In Davos, Mohammad Javad Zarif also says Israel failed in its Gaza war objectives, Tehran not building nukes; report says Iran to receive missile fuel shipment from China

Iran’s judiciary says the Swiss national who died in an Iranian prison earlier this month was arrested after taking photographs at sensitive military sites. Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir told reporters during a news conference on Wednesday that the unnamed man entered Iran through the Dogharoun border crossing with Afghanistan in northeastern Razavi Khorasan Province last year.

Iran hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will choose "rationality" in its dealing with the Islamic Republic, Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday, adding Tehran had never sought nuclear weapons.

Authorities in Iran have arrested three suspects in connection with the recent armed attack in Tehran, which claimed the lives of two judiciary judges Ali Razini and Mohammad Moqiseh.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s vice president for strategic affairs, has held talks with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid in Switzerland on the sidelines of the Davos 2025 event.

Tehran, IRNA - Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s vice president for strategic affairs, has left Tehran for Davos to participate in the 2025 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Zarif departed Tehran on Monday to attend the meeting scheduled for January 20-24 in Davos, Switzerland.

According to local reports, prison officials stepped in to rescue the Swiss national at the Semnan prison, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of Tehran. But their efforts were in vain.View on eurone

Iran’s new bestie-to-the-world approach may fool Democrats. And the brain dead. But as for the rest of America and the world — and certainly the Trump administration — the thought isn’t so much to tickle Tehran’s tummy as it is to raise up arms.

Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that Iran hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will choose rationality in his dealings with the Islamic Republic, adding that Tehran has never sought to acquire nuclear weapons.

The supreme leader announced he is prohibiting the development of nuclear weapons, which may be part of an effort to initiate sanctions talks.

Switzerland plays an important intermediary role between Washington and Tehran. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DAVOS (Switzerland) (AFP) – Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday his government had put off enforcing the country's strict Islamic dress code in order "not to put women under pressure".