Iran detains German national over photographing ‘sensitive’ oil facility

TEHRAN- Iran detained on Tuesday a German national for photographing a “sensitive” oil infrastructure in the oil rich province of Khuzestan.

Archaeologists excavate hill adjacent to ancient mine previously yielded salt mummies

TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has commenced an exploratory excavation on a sloping hill situated near an ancient mine that previously yielded well-reserved corpses of entrapped miners.

Tehran summons German and British envoys

TEHRAN- The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the German and British ambassadors to protest Berlin and London’s reactions to the execution of a rioter, who had injured a security personnel with knife and blocked a street in Tehran.

Iran tells the West it has adopted ‘proportionate and standard anti-riot methods’ 

Amir Abdollahian says Germany exercises hypocrisy in dealing with terrorism and hate speech 

TEHRAN – In reaction to a series of tweets by Western officials who reacted harshly and angrily to the execution of a villain arrested during the riots in Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said late on Thursday that the Judicial system in Iran “has employed proportionate and standard anti-riot methods.”

By Martin Love

Retribution is coming…

Enlightened Americans were sad to see the Iranian soccer team underdogs 1 to the U.S. team. (For too long, since the ouster of Mossadegh by the CIA and the Brits in the early 1950s, the U.S. has maligned and tried to control Iran.) Sportsmanship seemed to have prevailed at the end of the match, however, with some of the opposed team members giving hugs to each other. That single goal made by the U.S. was an instance of luck even though the Iranians did not mount a particularly notable offense. But who is really losing this year and going forward: The West and particularly the United States. As an American, it may be hard to say it, but it’s deserved.

Iran ranked fifth tourism source for Turkey in October

TEHRAN– Iranian nationals became the fifth source of tourism for neighboring Turkey in October.

Germany had vital role in arming Saddam with chemical bombs: Foreign Ministry

TEHRAN - Germany played an undeniable role in assisting Saddam Hussein by supplying the Iraqi despot with chemical weapons in the 1980s who inflicted irreparable damages on Iranian citizens and military forces, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.

Iran summons Germany's ambassador over HRC resolution

TEHRAN- The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday adopted a resolution at Berlin's request condemning the Islamic Republic for what it called suppression of protestors, a move that prompted the Iranian Foreign Ministry to call the German Ambassador to Tehran, Hans-Udo Muzel.

By Mehran Shamsuddin

Unrest fails to impact Iran nuclear redlines

TEHRAN – Iranian officials have reiterated Tehran’s adherence to the redlines on many policy issues amid unconfirmed news about some Western inkling of Iranian leniency on some of those issues due to the unrest in the country.

Germany was ‘main provider’ of chemical arms to Saddam, Iran says

Iran tells the West that instrumental use of human rights is ‘disgraceful’

TEHRAN – Iran has strongly reacted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that voted on Thursday for a resolution to create an independent fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses in Iran, particularly against women and children.

By Mehran Shamsuddin

Germany doubles down on hostility toward Iran

TEHRAN – Since the start of the unrest in Iran, the German government has taken measures and stances that escalated tensions between Tehran and Berlin.

Germany in secret talks to buy Iranian oil: report

TEHRAN – An Israeli paper has claimed that Germany is in “secret” talks with Tehran to buy Iranian oil as part of its efforts to wean itself off Russia's energy supplies.

Iran summons German envoy over chancellor statements

TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday the German ambassador to Tehran, Hans-Udo Muzel, over German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s “meddlesome” remarks about Iran.

Iran responds to German, French leaders’ pejorative, provocative remarks

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Sunday showed reactions to the latest spurious allegations and stances by the German and French leaders, calling them non-diplomatic, meddlesome, and provocative.

Tepe Rivi: archaeologists digging site previously yielded relics from Bronze age to Islamic era

TEHRAN—Archaeologists have commenced work on Tepe Rivi, a rich excavation site in northeast Iran, which previously yielded relics and ruins dating from the Bronze Age to the early Islamic period.

Iran cautions Germany: Tehran’s response to interference will be firm

TEHRAN- Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian criticizes his German counterpart's comments endorsing violent riots in Iran as a clear example of interference in the Islamic Republic’s internal affairs and issues a warning that Tehran will respond to such interventionist views with a "proportionate and firm" response.

War veterans gather in front of German embassy in Tehran

TEHRAN – A number of people and disabled war veterans held a protest rally on Tuesday morning in front of the German embassy in Tehran to show their disgust of Berlin’s interference in Iran’s internal affairs coupled with its role in provoking unrest in the Islamic Republic.

Fatima Masoumeh shrine visited by travelers from 39 countries in month

TEHRAN – Travelers from 39 countries paid visits to the holy shrine of Fatima Masoumeh (SA) in Qom, where the sister of Imam Reza (AS), the 8th Shia Imam, is laid to rest.

Tehran summons German ambassador over Baerbock’s interventionist remarks

TEHRAN — In response to the interventionist positions of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Berlin’s ambassador in Tehran was summoned on Thursday to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Germany should be ashamed of its behavior: diplomat

TEHRAN – The Iranian chargé d'affaires to the UK has castigated the German envoy to London for pushing for punitive measures against Iran over Ukraine.