TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed any possibility of holding a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

TEHRAN (defapress) – A senior Iranian lawmaker believes that European countries have not implemented any practical measure to save the Joint Comprehensive of Action (JCPOA) after US withdrawal in May 2018.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The assistant to the Iranian Army’s chief reiterated the armed forces' full readiness to counter "any possible external threat", saying that rational American commanders will not let the "radical elements" drag the United States into a war with Iran.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif said the recent fabricated claim used by Trump administration to send additional troops to the Middle East is “highly dangerous” and must be confronted.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Member of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Mohammad Hossein Naghavi Hosseini on Saturday called on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to brief Parliament on the main reason of his meeting with the US senator.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, the commander of the IRGC's Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, warned the country’s enemies that their miscalculations about Iran’s power and resolve will be costly for them.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Majid Takht-e Ravanchi, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, said the US’ so-called policy of “maximum pressure” against Tehran has failed, adding that it has isolated Washington at the international arena.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Head of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Public Relations Department Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said on Friday that American troops dispatched to the Persian Gulf from home thousands of miles away are not motivated enough to fight a war with Iran and as a result are shivering with fear.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the US’ foreign policy of bullying and intimidation is targeting world order, underlining that the rule of law in the world will be lost if the international community fails to stop Washington’s hegemonic acts.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, in a speech on the advent of the 39th anniversary of the liberation of Southwestern city of Khorramshahr from the military of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain, reassured that Tehran is not after war but is fully prepared to defeat any aggression.