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2020-04-01 12:57
Iran advises U.S. to avoid adventurous moves in Iraq
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry Abbas Mousavi on Wednesday urged U.S. forces in Iraq to respect the demands of the Iraqi people to leave the country and avoid creating tension in the Wes Asia region.
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2020-02-05 18:53
Zarif appoints new deputies, directors
TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in separate decrees on Wednesday, appointed new envoys, deputies and Foreign Ministry directors for different departments.
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2020-01-13 16:32
Foreign Ministry forms special working group to ease consular affairs of plane crash victims
TEHRAN - A special working group has been established by the Foreign Ministry to facilitate consular affairs for the victims of the Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down mistakenly by Iran's air defense system on Wednesday morning, the ministry spokesman announced on Sunday.
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2020-01-12 18:15
British ambassador to Tehran summoned to Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN - British Ambassador Rob Macaire, who was arrested briefly by Iran during demonstrations in Tehran on Saturday afternoon, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Sunday afternoon.
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2020-01-01 15:21
Iran summons Swiss envoy over U.S. ‘warmongering words’
TEHRAN - Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Markus Leitner, whose country represents the U.S. interests in Iran, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to hear Tehran’s strong protest to Washington’s “warmongering words” and baseless allegations against the Islamic Republic.
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2019-11-20 19:02
Iran summons Swiss envoy over U.S. meddlesome statements
TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Switzerland’s Ambassador to Tehran Markus Leitner whose country represents the U.S. interests in Iran.
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2019-07-12 17:45
Female candidates named to become ambassadors: Foreign Ministry spokesman
TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said between 20 to 30 new ambassadors will be introduced by the end of summer and that a number of female candidates have been proposed by the Foreign Ministry to take ambassadorial posts.
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2019-05-25 19:23
Foreign Ministry confirms Zarif’s meeting with U.S. senator
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had a meeting with U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, saying such meetings are aimed at neutralizing the so-called B-Team’s impact on the American political society.
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2019-05-18 21:41
Tehran welcomes Venezuela peace talks in Norway
TEHRAN – Tehran says it welcomes peace talks between the Venezuelan government and the opposition hosted by Norway, expressing the hope that the talks would result in a political solution.
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2019-04-30 21:10
Tehran to host intl. gastronomy festival
TEHRAN – The Iranian capital will be hosting a major international culinary festival from August 20 to 25.
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2019-04-07 22:06
Foreign Ministry donates 50,000 books to National Library
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has donated 50,000 books to the National Library of Iran.
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2019-01-13 12:34
Tehran summons Polish diplomat over anti-Iran conference
TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Polish charge d'affaires to Tehran to protest Poland’s bid to co-host an anti-Iran conference in Warsaw, the ministry announced on Sunday.
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2018-12-03 21:00
Iran backs upcoming Yemeni-Yemeni talks in Stockholm
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has offered the country’s support for the upcoming Yemen talks in Sweden, calling on all Yemeni sides to have a “constructive and responsible” engagement in the Stockholm talks with the goal of putting an end to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
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2018-11-13 00:19
Ex-Brazilian president meets Zarif
TEHRAN – Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello, the former Brazilian president and the chairman of the Brazilian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, met with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Monday.
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2018-10-27 12:14
Iran foreign ministry rejects claims about U.S. talks
TEHRAN – The Iranian foreign ministry categorically denied the claims raised by a lawmaker that the ministry is making efforts to hold talks with the US in a neighboring country.
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2018-10-19 18:48
Spouses of envoys attend gastronomy, crafts festival in Tehran
A group of spouses of foreign-diplomats in Tehran participated in a gastronomy and handicrafts festival, which was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 18, 2018.
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2018-08-27 09:31
Foreign Ministry to follow up on Hour al-Azim wetland wildfire
TEHRAN – While wildfire has been hitting the Iraqi part of Hour al-Azim, a transboundary body of water shared between Iran and Iraq, since July 2, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has entrusted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pursue negotiations on fire operations, chief of Khuzestan province’s department of environment has said.
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2018-08-16 12:06
Iran to open consular office in Bonn
TEHRAN – In a cabinet meeting on Wednesday headed by President Hassan Rouhani, the cabinet members agreed to a proposal by the Foreign Ministry to establish a consular section in the city of Bonn, Germany.
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2018-08-07 10:02
Foreign Ministry can help increase Iran’s oil sale: ex-diplomat
TEHRAN - Mohsen Pakaeen, the former Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan, has said that the Foreign Ministry can provide the grounds for increasing Iran’s oil sale in the international markets.
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2018-08-06 10:27
Iran, Azerbaijan hold consular meeting
TEHRAN – Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan held their first joint consular meeting in Tehran on Saturday.
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2018-07-09 20:10
MP urges Foreign Ministry to expel 2 Dutch diplomats
TEHRAN – A top lawmaker has urged the Foreign Ministry to react to the Dutch expulsion of two Iranian diplomats by doing the same thing to Dutch diplomats in Iran.
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2018-07-09 20:10
Cabinet studies Foreign Ministry report on European economic package
TEHRAN – The Iranian cabinet on Sunday discussed a report by the Foreign Ministry on the economic commitments made by European countries to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the JCPOA.
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2018-07-07 09:09
Iran summons French, Belgian, German ambassadors
TEHRAN – Tehran has summoned the French and Belgian ambassadors as well as the German chargé daffaires to express its strong protest over the arrest of a Vienna-based Iranian diplomat in Germany.
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2018-05-13 06:26
Foreign Ministry focused on wooing tourists
TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry’s representative in northeastern Iran has announced the formation of an office at the ministry to facilitate attraction of foreign tourists, ISNA reported.
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2018-01-17 19:57
Zarif appoints new deputies
TEHRAN – During a ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif named his new deputies on the basis of the ministry’s new structure.
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2017-12-28 12:44
Foreign Ministry holds martyred diplomat’s funeral
TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday held a funeral procession for one of its diplomats who died while serving in Berlin.
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2017-12-25 13:21
Foreign Ministry undergoing new changes
TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Sunday that new changes are taking place at the Foreign Ministry.
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2017-12-08 13:31
Iranian Foreign Ministry: U.S. decision on al-Quds violates ‘international resolutions’
TEHRAN - In response to Donald Trump’s declaration on Wednesday in which he recognized al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel and ordered the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to al-Quds, the Iranian Foreign Ministry immediately issued a statement denouncing the move and said it stands in stark violation of “international resolutions”.
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2017-08-29 09:08
Economic diplomacy is top priority of Foreign Ministry: official
TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour said on Monday that economic diplomacy is a top priority of the Foreign Ministry in the new administration of Hassan Rouhani.
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2017-08-19 20:08
Tourist flow from U.S. to Iran not slowed down
TEHRAN – The tourist flow from the U.S. to Iran has not been slowed down as its year-on-year rate shows no decrease in the stream, says the chief executive of the Iranian Tour Operators Association.
