Iran Leader offers condolences on passing away of Ayatollah Saanei

President Rouhani says US making ‘ridiculous, childish’ efforts to trigger sanctions snapback on ...

UN Security Council rejects US bid to snapback Iran sanctions

A new report says 13 countries of the 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have expressed their opposition to the US push to trigger the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at reinstating UN sanctions against Iran, leaving Washington one again isolated on the issue like never before.

Leader expresses condolences over passing of Ayatollah Taskhiri

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed condolences over the passing of prominent Iranian Shia figure and Islamic scholar Hojjatoleslam Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri.

FM Zarif says US bogged down in self-created quagmire

Iran’s foreign minister says the United States has made miscalculations in major international issues and has bogged itself down in a self-created quagmire.

Zarif says Iran remains ready to continue assisting Lebanon

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic remains ready to continue assisting Lebanon following the catastrophic explosion of August 4 that ravaged the port of Beirut and made the cabinet resign.

UN Security Council rejects US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo

The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October, as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid "confrontation" over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

Rouhani warns Europeans against siding with US in backing anti-Iran resolution

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned the Europeans against falling into the trap of siding with the US in supporting a resolution that aims to extend an arms embargo against Iran indefinitely.