Rouhani highlights need to expand relations with Iraq

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted the necessity to expand relations between Iran and Iraq and also speed up implementation of agreements.

Rouhani calls Qatari emir, says security possible only through regional co-op

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has said that regional security and stability can only be achieved through regional cooperation.

No country entitled to ignore Iran’s rights, Tehran tells Seoul

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi says no country is entitled to ignore Iran’s rights in favor of a third country, making a reference to South Korea’s freezing of Iran’s money under illegal demand by the United States.

JCPOA is annexed to UNSCR 2231 and U.S. has legal obligations to implement both: Iran

TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA, is annexed to the resolution 2231 of the UN Security Council and the United States has legal obligations to implement both of them.

Top MP rejects claims of missile attack on Natanz nuclear facility

TEHRAN - Mojtaba Zolnour, the head of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has rejected claims of missile or drone attacks on the Natanz nuclear facility.

By harassing passenger plane, U.S. seeks to provoke response: Tehran

TEHRAN — The United States was trying to provoke a reaction from the Islamic Republic by harassing an Iranian passenger plane in order to cause concern for the Iranian people, according to presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi.

Iran: We are waiting for South Korea’s tangible actions

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday that Iran is waiting for South Korea’s “tangible” and “remarkable” actions.

Iran supports intra-Afghan talks: expert

TEHRAN - Mohsen Rouhisefat, an expert on international affairs, has said that Iran supports talks among Afghans.

Americans’ regional visits aimed to foment ‘Iranophobia’: advisor

TEHRAN — A top advisor to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has censured the rise in the number of visits by American officials to regional countries, saying the visits are parts of attempts to foment “Iranophobia”.

Deputy FM says U.S. push to extend UN arms embargo on Iran will kill JCPOA

TEHRAN - Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand warned on Tuesday that the U.S. efforts to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran would spell the end of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the Fars news agency reported.

‘U.S. violates Chicago Convention by harassing Iranian plane’

TEHRAN - Ahmad Momenirad, a professor of international law from the University of Tehran, has said that the United States violated the Chicago Convention by harassing an Iranian passenger plane in Syria’s sky.

Nouri al-Maliki strongly condemns assassination of Gen. Soleimani

TEHRAN - Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has strongly condemned assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and deputy head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis by the United States.

Judiciary: 11 individuals convicted for disrupting Iran’s currency market

TEHRAN – Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili announced on Tuesday that 11 individuals were found guilty of disrupting the country’s foreign currency market last week.

No honesty in U.S. words and behavior, Iran says

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday that there is no honesty in the United States’ words and behavior.

Iranian military attaché meets Iraqi interior minister

TEHRAN - Iranian military attaché to Iraq Mostafa Moradian has met with Iraqi Interior Minister Othman al-Ghanmi.

Threatening passenger plane unforgivable: Iran’s Judiciary chief

TEHRAN - Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that the United States’ act in threatening an Iranian passenger plane is “not forgivable”.

Iranian government spokesman tests positive for Covid-19

TEHRAN – The office of Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that the spokesman has contracted Covid-19 and that his planned press conference won’t be held due to his disease, IRNA reported.

Zarif to deliver speech on Instagram

TEHRAN- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Sunday that he will be delivering an online speech on Instagram on Monday afternoon.

Advisor hails Iran-Iraq ties amid U.S. pressure

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian Parliament speaker, has hailed the recent visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to Iran as a manifestation of the depth of ties between Iran and Iraq.

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U.S. harassment of Iranian plane a grim echo of downing of airliner in 1988: NBC News

In an article published by NBC News on Saturday, it is said that the United States’ harassment against an Iranian passenger plane on Thursday offered a grim echo of a shootdown by American forces over 30 years ago.

Prosecutor general asks Zarif to legally pursue U.S. harassment of passenger plane

TEHRAN – In a letter to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif published late Saturday, Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said Iran must legally pursue the United States’ harassment against a passenger plane.

Iran to ‘decisively respond’ to U.S. harassment of passenger plane: MP

TEHRAN- Seyyed Nasser Mousavi Laregani, a member of the Parliament’s presiding board, said on Saturday that Iran will decisively respond to the U.S. harassment of an Iranian passenger airliner over Syria.

Army general visits military production center

TEHRAN - Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari paid a visit to an army production center that produces medical equipment required to combat Covid-19.

Ex-diplomat says harassing Iranian passenger plane is in line with maximum pressure

TEHRAN – Abdolreza Farajirad, Iran’s former ambassador to Norway, has said that the harassment against the Iranian passenger plane by a United States’ fighter jets was in line with Washington’s policy of maximum pressure against Iran.

Euro-Med Monitor calls on ICAO to investigate U.S. harassment of Iranian plane

TEHRAN — The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has said the United States’ harassment of an Iranian passenger plane over Syria on Thursday evening constitutes a serious violation of international agreements relating to the safety of civil aviation.

Syrian ambassador: U.S. move against Iranian plane is a terrorist act

TEHRAN – The Syrian ambassador to Tehran has said that the harassment against the Iranian passenger plane in the Syrian sky by the United States was a terrorist act against the innocent civilians.

‘Outlaws must be stopped before disaster,’ Zarif says of U.S. harassment of Iranian passenger plane

TEHRAN- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced on Friday the harassment of an Iranian passenger plane over Syria, calling on the international community to stop the U.S. “outlaws” before a disaster happens.

Ukraine says decoding of downed UIA Boeing is successful

TEHRAN – Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhenii Yenin has said that decoding of flight data recorders from UIA Boeing downed in Iran has been successful despite the external damage caused to the recorders.

Iran-China co-op shows failure of U.S. maximum pressure: ex-Pakistan army chief

TEHRAN - Former Pakistani army chief General Mirza Aslam Beg has said that the 25-year cooperation plan between Iran and China shows failure of the United States’ policy of maximum pressure on Tehran.