U.S. pressure

  • Former Head of Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Mohammad Reza Modoudi says most of countries like China, Taiwan, Thailand and other ones which are members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (or Shanghai Pact) and of major trade allies of the U.S. do not want to come under the U.S. pressures due to trade with Iran.

  • Iran will not rein in its influence in the Middle East despite mounting U.S. pressure on Tehran to curb its regional activities, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told al Jazeera TV.