Deputy FM

Iran to spare no efforts to help Afghanistan people, govt.: Araghchi

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has welcomed the Afghan president’s recent initiatives for the peace process in Afghanistan, adding that Iran will spare no efforts to help the people and government of Afghanistan.
2019-03-16 22:11
Iran welcomes intl. cooperation for demining: diplomat

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehghani said that Iranian Foreign Ministry is committed to facilitating international interactions, joint cooperation, and international support for demining activities.
2019-03-12 13:19
FM spox:

'Nonconstructive statements' have no achievement but deepening distrust

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi showed reaction to the final statement of Quartet Committee of Foreign Minister of the Arab League and said that unconstructive statements, issued by the foreign ministers of Arab League, have not any achievements but exacerbating distrust and increasing rift in relations among regional countries.
2019-03-07 19:35
Araghchi departs for Vienna to attend JCPOA joint commission meeting

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi left Tehran for Vienna today to participate in JCPOA joint commission on Wednesday.
2019-03-05 09:41
Araghchi, Hakim confer on regional developments

TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, and Leader of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq, Ammar al-Hakim, met and held talks in Baghdad.
2019-02-26 09:42
Deputy FM Araghchi:

US exit from JCPOA not Iran’s fault

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – “It was not our fault that the US left JCPOA after it saw it was not benefiting from it,” according to the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi.
2019-02-23 23:10
Minister calls for tapping Iran-Bulgaria transport potentials

TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – Bulgarian Transport Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said that to revive the previous economic cooperation between Iran and Bulgaria, there is a need to tap potentials in transport and agriculture sector.
2019-01-31 13:19
Bulgaria voices support for JCPOA

TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that her country supports EU’s position on the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
2019-01-31 09:46
Araghchi says 8 months too long for establishing SPV

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Monday that 8 months is too long for establishing the Special-Purpose Vehicle (SPV) by the European countries.
2019-01-29 13:12
Iran, Turkmenistan eye increased energy, transit coop.

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Deputy foreign ministers of Iran and Turkmenistan held a new round of talks in Tehran and discussed ways to increase bilateral cooperation in different fields including energy and transit.
2019-01-26 17:59
Araghchi says US not trustworthy due to withdrawal from JCPOA

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that Iran nuclear deal displayed that the United States is untrustworthy and unreliable.
2019-01-17 11:38
Iran, Afghanistan vow to continue bilateral cooperation

TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks with Afghanistan’s Abdullah Abdullah Sat. to stress the continuation of bilateral cooperation.
2019-01-05 22:23
Deputy FM:

Transnational interference compromises regional security

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehghani said that interference of some transnational powers undermines the security of the region and hampers the process of establishing security by regional countries.
2018-12-17 15:18
Araghchi says FATF is a requirement for SPV

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs said that abiding by FATF regulations is a requirement for the implantation of Special-Purpose Vehicle (SPV) or any other financial mechanism.
2018-12-04 13:25
Europeans working on new initiatives to keep trade with Iran: deputy FM

TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wed. that the Europeans are working on new initiatives in relation to the previously promised SPV, adding that Iranian experts are negotiating with them in that regard.
2018-11-21 16:21
Deputy FM warns Europe Iran cannot wait for promised SPV forever

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Iran will not give in to sanctions, warning Europe to accelerate efforts to provide Iran with promised financial mechanism to save the JCPOA.
2018-11-19 17:08
US sanctions will not change Iran’s policies: deputy FM

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said while US sanctions may affect Iran’s oil sales and banking transactions, they will not change the Islamic Republic’s policies.
2018-11-18 09:28
Spain against unilateral US sanctions on Iran: official

TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – President of the Senate of Spain Pío García-Escudero Márquez said that Spain and other European countries are against unilateral US sanctions on Iran which were re-imposed after US withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal (also known as JCPOA).
2018-11-17 11:16
Iranian deputy FM:

Europe should take practical steps to maintain JCPOA after US exit

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – In his meeting with the President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate Vito Rosario Petrocelli of Italy late on Thu. in Rome, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that Europe needs to take effective steps to maintain Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) after the US pullout from this international deal.
2018-11-16 10:41
Italian MP says coop. with Iran, ‘priority for Rome’

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Italy’s President of the Foreigner and European affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies Marta Grande said that cooperation with Iran in the West Asia is certainly one of the priorities of the Italian government.
2018-11-16 10:33
FM spox:

Iran deeply concerned about critical humanitarian situation in Yemen

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said that Islamic Republic of Iran is deeply worried about the grave humanitarian disaster in Yemen.
2018-11-13 00:50
Collapse of JCPOA would mean failure of diplomacy: Iran dep. FM

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) –Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi has said that the failure of Iran nuclear deal would not only complicate the political situation in the Middle East but also it would mean failure of a successful diplomatic achievement.
2018-10-22 20:50
Deputy FM:

Some members misuse OIC to pursue their foreign policy goals

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Deputy foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehghani said some members of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), by resorting to their financial resources, try to pursue their foreign policy goals through this organization.
2018-10-02 11:08
Some must have pulled a prank on Israeli PM: Iran deputy FM

TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – Iranian deputy FM Abbas Araghchi has mocked Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for his latest anti-Iran theatrics at the UN General Assembly regarding allegations about Iran's "secret" sites for developing nuclear weapons.
2018-09-28 17:01
Deputy FM:

JCPOA ministerial meeting in NY clearly showed US isolation

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – Following a ministerial meeting between remaining signatories to the JCPOA and Iran in New York, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi said that the meeting clearly showed the US isolation.
2018-09-25 17:33
Iran condoles with Tanzanian govt. over ferry mishap

TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi deplored the loss of dozens after a ferry sank in Tanzania's Lake Victoria,.
2018-09-21 18:37
Expensive transport costs reduce Iran's trade with Mongolia

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Head of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Mojtaba Khosrotaj says costly transport has had a negative impact on the volume of trade transactions between Iran and Mongolia.
2018-09-10 22:19
World urgently needs to stop arms acquisition by terrorists: Iran FM deputy

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehghani has called for cutting off terrorists’ access to weapons an urgent necessity.
2018-09-05 20:36
Iran, Russia confer on combating terrorism

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iranian deputy FM Dehghani met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Vershinin on the sidelines of an anti-terror conference in Moscow, and exchanged views on ways to combat terrorism and expand bilateral cooperation.
2018-09-05 09:36
Fedotov reassures UN understands Iran's concerns about drug trafficking

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – UN Under-Secretary-General Yury Fedotov told Iranian Deputy FM Dehghani that UNODC will strengthen its Tehran office to meet Iran’s concerns about drug trafficking from Afghanistan.
2018-09-04 16:13