Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the enemies of Islam seek to create discord among Muslim countries to continue oppressing them. If Muslim countries unite to confront the aggressions against the interests of the Muslim world, they can become a great power and prevail over Israel and its supporters, Ramin Mehmanparast said on Wednesday. “We believe [...]

Iran will publish a list of Israeli-linked companies by next week to apply sanctions against them, Iran’s Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad-Reza Mir-Tajeddini says. Iran’s Foreign Ministry presented a list of multi-national companies with Israeli connections to the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission last week, Mir-Tajeddini told Mehr news agency on Monday. The [...]

The Leader of the Islamic Ummah and Opressed People says Iran’s Foreign Ministry is in charge of leading all matters related to the country’s foreign policies and affairs. Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Cabinet on Monday on the occasion of Government Week. Imam [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry slams US accusation of Iranian meddling in Iraq, saying Washington is used to blaming other countries to protect the identity of the original culprits. US Ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill on Monday accused Iran of interfering in Iraq’s domestic affairs. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Wednesday that making untrue statements [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has, in a statement, vehemently condemned the recent Israeli aggression against South Lebanon which left several Lebanese service members killed or wounded. A history of Israeli aggression and the numerous conflicts Tel Aviv has imposed on the region, coupled with the recent incursion, have fueled already existing concerns about another possible war [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirms a report about the detention of Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Livia Leu Agosti, saying she was freed a few hours after her arrest. An informed source with the Iranian Foreign Ministry told Press TV on Saturday that local security officials arrested the Swiss diplomat on Wednesday while on a trip to [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected comments attributed to it regarding Russia and China’s ‘yes’ vote to the UN sanctions resolution against Tehran. An informed source with the ministry dismissed on Saturday remarks by an Iranian lawmaker who was quoted as saying in a local publication that authorities in charge of Iran’s foreign policy apparatus regard [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly criticized a recent statement by the European Union on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic. Director of Iran’s Foreign Ministry for international affairs, Mostafa Dolatyar, on Monday voiced the country’s strong objections to recent remarks by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. In a meeting with Spanish ambassador [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Afghanistan’s charge d’affaires to Tehran over the irresponsible remarks made by some Afghan officials about Iran. The Foreign Ministry’s West Asia director-general described the recent irresponsible statements made by some Afghan officials about Iran as suspicious. Seyd Masoum Badakhsh, the Afghan charge d’affaires, expressed regret over the incident and said [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed the final declaration of the London conference on Afghanistan as “domineering.” “The London declaration adopted a tone of dominance that infringes on the sovereignty and integrity of other nations,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ramin Mehman-Parast, told reporters on Saturday. Iran that declined to attend the gathering in London on Thursday [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Tehran has not made any new proposal regarding a proposed fuel swap deal, describing reports to the contrary as “Western media hype.” “Iran has offered no new proposal concerning the supply of fuel to the Tehran research reactor,” Mehr News Agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast as saying on [...]

The United States on Tuesday moved to dismiss any links to a bomb attack in the Iranian capital of Tehran that killed a nuclear scientist. “Charges of US involvement are absurd,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. Iran’s Foreign Ministry earlier accused the US and Israel of having played a role in the assassination of [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it has found traces of US and Israel’s involvement in the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physics scientist. “Primary investigations into the assassination revealed signs of the involvement of the Zionist regime [Israel], the US and their allies in Iran,” spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said. Professor Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, a lecturer [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Tehran will continue its peaceful nuclear program, rejecting the possibility that the country may be harmed by further sanctions. Addressing reporters during his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said Iran has always pursued its nuclear program in full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has lashed out at France over resorting to violence in dealing with protesters in the country, describing it as violation of human rights. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast deplored the Sarkozy government’s arrest of nearly 400 people across France on New Year’s Eve. Mehman-Parast called on Paris to identify the source [...]

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 [...]

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in Tehran on an official visit, as Tehran and Damascus seek to discuss latest regional developments after Iran’s disputed presidential election. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al Muallem and the country’s Ambassador to Tehran Hamed Hasan are accompanying Assad during his two-day visit. President Assad will discuss regional issues and [...]

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 has denied Syria’s mediation in the release of Clotilde Reiss, a French lecturer detained in the post-vote unrest. Some newspapers including the French daily Le Figaro had earlier claimed that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had asked his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a telephone conversation to mediate between Tehran and Paris to [...]

Sweden has summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the trial of those detained in post-election protests, says Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. Bildt also said the European Union was prepared to take ‘further steps’ to secure the release of local embassy employees and a French national held in Iran. “We called in the Iranian ambassador to [...]