Leader says US 'embodiment of evil, violence'

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called the US “the embodiment of evil and violence” whose existence relies on encroachment on other countries' sovereignty.

President Rouhani renews call for Middle East free of nukes, other WMDs

President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks while delivering a speech to foreign dignitaries and ambassadors in Tehran on Wednesday on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

Defying US, European parties to JCPOA launch payment channel with Iran

The European signatories to the 2015 Iran deal formally announce the launch of a long-awaited direct payment mechanism meant to safeguard their trade ties with Tehran in the face of the "toughest ever" American sanctions.

Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi arrives in Iran after detention in US

Russia says US attempting to engineer coup d’etat in Venezuela

Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya has accused the United States of attempting “to engineer a coup d’etat” in Venezuela as tensions between Washington and Moscow surface at a UN Security Council meeting on political unrest in the Latin American country.

Hashemi calls for keeping global protests at US legal system

Iran won't sacrifice progress over 'fake' US, France concerns

Iran's Foreign Ministry has dismissed as "fake" French and American concerns about the Islamic Republic's recent strides in space technology, asserting that nothing will stop the Islamic Republic's scientific progress.

Mogherini says US cannot dictate Iran trade policy to EU

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, says the United States cannot impose its policies on the 28-nation bloc's "legitimate trade" relations with Iran.