Mike Pompeo

Iran wants to de-escalate: Pakistani FM

TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi voiced confidence Friday that Iran was seeking to lower tensions.
2020-01-18 14:07
Iraqi PM tells US to determine mechanism for troop withdrawal

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to determine a mechanism for withdrawal of US terrorist forces from Iraq.
2020-01-10 15:44
Russian FM stresses Lt. Gen. Soleimani’s assassination violates international law

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that the assassination of IRGC's Quds Force commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani violates the norms of international law during a phone call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
2020-01-04 11:43
US Secretary of State calls Iraqi armed forces ‘terrorist’

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – In his reaction to anti-US protests, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wed. called Iraqi armed forces as ‘terrorist’.
2020-01-01 16:40
Pompeo holds phone conversation with UK counterpart on Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – The US Secretary of State and UK Foreign Secretary consulted on Iran and Russia during a telephone conversation, as well as the future of trade relations and security issues.
2019-12-22 13:15
FM spox lambasts Pompeo for anti-Iran comments

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi reacted to the derogatory anti-Iran comments made by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying despite being a foreign affairs diplomat, he seeks to scatter enmity and extremism by his hawkish behavior.
2019-12-20 12:51
Lavrov stresses Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy at Pompeo meeting

TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) – Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said he has stressed Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy during his meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington, DC on Tuesday.
2019-12-11 10:20
Zarif urges EU, E3 to support Iranian EB kids

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – In a tweet on Monday, Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif asked European countries to require the Swedish Mölnlycke Health Care company to sell products to Iranian EB patient kids.
2019-12-02 17:46
Abbas warns breaking off relations with US over ‘legalization’ of West Bank settlements

TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to end the relationship with the US after the Trump administration declared Israel's Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank – illegal under international law – legal.
2019-11-27 11:04
Iran vehemently condemns US stance on Israeli settlements

TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi strongly condemned US administration’s stance on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
2019-11-21 12:26
By: Mohammad Ghaderi

Riding wave of people’s protest in Iran: Devil disguised as savior

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – After the failure of their “maximum pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic, the Americans have launched the project of “creating insecurity” in Iran, as they have done in Iraq and Lebanon.
2019-11-19 18:54
Turkey slams US reversal on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has blasted Washington over its decision to reverse the US’s previous position on the illegal nature of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
2019-11-19 15:46
US officials' show of support for Iranian people a disgraceful lie: FM Zarif

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Zarif has condemned the officials of the United States for their hypocritical show of support for the Iranian people during recent protests erupted after rises of gasoline prices in Iran.
2019-11-18 23:04
Turkey expresses hope for returning peace to Iran

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu expressed hope that the recent unrest in Iran would end as soon as possible.
2019-11-18 16:46
MPs not to let US, anti-revolutionaries throw Iran into disarray: Larijani

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker said that lawmakers will follow up concerns of public and will not let US and anti-revolutionaries throw the country into disarray.
2019-11-18 09:30
FM spokesman lambastes Mike Pompeo’s hypocritical remarks on Iran

TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi blasted the US secretary of state's hypocritical sympathy with a number of rioters in Iran.
2019-11-17 23:08
US intervention in Iranian internal affairs

TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has sent an interfering message on Twitter claiming Washington's support for the Iranian people.
2019-11-17 12:50
Pompeo warns NATO may become 'obsolete'

TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Friday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) could become “obsolete” if it does not grow and change, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said the alliance was dying.
2019-11-09 14:51
Italy succumbs to US pressure

TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – The Italian government announced on Friday that Iran’s Mahan Airlines' flights to the country have been stopped, an Italian daily reported.
2019-11-02 10:19
Erdogan says he won't meet with Pence and Pompeo

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told that he will not meet with Vice President Mike Pence, who is currently leading a delegation with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Turkey to discuss a ceasefire in northern Syria.
2019-10-16 16:06
Pentagon confirms new military deployments to Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Washington announced that it will deploy more US troops to Saudi Arabia with the excuse of confronting Iran while President Trump said that Saudis will pay for this deployment.
2019-10-12 11:12
Pompeo pressures Italy to ban Iran's Mahan Airlines

TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on Italy to ban Iran’s Mahan Airlines, pressuring Italian officials into complying with Washington’s sanctions on Iran.
2019-10-04 10:48
VIDEO: Italian woman gives Pompeo big block of parmesan

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was handed parmesan cheese on Tuesday by Italian journalist during a press conference in Rome with Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte as an apparent appeal against Trump's administration putting tariffs on the famed Italian cheese.
2019-10-02 12:15
By: Saeed Sobhani

US president cannot escape his responsibility

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – The President of the United States of America is in a very difficult situation. Although some US media outlets are trying to portray John Bolton's expulsion from the White House as a clever response from Donald Trump, we must not forget that the American president is also responsible for what happened to his country's foreign policy in the last two years! Even Trump has primary responsibility for this.
2019-10-02 09:49
By: Farid Haeri

Will “O’Brien” continue to serve as Trump’s National Security Adviser?

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Following Bolton’s dismissal, Donald Trump appointed Robert O’Brien as the new White House National Security Adviser out of five proposed options.
2019-09-29 16:49
New US-sanctions on Chinese entities over Iranian oil

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – The United States is imposing sanctions on certain Chinese entities for knowingly transferring oil from Iran, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday in what he called fresh actions to intensify pressure on Iran.
2019-09-25 20:19
Iran to list 'United Against Nuclear Iran' as a terrorist group: FM spokesman

TEHRAN, Sep. 24(MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said Tues. that the US-based 'United Against Nuclear Iran' will be added to list of terrorist groups soon.
2019-09-24 21:51
FM spox slams Pompeo's remarks on Zarif as 'childish'

TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has reacted to the call by US secretary of state on the US media not to interview with the Iranian diplomat.
2019-09-24 09:04
Macron advises caution against blame over Aramco attack

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron said that caution was needed in apportioning blame for the attack on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco.
2019-09-23 20:00
Zarif says Pompeo "has it the other way around"

TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – "It's not Iran that wishes to fight to the last American; rather, it is Pompeo's B-Team hosts who seem to wish to fight Iran to the last American," Zarif addressed US Secretary of State Pompeo in a tweet on Friday.
2019-09-20 16:37