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Sanders says tanker attack not be used as ‘Pretext’ for ‘Disastrous’ war with Iran
ILNA:Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders came out swinging against Washington’s effort to pin blame on Iran for purported attacks on tanker ships in the Gulf of Oman, warning they are being used as a “pretext for war”.
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Iran, EU hold talk on Iran's deal
ILNA:Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met and held talks with Secretary General of European External Action Service Helga Schmid on Saturday morning in Tehran.
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Too early to judge Abe's achievement; Japanese analysis
ILNA:Momoyo Kondo, a research fellow at the Middle East Institute of Japan in Tokyo said that it is too early to judge Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe's achievement for meditating between Iran and United States.
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Bolton and Pompeo are steering Trump toward war with Iran; US ex-official
ILNA:The cause of increasing tensions between Iran and the United States is the presence of people like John Bolton and Mike Pompeo in the Trump Cabinet; former State Department official in the Barack Obama administration told ILNA.
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Rouhani: US illegal sanctions created troubles for the region
ILNA:President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that while alien interference in the region and the US illegal sanctions have created troubles for the region, promoting Tehran-Moscow relations are important for regional stability and development.
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Turkish FM: Dialogue needed between US, Iran
ILNA:A dialogue is needed between the US and Iran, since Washington cannot achieve anything with sanctions alone, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, Trend reports citing Turkish media.
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US serious threat to regional, global stability: Iran President
ILNA:The US government has turned into a serious threat for the stability of the region and the world, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday.
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Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of French Parliament due in Iran soon
ILNA:The head of the Foreign Policy Committee of the French National Assembly will soon pay a visit to Iran.
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Abe not a mediator for easing U.S-Iran tensions: Iran’s top offical
ILNA:Senior parliamentary official Alaeddin Boroujerdi told ILNA news agency that Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s visit Tehran comes within the framework of relations between the two countries and is not aimed at mediating between Iran and US.
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Trump is eager to negotiate with Iran's leader
ILNA:Political analyst believes that by leaving the Iran's deal, the United States left an agreement that was universally considered to be useful to the security of the world.
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Rouhani: Iran firmly respond to any aggressor
ILNA:Speaking at a joint press conference in Tehran on Wednesday night, President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran is not aimed at starting war but it will respond to any aggression.
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Rouhani: US maximum pressure did not work
ILNA:Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said here on Wednesday that the US maximum pressures and sanctions have become ineffective and did not work.
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Abe does not want to repeat the failure of North Korean talks; Analysis
ILNA:Professor of International Relations, Rajaram Panda said to ILNA news agency that Japanese Prime Minister has actually shown a willingness to reduce tensions between Iran and the United States and wants to work to solve the problems of Iran and the United States.
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Abe's visit is effective way to reducing US-Iran tensions; Political analyst
ILNA:The visit of this Japanese official to Iran could be an effective way of reducing the tension between Iran and the United States; Mike Bosak, East Asian issues analyst said.
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Iran, Russia presidents to meet in Kyrgyzstan on Friday
ILNA:Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to meet in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, on June 14, a senior Russian official said.
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PM Abe hopes for deescalation by talks with Iran
ILNA:The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed hope for his negotiations in Iran to help de-escalate or remove tensions in the Middle East.
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Trump believes in economic warfare not military war; Hugo Gurdon
ILNA:"United States is serious about its threats. They said to Europe that if you chose Iran, saying goodbye to American trade," Political Journalist told.
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Abe is not first one to bring message from West; Iran MP
ILNA:In an interview with ILNA, Iranian politician Seyyed Hossein Naghavi-Hosseini, the representative of the National security and foreign policy commission of the Iranian Parliament explained at the moment the conditions for negotiations are inappropriate.
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Iran has accelerated enrichment of uranium, IAEA says
ILNA:Iran has followed to accelerate its production of enriched uranium, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Monday; Reuters reported.
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Envoy says US set to paralyze INSTEX to thwart European diplomacy
ILNA:Iranian ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad warned on Tuesday that US will paralyze the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) by adopting counter-measures in a bid to thwart the EU diplomacy.
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Iran official rule out negotiation, ahead of Abe’s Visit
ILNA:Kamal Dehghani Firoozabadi, in an interview with the ILNA news agency correspondent has rejected any prospect for talks as long as there is not a fundamental shift in Washington’s policies.
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Germany, Iran FMs discuss bilateral ties, nuclear deal in Tehran
ILNA:Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his visiting Germany Counterpart Heiko Maas on Monday held talks on bilateral relations and reviewed the latest developments pertaining to Iran's nuclear deal in Tehran.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bid to ease US-Iran tensions; Senior Analyst
ILNA:“Japan's first mediation goal is to try to prevent the aggravation of the ongoing crisis,” said a senior expert on Subcontinent Affairs Nozar Shafiei in an interview with ILNA.
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Outcome of Abe visit will be so important; Political Journalist
ILNA:Patrick Wintour, political journalist of guardian talked about tension between Iran and US and said,” US President Donald Trump is not seeking the war with Iran. He is actually struggling to be able to negotiate Iran, but it is not clear whether he can do it or not.”
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IAEA board to discuss Iran's program
ILNA:International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board of Governors will have a 'heated debates' on Iran and North Korea nuclear programs today.
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German minister lands in Iran in bid to save nuclear pact
ILNA:Germany’s foreign minister has arrived in Tehran on Monday, as part of a European effort to preserve Iran’s nuclear pact and discuss the implementation of European financial channel 'INSTEX'.
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Tramp has no evidence to prove Iran is a threat; USA Today editor
ILNA:"Tensions between Iran and America are increasing but most experts believe that the U.S. and Donald Trump's administration are not seeking war with Iran," USA Today correspondent told ILNA news agency in an exclusive interview.
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Iran not to accept negotiation with US under pressure: Iranian lawmaker
ILNA:An Iranian legislator said "Iran will not accept US suggestion for holding negotiations under pressure."
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Russian Spokeswoman to visit Tehran soon
ILNA:Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Saturday that she has plans to visit the Islamic Republic of Iran in the near future.
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Tehran visit aims to highlight Iran's staying in nuclear deal
ILNA:German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said his upcoming visit to Tehran is to focus on Berlin and the EU commitments to Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Increasing interest in nationalism flows from global capitalism; Adrian Johnston tells ILNA
ILNA:Capitalist globalization has gone sufficiently far now to generate a yet-to-be-resolved conflict between its economic base and the political form of the nation-state. This conflict is another determining factor in nationalism as a highly overdetermined symptom.
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Iran urges world to react to US violation of int'l law
ILNA:Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi called on the world to show reaction to US blatant violation of fundamental international law by the arbitrary sanctions.
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Zarif says Iran’s missiles not designed for nukes
ILNA:Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, referring to the US pouring arms for killing Yemeni people, said Iran’s missileds are not designed for nukes.
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UNSC talks on UAE oil-tanker attacks yield no result
ILNA:The members of UN Security Council (UNSC) ended their talks about attacks on oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, failing to reach agreement on adopting any statements.
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German foreign minister to arrive in Tehran on Monday
ILNA:Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman announced that German foreign minister Heiko Maas will arrive in Tehran on Monday.
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Shinzo Abe due in Tehran on June 12
ILNA:Japanese government officially announced that the country’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is slated to start his official visit to Iran on June 12.
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Iraqi soil won’t be used to attack neighbors; Senior Iraqi official
ILNA:“The Iraqi government will not allow using its soil against any country, including neighboring countries, which is contrary to the Iraqi constitution,” The head of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), Humam al-Hamoudi said to ILNA news agency in an exclusive interview.
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Ties with Tehran important to Tokyo: Senior Japanese official
ILNA:A senior Japanese official said Tokyo attaches high importance to its ties with Iran and will spare no effort to save the nuclear deal, local media reported.
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Zarif: US economic terrorism targets innocent people
ILNA:Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message once again referred to US economic terrorism as targeting innocent people.
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Qatar rejects outcome of regional summit on Iran
ILNA:Qatar has rejected the outcome of an emergency summit held in Saudi Arabia on escalating regional tensions with Iran.