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Iran orders probe into leaked Zarif audio 'conspiracy'
President Hassan Rouhani ordered the investigation to identify who leaked the "stolen" three-hour-long recording by top diplomat and member of his moderate government Mohammad Javad Zarif, the spokesman said.

Published on Apr 27, 2021 04:35 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Harshit Sabarwal
Decision ending snap inspections by IAEA does not breach 2015 nuclear deal: Iran
Under a law enacted by hardline Iranian lawmakers last year, the government is obliged on Feb. 23 to limit IAEA inspections to declared nuclear sites only.

Updated on Feb 21, 2021 03:47 PM IST
Reuters | , Dubai
Iran FM says Biden admin doesn't have much time to rejoin nuclear deal: Report
Biden has repeatedly vowed to return the United States to the 2015 agreement, abandoned by his predecessor Donald Trump in 2018.

Published on Feb 07, 2021 06:20 AM IST
ANI | , Tehran
Iran minister Javad Zarif accuses US of fabricating war pretext
He vowed Tehran would defend itself even though it does not seek war.

Updated on Dec 31, 2020 07:07 PM IST
Tehran |
Reuters | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
India, Iran foreign ministers review bilateral ties, regional situation
S Jaishankar was the second Indian minister to make a brief visit to Iran in two days. Defence minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his Iranian counterpart Amir Hatami during a stopover in Tehran on Sunday.

Updated on Sep 08, 2020 10:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
India should return to its secular roots | HT Editorial
Its image is getting undermined in the Islamic world. This will hurt.

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 07:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
‘Not acceptable’: India rejects Iranian minister’s criticism of north-east Delhi violence
External affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Chegeni was summoned and a “strong protest was lodged against the unwarranted remarks made by the Iranian foreign minister”.

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 08:34 PM IST
New Delhi |
HT Correspondent
Iranian envoy summoned on minister’s tweet on Delhi riot, demarche issued
The foreign ministry issued a demarche to Iranian ambassador Ali Chegeni, expressing dismay and disappointment at the foreign minister’s comments.

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 11:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
‘Don’t let senseless thuggery prevail’: Iran to India on Delhi riots
Ministry of External Affairs had urged international bodies last week to not make irresponsible statements at this sensitive time.

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 09:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent
US killing of Qasem Soleimani was a ‘miscalculation’, says Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said “the US miscalculated,” noting that since the killing, thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets to protest against the presence of foreign troops in the country.

Updated on Feb 15, 2020 06:29 AM IST
Munich |
Associated Press
S Jaishankar discusses evolving situation in Gulf, progress of Chabahar port with Iranian counterpart
Javad Zarif apprised S Jaishankar about the overall situation and Tehran’s position on it. It is learnt that the two ministers also deliberated on bilateral ties between India and Iran including progress of the Chabahar port project.

Updated on Jan 16, 2020 01:27 PM IST
New Delhi |
Press Trust of India
Qasem Soleimani’s death a blow in fight against IS: Iran foreign minister
Zarif accused European powers of violating the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the Iranian nuclear deal, and questioned the usefulness of fresh negotiations on the nuclear issue with Washington, especially after US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the deal.

Published on Jan 15, 2020 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rezaul H Laskar
‘Not India’s way to be a disruptionist power’: Foreign minister S Jaishankar at Raisina Dialogue
More than 100 countries are taking part in the fifth edition of the event.

Updated on Aug 25, 2020 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif begins 3-day India visit today
On Wednesday, Zarif will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi besides delivering a lecture at the Raisina Dialogue, the External Affairs Ministry’s flagship annual conference.

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 09:11 AM IST
New Delhi |
Press Trust of India
Soleimani’s killing an act of terrorism, says Noam Chomsky
Chomsky, one of the most widely read geopolitical analysts of our times, suggested that Soleimani’s killing is a violation of international law.

Updated on Jan 11, 2020 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Nadim Siraj
US denies visa to Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif, calls him a ‘propagandist’
Javad Zarif tweeted about the refusal of US visa to him Tuesday, taunting the United States, “What are they really afraid of? Truth?”

Updated on Sep 05, 2020 03:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington |
Yashwant Raj
‘Deeply concerned’: India dials Tehran over ‘serious turn of developments’ after top Iran general’s death
The external affairs minister had a word with the Iranian leader barely days after Iran’s top military commander Soleimani was killed in an US air strike as his convoy left the airport at Baghdad. Soleimani was the head of Iran’s elite Quds military force and one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic world.

Updated on Aug 18, 2020 08:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
India, Oman to sign agreement on maritime transport
Jaishankar will travel to Oman after a visit to Tehran during December 22-23 to co-chair the 19th Joint Commission Meeting with Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif. Jaishankar is also expected to call on President Hassan Rouhani.

Updated on Dec 21, 2019 09:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Destroyed drone, says US, Iran rejects claim
Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif, meanwhile, offered new but modest concession to end the stand-off, being seen as just one misstep away from a full-blown conflict neither side wants.

Updated on Jul 19, 2019 11:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington |
Yashwant Raj
Decision on oil purchase after Lok sabha polls, India tells Iran
The US decision to end exemptions to sanctions on Iranian oil imports on May 2 has hit India.

Updated on May 14, 2019 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rezaul H Laskar
Sushma Swaraj holds talks with Iranian Foreign Minister
The talks by the two foreign ministers came 12 days after the US ended six-month-long exemptions from sanctions to India and seven other countries to buy oil from Iran.

Published on May 14, 2019 06:49 PM IST
Press Trust of India |
Press Trust of India
Iranian foreign minister on India visit to lobby support against US
Javad Zarif last visited India in January, and the current trip was organised at short notice at Tehran’s request.

Updated on May 13, 2019 11:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Iranian bank to open in Mumbai by March
India has permitted an Iranian private bank to open a branch in Mumbai that is expected to begin operations by March to handle transactions related to New Delhi’s oil purchases in view of American sanctions on Tehran.

Updated on Jan 09, 2019 02:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Anisha Dutta and Rezaul H Laskar