Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US has a "legal and moral obligation" to remove sanctions on Tehran, turning the tables on Washington after Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanded that the Islamic Republic "come back into compliance on the nuclear side".

Iran’s chief negotiator says Tehran’s resumption of the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol is “predicated” on the lifting of sanctions.

Press TV learns that the excessive demands put forward by the US and its refusal to remove 500 anti-Iran sanctions related to the 2015 nuclear deal have been behind the complications hindering the talks underway in Vienna, Austria, on a potential revival of the accord.

Iran will soon sign the contract to build a new terminal at the Imam Khomeini Airport (IKA) in Tehran to handle 25 million passengers a year, an official says.

Americans “will not lift Iran sanctions anytime soon” because “they have no compassion, no global vision for peace,” John Steppling says.

Iran urges Amnesty International to compile a report about the harmful impact of illegal American sanctions on the livelihoods of Iranians, especially amid the pandemic.

The Chinese leader was speaking on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

A Russian official says the United States’ practice of blackmailing other countries and imposing sanctions on them is continuing under the administration of President Joe Biden and will never end.

Tensions are on the rise between China and Western powers with the US, Canada and the EU having announced new sanctions on Beijing. The move has angered China, responding in kind.

Iran and Cuba signed an agreement in January to cooperate in the coronavirus vaccine project.