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2021-03-01 21:31
Iran rejects EU talks offer, says U.S. must first lift sanctions
TEHRAN – Iran once again rejected an offer by the European Union to engage in direct talks with the United States over the 2015 nuclear deal, underlining that Washington should lift sanctions before any kind of talks can go ahead.
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2021-02-28 22:11
Iran welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire deal
TEHRAN - Iran welcomed on Sunday the joint statement of India and Pakistan based on which the two sides have agreed to strictly adhere to the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC).
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2021-02-27 16:31
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman holds talks in Damascus
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh held talks on Friday with high-ranking Syrian officials including Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and Bouthaina Shaaban, the senior advisor to the Syrian president.
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2021-02-26 22:48
Iran says UN investigator has no authority to comment on Ukrainian plane crash
TEHRAN – Spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh has responded to UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard’s comments on the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran by saying that the UN investigator had no authority to comment on the crash.
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2021-02-21 21:07
Iran, Russia working on strategic deal
Foreign Ministry spokesman tells Tehran Times: Iran and Russia have placed long-term cooperation on agenda
TEHRAN – Iran and Russian authorities have begun working on drafting a new long-term cooperation document that would replace a decades-long treaty between the two countries, the Tehran Times can reveal.
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2021-02-19 20:10
Tehran says U.S. still not JCPOA member as Washington floats return to diplomacy
TEHRAN – The United States is yet to become a member of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Iran has said, as the Biden administration intensifies diplomatic effort to reach a common position with Europe on Iran.
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2021-02-16 17:13
Iran strongly rejects rumors about Erbil attack
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected rumors ascribing a deadly rocket attack on the Iraqi city of Erbil to Iran.
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2021-02-05 17:30
Iran ‘strongly’ condemns Belgian court’s ruling against Iranian diplomat
TEHRAN – Iran has categorically denounced a Belgian court’s ruling against Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi.
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2021-02-01 21:40
Iran says hopes to see changes in new U.S. administration
TEHRAN - Saeed Khatibzadeh, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Monday that Iran is waiting for the new U.S. government to practically lift all sanctions imposed by Donald Trump’s administration.
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2021-01-30 20:35
Iran advises Macron to avoid taking indiscreet, hasty positions
TEHRAN - Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, on Saturday asked French President Emmanuel Macron to avoid taking “indiscreet and hasty” positions regarding the JCPOA, the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.
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2021-01-26 21:15
Five Iranians dead in avalanche on Turkish border
TEHRAN – Five Iranian nationals stuck in an avalanche on the border with Turkey have unfortunately lost their lives, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, adding that efforts are underway to bring their bodies back home.
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2021-01-25 21:49
Iran says won’t reverse nuclear measures unless U.S. implements UNSCR 2231
TEHRAN – Iran will not back down from the nuclear steps it has taken in response to the United States withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal unless the new U.S. administration returns to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
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2021-01-25 18:12
Iranian tanker is seized due to technical reason
TEHRAN - Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Monday that Iran is “waiting for more reports from the Indonesian government on the seizure of the Iranian oil tanker.”
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2021-01-24 20:15
Iran rules out mediation on South Korean-flagged tanker
TEHRAN – Iran will not accept any third party mediation on the South Korean ship seized by Iranian authorities on charges of polluting the environment, says the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry.
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2021-01-24 18:39
Iran says would welcome Saudi foreign policy revision
TEHRAN – Saudi Arabia has begun realizing that its aggressive foreign policy has ended in failure and that it seems to be revising some aspects of its foreign policy accordingly, Iran’s Foreign Ministry says, underlining that Tehran would welcome Saudi Arabia changing its approach.
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2021-01-18 22:22
South Korea moves anti-piracy unit away from Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN – In a bid to calm tensions with Iran, South Korea has decided to move its anti-piracy naval unit operating near the strategic Strait of Hormuz away from the waterway, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday.
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2021-01-17 19:40
Iran dispels rumors about South Korean ship, says legal proceedings underway
TEHRAN - Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has responded to rumors about the possible release of a South Korean ship recently impounded by Iran for technical reasons.
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2021-01-17 18:05
Iran officially warned the U.S. of legal action for harassing diplomats
TEHRAN – In a statement on Saturday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tehran has officially warned the U.S. that it will bring a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) if Washington continues illegal actions against the Iranian diplomats.
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2021-01-13 20:10
Foreign Ministry: U.S. allegation of Iran’s link with al-Qaeda sign of desperation
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has dismissed the false accusations of Iranian ties with al-Qaeda by the outgoing U.S. secretary of state as a sign of Washington's frustration and the failure of its policy of “maximum pressure” on Tehran.
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2021-01-11 21:44
E3 complicit in violating JCPOA, Iran says
TEHRAN – Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has responded to a joint statement issued by the three European signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by saying that these countries have not only failed to uphold their obligations under the nuclear deal, but they have also been complicit in violating the deal alongside the United States.
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2021-01-04 22:14
Iran expresses readiness to restore ties with Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN – Two Iranian diplomats have said that Tehran is ready to restore diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia if Riyadh changes behavior.
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2021-01-02 13:55
Tehran dismisses Rouhani death threat against Trump as ‘fake news’
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the American daily Washington Times should know better than to publish fake news, making a reference to the daily’s distortion of President Hassan Rouhani’s remarks about his outgoing American counterpart.
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2021-01-01 15:49
Tehran condemns attack in Yemen’s Aden airport
TEHRAN — The Islamic Republic of Iran has condemned attacks at an airport in Yemen’s southern city of Aden, which claimed the lives of more than 20 people.
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2020-12-28 22:58
Iran says visit of Iraqi delegation was ‘quite common’
TEHRAN – Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said on Monday that the Sunday brief visit of an Iraqi delegation to Iran was “quite common”.
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2020-12-28 22:52
Iran says doesn’t seek tensions
TEHRAN – Iran once again on Monday condemned threatening remarks by U.S. leaders against Iran, saying that it does not seek to escalate tensions in the region.
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2020-12-22 16:42
Tehran strongly refutes Pompeo’s anti-Iran accusations
TEHRAN — Iran has strongly rejected any attack on diplomatic mission, saying U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo aims to create tension through his irresponsible anti-Iran accusations.
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2020-12-21 22:59
Azerbaijan’s deputy PM due in Tehran on Wednesday
TEHRAN – Azerbaijan’s deputy prime minister is expected to arrive in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
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2020-12-21 15:19
Rocket attack on U.S. embassy in Baghdad ‘unacceptable,’ Iran says
TEHRAN – Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has called a rocket attack on the United States embassy in Iraq “unacceptable” and “dubious”.
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2020-12-20 13:16
Spokesman derides outgoing Pompeo’s obsession with Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has reacted to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s obsession with Iran, saying the U.S. regime is responsible for coups and wars against regional countries.
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2020-12-18 19:35
Spokesman says anti-Iran resolution lacks ‘legal credibility’
TEHRAN — In reaction to the adoption of an anti-Iran resolution by the United Nations General Assembly, Iran has said the resolution lacks “legal credibility”, highlighting the chief initiators’ dark history of human rights violations.
