Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh

Iran hits back at EU to condemn its response to US attacks

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has lashed out at the European Union (EU)’s criticism of Iran’s self-defense measures taken against the recent US attacks.

Baghaei deplores Dutch police attack on Palestinian

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – Spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry Esmaeil Baghaei said that Dutch police attack on Palestinian man's pregnant wife is a gross violation of human rights.

Iran rejects Western ultimatums, eyes new order for Hormuz

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – Iran's spokesman has pushed back on Western pressure language, confirmed Iran and Oman will jointly manage Hormuz's future, and said the focus is on ending the war, not discussing uranium enrichment details.

Iran denounces US’s violation of truce and threatening Oman

TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly condemned the US's repeated violations of the ceasefire and its threatening rhetoric against Iran and some countries in the region, including Oman.

Baghaei to martyred Minab children:

‘Please don’t surrender the Earth to the Night’

TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has posted a video on his X account to commemorate the martyred children of Minab, and wrote, “Please, do not surrender the Earth to the Night.”

Iran, Oman working on protocol to ensure safe passage via SOH

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – Iran is not seeking to charge tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson said, noting that Iran and Oman are responsibly working on a protocol to ensure safe maritime passage through strategic waterway.

Iran denounces terrorist attack in Pakistan’s Quetta

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a terrorist bombing targeting a train carrying soldiers in the Pakistani city of Quetta, which has left at least 24 people dead and more than 50 others injured.

Iranians shatter illusion of invasion against Iran: FM spox

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Foreign Ministry spokesperson has posted an image of the rock relief depicting the victory of Shapur I the Great was the second Sasanian shah over the Roman Emperor, saying Iranians shattered illusion of invasion against Iran.

Iran, US moving closer to 'finalizing MoU': Baghaei

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – Iran and the United States have edged closer to finalizing a 14-point memorandum to end the imposed war in Pakistani mediated talks, accoridng to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Saturday.

Baghaei to German president:

Attack on Iran ‘clear aggression against independent state'

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said the US and Israeli attacks on Iran were a gross violation of Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter and a clear military aggression against an independent state.

FM spox:

Attacking Iran Pasteur Inst. menaces regional health security

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA)–Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman says attack against a century-old scientific and public health center like Pasteur Institute of Iran is not an attack on a building; it is an assault on people’s right to health, science, and life.

US hostility toward Iran dates back 73 years: Baghaei

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the record of US mistreatment and broken commitments toward Iran spans more than 73 years, rejecting a distorted narrative about the origins of tensions between the two countries.

Iran terms German chancellor accusations ‘baseless, selective

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has described the accusations leveled by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz against Iran ‘baseless and selective’ on the suspected explosion near the UAE's nuclear power plant.

Baghaei:

Iran, Oman crafting new transit mechanism for Hormuz

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the country is engaged in continuous consultations with Oman to design a new mechanism governing transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

FM spox:

Iran’s right to uranium enrichment non-negotiable under NPT

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says that the country’s right to enrich uranium under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is nonnegotiable.

Iran FM spox:

Maintaining energy market stability next lie for warmongering

TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Lashing out at the US warmongering policy, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that maintaining the stability of energy market is the next grand lie being rolled out to justify their illegal war of choice.

Tehran lashes out at Western hypocrisy

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry has shared excerpts from Aimé Césaire’s “Discourse on Colonialism”, highlighting criticism of civilizations that fail to address their own injustices and resort to hypocrisy.

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Iran asks world people to reject barbarism, stand with peace

TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) –Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has described the US-Israeli war against Iran as a defining battle between “good and evil,” urging people around the world to reject “barbarism and domination” and stand with justice and peace.

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Iran engages in diplomacy with good faith, distrust US

TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – Iran participates in diplomatic processes with good faith, but the United States has repeatedly proven unreliable, Esmaeil Baghaei said, citing Washington’s 2018 JCPOA withdrawal and attacks on diplomacy itself.

Spokesman invokes ancient Persian victory to warn enemies

TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei invoked a historic Persian military triumph over the Roman Empire, saying history repeats itself for those who fail to learn from its lessons.

Iran criticizes IAEA over political remark beyond its mandate

TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman lashed out at IAEA for straying beyond its mandate into political commentary on issues like the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s missile program, warning that this undermines its credibility.

Spokesman slams Trump’s absurd claims of seeking peace

TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says that the Trump administration’s simultaneous claims of pursuing a nuclear solution and issuing threats of a nuclear attack amount to a “grotesque absurdity”.

Iran denounces Israeli attacks on Beirut's Dahiyeh

TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – Iran has strongly condemned the Israeli regime's terrorist attacks on residential areas in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

FM spox:

US has learned it cannot speak to Iran through force, threats

TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) – Lashing out at US President Donald Trump's rhetoric, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says that the United States has grasped out that it cannot speak to Iran with the language of force and threat.

Iran reviewing US response to 14-point plan: spox

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – Iran confirmed on Sunday that the United States has delivered its response to Tehran’s proposed 14-point plan through Pakistani mediators, and that the Islamic Republic is currently reviewing the document.

Iran terms Trump piracy direct admission of criminal blockade

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – Lashing out at the US act of piracy, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman has called US President Trump’s piracy boast as the direct admission of the criminal blockade.

Iran calls on Americans to question Trump on anti-Iran war

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that US public undeniably entitled to question the legality of anti-Iran war.

Iran strongly condemns terrorist attack in Syria

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has denounced the terrorist attack in Sayyida Zainab district in Damascus which led to the martyrdom of Friday prayers preacher of Sayyida Zainab (SA) Shrine Farhan Hassan al-Mansour.

Iran condemns Western media role in Israeli genocide in Gaza

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman has slammed condemned the Western media role in Israeli regime’s genocidal war in Gaza, stressing that mainstream Western media have actively facilitated and justified Israeli genocide in Gaza.