Foreign Minister
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Araqchi: Iran seeks broader cooperation with Africa within free trade area framework
Top Diplomat Abbas Araqchi told African countries’ ambassadors to Tehran that Iran considers Africa’s prosperity as its own and intends to further expand economic cooperation with the continent.
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Iran’s right to enrichment is non-negotiable, says foreign minister
Araqchi said that Iran’s right to enrich uranium is non-negotiable, criticizing the U.S. for its contradictory statements.
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Araqchi: Iran seeking a stronger role for Europe in negotiations
Iran called on Europe to play its role, even though the Europeans themselves have downplayed their role.
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Diplomacy based on ‘mutual respect’ is the only way to reach a deal: Araqchi
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that diplomacy based on ‘mutual respect and mutual interest’ is the only way to reach a deal in indirect talks between Iran and the United States.
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Foreign minister says Iran has not received any letter from the U.S.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says Iran has not received any letter from the United States after Donald Trump claimed to have sent a letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on negotiations with the Islamic Republic.
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Foreign minister visits Geneva to attend Human Rights Council session
The foreign minister is set to attend two high-level UN meetings on human rights and disarmament, which will kick off in Geneva on February 24.
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Omani FM to visit Tehran: Iran envoy
Tehran, IRNA - Iran's Ambassador to Muscat Moussa Farhang has said that Foreign Minister of the Sultanate of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi will visit the Iranian capital Tehran.
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Iran FM calls for Israel’s immediate withdrawal from occupied lands
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called for an immediate withdrawal of the Israeli regime from the occupied territories in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.
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Iran, Pakistan discuss ways to expand cooperation
Tehran, IRNA - The Foreign Ministers of Iran and Pakistan, in a telephone conversation, have discussed cooperation between the two neighboring countries and ways to expand and strengthen it further.
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FM to attend UNAOC Global Forum in line with ‘Iran's active foreign policy’
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will head to Portugal to take part in the 10th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), with his spokesman saying that the trip is taking place in line with Iran’s active foreign policy.
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Iran FM: US complicity in Israel’s escalation of regional tensions is obvious
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said it is crystal clear that the United States is complicit in Israel’s actions that are escalating tensions in West Asia, including the regime’s latest aggression against the Islamic Republic.
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FM: Israel's criminal attack on Iran violated int’l laws, UN charter
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has strongly condemned Israel’s “criminal attack” on his country, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic reserves right to duly respond to the aggression.
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Iran: Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s Dahieh ‘war crime, crime against humanity’
New York, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the latest Israeli airstrikes on the Dahieh suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut are a “war crime”, which exposes the regime as the biggest threat to regional and international peace and security.
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FM: Saudi Arabia has special place in Iran’s neighborliness policy
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Saudi Arabia has a special place in the Islamic Republic’s neighborliness policy.
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Iranian, Egyptian FMs discuss bilateral ties, regional issues
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty have discussed bilateral relations and regional issues including the Gaza war.
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Top diplomats congratulate Araghchi on his appointment as Iran’s foreign minister
Tehran, IRNA – Foreign ministers of several countries have in separate messages congratulated Abbas Araghchi on his appointment as Iran’s top diplomat.
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Pezeshkian: Israel’s assassination of Haniyeh ‘a big mistake’ that won’t go unanswered
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the Israeli regime’s assassination of Hamas political chief Esmail Haniyeh was a big mistake that will not go unanswered.
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Niger PM on official visit to Iran
Iran’s First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber officially welcomed Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine at the Sa’adabad Complex in the capital Tehran. The Nigerian PM is in Tehran at the invitation of Mokhber. His visit is aimed at strengthening trade ties between the Islamic Republic and the West African country.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Traveled to Armenia
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian arrived in the Armenian capital Yerevan on December 27, 2023 and was welcomed by Deputy Armenian Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan. During his stay in Yerevan, Amirabdollahian will hold talks with top Armenian government officials on issues ranging from bilateral ties to key developments in the South Caucasus region.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian’s meetings on December 24
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian’s meetings on December 24, 2023 in Tehran included encounters with Deputy Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Bahr Al Uloom, deputy Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Ronaldo Moncada and Secretary General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Zhang Ming.
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FM meets Iranian diplomat released from Belgian detention
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has met with Asadollah Asadi, the former Iranian diplomat who returned home last month after five years of detention in Belgium.
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Syrian, Iranian FMs discuss issues of mutual interests
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad held talks on issues of mutual interests.
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Iran FM criticizes CNN for ‘false, biased’ reports
New York, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in an exclusive interview with CNN, has rejected the news network’s reports on the recent unrest in Iran, calling them “false and biased".
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FM stresses need for deepening Iran-Russia cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stressed the importance of promoting cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Russia.
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Iran not to stand negotiation for negotiation: FM
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian underlined here on Thursday that as long as negotiations to achieve tangible and practical goals are on the agenda, Iran will remain on the path of diplomacy, adding that Tehran does not accept "negotiations for the sake of negotiations".
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Iranian students living in quake-hit Turkish areas safe and sound
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian students residing in southern Turkiye, where a powerful earthquake struck early on Monday, are safe and sound, with measures underway to evacuate them from the disaster-hit areas.
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Iran FM, Venezuela deputy FM discuss expansion of ties
Tehran, IRNA – Vice Foreign Minister Capaya Rodriguez and Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian have met and held talks on the developments of a mutual relationship.
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Iran policy wise, positive: Omani FM
Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Minister of Oman Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamood Al Busaidi assessed foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran as wise and positive.
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FM says Iran’s territorial integrity should be respected by all
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that the islands of Abu Musa as well as the Greater and Lesser Tunbs are inseparable parts of Iran.