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Iran says it did not request negotiations with US

DUBAI(RAHNUMA): Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said he had not been ​in contact with US special envoy Steve Witkoff in recent days or requesting negotiations, state media reported on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday another “armada” is floating ‌toward Iran and ‌that he ‌hopes ⁠Tehran ​would ‌make a deal with Washington. The […]

Iranian Women’s Education in Post-Shah Era

(RAHNUMA) One of the least discussed yet most consequential transformations in Islamic Iran has been the dramatic rise in women’s literacy and educational attainment since the collapse of the Pahlavi monarchy in 1979. Stripped of political slogans and cultural caricatures, the statistics themselves tell a story of structural change—particularly in access to education for women […]

‘Negotiations with Iran have to happen,’ Steve Witkoff tells Arab News

DAVOS(RAHNUMA): Iran must come and sit at the diplomatic table, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Arab News on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. “That has to happen. It’s important. If Iran goes, so the region goes, and so we have to get that straight,” […]

Trade with Iran is mostly humanitarian: Commerce Secretary

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) India’s exports to Iran are mostly humanitarian in nature and the government will wait for the detailed US executive order before assessing the impact of the proposed 25 per cent tariff announced by US President Donald Trump, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Thursday. Trump had said in a social […]

Consulate General of Iran Holds Special Media Briefing with Hyderabad Press

(RAHNUMA) HYDERABAD The Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Hyderabad held a special meeting yesterday with senior journalists and editors from Hyderabad and across South India as part of its ongoing engagement with the media. Addressing the gathering, His Excellency Mr. Hamid Ahmadiyeh, Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in […]

Trump warns Iran against violent crackdown as US hits UAV networks

Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Friday issued a sharp warning to Iran, saying the United States was prepared to act if Iranian authorities used deadly force against protesters, as Washington announced a new round of sanctions targetting Tehran’s weapons and drone networks linked to Venezuela. In a 2.58 am (local time) social […]

Iran, UK foreign ministers in rare direct contact

TEHRAN(RAHNUMA): Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has spoken by phone with his British counterpart Yvette Cooper, an Iranian foreign ministry statement said on Saturday, in a rare case of direct contact between the two countries. The ministry said that in Friday’s call the ministers “stressed the need to continue consultations at various levels to strengthen […]

Sweden summons Iran envoy after reports of citizen’s death sentence

STOCKHOLM(RAHNUMA): Sweden summoned the Iranian ambassador this week following reports that a Swedish citizen had been sentenced to death in Iran, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday. “Sweden and the EU’s position on the death penalty is very clear. We always oppose it. Everywhere and regardless of circumstances, and this is well known. On […]

Iranian FM Araghchi Warns U.S. and Allies Are Replacing International Law With a “Force-Based Order”

(RAHNUMA) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi opened a high-level international conference in Tehran on Sunday by declaring that “international law is under a full-scale assault” driven by revisionist powers, particularly the United States and its allies. Speaking at the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) during the conference titled “International Law Under Assault, Aggression, […]