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China’s CNPC weighs taking over Iran project if Total leaves
By Sebastian Clark on December 16, 2017
China’s top oil and gas company CNPC is considering taking over Total’s (TOTF.PA) stake in a giant Iranian gas project if the French company leaves...
Mohammad Javad Zarif: Europe Must Work With Iran
By Sebastian Clark on December 11, 2017
By By Mohammad Javad Zarif, Nytimes On a crisp morning in Vienna two summers ago, hours before concluding the nuclear deal with the United States, the European...
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson flies today to Iran
By Sebastian Clark on December 9, 2017
UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson flies to Iran today to discuss the bilateral relationship and regional security issues, the British media reported. According to GOV.UK, Johnson arrived in Muscat...
Iran Strongly Condemns US for Recognizing Al-Quds as Israel’s Capital
By Sebastian Clark on December 9, 2017
Iranian foreign ministry has strongly denounced the US administration for its decision to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognize Jerusalem al-Quds...
‘No, Iran not looking to kill Jews’
By Sebastian Clark on December 4, 2017
By Vahid Jafarian, Editorial Board Member On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on another angry rhetoric against Iran, comparing the Islamic Republic with Hitler’s...
Chabahar port inaugurated, Iran looks to be key transit route to Central Asia
By Sebastian Clark on December 4, 2017
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Sunday inaugurated a $1 billion extension of its southeastern Chabahar port which Tehran hopes will help the country become a...
UAE must know that Iran’s sovereignty over Persian Gulf islands “non-negotiable”
By Sebastian Clark on December 3, 2017
By Vahid Jafarian, Editorial Board Member The President of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan has called on Friday for Iran to sit at the negotiating...
Iran’s ‘behavior’ isn’t threatening Americans. Don’t use that pretext to scrap the nuclear deal.
By Sebastian Clark on December 2, 2017
By John Glaser In a speech Tuesday at the Wilson Center in Washington, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the Trump administration is “committed to addressing the totality...
In Iran, UN aid chief expresses readiness to support post-quake relief efforts
By Sebastian Clark on November 25, 2017
Concluding a two-day visit to Iran, the top United Nations humanitarian official said the Organization is ready to fill any gaps in the relief efforts...
Iran says Saudi Crown Prince’s behavior ‘immature, weak-minded’
By Sebastian Clark on November 25, 2017
Iran said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was discredited internationally by his “immature” behavior, state television reported, after Mohammed bin Salman called Iran’s...
Iran’s Leader visits quake-hit border province
By Sebastian Clark on November 20, 2017
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is visiting Iran’s western province of Kermanshah which was hit by a deadly earthquake more than...
Britain to transfer outstanding £400m debt to Iran in coming days, Iranian ambassador says
By Sebastian Clark on November 18, 2017
Britain is to pay Iran more than £400m, the country’s ambassador to the UK has claimed. Hamid Baeidinejad said the amount was an “outstanding debt”...
Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing at least 145
By Sebastian Clark on November 13, 2017
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the region around the border between Iran and Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 145 people state media in the...
Russia’s Gazprom, Iran fund in initial deal
By Sebastian Clark on November 6, 2017
Russian gas giant Gazprom signed an initial agreement with Iranian state-run investment fund IDRO to cooperate in unspecified oil, gas and energy projects, Iran’s state...
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Javad Zarif shrugs off Iran-al Qaeda collusion claims
By Sebastian Clark on November 4, 2017
Just hours after a data dump by the CIA alleging among things collusion between Iran and al-Qaeda, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, responded via...
Iran denounces CIA ‘fake news’ in Bin Laden files
By Sebastian Clark on November 4, 2017
Iran has accused the CIA of spreading “fake news” about the Islamic republic with newly declassified files seized in the 2011 raid in Pakistan in...
French foreign minister to visit Iran soon
By Sebastian Clark on November 1, 2017
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Tuesday he will soon travel to Iran to prepare a visit by President Emmanuel Macron and raise concerns...
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UK to build cancer treatment centers in Iran
By Sebastian Clark on October 25, 2017
Iran’s Ministry of Health signed an investment and cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK’s International Hospitals Group (IHG), Financial Tribune daily reported on Tuesday....
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Iran, Trump and wickedness of neighbor
By Sebastian Clark on October 23, 2017
Iran enemies have allied themselves with Washington to create a front against Iran, something Tehran should be wary of, says former Iranian diplomat and Princeton...
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Tillerson says Europe can do business with Iran
By Sebastian Clark on October 21, 2017
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the US is not opposed to European countries doing business with Iran, contradicting President Donald Trump’s belligerent rhetoric...