FM Zarif says Biden’s US should seize chance to lift bans

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged US President Joe Biden to end his predecessor’s fruitless pressure policy against Iran and begin the process of rejoining the 2015 nuclear agreement by lifting all unilateral sanctions unconditionally, warning that the “window of opportunity will not be open” for the new White House team forever.

President Rouhani says Trump registered state terrorism on US record by assassinating Soleimani

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says outgoing American president, Donald Trump, registered state terrorism on America’s official record by openly accepting responsibility for the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in a third country.

Election fiasco, paralyzed economy show what 'big idol' US has turned to: Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says it is weird that some still worship the US as their idol despite the country’s election fiasco, paralyzed economy, and human rights records.

Iran warns against any US adventurism aimed at militarizing the Persian Gulf

The Iranian administration has warned against any US adventurism aimed at militarizing the Persian Gulf, saying such moves would be in the interest of no country, whether in the region or elsewhere in the world.

Iranian lawmakers denounce US blacklisting of Al-Mustafa University

We’re doing all in our power to neutralize, eliminate US sanctions, President Rouhani says

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic is doing all in its power to neutralize and eliminate unjust and illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump.

President Rouhani says fate awaiting Trump no better than Saddam's

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has drawn a parallel between the hostile policies of outgoing US President Donald Trump and Iraq's Saddam Hussein for waging wars on the Islamic Republic, saying the American leader will eventually not fare much better than the former Iraqi dictator.

EU envoy to UN says there is no positive alternative to JCPOA:

The European Union ambassador to the UN has lended his full support to the 2015 nuclear agreement that was clinched between Iran and six major countries, saying there is no positive alternative to the accord which has withstood pressure over the past years.