Iran’s judiciary chief on Monday warned of legal action against Tehran moderates advocating direct talks with the United States over the nuclear program, a day after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused them of sowing discord in the country.
Iran has overhauled its visa rules starting this month, requiring foreign tourists to enter only through organized tours booked with registered agencies, the Travel and Tour World website reported Saturday.
Germany’s ambassador to Iran Markus Potzel announced he is ending his mission in Tehran for "personal reasons," and that the visa section is now operating at reduced capacity.
A senior Iranian diplomat warned Europe that triggering the UN’s “snapback” mechanism to restore sanctions would squander its leverage and harden Tehran’s nuclear stance.
The Austrian Embassy in Iran has suspended all consular services citing an “insurmountable obstacle” but giving no further details or timeline for reopening.
Tehran on Wednesday accused Washington of seeking through diplomacy what it failed to achieve with military strikes, suggesting that talks with the United States have not yet reached a “mature stage.”
The G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group on Wednesday called on Iran to avoid escalatory action and to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that US and European unilateralism was unbearable as he met Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, where the two allies signed 12 cooperation documents and a joint statement.
Iran’s state-affiliated Farhikhtegan newspaper warned on Wednesday that Tehran should prepare for “potential threats from its northern borders” following the US-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan deal to develop the Zangezur corridor.
An outlet affiliated with Iran’s Guards warned on Tuesday that recent calls by reformist politicians for sweeping changes in domestic and foreign policy echoed mistakes made by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that ultimately contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that Tehran supported Armenia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity while voicing concern over foreign involvement near their shared border, as he met the Armenian premier in Yerevan.
Yemen’s foreign minister accused Iran on Sunday of driving the Houthi movement to reject peace initiatives and prolong the country’s decade-long conflict, Asharq al-Awsat reported.
Iran will continue talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and another round of negotiations is likely in the coming days, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
Washington has outsourced its Iran policy to Israel following the 12-day war, former Obama-era negotiator Alan Eyre told Iran International, warning that the Trump administration now sees Iran's nuclear issue as resolved despite the remaining risks.
Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Armenia has assured Tehran it will uphold all of Iran’s red lines regarding the Zangezur region and that no US forces will be stationed along the Iranian-Armenian border, amid concerns over the US-brokered deal in the South Caucasus.
Iran’s top security official said on Thursday Tehran was open to normalizing its relations with Syria's new government, shortly after reports that Damascus had barred his plane from using the Syrian airspace when flying to Beirut.
Iran’s Supreme Leader and the country’s power structure have reached a consensus to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States, viewing them as vital to the Islamic Republic’s survival, Reuters reported on Thursday citing unnamed Iranian sources.
Ali Larijani’s tour of Iraq and Lebanon a few weeks after his Russia visit underscores his re-emergence as a trusted envoy and crisis manager tasked with shoring up Tehran’s defences in the twilight of supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s rule.
Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday accused the United States and its allies of imposing sanctions that cause mass casualties, citing a study he said showed they may be as deadly as armed conflict.
Iran’s president will travel to Yerevan next week, Armenian media reported on Tuesday citing the country’s economy ministry, as Tehran continues to push back on a US deal with Armenia to develop a controersial corridor along its southern border with Iran.
Iran’s hardliners have vowed retaliation against a US-brokered deal last week which would link two parts of Azerbaijan via a corridor through Armenia, while President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government has so far offered only a muted response.
Iran on Monday criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for what it called a failure to act over Israeli and US attacks in June after talks in Tehran with the UN nuclear watchdog’s deputy director general earlier in the day.