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Turkey summons Iran's "chargés d'affaires" in Ankara after Iran's foreign ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador.
2025-03-4

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs swaps Asadollah Asadi for Belgian prisoner Olivier Vandecasteele.
2023-05-26

A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry denies that Iran has any link to targets hit by U.S. in Syria and condemns the strike as "a violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
2022-08-24

Iranian-British dual citizens Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are released from prison in Iran and return to the United Kingdom after spending 5 years and 11 months, and 2 years and 7 months, respectively, in prison for suspected espionage.
2022-03-16

In an act of cooperation that is rare in recent years, Iran releases Princeton PhD candidate Wang Xiyue while the United States releases stem cell researcher Massoud Soleimani in a prisoner exchange. Both U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif thank the Swiss government for facilitating the swap.
2019-12-7

Iran's "Adrian Darya 1" oil tanker, which was temporarily detained in Gibraltar and sanctioned by the United States Department of Justice, has sold its cargo after supposedly docking at the Syrian port of Tartus, according to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2019-09-8

The Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif says that the country's missile program would not be up for discussion. This comes as United States Secretary of State John Kerry said last Thursday that the United States and its allies would only address Iran's concerns in the region if it makes it clear to all involved that it was prepared to cease provocative ballistic missile launches and tests.
2016-04-10

Bahrain recalls its ambassador to Iran and expels the Iranian acting "chargé d'affaires" who is declared "persona non-grata", a day after Bahraini security forces discovered a large bomb-making factory in Nuwaidrat and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Bahrain's decision to recall its ambassador comes "in light of continued Iranian meddling in the affairs of the kingdom of Bahrain in order to create sectarian strife and impose hegemony and control."
2015-10-1

The Iranian Foreign Ministry calls the attacks "unacceptable", stating that they happened despite the efforts of the embassy guards. Police arrest 12 protesters in connection with the attacks.
2011-11-30

India summons the Iranian chargé d'affaires to protest against remarks by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei regarding Kashmir. It also abstains on a vote on Iranian human rights for the first time.
2010-11-19