TEHRAN - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that U.S. sanctions must be lifted to reach an agreement to revive 2015 nuclear deal, noting guarantees must be established to ensure their “lasting removal”.

 “Removal of sanctions should be accompanied with the resolution of safeguards. There are some political and baseless accusations against Is

TEHRAN – An aide to Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday defied EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell that the nuclear talks has stalemated, saying there is no deadlock in the negotiations.

In an interview with AFP on Wednesday, Borrell said that the talks to revive the 2015, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), have

TEHRAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday met his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and expressed his happiness about Tehran joining the eight-member bloc.

The SCO heads of state are expected to finalize the

TEHRAN - China is warning that global rules prohibiting the spread of nuclear weapons are at risk because of different non-proliferation standards being applied to Iran and U.S. allies, Bloomberg reported.

The “double standard” means a half-century of efforts to restrict possession of atomic warheads could begin to unravel, potentially pushing cou