New Syria FM to make first foreign trip to Iran

TEHRAN – Faisal Mekdad, the newly-appointed foreign minister of Syria, will make his first foreign visit to Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

Iranian embassy in Kabul denies insulting of Afghan nationals

TEHRAN — Iran’s embassy to Kabul has issued a statement dismissing as fake two videos that show Iranians insulting Afghan nationals in Iran, Mehr reported.

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.

FM Zarif welcomes Kuwait efforts to end Persian Gulf crisis

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has welcomed the Kuwaiti mediation efforts to bring an end to the three-year-long crisis between Qatar and the so-called Arab Quartet, which includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt.

Strategic action plan ‘not against national interests’: SNSC

TEHRAN – Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has issued a statement asserting that the Parliament’s strategic action plan does not harm national interests.

Rouhani: Iran entitled to avenge Fakhrizadeh’s assassination

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani has said Iran is entitled to take revenge for the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist who was killed during a terrorist attack on November 27.

Tehran censures double standard in dealing with terrorism

TEHRAN — Tehran has called on the UN and its Human Rights Council to stop their selective approach toward human rights issues and condemn the recent assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as an act of terrorism.

Tehran: Every regional terrorist graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas

TEHRAN — Tehran has reacted to recent bigoted remarks by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, saying every terrorist group in the region has graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas.

Belgium, Iraq, South Korea denounce assassination of Iranian scientist

TEHRAN – Belgium, Iraq and South Korea have deplored the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Iran’s enemies cannot hamper its scientific progress, says Russian scholar

TEHRAN – The enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot prevent scientific and technological developments by assassinating scholars and scientific figures, a Russian scholar said on Tuesday.

Rouhani raps Israel’s inhumane acts against Palestinians

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s support for the Palestinian cause, urging the world to stand up to the inhumane policies adopted by the Israeli regime.

19 countries call for halt in UCMs amid Covid-19

TEHRAN – A number of countries, some of them under United States sanctions, issued a joint statement on Monday calling for the lifting or suspension of sanctions in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ghalibaf urges world to break silence against terrorist acts

TEHRAN — Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has urged the international community to break its silence over the assassination of Iran’s senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, saying silence in the face of terrorist acts threatens peace and security in the region.

Judiciary says seriously pursuing the scientist’s assassination

TEHRAN — Deputy Attorney General Saeed Omrani has said Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi has ordered all judicial bodies to get involved in pursuing the case of Iranian nuclear scientist’s assassination.

Iran denies meeting between martyr Fakhrizadeh, IAEA officials

TEHRAN – Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has denied any meeting between nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and the officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Intelligence minister: Many clues found about the scientist’s assassination

TEHRAN – Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi says numerous clues have been found with regard to the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top nuclear scientist who was killed in a terrorist attack outside Tehran on Friday.

Senior MP says Fakhrizadeh assassination will change nuclear policy

‘Majlis focusing on 20% uranium, expelling IAEA inspectors, leaving JCPOA’

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has vowed to significantly raise uranium enrichment level and cease Iran’s cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog in response to the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee chairman says Fakhrizadeh assassination intended to provoke Iran

The killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is a terror attack aimed at provoking Iran and Russia condemns this crime, Chairman of the State Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky said on Sunday, TASS reported.

Zarif urges world to condemn Fakhrizadeh assassination

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged the international community, especially the European Union, to abandon its double standard and condemn the state-sponsored assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

MPs pass plan to nullify sanctions, boost nuclear capabilities

TEHRAN — Iranian lawmakers on Sunday passed the double-urgency of a strategic action plan aimed at lifting of the sanctions on Iran and reinforcing the country’s nuclear capabilities.

Fakhrizadeh’s funeral held in Mashhad

TEHRAN — The body of senior Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh arrived in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Saturday night for a funeral procession, Tasnim reported.

Iran slams normalization with Israel as betrayal of Muslims

TEHRAN — Iran on Saturday condemned the normalization of relations between certain members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Zionist regime as a betrayal of Muslims.

Turkey: Assassination of Iranian scientist is ‘act of terrorism'

The assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist by unknown assailants was a terrorist act, Turkey’s parliament speaker said on Saturday.

Ex-CIA chief slams Sen. Cruz for ‘lawless attitude’ over Iranian scientist assassination

TEHRAN – Former CIA director John Brennan has slammed U.S. Senator Ted Cruz for his “lawless attitude” over the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Israeli embassies on alert after Iran retaliation threats

Israel put its embassies around the world on high alert on Saturday after Iranian threats of retaliation following the assassination of a nuclear scientist near Tehran, Israeli N12 news reported on Saturday.

Rouhani terms Israel ‘the enemy of entire region’

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani has voiced concerns over certain regional countries’ normalization of ties with Israel, saying the Zionist regime is the enemy of the entire region and Islamic countries.

Iranian Foreign Ministry calls for closer interactions with Afghanistan

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has expressed satisfaction over his visit to Afghanistan, saying popular and cultural interactions are an integral part of a strategic relationship.