Syria
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FM Zarif tells Lavrov hopeful to see Astana process bear fruit
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia met in Moscow on the sidelines of the trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of the guarantor states of Astana Process and voiced hope to achieve good results with the efforts for Syria.
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Iran, Russia, Turkey meet to revive Astana talks after US raid on Syria
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey plan to meet in Moscow on Saturday to revive talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups.
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Trilateral meeting in Moscow to stop foreign military intervention in Syria
TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told media upon his arrival in Moscow that he is attending the trilateral meeting to contribute to measures against military interventions in Syria.
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By: Mohammad Ghaderi
Zarif's arrival in Moscow
MOSCOW, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Moscow, Russia, on April 28,2018. In the one-day trip, Zarif is scheduled to hold talks with his Russian and Turkish counterparts on the latest developments in Syria.
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Iran to pull out from NPT if US leaves JCPOA: Rezaei
TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said on Thursday that Iran will leave the NPT if US leave the JCPOA.
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Foreign interventions postpone peace in Syria: FM Zarif
TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the unilateral military action [of US, UK, and France] against Syria as a measure postponing the attainment of peace in the war-torn country.
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Iran to deliver response to US, Zionist regime on time: Larijani
TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament, said on Wednesday that Iran is monitoring the behavior of its enemies and will deliver its response on the due time.
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Iran’s top security official:
Any EU-US agreements on future of JCPOA invalid
TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says for Iran any agreements between Europe and the United States on the future of the nuclear deal is invalid and worthless.
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British ambassador says successful on Tehran mission
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – In his last press conference in Tehran, Nicholas Hopton, the UK envoy to Tehran, who will be replaced by Rob Macaire on Thursday, said that he had been successful in pursuing the goals in his mission to Tehran.
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Shamkhani:
Iran to show no further restraint if US keeps violating JCPOA
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has said Iran will show no restraint if the US further delays approving the nuclear deal or keeps violating it.
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Iran, Belgium FMs meet in New York
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in New York to attend the High-Level Meeting on Peace-building and Sustaining Peace, has held talks with his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders.
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Assad, Jaberi Ansari confer on Syria’s latest development
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Special Assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister in Political Affairs, met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday in Damascus to exchange views on the latest developments in Syria.
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Zarif in an interview with Al-Monitor:
US weapons fail to bring Yemenis to their knees
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Iranian foreign minister has said that the United States and Saudis have not been able to bring the Yemenis to their knees through their heavy bombardment and arms.
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Iran’s supports for Syria based on friendship: Rezaei
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – Secretary of Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said on Saturday in Tehran that all helps provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran to Syria were based on friendly ties between the two countries.
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Jaberi Ansari, de Mistura discuss Syrian crisis in Tehran
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – UN Special Envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura, who is visiting Tehran met with Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Special Assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister in Political Affairs, on Saturday.
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IRGC deputy cmdr:
“Should Israel attack Iran, it will definitely be annihilated”
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Hossein Salami says if any war happens between Iran and Israel, it will definitely be followed by Israel’s total destruction.
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US missile attack on Syria, scandalous: cleric
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – The interim Leader of Tehran Friday Prayers Ayatollah Kazem Seddighi condemned the trilateral missile attack of US, UK, and France on Syria as an act of crime sand savagery.
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Quadrilateral coalition effective in fall of ISIL in Iraq: defense min.
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Brigadier General Amir Hatami, Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistical Support said on Thursday that the Quadrilateral coalition of Iran, Iraq, Russia, and Syria was very effective in eradicating ISIL in Iraq.
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Iran welcomes pro-Syrian stances of African Union: Ghasemi
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – Bahram Ghasemi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, referred to the statement issued by the Chairperson of African Union Commission on Syria on Monday, and hailed the approached undertaken by the African body.
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Iran-Russia relations at highest level: Iran’s ambs. to Moscow
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei told with Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gaynutin, the Chairman of the Russian Council of Muftis in a meeting on Wednesday that the relations between Tehran and Moscow are at their best status.
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By: Mahmood Monshipouri
On trilateral military strikes against Syria
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – The US surgical attacks—coordinated with France and Britain—against chemical facilities in Syria on Saturday April 13, 2018, in response to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in rebel-held Douma, fell far-short of achieving a broader goal based on a coherent strategy to deal with the Syrian civil war.
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All should be against illegal intervention in region: Rouhani on phone with Erdogan
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – In a phone conversation on Tuesday with his Turkish counterpart, Iranian President Rouhani condemned the trilateral aggression in Syria by US, UK, and France.
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OPCW investigators enter Syrian town of Douma
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) –Syrian sources relayed that investigators of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) entered the Syrian town of Douma, on Tuesday afternoon, to conduct probe on what terrorist claim to be a chemical attack by government.
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Iran, Vietnam pledge to boost economic ties
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam vowed in a meeting in Hanoi to boost economic ties between the two countries.
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Syria OPCW envoy:
Trilateral aggression in Syria aimed at hindering work of fact-finding mission
THE HAGUE, Apr. 17 (MNA) – Syria's envoy to OPCW Bassam Sabbagh said the US-British-French airstrikes on Syria timed with the arrival of the fact-finding mission to Damascus aimed at hindering the work of the mission to investigate the claims of the alleged chemical attack on Douma.
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Bombarding Syria against solving regional issues: Larijani
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iranian Parliament, said in his meeting with Trần Thanh Mẫn, the President of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, that the Syrian crisis needs a political solution and the recent tripartite aggression worsens the situation.
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Americans military intervention giving birth to terrorism: Larijani
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament, said on Monday that Americans have been paving the ground for terrorist groups to flourish wherever Americans have made a military intervention.
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Americans after boosting terrorists’ morale in Syria: MP
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the Chairman of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, described the trilateral aggression in Syria as a measure to boost terrorists’ morale.
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Trilateral aggression in Syria, US political bankruptcy: Salehi
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Ali Akbar Salehi, the Head of AEOI said on Monday in Tehran that the tripartite missile attack on Syria by US, UK, and France demonstrated the political bankruptcy of US.
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Iranian parl. delegation to visit Syria Tue.
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – A delegation from Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission will depart for Syria tomorrow to confer with Syrian officials on the recent US-led airstrikes on the Arab country.