Tag: Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iranian president: Leaked Zarif interview intended to derail Vienna talks
Iran’s president said on Wednesday that the leak of an interview in which the country’s foreign minister complains of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intervention in diplomatic affairs is an attempt to sow internal...
Kerry denies claim he informed Iran of Israeli strikes in Syria
U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Monday denied allegations that he had discussed covert Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria with Iran’s foreign minister.
“I can tell you that this story and these...
Iran blames Israel for Natanz incident, vows ‘revenge against Zionists’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel on Monday of being behind the electrical “incident” at the Natanz uranium-enrichment facility the previous day.
Iranian state television quoted Zarif as saying, “The Zionists want to...
Iran warns time is running out to revive nuclear deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the United States must quickly work to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal, due to Iran’s presidential elections scheduled...
Zarif: Iran expects compensation for $1 trillion damage from US sanctions
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday said that the unilateral sanctions that the United States has imposed on his country have cost the Islamic Republic’s economy more than $1 trillion.
Tehran expects to...
Biden says no to lifting Iran sanctions before Tehran complies with nuclear deal
U.S. President Joe Biden told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he would not lift sanctions on Iran as a way of persuading it to return to the negotiating table, and that it would...
Iran calls US sanction threat ‘foolish’ and ‘nothing new’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif dismissed U.S. threats to reimpose all U.N. sanctions if the U.N. Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on the country.
“Making foolish claims by U.S. officials is nothing...