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  • Deputy foreign ministers from Iran and Russia reaffirmed their governments' commitment to bilateral cooperation, particularly on the full implementation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

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  • A senior Iranian commander said people in the Middle East will not allow Britain to secure a foothold again in the region.

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  • A member of a parliamentary committee on the nuclear program denounced China for stalling the joint implementation of the Arak reactor modernization project.

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  • Iran's President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that the July 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers can be used as a blueprint for diplomatic efforts to strengthen peace and security in the…

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  • British Prime Minister Theresa May has resisted pressure to reexamine the viability of the international nuclear deal with Iran from her Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, who urged her to…

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  • Russia rejected allegations by the US that Iran sponsors terrorism, stressing that Tehran must be present in the anti-terror front.

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the…

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  • A lawmaker said he believes a detente between Iran and its Persian Gulf Arab neighbor, Saudi Arabia, is unlikely, in view of the fact that Riyadh was pleased by the anti-Iran rhetoric of the new…

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  • Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari held talks with visiting UN Special Representative for Iraq Jan Kubis on a range of issues, including the latest efforts to restore stability to the…

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  • Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission will convene soon to discuss how to respond to new US sanctions over the recent test-firing of a medium-range ballistic missile, a lawmaker…

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  • Leader of Islamic Revolution said the threatening language of the new US President Donald Trump toward Iran will be responded by the nation at Friday rallies celebrating the anniversary of the…

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he expects US President Donald Trump to try and renegotiate the nuclear accord, indicating “difficult days” ahead.

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  • Iran will announce "good news" about a series of its post-JCPOA nuclear achievements in April. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, made the statement during a…

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  • Tehran is to receive the final batch of a shipment of 149 tons of natural uranium today, announced the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

    “Concurrent with the execution of…

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  • The president of the Supreme National Defense University of Iran questioned the sincerity of new US President Donald Trump’s campaign promises about counter-terrorism, saying that his…

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  • Lawmakers outlined Iran's conditions for resuming hajj pilgrimages, after Saudi Arabia signaled it is open to negotiations to convince Iranians to reverse a decision to halt the participation of…

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  • The Kremlin said on Monday it did not agree with US President Donald Trump’s assessment of Iran as “the number one terrorist state” and wanted to deepen what it described as already good ties with…

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  • A senior Iranian official said any threat to Iraq's security and territorial integrity will affect the entire Middle East, stressing that the Islamic Republic opposes Iraq's partition and any…

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  • The Foreign Ministry spokesman is optimistic that Iran, Russia and Turkey can consolidate the current ceasefire in Syria and take steps to restore peace and security to the war-ravaged Arab…

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  • A lawmaker denounced a recent US decision to expand a list of medical equipment requiring federal authorization for sale to Iran, slamming it for being "against all humanitarian principles".

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  • Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to boost parliamentary relations. The two sides agreed to extend…

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  • Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy on Syrian affairs, discussed efforts aimed at putting an end…

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  • US House Speaker Paul Ryan said the Iran nuclear deal is likely to stay in place, but supported the new sanctions on Tehran.

    “A lot of that toothpaste is already out of the tube,” Ryan said…

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US wrestlers will be granted visas to compete in this month's Freestyle World Cup in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.

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  • A member of the Russian Parliament's upper house, Alexei Pushkov, warned of another "unwanted" crisis in the Middle East after the imposition of a new round of sanctions on Iran by the United…

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  • Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson underscored the role France, as an elite European Union member, can play in boosting the bloc's ties with Iran, particularly by countering the anti-Iran…

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