Tehran slams so-called ‘Trump Deal’ as American hubris

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has slammed the unveiling of the so-called “Trump Deal”, saying it showed the Americans’ deeply embedded hubris.

U.S. unveils state terrorism by threatening to kill new Quds Force chief: Iran

TEHRAN – The United States officially unveils “targeted and state terrorism” by threatening to assassinate the new commander of the IRGC Quds Force, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday.

Tehran slams Seoul for miscalling Persian Gulf

TEHRAN — Tehran has strongly criticized Seoul for misnaming the Persian Gulf and dispatching a military mission to the waters south of Iran under a pressure by the United States.

Iranians are pro-peace people who know well how to defend: Mousavi 

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi underscored on Monday that his people have never been after waging war against any country but they are very good worriers. 

Tehran slams Macron for ‘Arab-Persian Gulf’ falsification

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for misnaming the Persian Gulf and for France’s military presence in the region.

Iran: Ukrainian plane crash should not be used for political objectives 

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi reacted to the Thursday meeting of the foreign ministers of five countries whose citizens were accidentally killed in a Ukrainian plane crash near Tehran on January 8, noting that the incident should not be used as a pretext to serve political objectives.

Iran warns to take ‘firm, decisive and proportional response’ if E3 takes unconstructive steps

TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a statement on Tuesday, reacted to a decision by the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal to activate the “trigger mechanism”, noting that the move will not serve nobody’s interests.

Iran downplays fresh U.S. sanctions

TEHRAN - The Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Saturday condemned the new U.S. sanctions on Iran, saying sanctions on senior Iranian officials as well as metal industries will bring nothing for Washington.

Pakistani FM set to visit Tehran on Sunday

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday that Pakistan’s foreign minister is scheduled to come to Tehran on Sunday.

Europe’s security is owed to General Soleimani’s war on Daesh, Foreign Ministry spokesman says

Tehran says responded appropriately to Pompeo’s ‘undiplomatic’ letter

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday that Tehran responded appropriately to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “undiplomatic” and “offensive” letter.

Iran warns White House of any inconsiderate move

U.S. seeking to divert attention from brutal killing of Iraqis by levelling charges against Iran: envoy

TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Tuesday that the United States seeks to divert attention from 17 years of occupying Iraq and brutal killing of the Iraqi people by leveling accusations against Iran.

Germany has turned blind eye to U.S. illegal interferences: Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Tuesday that Germany has turned a blind eye to the United States’ “illegal interferences” in the Middle East region.

Iran calls U.S. attacks on Iraqi forces ‘clear example of terrorism’

TEHRAN — Iran on Monday denounced U.S. airstrikes against Iraqi forces as a “clear example of terrorism”.

Festivities on eve of new Christian year

TEHRAN – On the eve of the new Christian year a celebration was held at Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran on Sunday.

Tehran says French remarks on case of Iranian national is example of interference

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday that the French Foreign Ministry’s statement about Iranian national Fariba Adelkhah is a “meddlesome action”.

Australian woman violated national security: Iran 

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters on Saturday that Australian woman Kylie Moore-Gilbert is being held in Iran for violating the country's national security. 

Zarif visits Moscow

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, accompanied by a delegation, visited Moscow late on Sunday.

Tehran condemns terror attack in Somalia

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has denounced a terrorist attack in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which has killed and injured dozens of people.

World lives in post-West era, Iran says

TEHRAN - The entire world lives in the post-West era, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman wrote on his official Twitter account on Friday, noting that the Western powers’ domination and supremacy have come to an end. 

Iran condoles with Kazakhstan over passenger plane crash

TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a statement on Friday, expressed Tehran’s condolences to the Kazakh government and people over a plane crash near Almaty that claimed lives of a number of passengers. 

Iran considers Russia and China apart from other JCPOA parties, Mousavi says

Tehran says won’t forget its friends in tough times

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said that Iran will never forget its friends in tough times.

‘European Parliament’s anti-Iran allegations unconstructive, distortion of realities’ 

TEHRAN - The Foreign Ministry on Monday responded to the European Parliament’s allegations of human rights violations in Iran, saying the accusations as baseless, hasty and unconstructive.

Pompeo has transferred ‘hellish ideologies’ to foreign policy

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Friday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “loudspeaker of deception, humiliation, extremism, ignorance, bullying and insulting” who has transferred “hellish ideologies” to foreign policy.

Tehran calls UNGA resolution on human rights ‘politically-motivated’

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has denounced as “politically-motivated” the latest UN General Assembly resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran.

U.S. rulers have striven in vain to intervene in Iran’s affairs, says spokesman

TEHRAN — The United States foreign policy decision-makers have done their best in vain to intervene in Iran’s internal affairs, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said.

Failure to join FATF will limit international economic interaction: MP

TEHRAN – Ali Ebrahimi, a member of the Hope parliamentary faction, has said that a failure to join the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will limit Iran’s economic interaction with the outside world.

‘A safe region, in our view, is a region that has safe neighbors’

Iran observing ‘good neighborliness’ policy: Foreign Ministry

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said the Islamic Republic has based its policy on good neighborliness and has tried not to intervene in the domestic affairs of regional countries.

Tehran criticizes Italy’s ban on Mahan Air

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Monday responded to Italy’s ban on Iran’s Mahan Air, saying Tehran expects “friendly countries” not to succumb to the United States’ “unilateral, illegal and baseless sanctions.”

Iran to U.S. Treasury: Sanctions are the war itself 

TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a post on his official Twitter account on Monday, rejected U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s remarks that sanctions are alternative to war, noting that sanctions are exactly economic war. 

Resolution 2231 imposes no ban on Iran’s missile tests: spokesman

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has argued that the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 imposes no ban on Iran’s missile tests.