Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and visiting EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced on Tuesday plans for a new round of "high-level" consultations between Tehran and the…
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Seven former US diplomats and State Department officials sent a letter Monday to leaders in Congress urging them to support the nuclear deal with Iran.
Former US deputy secretary of state William Burns said implementing the Iran nuclear deal the first year will be critical to ensuring its durability.
The parties "have got to establish a…
First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri highlighted the role of Iran and Turkey in helping restore "calm" to the Middle East.
"Cooperation between Tehran and Ankara in the fight against…
The Iraqi president said cooperation among Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Persian Gulf Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia, is the key to ensuring peace and stability in the Middle East.
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A deputy foreign minister said Iran attaches great importance to its business relations with Europe.
“Interaction with European countries as trade partners is important to us,” Majid Takht-…
Danish Ambassador to Tehran Anders Christian Hougaard met with Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi in Tehran on Monday at the end of his term.
Sarmadi referred to the "excellent" and "…
US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Egypt and the Persian Gulf next week for talks on the recent nuclear deal between major powers and Iran and the fight against Islamic State…
French President Francois Hollande said late Monday Iran has a role to play in regional crises in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf after the accord on nuclear energy it signed with major…
US President Barack Obama said on Monday he was yet to hear a strong factual argument against a nuclear deal with Iran and criticized rhetoric about the agreement from some leading members of the…
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said Tehran’s policy is to support the democratic process and “sustainable development” in western neighbor Iraq, expressing satisfaction with the “close” parliamentary…
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, was to attend a meeting of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on Tuesday to brief the lawmakers on the…
Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday the opportunities arising from the recent nuclear settlement with major powers should be seized to advance national interests, IRNA reported.
Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar told the press Monday the nuclear issue is a "national security" matter and should not be used in campaigns for the Feb. 2016 parliamentary poll to…
Iran's ambassador to France told IRNA on Monday French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius' visit to Tehran on Wednesday will open "a new chapter" in the relationship between the two countries. …
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Bagdad on Monday, on the last leg of a two-day regional tour, to discuss relations and regional issues.
He was to confer with Iraqi President…
President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday the Iranian nation wants moderation, fraternity, stability, security and peace.
Occupying foreign territories and interfering in the internal…
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the implementation of the recently signed nuclear deal with major powers will not be subject to full settlement of issues with the…
A US centrist Democratic senator said on Sunday he is leaning toward supporting the Iranian nuclear deal because the alternative would be war.
The Obama administration is launching a counterattack against Republican arguments that so-called "side deals" between Iran and international nuclear inspectors represent a good reason to oppose…
A Foreign Ministry official said Bahrain makes “repetitive” and “baseless” accusations against Iran about creating tension in the region. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham made the…
A senior nuclear negotiator said the International Atomic Energy Agency wrongly calls the past issues regarding Tehran’s nuclear activities the possible military dimensions of Iran’s program.…
The advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on international affairs underlined the need for expansion of “wide-ranging” and “long-term” relations between Tehran and Moscow, stressing that…
A senior negotiator said the issue of access to military facilities for inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency has been resolved.
A Lebanese presidential candidate sees good prospects for Tehran-Beirut relations in view of the recently struck nuclear agreement between Iran and major powers.
