Tag: Mohammad Javad Zarif

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 18:54 UTC

  Royal Navy takes dissuasive action to let British oil taker through Iranian waters

  

  An undetermined number of small Iranian boats Wednesday tried to divert the oil tanker British Heritage of the United Kingdom in the Hormuz Strait but withdrew after dissuasive action from the Royal Navy's HMR Montrose, it was reported. No shots were fired during the incident.

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• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Iran's Supreme Leader announces the demise or Israel and US civilization

  

  Iran's youth will witness the demise of Israel and American civilization, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday in comments published on his official website.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:51 UTC

  Pompeo threatens Iran with “strongest sanctions in history”; Teheran says US was regressing to “old habits”

  

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the US is imposing the “strongest sanctions in history” on Iran. In a speech on Monday in Washington, America's top diplomat said Iran would be “battling to keep its economy alive” after the sanctions took effect.

• Monday, August 29th 2016 - 04:11 UTC

  Venezuela and Iran announce new “dynamic bilateral relations”

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named Chief General Jesus Gonzalez as the country's new ambassador to Iran on Saturday, while announcing the beginning of a new dynamic era in Caracas-Tehran bilateral relations.

• Monday, September 30th 2013 - 17:03 UTC

  Argentina/Iran meeting in Geneva in November to address the AMIA bombing

  

  Iran and Argentina have confirmed they will be meeting in November in Geneva to continue discussions on the Memorandum of Understanding to jointly probe the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires 19 years ago. The information was announced following two meetings held on Saturday between Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif at the UN headquarters in New York.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 05:47 UTC

  Argentina and Iran meet on Saturday to address the Jewish community bombing

  

  Argentine foreign minister Hector Timerman has confirmed that he will meet Iranian counterpart Javadi Zarif, in a talk designed to throw light on the current status of the AMIA agreement. The meeting coincides with the announcement that the six major powers and Iran have agreed to meet in Geneva next month for further talks on resolving the standoff with Tehran on its nuclear program.

• Sunday, August 4th 2013 - 21:08 UTC

  Iran new president picks technocrat cabinet and calls for dialogue on equal footing

  

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani picked a cabinet of experienced technocrats as he took the oath of office, saying he hoped confidence-building with foreign powers would help resolve the nuclear dispute and ease international sanctions.