Iran will not implement additional protocol as long as the UN Security Council interferes in Iran’s nuclear program, says Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA. On February 6, 2006, Iran’s Majlis (parliament) suspended voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol and all other voluntary and non-legally binding cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) beyond what [...]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Iran will not bow to pressure meant to discourage the country from pursuing its nuclear rights. The foreign ministry official made reference to the latest UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program and said Iran does not “welcome sanctions or resolutions.” “The [...]

Iran’s first vice president has downplayed the effect of the sanctions imposed on the country over its nuclear program, saying they will hurt the West but not Iran. “The sanctions on Iran will leave 150,000 to 200,000 people jobless in Western countries while creating job opportunities for Iranians,” Mohammad Reza Rahimi said in the northeastern [...]

A senior Iranian lawmaker says Tehran will make the final decision about the West’s call for holding negotiations with the Islamic Republic on its nuclear program. “The West has called for holing talks with Tehran and the Iranian officials will make the decision about the issue,” spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission [...]

More countries are defying the unilateral US sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program by exporting gasoline to the Islamic Republic, a report says. Iran has imported around one million tons of gasoline from seven countries over the past two months despite US restrictions on Iran’s energy sector according to a recent Fars news agency [...]

Following sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Iran calls on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to counter “incorrect and unfriendly” attitude. “The IAEA should counter incorrect and unfriendly attitude including sanctions and resolutions by the UN Security Council which undermine cooperation,” ISNA quoted Iran’s Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh as saying [...]

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has warned against a military strike against Iran over its nuclear program, saying it would be “incredibly destabilizing.” Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Admiral Mike Mullen said he believes that America’s main ally Israel understands that a military attack on Iran would be “incredibly destabilizing” to [...]

Pakistani Senator Muhammad Ibrahim Khan has cautioned that imposing unilateral sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program is doomed to failure. “Sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council, the US and its allies on Iran will never have an impact… because of the Iranian nation’s strong resolve. They should know they cannot alter Iran’s rightful [...]

An Iranian lawmaker says the arrogant powers are incapable of building a global consensus to strike Iran over its nuclear program. “If the US and the Zionist regime were successful in reaching a global agreement, they would not hesitate to carry out an attack on Iran,” said Iranian lawmaker Seyyed Mostafa Tabatabaei-Nejad on Thursday. The [...]

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the West will “regret” its decision to impose “illegal” sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. “Like previous years, we will make the West feel sorry for its illegal moves,” Mottaki told reporters in Tehran on Thursday upon his arrival from an official visit to Syrian capital, Damascus. “The [...]

South Korea is under US pressure to close Iran’s Bank Mellat branch in Seoul, as Washington is pursuing plans to put more pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. The US pressure has put Seoul in the difficult situation of having to choose between 10 billion dollars of annual bilateral trade with Tehran and its [...]

The United States is ready to engage in talks with Tehran on a plan to provide nuclear fuel to Iran in exchange for some of its low-enriched uranium, the State Department says. “We obviously are fully prepared to follow up with Iran on specifics regarding our initial proposal involving the Tehran research reactor… as well [...]

The European Union foreign ministers claim they are open to negotiation with Tehran over its nuclear program, despite approving new anti-Iran sanctions. The European Union on Monday adopted new sanctions against Iran which mainly target investment in and technical assistance to Iran’s refining, liquefaction and liquefied natural gas sectors. The EU foreign ministers, however, said [...]

Iran has criticized new EU sanctions against the country over its nuclear program, saying such measures will “only complicate matters.” The European Union on Monday adopted new sanctions against Iran which mainly target investment in and technical assistance to Iran’s refining, liquefaction and liquefied natural gas sectors. “Sanctions… will only complicate matters and move away [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the US will not be able to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, indicating that it is the US that has been isolated. “Today, the global arrogance, headed by the US, assumes that it can isolate Iran, but they, and also all the world people, know that if they review the [...]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has censured unilateral US and European sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, warning the move might worsen the situation. In an interview with American daily The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, he said that unilateral sanctions against Iran would inflict damage on talks with Tehran and hurt the Iranian people. [...]

The US has imposed new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, which include blacklisting a state bank and a group of companies. The new sanctions were imposed as the first move by the United States to implement the latest UN Security Council resolution against Iran, which was approved on June 9. They seek to [...]

European foreign ministers have agreed in Luxemburg to recommend a package of additional sanctions against Iran over the country’s nuclear program. The move came Monday after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton invited Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili to discuss the nuclear issue, reported the Associated Press. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was also [...]

After Iran faced new UN sanctions over its nuclear program, the Turkish parliament speaker says the Tehran declaration on a nuclear fuel swap is still on the table. Iran, Brazil and Turkey issued a joint nuclear declaration last month in which Iran agreed with Western demands to send its low-enriched uranium abroad in return for [...]

As the UN Security Council gets ready to vote on a US-sponsored resolution for new anti-Iran sanctions, Tehran’s IAEA ambassador warns about the consequences of the new punitive measures. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said the imposition of new sanctions against Iran would [...]