TEHRAN (Press Shia) – In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif strongly condemned the deliberate targeting of Iran’s nuclear facilities as a “war crime.” - Politics news - Iran’s top diplomat sent the letter to the UN chief on Monday, a day after a sabotage attack targeted the electricity distribution network of...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his administration has artfully managed to preserve cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) while complying with a parliamentary law on the suspension of the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol. - Politics news - In comments at a Wednesday session of the cabinet, the president said the...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – A new agreement between Iran and the UN nuclear agency regarding the Additional Protocol of the NPT is in conformity with a law the Iranian Parliament has passed in October, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson said. - Politics news - Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Monday, Saeed Khatibzadeh hailed the “remarkable technical and diplomatic...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) - Iran’s UN ambassador said Tuesday that the new US administration "must act quickly" to return to the 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by former government "because the window is closing" on Tehran's deadline for Washington to lift economic sanctions. - Nuclear news - In an exclusive interview with USA Today, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador to the United...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – A former official at the United Nations and professor of international law said the assassination of Iran’s top commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was an “act of war”, deploring the UN Security Council’s failure to slam the US killing of the top commander. - Politics news - “Of great concern is the failure of the United Nations, especially the...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran would have to act on a pending parliamentary measure that would restrict the UN nuclear agency's access to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities if the West insisted on their continued violation of the JCPOA. - Politics news - “It (the United States) has obligations, responsibilities as a UN member, as a...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell described the assassination of Iranian physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as a “criminal act”. - Politics news - “This (the assassination) was a criminal act … I am sorry to say but this is not the way you are solving problems,” Borrell said at an online debate with his predecessors,...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Russia condemned the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, describing it as a "provocative terrorist act” aimed at destabilizing the situation in the region. - Politics news - In a statement on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry described the incident as a "provocative terrorist act aimed at destabilizing the situation and fueling a...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – The European Union described the assassination of top Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as a “criminal act” that “runs counter to the principle of respect for human rights the EU stands for”. - Politics news - “On 27 November 2020 in Absard, Iran, an Iranian government official and, according to reports, 1 of his bodyguards, were killed in a series of...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – A rally was held in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday to defend the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as 'Obamacare.' - World news - Holding banners and signs, demonstrators gathered in front of the Court amid the hearing on the constitutionality of the ACA.Two key US Supreme Court justices indicated they are inclined to uphold the bulk of...