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  • Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Picture: AFP.

    Ball in Europe's court on nuclear deal's future - Iranian state TV

    Iran stopped complying on 8 May with some commitments in the nuclear deal after the United States unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions.

    660 days ago
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: AFP

    Iran's supreme leader says there will be no war with U.S.

    Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also reiterated that the Islamic Republic would not negotiate with the United States on another nuclear deal.

    706 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump unveils Iran mining sanctions, hopes 'someday' for talks

    The announcement came hours after Iran said it was suspending some limits set by a multinational nuclear deal - on the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's pullout from the accord.

    712 days ago
  • FILE: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Picture: AFP

    Iran rolls back part of nuclear pact, France issues warning

    France’s defence minister said she wanted to keep the nuclear deal alive but warned Iran it could face more sanctions if it did not honour its part of the deal.

    712 days ago
  • FILE: Iranians carry a giant flag. Picture: AFP

    Iran to restart some nuclear activity in response to US exit from nuclear deal

    Iran has said its development of ballistic missiles has nothing to do with its nuclear activity and is wholly defensive in nature, and that its support for allies around the Middle East is not Washington’s business.

    714 days ago
  • Iran Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari talks with Belgian Foreign minister before their meeting at the Palais Egmont in Brussels on 11 January 2018. Picture: AFP

    Leaving nuclear treaty one of Iran's 'numerous choices' after sanctions – Zarif

    Washington has decided not to renew exemptions from US sanctions to buyers of Iranian oil, in an effort to cut Iran’s vital oil exports to zero.

    722 days ago
  • FILE: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: AFP

    'Death to America' aimed at Trump, not American nation, Iran leader says

    Trump pulled out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers last year and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran, dealing a blow to the country’s economy.

    801 days ago
  • Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2L) poses with Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (R), France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (C), Germany Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (2R) and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini (L) during a meeting in Brussels, on 15 May, 2018. Picture: AFP

    [ANALYSIS] Why Europe fears collapse of the Iran nuclear deal

    Why is the EU so determined to save the Iran nuclear deal? The answer lies in European fears of the security and economic consequences if the JCPOA collapses and perhaps also in how Tehran might be able to pressure Europe to salvage the deal.

    859 days ago
  • FILE: British minister of state for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt (L). Picture: AFP.

    UK minister holds talks in Iran in first visit since US quit nuclear deal

    Britain and other European signatories are trying to keep the nuclear deal alive, despite Donald Trump’s reimposition of sanctions on Tehran.

    961 days ago
  • Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint press conference with Austrian President following talks on 4 July 2018 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Picture: AFP.

    Iran is complying with nuclear deal restrictions - IAEA report

    The IAEA said Iran had stayed within the caps on uranium enrichment levels, enriched uranium stocks and other items.

    963 days ago
  • FILE: Iranians burn an image of US President Donald Trump during an anti-US demonstration outside the former US embassy headquarters in the capital Tehran  Picture: AFP

    Two arrested for allegedly spying for Iran in US

    Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 38 and Majid Ghorbani, 59, were charged in the indictment with acting on behalf of Iran by conducting the surveillance.

    973 days ago
  • A Iran Air Force F-7 Airguard in Vahdati Airbase Air Show. Picture: Wikimedia Commons

    Iran to unveil new fighter jet, develop missiles: minister

    US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States in May from a 2015 accord between Iran and world powers that curbed Tehran’s nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief.

    975 days ago
  • A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him speaking at a conference in the capital Tehran. Picture: AFP.

    Iran says navy mounts new defense system on warship

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed earlier this month it held war games in the Gulf, saying they were aimed at “confronting possible threats” by enemies.

    975 days ago
  • A handout picture released by Iran's Defence Ministry on 27 July 2017 shows a Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite rocket at its launch site at an undisclosed location in Iran. Picture: AFP.

    Iran rejects Trump offer of talks as a dream, without value

    In May, Trump pulled the United States out of the multilateral deal concluded before he took office, denouncing it as one-sided in Iran’s favour.

    993 days ago
  • A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him speaking at a conference in the capital Tehran. Picture: AFP.

    Trump says he is willing to talk to Iran's leader without preconditions

    In response, Iran said the way back to talks was for the United States to return to the nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers that Trump exited in May.

    994 days ago
  • FILE: Iranians burn an image of US President Donald Trump during an anti-US demonstration outside the former US embassy headquarters in the capital Tehran  Picture: AFP

    Iran's special forces chief warns Trump: 'If you begin the war, we will end it'

    The comments by Major-General Qassem Soleimani, who heads the Quds Force of the Guards, were the latest salvo in a war of words between the two countries.

    998 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump says US ready to make a 'real deal' on Iran’s nuclear programme

    Iran on Monday dismissed Trump’s angry warning that Tehran risked dire consequences “the like of which few throughout history have suffered before” if it made threats against the United States.

    1000 days ago
  • Iran Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari talks with Belgian Foreign minister before their meeting at the Palais Egmont in Brussels on 11 January 2018. Picture: AFP

    Iran dismisses angry Trump warning against threatening US

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back at Trump’s warning, which the US leader delivered written in capital letters in a late-night tweet.

    1001 days ago
  • US secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Picture: AFP

    Pompeo compares Iran's leaders to 'mafia'

    He added that the US government was launching a 24/7 Farsi-language channel on TV, radio, digital and social media formats to reach Iranians in Iran and around the globe, he said.

    1002 days ago
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: AFP

    US launches campaign to erode support for Iran's leaders

    The drive has intensified since Trump withdrew on May 8 from a 2015 seven-nation deal to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

    1002 days ago
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: AFP

    Iran supreme leader says 'obvious mistake' to negotiate with US: website

    Ali Khamenei said on Saturday it would be an “obvious mistake” to negotiate with the United States as Washington was unreliable.

    1003 days ago
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