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2019-02-26 19:15
‘Rouhani believes there is only one foreign policy, one foreign minister’
TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani fully backs his chief diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif, who resigned on Monday night, and believes that Iran has only “one foreign policy and one foreign minister”, presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi said on Tuesday.
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2019-02-26 11:41
United voice against Zarif resignation
Iranian parliament wants Zarif to stay in his job
TEHRAN – In a letter to President Rouhani on Tuesday, 135 MPs asked President Rouhani to seriously reject resignation by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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2019/01/12
By M K Bhadrakumar
‘Gadkari effect’ on growing Iran-India relations
TEHRAN - If the ‘Newton Effect’ in physics has an equivalent in international diplomacy, we can describe what is happening to India-Iran relations as the ‘Gadkari Effect’. Like in the case of the 18th century English scientist Isaac Newton’s optical property of physics, the minister in the Indian government Nitin Gadkari – arguably, by far the best performing colleague of Prime Minister Narendra Modi – has created a series of concentric, alternating rings centered at the point of contact between the Indian and Iranian economies.
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2019-01-10 11:46
Raisina Dialogue: 'Ensuring zero tolerance towards terrorism need of hour'
TEHRAN - Asserting that no country is immune to the “existential threat” of terrorism, India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said the need of hour is to ensure zero tolerance towards terrorism and those using it as an “instrument of convenience”.
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2018-12-02 21:16
MPs not interested in impeaching Zarif: lawmaker
TEHRAN – Head of the Independents faction in parliament said on Sunday that members of different parliamentary blocs have not shown much interest in impeaching Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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2018-09-28 20:38
‘The world will laugh at Netanyahu’s anti-Iran show’
TEHRAN – The world will laugh at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims about a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said.
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2018-05-06 20:42
Zarif rejects revocation of visa-free entrance for Azeri nationals
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday ruled out cancellation of visa-free entrance for Azeri nationals, saying it would be against the country’s economic benefits.
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2017-09-20 10:50
Zarif says Trump’s UN speech ‘belongs in medieval times, unworthy of a reply'
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s “hate speech” at the UN General Assembly “belongs in medieval times”.
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2017-09-16 16:17
Tillerson, Zarif to talk nuke deal next week: FP
The U.S. Secretary of State will sit down for the first time with Javad Zarif and other key dignitaries as the Trump administration weighs killing the Iran nuclear pact, Foreign Policy reported.
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2017-07-15 16:32
FM Zarif offers condolences on Mirzakhani’s demise
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif extended his condolences upon the sad demise of the first female Iranian award-winning mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani on Saturday.
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2017-05-27 19:28
By Ali Kushki
Iran’s Foreign Ministry to streamline structure for economic goals
TEHRAN – Encouraged by gains from an international nuclear accord with six world powers, Iran’s Foreign Ministry will revamp its current structure to ensure it can engage more actively in economic activities with the international community.
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2017-05-07 21:05
By Ali Kushki
Zarif: Strategic roadmap with Afghanistan in the pipeline
KABUL – Having met with senior Afghan officials in Kabul on Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the two sides have agreed on working toward a “strategic” roadmap which addresses issues of mutual concern.
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2017-05-07 10:32
Zarif arrives in Kabul, meets Afghan counterpart
TEHRAN - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Kabul on Sunday morning, sitting down with his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabani.
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2017-02-20 20:28
Zarif says Iran not an easy prey for adventurers
TEHRAN – The Iranian foreign minister said on Monday that his country is not an “easy target” for those who have an eye for it thanks to the country’s capabilities.
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2016-12-20 19:06
Zarif expresses full support for Russia in terror fight
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Iranian government and people will back Russia in fighting terrorism, ISNA reported.
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2016-12-17 20:50
Zarif writes to Mogherini, requests session over U.S. sanctions renewal
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday he had written a letter to EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini, requesting for a session with signatories to an international nuclear deal over Washington’s extension of sanctions against Iran for another ten years.
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2016-09-28 21:19
Tehran, Ankara agree on humanitarian aid to Syria
TEHRAN – Iran and Turkey announced on Wednesday they have agreed on an arrangement to provide humanitarian aid to Syria, after the U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire failed after one week.
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2016-09-13 21:07
Rouhani to discuss terrorism in NAM, UN summits
TEHRAN - An advisor to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that President Hassan Rouhani will discuss campaign against extremism and terrorism when he attends the NAM summit in Venezuela and the annual UN General Assembly meeting in New York in the coming days.
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2016-06-12 12:21
Zarif and Kerry to meet on sidelines of Oslo Forum 2016
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will be meeting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of Oslo Forum 2016.
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2016-04-18 16:24
Zarif’s response to a foreign journalist about the Iranian missile tests
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gives a logical response to a question by a foreign journalist at the Institute of International Affairs in Wellington about the Iranian missile tests.
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2016-04-18 09:40
Zarif, Mogherini presser
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (TT) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini attended a joint press conference in Tehran on Saturday.
