An Iranian lawmaker has slammed certain Arab countries for their dependence on Western powers, saying Arab leaders are bound to fall. “Leaders of Arab countries are dependent on Western powers which will bring them no fate but collapse,” Mohammad Karim Shahrzad told Fars news agency on Thursday ahead of the upcoming direct talks between the [...]

A top commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corp (IRGC) says Western powers threatening to launch a military attack against Tehran “fear” Iran’s armed force. “The IRGC Ground Forces are at their best level of preparations…and we will respond to any assaults and make the aggressors regret,” Commander of the IRGC Ground Forces, Brigadier General Mohammad [...]

The Iranian economy minister says the Islamic Republic does not welcome the latest sanctions imposed by the Western powers but it will not allow such measures to adversely affect the future of the country. “Although we do not welcome sanctions and are not happy with the resolution issued, we will not sacrifice the country’s future,” [...]

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Ali Larijani has slammed the extensive influence wielded by Western powers over international bodies such as the UN. During his speech at the 3rd World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva on Monday, Larijani said the United Nations has failed to maintain global peace and justice. “The founding [...]

As the US and Western powers are pushing for new punitive measures against Iran, the country’s foreign minister dismisses sanctions as “inappropriate”. “Imposing sanctions is an incorrect move because the punishment of a country that has not committed any wrong is tantamount to lowering the stature of the UN Security Council (UNSC),” Manouchehr Mottaki told [...]

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says his country considers all options open as a means of self-defense against foreign threats. “We consider all possible defensive options open against the enemies’ threats,” Iran’s Defense Minister, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi told reporters Thursday morning. Vahidi’s remarks came in response to US Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ [...]

A top official with the Iranian armed forces says certain Western powers are annoyed by Iran’s great success in fighting terrorism and capturing terrorist agents. “Iran’s access to technical know-how needed in different industrial fields has thwarted sanctions imposed by arrogant powers and particularly the United States against Iran,” Deputy Head of Iran’s Armed Forces [...]

IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that first load of 20% enriched uranium fuel had been produced and delivered to Iranian scientists. Addressing marchers in the February 11th celebrations, The Chief Executive stated that Iran will continue to produce the nuclear fuel to meet domestic needs. President Ahmadinejad added that production of 20pc enriched Uranium [...]

While Tehran remains open to “honest” nuclear cooperation with other countries, Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) speaker criticizes the West for following double standards and spiteful approach regarding the country’s nuclear program. “The fact is that you (Western powers) seek a type of political fraud. You want to coax the enriched uranium out from Iran,” Fars News [...]

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki slammed Western powers on Saturday for taking advantage of Iran’s nuclear program to interfere in the country’s internal affairs. “Western countries know that Iran does not seek to produce nuclear weapons,” Mottaki said in a meeting with Malaysia’s new ambassador to Tehran, Mohamad Sadik Kethergany. “However, they intend to use it [...]

A senior Iranian lawmaker says that Western powers have not yet agreed with Iran’s terms for a nuclear swap deal. The head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said that Tehran will resume its enrichment activity to produce 20-percent enriched uranium, if the West refuses to reply to Iran’s proposal for [...]

As Western powers batten down the hatches and prepare sanctions against Tehran, a senior Russian official says there still is no proof of an Iranian nuclear weapons program. In remarks published on Friday, deputy Russian foreign minister Alexander Saltanov reiterated that Moscow is not convinced that Iran seeks to weoponize its nuclear program, and moreover [...]

As Western powers push for a fourth set of sanctions against Iran, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes the punitive measures are “significant.” “I think that you are going to see some significant additional sanctions imposed by the international community, assuming that the Iranians don’t change course and agree to do the things [...]

While the Western powers have been pressuring Iran to accept a US-backed proposal over Iran’s nuclear fuel supply, the White House says it is still open to nuclear negotiations with Tehran but the time is running out. US National Security Advisor James Jones said on Sunday that the White House is “still open to nuclear [...]

As Western powers mount pressure on Iran over its nuclear activities, China says it still advocates talks as the best possible means of solving the issue. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang said on Tuesday that China advocates resolving Iran’s nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiations and called on all sides involved to double “diplomatic efforts” [...]

An influential Iranian politician has warned Western powers that they will receive a harsh response if they use aggressive language against Tehran. “You can not interact with Iran by snapping at us. The world knows this… Anyone who tries to talk to us like that will receive a very harsh response,” Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in [...]

Western powers leading nuclear negotiations with Iran have met in Brussels to discuss Tehran’s latest reaction to a proposal for enriched uranium exchange. Representatives of the five permanent member of the UN Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany held a closed-door meeting early on Friday. There has [...]

The US says it is not ready to abandon negotiations with Iran just yet, after Tehran’s announcement that it will not send its low-grade uranium abroad. “We’re not going to close any… door on the engagement track, but at a certain point I think we’re going to start paying a little more attention to the [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Western powers are concerned about Tehran’s steady progress in becoming energy independent rather than its alleged potential to build a nuclear bomb. “The [Western] powers are in fact afraid of Iran’s many accomplishments in nuclear technology, rather than its capability to produce a nuclear bomb,” Ahmadinejad said in an [...]

After holding three days of nuclear discussions with Western powers, Iran says it is ready for the next round of talks in order to ensure that its technical concerns regarding the issue of a guarantee for the supply of nuclear fuel are addressed. Speaking to Press TV on Monday, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic [...]