Leader says Iran will reverse nuclear steps only if US lifts sanctions first

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will retrace its nuclear countermeasures once the United States lifts its sanctions in a manner that could be verifiable by Tehran.

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.

Iran says closely watching 'mischievous' US moves in Persian Gulf

Tehran has said it is closely watching the movements of the United States in the Middle East, a day after the Pentagon ordered an American aircraft carrier to remain in the region.

Thousands of mourners in Baghdad join march in remembrance of Gen. Qassem Soleimani

Thousands of mourners joined the march on the highway leading to the Baghdad airport where a US drone strike assasinated Gen. Qassem Soleimani and senior Iraqi leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Iran vows to prosecute the culprits in his assassination of General Qassem Soleimani

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again censured the United States for committing a “craven act of terror” against top legendary Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, vowing to prosecute the culprits in his assassination.

Iranian lawmakers denounce US blacklisting of Al-Mustafa University

Noam Chomsky says General Soleimani assassination act of international terrorism

Renowned American scholar and political activist Noam Chomsky says the United States’ recent assassination of Iran’s senior commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani is an act of “international terrorism” if not anything “worse.”

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.