Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui at her weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday said Pakistan has historic relations with all regional countries, including Iran.“Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan directed Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to contribute towards defusing tensions and work towards peace and stability in this region through diplomatic …
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Iran, Australia FMs discuss mutual relations
Zarif met Payne on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue 2020. The three-day Raisina Dialogue 2020 kicked off in the Indian capital on January 14 with participation of 700 representatives and foreign ministers from 100 world countries, including Iran. Zarif also met European …
Read More »Pakistani FM begins diplomatic offensive at UN to ease regional tensions
According to Foreign Ministry statement FM Qureshi during his meetings with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, President of the General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande and President of the UN Security Council Dang Dinh Quy briefed them about Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts for bringing peace in the region and de-escalate tensions.The current …
Read More »Iran criticizes E3’s triggering nuclear dispute mechanism
In a meeting with the Croatian Ambassador to Iran Drago Stambuk whose country has taken over presidency of the EU, he added that Iran has already activated and completed the mechanism."Iran's five steps in reducing compliance with the deal is the result of activation of the mechanism, as Iran has …
Read More »Zarif: Iran believes in diplomacy not renegotiating UNSC resolution
"Told #Raisina2020 that Iran believes in diplomacy: but not in re-negotiating a UNSC Resolution we agreed on with 6 Governments & EU," Zarif tweeted on Wednesday."We did not sign an "Obama deal" to go for a "Trump deal" now," he added. Zarif noted: "Even if we did, who's to say …
Read More »Iranian envoy comments on reason for Ukrainian airplane crash
General Soleimani, the commander of Quds Forces of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and acting commander of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) - known as Hashd al-Shaabi - Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis along with eight others in their entourage were targetted at Baghdad airport by the US forces on January 3.Qashqavi cited …
Read More »UK envoy leaves Iran with prior notice
َAccording to IRNA, the UK Ambassador to Tehran Rob Macaire attended an illegal gathering in front of Amir-Kabir University in Tehran on Saturday following the crash of Ukraine Airline plane which claimed the lives of 176 people. He was arrested by the police but was released shortly following contacts by the Iranian Foreign Ministry …
Read More »Zarif : Gen. Soleimani most effective force against Dash
"General Soleimani was the single most effective force against Daesh," Zarif said addressing Raisina Dialogue 2020 in New Delhi, India on Wednesday."If you don't believe me see who are celebrating the death of Soleimani, not the ordinary people, In 430 Indian cities they mourned his death, two people are celebrating …
Read More »Canadian experts inspect plane crash site
Reza Jafarzadeh said that Canadian experts involved in inspecting the air disaster collected documents after a trilateral meeting between experts from Iran, Canada and Ukraine.Noting that transparency and observing international regulations during investigations are focal points in Iran Aviation Organization's examinations, he added that the institute welcomes involvement of representatives …
Read More »Iran’s FM Zarif arrives in New Delhi
Addressing the meeting and holding talks with high-ranking attendees will be on the agenda of the Iranian top diplomat.The annual multilateral conference themed "Raisina Dialogue" is to take place in New Delhi, India during January 14-16, 2020. 7129**1430 Follow us on Twitter@IrnaEnglish IRNA English
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