Trump rejected Iran’s conditions for meeting Rouhani: Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it was US President Donald Trump who wasted his chances for a meeting with Iranian officials on the sidelines of a United Nations gathering in New York by rejecting Tehran's main conditions for …

Iran to shutter 1,000 bank branches until March 2020: Official

A deputy to Iran's finance minister says banks in the country would shutter around 1,000 of branches until March next year

Abbas Memarnejad said on Saturday that the branches will be merged with others as part of a plan to …

US sanctions on Iran’s access to medicines tantamount to economic terrorism: FM Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States' sanctions targeting Iran's access to medicines and treatment services amount to economic terrorism, calling on the international community to compel the US to quit its policy.

"The US' indiscriminate policy …

Maintenance for ATR planes going on despite sanctions: Iran

Iran says a maintenance program for all 13 aircraft delivered by the ATR company two years ago is on track despite sanctions that have restricted access to technical services from abroad.

National carrier IranAir (Homa) said on Saturday that complicated …

US holding Iranian stem cell scientist for nearly a year without trial

Top Iranian stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani has been behind bars in the United States without trial for nearly a year.

Soleimani, a professor and biomedical researcher at Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) in Tehran, was arrested by the US …