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Iran says Blinken's anti-Iran remarks aimed at selling US weapons
Nasser Kanaani on Sunday made the response to a recent tweet by Antony Blinken, in which he said that they were "firmly committed to disrupting Iran's military procurement activities", Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website. The US State Secretary provocative remarks.
Iran, Saudi Arabia to exchange envoys after reopening embassies
Nasser Kanaani said on Monday that the Saudi team arrived in Iran on Saturday to lay the groundwork for the reopening of the kingdom's embassy in Tehran and consulate general in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by Iran's official news agency IRNA.
Rapprochement with Saudi to positively impact on regional peace, stability: Iran
Making the remarks at his first press conference in the current Iranian calendar year, Nasser Kanaani said on Monday that the Beijing-brokered agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to normalize ties has met with "very positive reactions" in the region, and welcomed at the international level, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by Iran's official news agency IRNA.
Iran appoints new Ambassador to UAE after 8 years
The new envoy, Reza Ameri, had served as the director general of the Iranian expatriates office at the Foreign Ministry prior to his appointment, Xinhua news agency reported citing local media. Ameri had also previously served as Iran's Ambassador to Algeria, Sudan and Eritrea. In 2016, the UAE downgraded its relations with Iran after Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Tehran in January that year after Iranian protesters stormed the kingdom's embassy in Tehran following Riyadh's execution of a prominent Shia cleric.
Iran says it warns off US Navy "spy plane" in its airspace
After receiving the Iranian naval forces' warning, the US Navy's EP-3E aircraft, flying above the Sea of Oman, left the country's airspace and returned to international air routes, the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the public relations department of the Iranian Army's Navy as saying on Sunday.
Iran to enforce compulsory hijab rule on women
This comes after months of protests demanding an end to the restriction, BBC reported. A hardline Iranian MP has issued an ultimatum to the judiciary to come up with measures to put a stop to women flouting the rules on headscarves within the next 48 hours, the report said.
11 pro-Iran fighters killed by US airstrikes in Syria
The airstrikes hit an arms depot and other military outposts of the pro-Iran fighters in the province of Deir al-Zour, in retaliation to the pro-Iran militias' drone attacks on US positions in the same region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor on Friday. Rami Abdul-Rahman, the head of the.
Iran's top leader says ready to work with Europeans conditionally
The leader made the remarks on Tuesday in an address to the people in the northeastern city of Mashhad on the first day of the new year in Iran. The leader made the remarks on Tuesday in an address to the people in the northeastern city of Mashhad on the first day of the new year in Iran. The top Iranian leader said the West has made bids to.
Iran to send ambassador to UAE soon
Ali Bagheri Kani, Iranian deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, said that Iran has appointed the envoy and the process of dispatching him to Abu Dhabi is going through its final stages, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by IRNA. Kani made the remarks as Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani.
Iran says prisoner swap possible should US acts 'realistically'
He made the remarks on Monday at a weekly press conference in a response to the US rejection of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's comments on the exchange of prisoners between the two sides on Sunday, official news agency IRNA reported. Iran is ready to swap prisoners with the US as a humanitarian issue, Kanaani noted, adding that negotiations are underway between Tehran and Washington through mediators with regard to the prisoner exchange issue, Xinhua news agency reported.
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