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TEHRAN – Iran said on Wednesday that it did not plan to hold talks with Korea over the release of a Korean tanker it seized on Monday. The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that he had not reached an agreement on “any form of visit” by …

ISLAMABAD – The Iranian anti-narcotics police chief,Brigadier-General Majid Karimi, has said that Tehran and Islamabad have agreed to establish an information exchange committee between the anti-narcotics forces of the two neighboring states. Brigadier-General, Majid Karimi, in an interview with IRNA on Monday (after a meeting with the Director General of …

TEHRAN – Iran on Wednesday released Australian Professor of Melbourne University, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, in a prisoner swap for three Iranians, according to sources. Moore-Gilbert, 33, one of the country’s foremost Western prisoners, has been jailed for more than two years on charges of espionage. In a statement, she congratulated the …

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali, spoke with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko on the latest developments in Central Asia and the Caucasus. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations, the situation in Afghanistan and ways to combat the coronavirus, as well as …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that working with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is in line with transparency and cooperation with the agency, adding that the next IAEA chief’s visit to Iran had nothing to do with the trigger mechanism. Speaking on the sidelines …

TEHRAN – According to the Iranian Ministry of Health, the novel coronavirus has killed 153 people in Iran in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 20,125. Speaking at a daily press conference on Saturday, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Lari said 2,444 new …

TEHRAN – Former French ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, said Tehran had reduced its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) because Washington violated the international agreement. Simultaneously, with the efforts of French President Emmanuel Macron to persuade the US to remain in the JCPOA, Gérard …

TEHRAN – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s recent visit to Tehran carried diplomatic, political and security messages, Hassan Danaeifar, head of the Iran-Iraq economic development office, said Monday. Iran and Iraq reached good agreements during al-Kadhimi’s visit to Tehran, Danaeifar said. He added that Iraqi officials promised to support the …

TEHRAN – Iran has successfully tested a coronavirus vaccine in animals and is preparing to advance human trials, a senior official in the Islamic Republic said Wednesday. Mohammad Mokhber, who heads the headquarters of the Board of Imam Khomeini, a state-owned company, announced the move to human trials “after receiving …

TEHRAN – Iran and Russia are likely to renew their “20-year agreement,” which expires in March 2021, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif said during his official visit to Moscow on Tuesday. Engaging with the Iranian media in Moscow, Zarif said another “long-term deal” with Russia is “on the agenda,” calling …