A state television reporter on the scene of the blast – located at Park Mellat in northern Tehran – claimed an “unknown object” exploded, but no injuries have been reported, according to Reuters. Fars News Agency was among the first to report the incident, though no details have been given …
Read More »Tehran demands ‘guarantees’ from Washington over nuclear talks due to former president Trump’s ‘arrogance’
Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the former US administration of Donald Trump had demonstrated how the US can turn its back on agreements. The United States once showed during the Trump era that it can arrogantly ignore the interests of …
Read More »Iranian nuclear deal talks set to resume in Vienna, Tehran’s top negotiator confirms
“The participants are expected to continue consultations on the possible return of the US to the nuclear accord and ensuring the full and effective implementation of this agreement,” Araqchi, who is Tehran’s top negotiator at the talks, wrote on Telegram. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman also said this …
Read More »Tehran has the upper hand in nuclear deal talks in Vienna, President Rouhani says
Speaking on Wednesday, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said that things had changed since the parties first gathered in 2013 to put constraints on Iran’s nuclear program in what was known as the Geneva interim agreement. “Our negotiations now are different from the ones in 2013. Now, Iran has the upper …
Read More »Woman who fell from Tehran tower was Swiss embassy’s first secretary
“The FDFA [Swiss foreign ministry] confirms that a Swiss employee of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran died in a fatal accident on Tuesday,” the ministry in Bern said in a statement. “The FDFA and its head Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis are shocked by the tragic death and express their deepest …
Read More »Tehran pushes back after Ukraine’s security chief accuses Iran of intentionally shooting down passenger plane
Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a statement that it was regrettable that Ukrainian officials continue to make “vague political remarks” about the tragic incident. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down in January 2020 by an Iranian air defense unit shortly after departing from Tehran, killing all …
Read More »We will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear capability, PM Netanyahu says as Tehran blames Israel for Natanz plant attack
Without directly mentioning the incident in Iran, Netanyahu spared no words to admonish Tehran, calling it the biggest threat Israel faces in the Middle East. “Iran has never given up its quest for nuclear weapons and missiles to deliver them. And Iran consistently and outrageously calls for Israel’s annihilation and …
Read More »Iran blasts Johnson’s ‘utter hypocrisy’ for ‘concerns’ over Tehran plutonium risk after PM announces UK nuke warhead increase
On Tuesday, Javad Zarif condemned what he called Johnson’s “utter hypocrisy” in a statement on Twitter, adding: “Unlike the UK and allies, Iran believes nukes and all WMDs [weapons of mass destruction] are barbaric and must be eradicated.” Earlier in the day Johnson revealed that the UK would lift a …
Read More »Tehran rejects Netanyahu’s accusations over explosion of vessel in Gulf of Oman and is ‘closely monitoring’ Israeli actions
“The Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman are Iran’s immediate security areas,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters on Monday, adding that Tehran would not allow these priorities to be undermined by Israeli accusations. Khatibzadeh lambasted Israel for its “incorrect” claims that Iran was behind last Thursday’s attack …
Read More »Tehran blasts Washington’s ‘act of piracy’ for attempting to seize oil shipment ‘belonging to private sector’
“This is an obvious act of American piracy and it is a great shame for the US to commit such acts under false pretenses,” foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a weekly news conference on Monday. Khatibzadeh also said that the shipment belonged to Iran’s private sector and not the …
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