An Iranian Foreign Ministry official has dismissed reports that Iranian academic Shahram Amiri who was abducted by the US last year and was recently released is a nuclear scientist. “Shahram Amiri is not a nuclear scientist and we reject it,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi told reporters at Imam Khomeini Airport, adding that he [...]

Iran and Tajikistan agreed to take proper measures to facilitate consular cooperation between the two sides in social, educational, judicial and trade fields. The cooperation agreements were signed by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan Qashqavi and Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister Abdollah Yoldashov at the end of the third meeting [...]

Iran deplores “deceitful” claims by world powers on global nuclear disarmament amid futile efforts to present a distorted image of Iran’s nuclear activities. “World powers have maintained the production of modern nuclear weapons which are far (more) dangerous and destructive than ever before. This proves that their claims about international nuclear disarmament are {cloaked in [...]

An Iranian foreign ministry official has urged the media to spare no efforts to prepare the ground for the release of the detained Iranian journalist, Hamid Massouminejad in Rome. “Although our ambassador and head of the consulate is following up Masouminejad’s issue, the media can play an important role to set the stage for his [...]

An Iranian Foreign Ministry official says there is a hidden agenda behind the recent destabilizing measures on Iran’s eastern borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan. “Restoration of security to Iran’s long borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan is in the best national and regional interest; however, there are some elements who spare no efforts to disturb the [...]

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Hassan Qashqavi has condemned an assassination attempt on Afghanistan’s energy minister, Ismail Khan. “We condemn the attack and are thankful that no harm was inflicted on the Afghan minister,” a statement from the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. A car bomb narrowly missed the minister Sunday morning as he was driving [...]

Tehran has condemned the position French authorities have taken towards Ayatollah Khamenei’s objection to the destructive role Israel plays in the region. “These comments run contrary to the realities of Palestine, the world and the region. They are a reflection of France’s biased, uncaring, and hateful support for the occupying Israeli regime and its crimes,” [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has expressed concern over the humanitarian implications of ongoing clashes in Yemen’s northern province of Sa’dah. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi cautioned, in an official statement on Tuesday, that a humanitarian crisis may be unfolding in the Arab state. “The clashes in Yemen over the past month, especially the unrest in the [...]

After French President Nicolas Sarkozy accused Iran of hiding a nuclear weapons program, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman moves to condemn the comment saying such remarks rise from ‘extremism’ and ‘hostility’. Only days ahead of talks between major world powers and Iran, which is due to address concerns about the country’s nuclear work, the French [...]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said on Monday that Tehran is fully ready for negotiations with the West, but within the framework of a package of proposals delivered by Tehran to the six world powers last week. “Our nation supports interaction and dialogue. We are ready for such interaction and dialogue within the framework [...]

Iran is now able to fix Boeing 747 passenger planes thanks to the sanctions imposed by the US on Iran’s air industries, an Iranian aviation official announced on Saturday. “Imposing sanctions on the air industry (of Iran) by the US has made the Iranian experts acquire the knowledge and know-how for repairing Boeing 747 airplanes, [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said the country is ready to help resolve Yemen’s problems peacefully. Iran believes continuous conflicts in Yemen are not beneficial to the country; therefore, it calls for political and peaceful settlement of the problems, he said. “Iran has always supported Yemeni nation and government in different situations,” he was [...]

Targeting civilians and killing the defenseless people of Afghanistan is an inhuman approach and fully against ethical values and international standards, said IRI Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi. Commenting on NATO’s recent attacks on two gasoline tankers abducted by Taliban in Afghanistan, Qashqavi added: “Unfortunately, this is not the first time that such events occur [...]

After the US makes a lot of hue and cry over its three citizens detained in Iran after illegally entering the country, Iran questions Washington’s contradictory attitude to US and Iranian citizens. “US officials and media have put making continual news about its detained citizens on their agenda but took no measure concerning the two [...]

Iran has called on the candidates in Afghanistan presidential election to refrain from making judgments before the official results are announced. The two main contenders for presidency, Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, have both claimed victory throughout the gradual announcements of election results. Abdullah has accused Karzai of massive vote rigging and warned he would [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says French academic Clotilde Reiss, who has been detained in Iran on charges of espionage, is not a political victim despite French government’s efforts to portray her case otherwise. “Unfortunately, she [Reiss] violated the country’s laws and intentionally carried out a series of offenses, such as illegal residence, participation in illegal protests [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman dismisses as “illogical” any comparison between the killing of Muslims in China, the atrocities in Gaza and the murder of Marwa el-Sherbini in a German court. Speaking at a Monday press conference, Hassan Qashqavi denied that the Iranian Foreign Ministry had remained silent about the deaths of Chinese Muslims in the [...]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi has said Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Tehran will soon be summoned to Iran’s foreign ministry. “Due to Saudi police misbehavior with Iranian pilgrims, the country’s ambassador to Tehran will soon be summoned to Iran’s Foreign Ministry,” Qashqavi said at his weekly press conference on Monday. “The order was issued [...]

Tehran takes a sharp jab at the Baghdad government for failing to ensure the safety of the Iranian pilgrims who were killed in cold blood in eastern Iraq. In a statement released on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi condemned the terrorist act as “cruel and inhumane in the true sense of the word.” [...]

Amid Iran’s efforts to settle disputes over its nuclear activities, Foreign Ministry spokesman has explained details about the country’s new package to be proposed to the West. “The proposed package will definitely include Iran’s nuclear issue based on an international approach,” Hassan Qashqavi told IRIB Sunday. He said that the “comprehensive and updated” package aims [...]