Qasemi made the remarks when he was asked if there is any kind of diplomatic relations between Iran and the foreign diplomacy team of the new government in the US. Negotiations with the US goes back to the time of the nuclear talks, the spokesman said.He reiterated, 'Iran's diplomatic contact …
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Russia to veto anti Syria resolution at UNSC: Russian envoy
Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Vladimir Safronkov said that his country will veto the UNSC resolution against Syria that blames Damascus on alleged chemical attacks.The US, France and Britain are pressing to put their proposed resolution to a vote early next week in order to impose sanctions on …
Read More »Iran’s Rouhani soon to visit Pakistan for ECO summit
The 13th Summit of ECO heads of states to be held on March 1 and will be preceded by the 22nd Meeting of the ECO Council of Foreign Ministers (COM) on 28th February while senior officials from the member states will meet on 26th and 27th February to make final …
Read More »Amano releases first 2017 report on JCPOA implementation
The full text of the report titled as “Verification and monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 (2015)” follows:A. Introduction1. This report of the Director General to the Board of Governors and, in parallel, to the United Nations Security Council (Security …
Read More »Rouhani says JCPOA a great job
Through the JCPOA, Iran could globally trade nuclear technology, Rouhani said at a local gathering on Saturday with participation of officials in charge of holding the May presidential election.“Today, they buy enriched materials from us and give us the yellow cake. In the first phase, we sold heavy water first …
Read More »Iran hands over 125 deportees to Pakistan
According to APP, Pakistan border sources said that these Pakistani workers had been apprehended from different parts of Iran by Iranian security forces because they were living there without traveling documents.The border sources said that they would be handed over to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for further interrogation after completing …
Read More »Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on Feb 25
**IRAN NEWS- Oil prices over $ 55per barrel harmful for OPEC- BASF says Iran investment in Limbo- Iranian delegation in talks with Saudi minister**IRAN DAILY- Iran calls for regional cooperation on environmental problems- New Zealand, Indonesia ministers due in Tehran today- Syria gov’t negotiator says to study UN paper**KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL- …
Read More »Iran managed to raise issue of dust at int’l level: UN official
Solheim, also Head of UN Environment Programme (UNEP), made the remarks during his address to the inaugural ceremony of the 16th International Exhibition on Environment which was held in Tehran on Friday.He said as Iran succeeded to make a landmark nuclear agreement, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of …
Read More »FM blames dust stomrs, water shortage on wrong regional policies
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 16th International Exhibition on Environment, he called on all Iran’s neighboring states to begin a serious and convincing cooperation with Iran in the field of environment.Zarif urged Iran’s neighbors to cooperate with the country to work out a joint program to counter threats posed …
Read More »Iran’s nuclear activities in line with JCPOA: IAEA Director-general
The 35 members of the IAEA Board of Governors were provided with the first 2017 seasonal report on Iran nuclear deal also known as JCPOA on Friday.“Generally, the recent report is the same as the previous edition and some parts regarding technical developments have been added,” Ambassador and Permanent Representative …
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