Pakistan plays host to joint tourism conference with Iran

TEHRAN – Attendees including Iranian and Pakistani cultural officials, diplomats and tour operators discussed ways to deepen tourism ties between the two neighboring countries in a conference held at Mehran Arts Council in Hyderabad on February 15.

By Maryam Khormaei

A look at the slogan of the 2020 Munich Security Conference

“Westlessness” so short, so simple

The Munich Security Conference began on Friday with the opening speech by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and continued till Sunday.

Zarif says pushed for tension de-escalation in West Asia region in Munich 

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who had attended the Munich Security Conference (MSC) said on Sunday that he discussed ways to advance “the cause of peace” and de-escalating tension in the West Asia region. 

Germany says won’t join U.S. naval coalition in Hormuz Strait

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced on Saturday that her country's navy will not join the U.S. naval coalition in the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Lavrov discusses Iran nuclear deal with Zarif, Borrell

MOSCOW (Sputnik) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the Iran nuclear deal as well as the situation in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

* By Mohammad Ghaderi

Munich Security Conference duty regarding the assassination of commander Soleimani

This year's Munich Security Conference is being held for the fifty-sixth time from 14 to 16 February. The meeting is held annually to discuss the world's security problems and to come up with a unified solution to them.

Zarif: Saudi Arabia does not seek tension de-escalation 

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that countries such as Saudi Arabia do not seek de-escalation of tensions in the region.

Zarif, Trudeau meet in Munich

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met on Friday on the sidelines of the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC).

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.