Iran summoned the French ambassador to Tehran on Monday, cautioning him over recent meetings with an exiled opposition organization which the government has proscribed a 'terrorist' group, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Iran will not beg the United States for nuclear negotiations, the country’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday as the incoming Trump administration promises a maximum pressure stance on Tehran.
Iran's government on Saturday expressed its preparedness to help the authorities in the United States contain the ongoing fires in California.
The election of Lebanon's US and Arab-backed president Joseph Aoun is not a defeat for Iran-backed Hezbollah, Tehran's ambassador to Beirut said on Friday, despite the former army chief suggesting the militia should be disarmed.
The French Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the Iranian ambassador over the issue of French nationals who were "hostages of the state of the Islamic republic of Iran."
Iran hit out at formal complaints by Ukraine, Canada, Britain and Sweden to a top aviation body and the International Court of Justice over Tehran's 2020 downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 which killed 176 people.
As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration nears, more establishment figures and experts in Iran are urging authorities to engage in negotiations with the United States to alleviate the Islamic Republic’s severe economic pressures.
Iran has denied any connection between the detention of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala and the arrest of Iranian national Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi in Milan, describing reports of a reciprocal exchange as false.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that diplomacy and battlefield strategies must align as Tehran seeks to maintain its military power despite significant regional setbacks.
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department spokesperson and prominent critic of Iran, as Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace.
A former Iranian diplomat has suggested that Tehran appoint a special representative to engage with the Trump administration and work toward resolving disputes with Washington.
Following reports of an Iranian diplomat refusing to have his bag searched at Beirut Airport, Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry announced later that the funds in his possession were intended for embassy expenses and were eventually cleared for entry.
Tehran made clear to Rome that the freedom of an Italian reporter detained in Iran depends on Italy's release of an Iranian arrested at Washington's behest, a source familiar with discussions between the journalist's family and the Italian government told Iran International.