allowed Russia and China to extend their sway, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said.

By Hanif Ghaffari 

The great message of Iranians on Bahman 22

TEHRAN - The widespread presence of the Iranian people on the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution is a further victory for the country. Donald Trump, the president of the United States and his entourage in the White House, especially those in the last months, particularly John Bolton and Mike Pompeo,  have been struggling to make a difference between the nation and the government of Iran. However, the widespread presence of the Iranian nation has thwarted these actions.

Leader: ‘Death to America’ means death to Trump, Bolton, Pompeo

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran has no fight to pick with the American people, stressing that “Death to America” chants mean death to President Donald Trump, national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

U.S. announces withdrawal from missile treaty with Russia

The U.S. announced Friday it will suspend its participation in a Cold War-era ballistic missile treaty over alleged Russian violations of the pact.

Cuban President Slams Pompeo's Comment on Cuba's Role in Venezuela Crisis

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the latter's comments on Cuba's alleged contribution to the escalation of political crisis in Venezuela, qualifying this as "slander" and "arrogance."

By staff and agency

Russian diplomat calls Warsaw conference ‘counterproductive’

Russia’s Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya has said that joint U.S.-Poland conference on the Middle East in Warsaw will be “counterproductive”.

Polish diplomat calls meeting with Araqchi ‘constructive’

TEHRAN - Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Maciej Lang has said that his meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on a joint U.S.-Poland conference on the Middle East was “constructive”.

Pompeo goofs up while marking end of hostage crisis anniversary

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a tweet Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of the end of the Iran hostage crisis, but critics were quick to point out a problem-he had managed to get his numbers and dates wrong and the crisis had not even begun 40 years ago.

Polish official visits Tehran as Iran protests U.S.-proposed anti-Iran meeting in Warsaw 

TEHRAN – Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Maciej Lang visited Tehran on Monday for talks with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi as Iran has strongly protested Poland for agreeing to host a U.S.-proposed conference on the Middle East with a focus on Iran.

By Ruhollah Ghasemian

Pompeo’s pointless Mideast trip

TEHRAN - These days, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's trip to the Middle East and his meeting with his eight Arab counterparts have led some to think that Washington is planning to organize an Arab alliance against Iran and a war on Tehran will soon take shape in the region.

By M.A. Saki

Pompeo is the wrong man for his post 

It is hard to comprehend that a person like Mike Pompeo is the chief diplomat of an important country like the United States. His career is alien to diplomacy. 

“U.S. seeking to build a wall around Iran”

Pompeo’s anti-Iran tour doomed to failure: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s anti-Iran Middle East tour is doomed to failure, no matter how long it lasts, Mehr reported.

‘Poland’s hosting anti-Iran conference an insult to Europe’

TEHRAN - Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said on Tuesday that Poland’s action in hosting a U.S.-led anti-Iran conference is an insult to the Europeans’ identity.

By Paul R. Pillar

Pompeo in Cairo: Anti-Obama, anti-Iran, and little else

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a campaign speech in Cairo that seemed written to please an audience of one—President Donald Trump—along with the domestic political base to which Trump’s own rhetoric is designed to appeal.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

Iranians will not forget treason by Poland

TEHRAN - In 1939, when World War II began, Poland came under attacks by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The attacks led to starvation, displacement, and mass execution of Polish people.

Pompeo in Mideast to corner Iran but Tehran not cowed

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been touring the Middle East to rally support against Iran, but Tehran is not impressed.

Iranians to Poland: You are ‘biting the hand that fed you’

TEHRAN – The Polish government’s plan to hold an anti-Iran conference has been widely criticized by Iranian authorities, who described it as a “hostile act against Iran”.

Zarif says Poland “can't wash the shame” for agreeing to host anti-Iran summit

Polish meeting means opponents have lost Iran case: Shamkhani

TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says for enemies looking forward to an anti-Iran summit means that they have lost their case against the country.

Zarif: Poland can’t wash the shame of hosting anti-Iran conference 

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has severely criticized Poland for planning to host an anti-Iran conference upon a demand by the Trump administration, saying the Polish government “can't wash the shame”

Zarif on Pompeo: U.S. brings chaos wherever it interferes

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has mocked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech in which he said “when America retreats, chaos follows,” by asserting that the opposite was true.

‘Washington’s extremist policies harming Americans’

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday that the Trump administration’s extremist approaches is hurting the American people.