Zarif: ICC blackmailed by ‘lawless gang’ posing as diplomats

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has attacked the U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying the ICC was blackmailed by a “lawless gang” posing as diplomats.

Iranians have ‘broken U.S. knee’ through unity: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that “kneeling on neck” is the policy of the United States but the Iranians have “broken the U.S. knee with hammer of unity”.

Zarif to travel to two neighboring countries

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will travel to two neighboring countries in the near future, spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday.

Zarif discusses bilateral ties with Iraqi counterpart

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the new Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein had a phone conversation on Sunday.

Ghalibaf rejects as weak any settlement with Washington

TEHRAN — Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has strongly rejected any settlement with the United Sates as a weak move hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said a big deal between the two countries is possible.

Zarif says Trump advisors made a ‘dumb bet’ by inciting him to quit JCPOA

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s advisors, that now most of them have been dismissed, made a “dumb bet” by encouraging him to quit the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as JCPOA.

Iran confirms talks with Richardson over Michael White’s release

TEHRAN - Iran confirmed on Friday that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had discussed prisoner releases with former U.S. ambassador Bill Richardson.

Tehran urges U.S. to free all Iranian hostages after prisoner swap

TEHRAN — Tehran has confirmed a prisoner swap between Iran and the United States, urging Washington to release all Iranian hostages held by the U.S. government.

Zarif urges world to wage war against racism

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged the entire world to wage a war against racism, making a reference to the recent killing of a black American by the U.S. police.

Zarif: Iran ready to share coronavirus experience with Africans

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated African nations on Africa Day, saying Iran is ready to share its coronavirus experience with African countries.

Zarif’s assistant holds phone talks with Ansarullah chief negotiator Abdulsalam

TEHRAN - Ali Asghar Khaji, the assistant to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for political affairs, held a phone conversation with Mohammed Abdulsalam, the spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah and chief negotiator of the National Salvation Government, discussing developments in the war-ravaged Yemen.

Abdullah praises Zarif’s support for political accord in Afghanistan

TEHRAN - Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s president of the High Council for Peace and National Reconciliation, has praised Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s support for a political power-sharing deal in Afghanistan.

Foreign Ministry summons Swiss ambassador

Zarif writes to UN chief, calls U.S. moves illegal, dangerous, threat to international peace  

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres late on Sunday warning about possible attempts by the U.S. to “disrupt” the movement of the Iranian tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela, warning such a move will be “illegal”, “dangerous”, “provocative”, “instance of piracy” and a “great danger to international peace and security”.

Zarif welcomes political agreement between Ghani and Abdullah

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday welcomed political agreement between Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah.

Iran’s OPEC governor Kazempour Ardebili dies of brain hemorrhage

Iran’s governor to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has passed away after suffering a brain hemorrhage and falling into a coma.

Zarif likens Trump’s ‘disinfectant’ advice to nuclear deal argument

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has likened Washington’s JCPOA argument to U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion to inject disinfectant to treat coronavirus patients.

Iranian MP urges Afghanistan to be vigilant about enemies’ plots

TEHRAN - Hossein Naghavi Hosseini, the spokesman for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has said that the Afghan government must be vigilant about the enemies’ plots which seek to weaken relations between the two countries.

‘There is no negotiation with U.S.’

Zarif says Trump admin has proven no one can trust negotiation with U.S.

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the United States’ administration must revise its behavior and stop inventing pretexts.

No talks so far over attack on British embassy in 2011: Zarif

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said Tehran and London have not talked nor taken measures with regard to paying compensation to the UK for an attack on its embassy in Tehran a few years ago.

Tehran to Washington: Stop talking rubbish!

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has urged United States officials to “stop talking rubbish”, saying that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has put “universal prisoners swap” on the table since September 2018.

Tehran, Kabul discuss joint probe into incident surrounding Afghan migrants

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a phone conversation with acting Afghan foreign minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Sunday discussing the tragic deaths of a number of Afghan migrants near the border.

Iran sends homegrown 40,000 test kits to Germany, Turkey: Zarif

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has written on his Twitter page saying Iran has sent 40,000 advanced test kits to Germany, Turkey, and other countries to help them fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Zarif’s assistant talks with Yemen’s Ansarullah spokesman

TEHRAN - In a phone conversation on Saturday, Ali Asghar Khaji, the assistant to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for political affairs, discussed solution to the Yemeni crisis with Mohammed Abdulsalam, the spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah and chief negotiator of the National Salvation Government.

Zarif writes to UN chief on U.S. violation of nuclear deal, UN Charter

TEHRAN – In a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has elaborated on the U.S. violation of the 2015 nuclear deal and gross violation of the United Nations Charter in a continuous manner.

‘U.S. has no right to use nuclear deal to reach its objectives’

TEHRAN - Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko has said that the United States is no longer a party to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, and has no “moral” and “political” right to use the deal to reach its political objectives.

Zarif felicitates Iraq over formation of new government

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated Iraq for succeeding to form a new government. 

Lavrov writes Zarif, says illegal sanctions hampers coronavirus fight

TEHRAN – In a letter to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the United States’ “illegal sanctions” against Iran hamper fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

Chief Iranian, Georgian diplomats discuss coronavirus fight

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had a phone conversation with his Georgian counterpart David Zalkaliani late on Tuesday.

Zarif: JCPOA is part of Resolution 2231

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that U.S. Secretary of States Mike Pompeo pretends UNSCR 2231 is independent from the 2015 nuclear deal, noting that the JCPOA is “PART of 2231”.

World’s top arms seller worried about Iran, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that the U.S. as the biggest “military spender” and “arms seller”, which has also been starting, instigating and benefiting from wars around the globe, is worried about Iran.