Politics

Europeans are all talk and no action, MP says

TEHRAN – Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has criticized European countries for failing to fulfil their obligations under the 2015 nuclear agreement, saying the Europeans are all talk and their inaction is unacceptable.
Iran is becoming a drone superpower: The Hill

TEHRAN – Iran is quietly building up an arsenal of locally-produced drones that it is exporting to its allies in the region, The Hill argued in a piece published on Friday.
Zarif says engagement is losing credibility

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that engagement with the international community “is losing credibility”.

Iranian tanker seized by Saudi Arabia released

TEHRAN – An Iranian ship that had been involuntarily kept by Saudi Arabia in Jeddah port was released on Saturday.
Russia’s Putin welcomes any detente between Iran, U.S.

TEHRAN – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country would welcome any detente between the United States and Iran.
Iran dismisses rumors Fordow nuclear site is closed

TEHRAN – Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has dismissed reports of closure of Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, saying the facility is being used for research on vacuum systems used to enrich uranium.
Iran is becoming a drone superpower: The Hill

TEHRAN – Iran is quietly building up an arsenal of locally-produced drones that it is exporting to its allies in the region, The Hill argued in a piece published on Friday.
Europeans are all talk and no action, MP says

TEHRAN – Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has criticized European countries for failing to fulfil their obligations under the 2015 nuclear agreement, saying the Europeans are all talk and their inaction is unacceptable.
Montazeri urges Nigeria to send Sheikh Zakzaky to Iran for treatment

TEHRAN – Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran’s prosecutor general, has urged the Nigerian judiciary to release Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, the top Shiite cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), and send him to Iran for medical treatment.
Zarif says capture of British tanker should be pursued through legal procedures

TEHRAN – On Saturday, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about a British oil taker seized by the IRGC in Strait of Hormuz on Friday night.
‘Cuba, Iran culturally resistant to economic pressure’

TEHRAN – Simon Rodriguez Pedro, Cuban co-chairman of Iran-Cuba parliamentary friendship group, has called for expansion of ties between Iran and Cuba.
Zarif says engagement is losing credibility

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that engagement with the international community “is losing credibility”.
Bolton’s nuclear enrichment remarks lack legal validity: Shamkhani

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has said that U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton’s remarks that Iran should not be allowed to enrich uranium “have no legal credibility”.