DESPITE REJECTION FROM TEHRAN, US STILL OPEN TO RESUME NUCLEAR TALKS WITH IRAN

Highlights

• A senior Biden administration official said that the US would be consulting with the other participants in the agreement while going forward

• Biden on several occasions has said that the US would return to the deal only after Iran is ready to restore it...

US HAS BEGUN TO COMMUNICATE WITH IRAN OVER DETENTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS: JAKE SULLIVAN

Highlights

• In the middle of on and off relationship between the US and Iran, Tehran had arrested several dual nationals including Americans in recent years, most of them on the charges of espionage

• Answering to the question of whether the Biden administration has...

THE US MUST FIRST LIFT SANCTIONS ON IRAN IF IT WANTS TO REVIVE NUCLEAR DEAL: TEHRAN

Highlights

• Tehran also reiterated its stance that it will not make the first move to restore the pact with major powers

• Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that “The US will not be able to rejoin the nuclear pact before it lifts sanctions. On...

US SHOULD LIFT ITS SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN SAYS TEHRAN

Highlights

• Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry said “Reminder: Because of US withdrawal from JCPOA, there is NO P5+1.”

• P5+1 countries (China, France, Russia, Britain and the US, plus Germany) had negotiated the Joint Comprehe...

‘TRUMP LEFT THE ROOM' SAYS IRAN AS THEY PLAY DOWN HOPES OF NUCLEAR TALKS WITH US

Highlights

• The Joe Biden administration on Thursday made its pledge yet to re-engage with Iran over the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)

• Mr Khatibzadeh had said that Tehran would only respond to calls to revive the deal after the Bide...

US UPLIFTS TRUMP LAID SANCTIONS ON TEHRAN

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Biden organization on Thursday (Feb 18) revoked the previous president Donald Trump's reclamation of UN sanctions on Iran, a declaration that could help Washington push toward rejoining the 2015 atomic arrangement pointed toward getting contro...

S. KOREAN EMBASSY IN IRAN MEETS DETAINED CREW MEMBERS OF KOREAN VESSEL

Highlights –

• S. Korean Embassy in Iran meets detained crew members of Korean vessel.
• Tehran has mentioned that it will free most of the sailors.
• There are a total of 20 crew members, 5 are S. Koreans, 11 Myanmarese, 2 Indonesians...

US PLANNING TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN RELATED TO METALS, CONVENTIONAL ARMS

Highlights

• Sources state that Trump has imposed on the Iranian economy in an attempt to force Tehran into a new recognition on prohibiting its nuclear program as its nuclear program

• Recently the Trump administration had blacklisted 12 Iranian companies including ...

S. KOREA AND IRAN UNDER TALKS ON RESOLVING FROZEN ASSETS AND RELEASING SHIP

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• S. Korea and Iran under talks on resolving frozen assets and releasing ship.
• The South Korean delegation for talks was led by First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun.
• Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps seized a...

THAILAND RELEASES PRISONERS WHO PLOTTED 2012 BOMBINGS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Thailand conceded the freeing of three Iranians it imprisoned over a 2012 bomb plot in Bangkok, in a declaration that came after Teheran liberated an Australian-British teacher detained for supposed spying

The realm's amendments ...

SOLEIMANI’S KILLING BY TRUMP COSTS HIM AN ARREST WARRANT BY IRAN

Highlights: 

• Soleimani was killed in the early morning of January 2020
• The killing of Soleimani led to aggravated tensions in-between the US and Iran 

On January 3 2020, just before the pandemic spread to the rest of the world, Trump approv...

Tehran hosts International Fashion Festival

The fashion show which will run till 18 Feb 2020 is the ninth edition of the Fajr International Fashion and costume festival being held at Tehran’s Goftogu Park.

It will be attended by participants from Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Italy, Romania, Bangladesh, India and S...