Hezbollah downplays US sanctions on Iran
The leader of Lebanons militant Hezbollah movement said Tuesday that U.S. sanctions against Iran and his Iran-backed group will not have major effects on them and will not lead to regime change in Tehran.
Iran has never relinquished territorial rights to Caspian Sea: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed claims that Tehran has ceded a significant part of its territorial rights to the Caspian Sea in a recent treaty it signed with four other littoral states, saying that Tehran has not retreated from its stance on the issue.
US to blame for burning bridges with Iran: Rouhani
President Hassan Rouhani has once against dismissed Washingtons offer of talks with Iran, which followed its unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, saying the US, itself, burned the bridges for negotiations with Tehran.
Dialogue with hostile US not acceptable: Irans VP
Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri rejected the possibility of any negotiation between the Islamic Republic and the US, saying that Washington is only following hostile policies against Tehran.
Mirzakhani birthday is International Womens Day in Maths
International Mathematical Union (IMU) named 3 May, the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, the International Womens Day in Maths, on the proposal of the Womens Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society.