Iran foils 33 million cyber attacks in one year: minister

Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has warned of a rise in cyber threats in the world, saying Tehran has foiled some 33 million cyber attacks over the past year alone.

FM says: “War is beneficial to no one”

Zarif renews Iran’s call to regional states to join Tehran’s peace plan

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has renewed Iran’s call to all countries in the region to join Tehran’s initiative known as the Hormuz Peace Endeavour (HOPE).

Washington has taken its animus towards Iran to a new extreme over the past two years, Zarif laments

Zarif: U.S. policies driven by pathological obsession with Iran

TEHRAN – In a speech to the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized Washington’s policy toward Iran, saying the U.S. is maddeningly obsessed with Iran 

Zarif meets top diplomats in Germany

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met on Saturday with a number of top foreign diplomats on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

Zarif arrives in Germany for Munich Security Conference

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Germany on Friday to take part in the 55th Munich Security Conference.

By Hanif Ghaffari

West using JCPOA as lever to pressurize Iran

TEHRAN - Recently, Reuters claimed European countries had commenced negotiations with Iran over the country’s role in the region in order to ease U.S. President Donald Trump’s concerns over the Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Tehran confirms Zarif, Kerry met in Munich

TEHRAN - Tehran has confirmed that the Iranian foreign minister and his former American counterpart met during the Munich Security Conference on February 18.

By Javad Heirannia

EU countries in tough spot with U.S. demands on JCPOA: Professor

TEHRAN - Farhang Jahanpour, an adjunct professor in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a Middle East expert, says that all other signatories to the JCPOA, including the European Troika (the UK, France and Germany) have stated that they are for the nuclear accord, since Iran has remained committed to the deal.

Hanif Ghafari

Why EU is worried?

TEHRAN - European officials continue to worry about their political future. The social, political, economic and security developments in Europe show that the European Union is not in a good position. This has caused European officials and many experts and analysts to warn Europe's issues about the future. A future whose signs are now visible.

Iran-proposed security architecture taken seriously: Zarif

MUNICH – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said his proposal for a new security architecture in the Persian Gulf region has been taken seriously “by serious people”.

Zionist-Saudi hype set to overwhelm Iran's call for 'security networking'

MOSCOW - The Iranian foreign minister took part in a Russian-hosted forum on regional security, the Valdai Discussion Club, on Monday, fast on the back of his attendance at the Munich Security Conference the day earlier.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

Some Europeans complicit in possible trashing of JCPOA

TEHRAN - The Munich security conference has been shadowed by a paradoxical policy on the nuclear deal with Iran. The German Foreign Minister has only asked Trump to stay in the nuclear deal, and the French Foreign Minister has preferred to remain silent.

By Mehdi Sepahvand, Tehran Times Political Editor

Zarif: Iran favors ‘strong region’ over ‘strong man’

MUNICH - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that Iran favors a “strong region” as opposed to a “strong man in the region”.

By Mehdi Sepahvand, Tehran Times Political Editor

Zarif calls Netanyahu’s theatrical move ‘cartoonish circus’

MUNICH – During a hateful speech at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu held up a remnant of what he said was a piece of an Iranian drone shot down by Israel earlier this month, a theatrical move which Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif likened to “cartoonish circus”.

Kerry: It is ‘absolutely critical’ to make sure nuclear deal will survive

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that it is “absolutely critical” to make sure that the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, will survive.

McMaster’s remarks are an example of Iranophobia

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that U.S. National Security Adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster’s remarks were in line with the United States’ “Iranophobic policies”.

Zarif in Germany for Munich Security Conference

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to visit Germany on Saturday night to participate in the 54th edition of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

By Hanif Ghaffari

From Davos to Munich 

TEHRAN - The remarks made by European officials at the Munich Security Conference show that they are worried about the future of Europe (given America's policies). Undoubtedly, Donald Trump's presence at the top of the political and executive equations of the United States has exacerbated this concern.

By Ali Kushki

Iran says Turkey better not to test Tehran's patience

TEHRAN – One day after Turkey accused Iran of fueling sectarianism in the Middle East, Tehran advised Ankara not to try to test its patience, saying it will not be boundless.

Zarif calls for ‘cognitive transition’ in post-Western era

TEHRAN – Addressing the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for “a cognitive transition, commensurate with the realities of the global transition.” 

Zarif attends Munich Security Conference 

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived at Germany on Wednesday for the Munich Security Conference.