Nasser Kanaani

Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. (Roman Hrytsyna/AP)

May 27, 2023, 2:50 pm

Tehran accuses Zelensky of anti-Iran propaganda for call to stop Russia drone supply

Iran says Kyiv waging ‘media war’ to attract military aid after Ukrainian president warns Islamic Republic heading to ‘dark side of history’ for supplying deadly UAVs to Moscow

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani holds a press conference in Tehran on July 13, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

May 8, 2023, 4:27 pm

Iran says it’s possible to revive nuclear deal if US doesn’t ‘procrastinate’

Iranian foreign ministry touts Tehran’s ‘peaceful’ nuclear activity, says it hopes Western parties to 2015 agreement will show ‘political determination’ to return

By AFP

In this photo released on Thursday, August 11, 2022, by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani speaks in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

February 20, 2023, 2:10 pm

Iran ‘strongly rejects’ Netanyahu’s accusation it was behind attack on oil tanker

Campo Square, a Liberian-flagged tanker linked to Israeli shipping magnate Eyal Ofer, was hit by a suspected Iranian drone 10 days ago

By Harry Roper

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a joint meeting of US Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

December 22, 2022, 9:12 pm

Iran warns Zelensky to stop saying it gives Russia drones: ‘Patience not endless’

Tehran rails at Ukrainian leader over speech to US Congress in which he accused the Islamic Republic of becoming an ally in Moscow’s ‘genocidal policy’ against Kyiv

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, September 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

December 18, 2022, 9:30 pm

Iran won’t ‘seek permission’ to boost Russia ties, rejecting US alarm

FM spokesperson accuses Washington of waging propaganda war after CIA chief says Moscow’s relationship with Tehran ‘poses real threats’ to Mideast allies

By AFP

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with members of the Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 26, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

December 12, 2022, 3:19 pm

Iran sanctions British, German defense chiefs and political figures

The two countries have been particularly vocal in their criticism of Tehran’s response to almost three months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini

By AFP

In this frame grab from video taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows people block an intersection during a protest to mark 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked Iran's biggest antigovernment movement in over a decade, in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2022. (AP Photo)

November 14, 2022, 4:23 pm

Iran claims to have evidence of foreign nationals’ role in protests

Tehran says it has given ‘info, evidence and explanations’ to countries whose citizens have been detained during recent unrest, including from several European states

By AFP

Illustrative image of a hacker and online fraud. (scyther5; iStock by Getty Images)

September 15, 2022, 5:59 pm

Iran blasts US charges against three of its citizens over cyber attacks

Tehran says Washington pursuing ‘Iranophobic policy’ after placing sanctions on accused hackers and claiming they are linked to Revolutionary Guards

By AFP

IAEA inspectors at Iran's nuclear power plant in Natanz on January 20, 2014. (IRNA/AFP Kazem Ghane/File)

September 5, 2022, 11:14 am

Iran says IAEA probe of undeclared nuclear sites must end for ‘sustainable’ accord

Foreign Ministry spokesperson says closing of investigation needed as ‘guarantee’ for reentering accord; US has called recent Iranian positions ‘not constructive’

By AFP and Agencies

Iranian women form a human chain at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility in support of Iran's nuclear program, outside the city of Isfahan, south of the capital Tehran, Aug. 16, 2005, (AP/Vahid Salemi)

September 2, 2022, 5:33 am

US says Iranian response to nuclear deal proposal ‘not constructive’

Washington confirms draft pact to revive JCPOA sent via EU mediators, will study it and respond, after Tehran said its reply was ‘constructive’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow, August 31, 2022. (Maxim Shemetov / Pool / AFP)

September 2, 2022, 2:46 am

Iran says ‘constructive’ response sent to US nuclear deal proposal

Announcement comes after Tehran indicated that it was seeking stronger guarantees and still pushing for IAEA to drop its probe of suspect sites, which the US and UN have rejected

By ToI Staff and Agencies

August 24, 2022, 8:48 pm

US responds to Iran nuclear deal proposal, says pact close, but ‘not there yet’

Tehran says it has begun reviewing Washington’s offer to return to 2015 agreement, hours after PM Lapid warns accord will provide Islamic Republic funds to support terror

By AFP and ToI Staff

August 22, 2022, 2:10 pm

Iran bemoans US ‘delay’ in response to nuclear proposal

Tehran says sides can move to ‘next stage’ pending Washington’s answer, as Biden administration and EU look over Iran’s reply to ‘final’ draft on return to 2015 accord

By AFP

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani (L) leaves after talks at the Coburg Palais, the venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on August 4, 2022. (Alex HALADA / AFP)

August 16, 2022, 5:23 am

Iran responds to ‘final’ nuclear talks proposal, after urging US ‘flexibility’

Tehran mainly looking for more talks on outstanding issues related to sanctions and guarantees on economic aspects, Politico reports

By ToI Staff and Agencies

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks with the media, as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

August 15, 2022, 9:59 pm

With ‘deadline’ near, Iran likely to keep extracting more concessions in nuke talks

Rushdie attack, Gaza flareup have done little to dampen Western determination to close a deal with Iran, even if it means putting the UN atomic agency in an uncomfortable spot

By Lazar Berman