Iraj Masjedi’s remarks come against the backdrop of reports that Iraq is preparing the ground for the next round of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of an upcoming regional summit in Baghdad.

The UK's relationship with Belarus has all but collapsed after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps instructed British airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace.

The terrorist takeover of the Iranian embassy in April 1980 and its bloody conclusion continues to negatively impact Anglo-Iranian relations not least because the UK refuses to come clean on the facts.

President Hassan Rouhani says the notions of diplomacy and military power do not stand in opposition to one another in Iran.

Relations between Moscow and Washington have hit a new low over US President Joe Biden’s recent remarks against his Russian counterpart.

Tehran has refuted the misapplication of the term “diplomacy” by US officials while they keep the economic war in place.

The United States says it is disappointed that Iran has ruled out an informal meeting on the 2015 nuclear deal, but it remains ready to reengage in meaningful diplomacy on the issue.

The EU foreign policy chief has called for “maximum diplomacy” towards Iran while an Iranian diplomat has been jailed in an EU member state.

Iran has warned the 46th president of the United States that the time frame for having the right to rejoin JCPOA is fast running out.

British officials have raised what appears to be contrived concerns over the recruitment of local staff at British diplomatic missions and companies in China.