Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi on Friday met with Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi in the Omani city of Salalah and discussed ways of boosting stability in the region. At the…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone talk with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and discussed current tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, as well as steps to coordinate the fight…
NationalCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been advised by federal officials to anticipate the easing of sanctions against Iran in the coming months if progress is made on implementing last year's…
NationalLeader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei urged all groups, including those who disapprove of the establishment's policies, to go to the polls in the forthcoming parliamentary…
NationalIran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday Saudi Arabia has to make "a critical choice" between continuing to support extremists…
NationalPolitical disputes, which usually arise during campaigns for Majlis elections, should not be repeated in the Assembly of Experts poll, the spokesman of Guardians Council said.
Speaking in a…
NationalA lawmaker said Saudi officials should stop their series of actions against Iran aimed at provoking the country and escalating regional tensions.
In an interview with ICANA, a member of…
NationalNavy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari left Tehran for Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Friday to take part in the 5th Indian Ocean Naval Symposium.
NationalA high-ranking diplomat said all regional states are responsible for maintaining peace and avoiding tensions in the region. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi made the statement in a…
NationalChinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zhang Ming will visit Tehran in an effort to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia, after holding talks with Saudi officials in Riyadh who recently announced the…
NationalIran is lodging a complaint with the United Nations over the Saudi airstrike on its embassy in Yemen's capital Sana'a on Wednesday, the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs said.…
NationalThe bill some US Republican lawmakers are pushing through Congress to retain sanctions on certain individuals and financial institutions despite the July 14 nuclear deal with Iran is aimed at…
NationalUS Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday the implementation of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was only days away, allowing tens of billions of dollars in sanctions against…
NationalSaudi Arabia would "collapse" in the coming years, if it kept pursuing its sectarian policies in the region, the deputy head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said on Thursday.
NationalForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated his Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui on his recent appointment as foreign minister. In a message on Thursday, Zarif expressed confidence…
NationalA mortar shell on Thursday struck a hotel in the Syrian capital Damascus where Iranian Health Minister Seyyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi was staying, but no injuries were reported. The minister was…
NationalPresident Hassan Rouhani described unity as the most essential need of Afghanistan and Middle East, and said Iran seeks peace and solidarity among Afghans.
Rouhani made the statement in a…
NationalIsrael’s expansionist policies and blind terrorism are the main factors behind the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian…
NationalSaudi Arabia and Iran owe it to the international community to put aside their differences in the Middle East and focus on opposing the styled Islamic State militant group, German Foreign Minister…
NationalChinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to travel to Tehran on January 23 at the head of a high-ranking political and economic delegation. Experts believe the visit, a first by Xi, could usher…
NationalUS Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken repeatedly recently to Saudi and Iranian officials to encourage dialogue, the US State Department said on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with…
NationalPresident Hassan Rouhani wrote a letter to Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Wednesday, requesting the case of the attacks on the Saudi Embassy in Iran to be given priority and be…
NationalForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the government of President Hassan Rouhani has been seeking to defuse tensions in the region and develop interactions with neighboring countries.…
NationalUS President Barack Obama is expected to stop a bill scheduled to go before the House of Representatives today, which would bar Obama from waiving sanctions against certain Iranian banks after the…
NationalA prominent principlist figure said the Principlist Coalition Council is putting together its list of candidates for the upcoming elections of Majlis and Assembly of Experts, scheduled for Feb. 26…
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