Tehran, June 1 (IANS) Iran will make amendments to the text of a potential memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States after receiving the latest US response, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.Reacting to Saturday US media reports that the United States amended elements of the draft agreement and sent it back to Tehran, Tasnim quoted an informed source as saying that Iran will also make its own amendments to the draft deal, and “nothing is final yet.”The source said Iran…
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Tehran, May 31 (IANS) Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said on Sunday that Tehran would not agree to any deal with the United States until the rights of the Iranian people were secured.Addressing an online parliamentary session, Ghalibaf stressed that Iranian negotiators had no trust in the “enemy’s” words and promises, according to the official news agency IRNA.”Our criterion is tangible achievements that we must attain in order to fulfil our commitments in return,” he said. “…
Tehran, May 12 (Xinhua) Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said that the country’s armed forces are ready to give a “lesson-teaching” response to any aggression.His remarks on social media platform X came after US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Iran’s Sunday response to a US proposal, warning that the ceasefire between the two countries is “on massive life support.””Our armed forces are ready to give a lesson-teaching response to any aggression,” Qalibaf said, stressing…
Tehran, May 11 (IANS) Iran’s latest draft proposal for talks with the United States calls for an immediate cessation of conflict on all fronts, a guarantee for no more “aggression” against Iran, and the lifting of US sanctions and naval blockade, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.”The proposal highlights the need to immediately end the war, provide guarantees for the non-repetition of the aggression against Iran, and certain other issues within a political agreement,” Tasnim cited an…
Tehran, April 20 (IANS) Iran’s official news agency IRNA said that the country has rejected taking part in the second round of the peace talks with the United States, which were reportedly to be held in Pakistan soon. Iran’s absence from the second round of talks “stems from what it called Washington’s excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions, and the ongoing naval blockade, which it considers a breach of the ceasefire,” the agency said in a…
Islamabad, April 11 (IANS) A high-level Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf arrived in Islamabad on Saturday to participate in the upcoming talks with the United States, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement.The delegation also includes Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.According to the statement, the Iranian delegation was received upon arrival by Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, along with National As…
Tehran, April 7 (IANS) Iran has rejected a US-proposed 15-point peace plan, calling instead for a permanent end to the conflict, the official news agency IRNA reported.Tehran delivered its response in a 10-point document, citing past experiences as the reason it would not accept a ceasefire, Xinhua news agency reported.The response outlines Iran’s demands, including ending regional conflicts, establishing safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, reconstructing war-affected areas, and lifting i…
New York, March 23 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Monday sounded optimistic about an imminent settlement of the Iran War with major points of agreement in talks, while Tehran was signalling that there were no negotiations. Trump told reporters that “we have points, major points of agreement, I would say, almost all points of agreement”, especially on the three major points on eliminating nuclear development.The remarks were greeted by a slump in oil prices and a rise in stock markets.The S…
Tehran, March 22 (IANS) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian proposed to form a security structure comprising regional countries to ensure peace, security and stability in West Asia without foreign interference, reiterating conditions to end the ongoing war.He made the remarks in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in which the two sides discussed bilateral ties as well as the latest regional and international developments in the wake of the US and Israeli attacks against Iran, Xinhua…
Tehran, March 13 (IANS) Several top Iranian politicians and officials, including country’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, attended an International Quds Day rally in Tehran on Friday, marking their most high-profile public appearance since the joint US-Israel airstrikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials on February 28. Videos shared by local media showed Pezeshkian greeting people on the streets of Tehran and even stopping to take pictures with them …