Negotiations? We’ve been there

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he was ready to sit for talks with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.

ElBaradei to Trump: You can’t threaten a country and call for talks

TEHRAN – Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for talks with Iran, saying, “You cannot renege on a deal considered by all as a keystone, threaten the country, humiliate its leaders and then impulsively call for talks!”

Iran sets return to nuclear deal as major condition for possible talks with Trump

TEHRAN – An aide to President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the U.S. would have to return to the internationally-backed nuclear deal and stop new sanctions against Iran if it wants negotiations with Tehran.

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.”

By Farzad Farhadi

American or Arab NATO?

TEHRAN - The Trump administration is quietly pushing ahead with a bid to create a new security and political alliance with six Persian Gulf Arab states, Egypt and Jordan, in part to counter Iran’s expansion in the region, according to U.S. and Arab officials.

Washington has proven it is not trustworthy to negotiate with, Foreign Ministry says

‘U.S. not as crazy as going to war with Iran’

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday dismissed the possibility of a war against Iran by the United States, saying, “I doubt that America is so depleted of wise men that it would make such a terrible blunder.”

ICJ chief’s warning to U.S. is a success for Iran: MP

TEHRAN – A member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the parliament’s presiding board said on Monday that a warning letter by International Court of Justice President Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf to the U.S. on the return of sanctions is a diplomatic success for Iran.

It is time to “revitalize the Iranian economy”, parliament speaker promises

Iran to announce foreign currency policies soon: Larijani

TEHRAN – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that policies on foreign currency will be announced soon.

Joining FATF ‘very dangerous’ for Iran, American writer says

TEHRAN – An American writer said on Saturday that joining the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a form of backdoor compliance with Donald Trump, warning that it would be “very dangerous” for Iran to join the treaty at this time.

Tehran can make Washington quit addiction to sanctions, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the U.S. is addicted to imposing sanctions, and Iran can show Washington that is should quit this addiction.

Sherman: Trump not understanding that Iran won’t surrender

TEHRAN – Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, says President Trump does not understand that “Iran has a culture of resistance that equates giving in to those kinds of public threats as surrender, and they won’t surrender.”

By Martin Love

The U.S. has become a threat to itself, too…

I can’t help but imagine what a glorious world we might have were there to be accord between the U.S. and Iran, and if not actual accord, at least a Middle East where the U.S. treats each country in the region individually and equally, determining policies and initiatives and even criticism in a two-way give and take, the critique based solely on whether any actor is pursuing their own foreign policies with an aim to rid the region of violence and focus on beneficial, mutual trade and better relations.

Iran’s threat of retaliation not an empty threat: IRGC

TEHRAN – A commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has cautioned the bullying countries not to jeopardize their interests by threatening those of Iran, saying Tehran’s threat of retaliation against countries seeking to block Iranian oil exports is “not an empty threat”.

Putin says ready to talk with Trump about Iran deal

TEHRAN – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday both he and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, need to meet to talk about issues such as the Iran nuclear deal, also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and global conflicts.

Trump can only survive by creating crisis: professor

TEHRAN – A leading professor of international relations says evidence shows that “U.S. President Donald Trump, like all Republicans, can only survive by creating a crisis.”

Austrian FM: U.S. move in exiting nuclear deal was an ‘unprecedented’ move

TEHRAN – Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl has said that the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal was an “unprecedented” move from legal point of view, IRNA reported on Saturday.

U.S. sanctions clear violation of human rights: Iran

TEHRAN – Mahmoud Abbassi, the justice minister’s deputy for human rights and foreign affairs, said on Saturday that the U.S. sanctions are a clear violation of human rights and called for formation of a committee to study the repercussion of sanctions on ordinary people.

By Seyyed Hossein Mousavian

How to avoid U.S.-Iran conflict – and perhaps save the nuclear deal

While the world has been focusing on Donald Trump’s summits with NATO and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, tensions are escalating dangerously between Washington and Tehran.

By Hanif Ghaffari

How Europe can survive the Trump era

Overview of the Speigel article

TEHRAN_ A recent meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels once again shows that there are conflicts between the United States and European actors. It also revealed its disagreement during the G7 meeting in Canada.Currently, the European media often speak of deep divisions between the United States and the European Union.

By Sajad Abedi

Russia’s strategy on Syria, U.S.

TEHRAN- The U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit ended with many concerns. According to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement, the meeting still had positive results as the two presidents addressed Middle East problems, and reached an agreement on Syrian issues.

Australian PM: ‘No reason’ to believe U.S. will bomb Iran

TEHRAN – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dismissed rumors that U.S. President Donald Trump will order the bombing of Iran as early as next month, saying there is “no reason” to believe such an act will take place.

World not accepting U.S. leadership anymore: reformist

TEHRAN – A reformist political activist has said U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking global consensus against Iran but the world does not accept the United States’ leadership in political matters anymore.

By staff and agency

ICJ to hold hearing on Iran’s lawsuit against U.S. in August

The International Court of Justice issued a statement on Thursday announcing that a hearing on Iran’s lawsuit against the U.S. over its move in re-imposing unilateral sanctions will be held in August.

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”.

Expert: Trump pursuing zero-sum game with Iran

TEHRAN – A senior political analyst has said U.S. President Donald Trump is in a zero-sum game with Iran, and he is after a victory for the United States through negotiations which are backed by threats.

U.S. may begin war against Iran, but it is Iran which will end it, IRGC chief warns

General Soleimani to Trump: Stop threatening Iran with your ‘cabaret-style rhetoric’

TEHRAN – Major General Qassem Soleimani reacted sharply on Thursday to the recent military threats against Iran by U.S. President Donald Trump, warning that the U.S. may begin a war against Iran, but it is Iran which will “end” it.

‘Hollow threats’ by U.S. rulers not deserving response: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday dismissed the recent hostile comments by American officials against Iran as “baseless and unfounded,” stressing that their “hollow threats” do not even deserve a response.

We can easily counter threats of cutting Iran’s oil exports

Trump’s threats suggest he is ignorant of IRGC’s capabilities: IRGC chief

TEHRAN – Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-Iran rhetoric, chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that if Trump hears about the IRGC’s capabilities, he will never dare say the same things again.

“Iranians have always responded to threats with threats and to respect with respect”

Tehran says U.S. must abandon idea of talks ‘under shadow of threats’

TEHRAN – On Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the U.S. government must abandon “forever” the idea of “one-way negotiations” with Iran “under the shadow of threats”.

ICJ orders U.S. not to take new sanctions measures against Iran

TEHRAN - Mohsen Mohebi, head of the Presidential International Legal Center, said on Tuesday that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has demanded the U.S. not to take any new sanctions measures against Iran until the tribunal issues its verdicts on a lawsuit filed by the Islamic Republic against the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions.