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October 23, 2019 13:20
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October 23,2019President Hassan Rouhani is to visit neighboring Azerbaijan to attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement due to be held later this week. -
October 22,2019The security conference hosted by Bahrain will only spread propaganda and not help stabilize the Middle East, a lawmaker said. -
October 21,2019Saudi and Emirati officials are signaling rapprochement with Iran because they want to limit the scope of their confrontation with Iran to the political field, says a former diplomat, who maintains... -
October 21,2019Iran's top diplomat said the Financial Action Task Force's imposition of a final deadline on Iran is a "completely political" decision, but stressed that international financial standards need to... -
October 21,2019The security conference in Bahrain is another means for spreading propaganda against Iran for the benefit of the United States and its allies, which have failed to take control of the Persian Gulf... -
October 20,2019The new centrifuges that Iran plans to use will significantly increase its enrichment capacity, an informed official said, adding that the new centrifuges will be unveiled in the coming weeks. -
October 20,2019Qatar said Iran and Arab countries can solve their tensions through "constructive dialogue and diplomacy". -
October 20,2019Japan and France have proposed a joint plan to provide Iran with a loan of about $18.4 billion to be secured by oil if Tehran returns to full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action... -
October 19,2019Japan said on Friday it will not join any US coalition to protect merchant vessels in Middle East waterways, but will instead send a separate force of ships and planes to guard ships supplying... -
October 19,2019Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that Saudi Arabia had positively responded to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative for defusing tensions in the Persian Gulf region by... -
October 16,2019It is important for Iran and the United States to seize the opportunity for negotiation, despite a narrowing political space to prevent the risk of an uncontrolled escalation, a top French diplomat... -
October 16,2019President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that achieving growth and progress requires forging links with the world while making efforts to make the economy more self-reliant. "We may be able to... -
October 16,2019Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan sounded optimistic about a possible improvement in Washington-Tehran ties that have been currently at the lowest ebb after US President Donald Trump announced... -
October 15,2019Collective efforts in the fields of security, science and technology can help promote health in the region, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, while criticizing US sanctions that have... -
October 15,2019More Afghans than Syrians have migrated to the European Union so far this year, official data show, making them the largest group of foreign citizens illegally entering the bloc, with many... -
October 14,2019Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with his counterparts on the sidelines of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Sunday to discuss mutual... -
October 14,2019Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with his counterparts on the sidelines of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Sunday to discuss mutual...
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October 14,2019An advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to visit Tehran later this week to pursue Tokyo's initiative of reducing tensions in the Middle East and helping settle the conflict between... -
October 14,2019President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday the settlement of the Yemen crisis would help ease tensions in the region, clearing the way for addressing other regional challenges through diplomacy. -
October 13,2019Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Iran feels duty-bound to stand against oppression and oppressors based on religious teachings and will, therefore, refuse to yield to... -
October 13,2019Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani left Tehran for the Serbian capital Belgrade on Sunday morning to attend the 141st assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. -
October 13,2019Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei underlined the need for efforts to resolve the Yemen crisis, stressing that a halt to the devastating war would significantly promote... -
October 12,2019Tehran opposes Turkey's military offensive in north Syria and believes that the dispute can be addressed through dialogue in multilateral meetings with the participation of mediating countries, the... -
October 11,2019Tehran on Friday launched an investigation into an attack on an Iranian tanker navigating the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia and said its perpetrators are to blame for the consequences. -
October 11,2019Iran has proposed setting up meetings with Middle East countries at various levels to reach a consensus over the parameters of its peace initiative for the region, dubbed the “Coalition of Hope”,...
