Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Tehran June 12 for a two-day state visit that was widely seen as a mission to alleviate tensions between Iran and the United States. Little came out of Abe's meeting with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, and their joint presser offered nothing beyond typical diplomatic exchanges....

MNA Members of the Iranian Parliament appreciated the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khameneis firm stance in the meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who conveyed a message from US President Donald Trump. 210 Iranian lawmakers sent a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei on Tuesday, appreciating his firm stance against the US belligerence,...

National Interest | Sina Toossi: Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei told Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in Tehran that his country will not negotiate under pressure. His meeting with Abe was followed by new acts of sabotage against oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, raising concerns of a full-blown conflict erupting. While the perpetrator is ...

Asia Times |LI ZIKAI: On June 12, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Iran, where he met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It was the first time a Japanese prime minister had visited in Iran in 40 years. Japan has always been careful in maintaining its economic relations with Iran. However, in the geopolitical spectrum, the current ...

Sputnik | Ekaterina Blinova: A second mysterious attack on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman has escalated already simmering tensions in the Middle East and marred Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's talks in Tehran. Mark Sleboda, a security analyst and former nuclear reactor operator in the US Navy, has suggested that US military forces were likely ...

June 16, The Iran Project - Following US President Donald Trump's trip to Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a two-day trip to Iranfor what was widely seen as an attempt to calm escalating US-Iran tensions. This was the first visit by an incumbent head of the Japanese government to Iran since 1979. But the premier's efforts ended in flames ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif evaluated the Thursday meeting and talks between his Japanese counterpart and the Leader of the Islamic Revolution as useful and friendly. As he wrote on Twitter, "Fruitful talks with FM @konotaromp followed by historic visit of PM @AbeShinzo. Pres. @HassanRouhani & Ayatollah @khamenei_ir ...

MNA In his meeting with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Japanese Prime Minister conveyed five requests of the US president, to all of which the Leader had straight answers. Political experts and media believed that Abe is having Trumps confidential message to the Iranian Leader and it came out true after the content of that letter ...

Reuters - Iran has no intention of making or using nuclear weapons, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Thursday by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Khameneis comment, a reiteration of Irans stance, comes at a time of increased U.S.-Iranian tension, a year after Washington abandoned an agreement between Iran ...

Press TV - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei dismisses US President Donald Trump as a person not worthy of exchanging messages with. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a Thursday meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who told the Leader he was carrying a message from the US president. We have no doubts ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the exhibition held on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the two sides diplomatic ties. On Wednesday evening, the two high ranking officials jointly visited Iran-Japan Exhibition of the 90th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations in Tehran. Japanese ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister rapped the reported attacks on Japan-related tankers on Thursday, calling the incident suspicious. "Reported attacks on Japan-related tankers occurred while PM @AbeShinzo was meeting with Ayatollah @khamenei_ir for extensive and friendly talks," he wrote on his Twitter account. "Suspicious doesn't begin to describe ...

MNA Japanese ex-diplomat and the current Head of Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies Koichiro Tanaka called Irans geopolitical situation as well as gas and oil resources significant for Japan. Tokyo is inclined to make investments on Iran's Makran coasts and the strategic Chabahar port and to benefit from Irans geopolitical situation ...

Al-Monitor - Not a day has gone by during the past two weeks in Iran without speculation about the Japanese premier's visit to Tehran and the agenda of his talks with Iran's leadership. The speculation has been fueled by reports that US President Donald Trump, during his May 27 trip to Tokyo, had embraced Shinzo Abe's offer to help alleviate the tensions ...

NHK - The US State Department has welcomed Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Iran in his effort to help ease tensions mounting between the country and the United States. At a news conference on Wednesday, State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said the United States and its allies are in agreement that Iran's "destabilizing and ...

Tasnim � Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Thursday morning in Tehran.  

IRNA Iran's Foreign Ministry will use all diplomatic potential to reduce the pressure caused by economic war against the Iranian people, the ministry's spokesman said. "Iran's Foreign Ministry will powerfully use all its potentials and capacities in promoting the country's goals to reduce the pressure caused by the economic war against the Iranian ...

IRNA - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday. The prime minister is the first Japanese head of state who visits Iran over the past four decades. He is heading a high-ranking delegation, and has met with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and the country's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif....

Press TV - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his country aims to play a role in easing tensions surrounding Iran, as he highlights peace and tranquility in the Middle East are very important for the entire world. Abe said that stability and peace in the Middle East region would benefit not only the regional countries but the entire world, ...

MNA In a meeting with high-ranking delegations of Iran and Japan, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned that Violating international treaties is not beneficial for every one. Speaking late on Wednesday at the meeting of high-ranking delegations of Iran and Japan, President Hassan Rouhani said, The Islamic Republic of Iran is very interested in ...