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Iran has dismissed the US military build up as 'psychological warfare' designed to intimidate it. (Photo:AP)

Hassan Rouhani wants to see 'unity' to face groundbreaking US pressure

US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Iran's leaders talk with him about giving up their nuclear program.

12 May 2019 10:06 AM

The meeting came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of planning "imminent" attacks on a hastily organised visit to Iraq. (Photo:AP)

Iran to suspend a few nuclear deal commitments

Iran has decided to suspend some of its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major powers abandoned by Washington last year.

08 May 2019 1:12 PM

The bill was passed by parliament last week in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s decision this month to designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards a foreign terrorist organisation. (Photo:AP)

Iran designates all US troops in Middle East as terrorists

Rouhani signed a bill into law declaring all US forces in the Middle East terrorists and calling the US government a sponsor of terrorism.

01 May 2019 2:01 PM

Oil prices hit their highest since November last week after Washington said all waivers for sanctions-hit Iranian oil would end this week. (Photo:AP)

Rouhani adamant to keep exporting crude oil despite US sanctions

Iran will continue to export oil despite US pressure aimed at reducing the nation's crude oil shipments to zero.

30 Apr 2019 12:42 PM

Five of the countries -- Greece, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan -- have already heavily reduced their purchases from Iran. (Photo:AP)

US oil sanctions will be given a fitting reply: Iran leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's supreme leader called the end of oil sanction waivers by the United States a hostile measure that won't be left without a response.

24 Apr 2019 6:15 PM

This isn't the first time that Imran Khan has been trolled for getting geographical facts wrong. (File Photo)

PM Imran Khan confuses delegates with talk of Japan-Germany border

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan misspoke while conveying a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

23 Apr 2019 12:51 PM

The two southwestern provinces are the latest overwhelmed by floods that first hit the northeast of the usually arid country. (Photo:AP)

Death toll in Iran floods rises to 76

Seventy-six people have been killed in Iran by floods in recent weeks, according to a new toll published on Sunday.

14 Apr 2019 1:48 PM

Iran President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo:AP)

'US is leader of world terrorism': Iran President Hassan Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the United States was the real 'leader of world terrorism'.

09 Apr 2019 2:06 PM

It is also the only Iranian port with exemptions from unilateral economic sanctions reimposed by the United States in 2018. (Representational Image)

Chabahar port key for Iran to beat tough US sanctions

With US sanctions tightening, Iran faces challenges as it looks to an isolated port in the southeast to maintain the flow of goods.

27 Mar 2019 2:23 PM

Rouhani urged Iranians to 'put all your curses on those who created the current situation.' (File Photo)

Hassan Rouhani urges Iranians to 'put all your curses' on US

Iran's president is urging Iranians to put a curse on the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

18 Mar 2019 5:12 PM

According to police the marriage proposal was 'unacceptable.' (Photo: Screengrab)

Viral: Couple arrested in Iran after marriage proposal in public

The marriage proposal in public was captured on a video clip that went viral on social media.

11 Mar 2019 4:13 PM

The Trump administration last year pulled the US out of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and re-imposed sanction on Iran. (File Photo)

US sanctions are 'economic war' on Iran says Hassan Rouhani

Iran's president has described the U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran as an economic war.

18 Feb 2019 4:52 PM

Jafari was addressing a large crowd gathered for the funeral of the victims of Wednesday's suicide bombing. (Photo:Twitter)

Iran condemns suicide bombing on its soil says Pakistan will pay high price

Twenty-seven of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were killed in a suicide bombing near the border earlier this week.

17 Feb 2019 10:47 AM

Swaraj enroute to Bulgaria, as part of her three-nation tour, had a brief stopover in Iran during which she met with Aragchchi. (Photo:ANI)

'Enough is enough', says Iran Dy FM during meet with Swaraj on terrorism

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Aragchchi on Saturday.

17 Feb 2019 10:21 AM

Rouhani gave the value of the draft budget at about 4,700 trillion rials for the next Iranian year which starts on March 21, 2019. (Photo: File)

'US's goal to bring Iran’s system to its knees and will fail': Rouhani on sanctions

Rouhani said US sanctions would affect Iranians’ lives and growth but not bring the government to its knees.

25 Dec 2018 2:12 PM

Sistan-Baluchistan province, where the bombing hit, has long been a flashpoint, with Pakistan-based Baluchi separatists and jihadists carrying out cross-border attacks. (Representational Image)

Bomb kills 3 in Iran's Chabahar, injures several: report

The television said several people were also wounded in the 'terrorist attack.' The official IRNA news agency said it was a car bombing.

06 Dec 2018 5:03 PM

Iran's economy was already suffering from major structural problems -- including major banking issues -- before Trump walked out of the nuclear deal. (Photo: AP | File)

Iran will 'proudly bypass your illegal sanctions': Hassan Rouhani to US

'I announce that we will proudly bypass your illegal, unjust sanctions because it's against international regulations,' Rouhani said.

05 Nov 2018 2:11 PM

Trump withdrew the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in May, and his administration imposed a round of sanctions on the Islamic republic in August. (Photo: File)

Trump 'culprit of oil price hikes, market destabilisation': Iran

'Trump both tries to decrease Iran's oil exports significantly and wants prices not to go up. This can't happen together,' Zanganeh said.

27 Sep 2018 1:45 PM

'Shooting began by several gunmen from behind the stand during the parade. There are several killed and injured,' a correspondent told state television. (Photo: File/Representational)

Several killed as gunmen attack military parade in Iran: report

It is reported that terrorists attacked an army parade in south Iran today.

22 Sep 2018 12:28 PM

'The fact that the missiles anger you shows they are our most effective weapons,' he said, referring to the West. (Photo: File)

Rouhani vows to boost Iran missiles despite western concerns

'We will never decrease our defensive capabilities... we will increase them day by day,' Rouhani said at a military parade.

22 Sep 2018 12:13 PM

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