Lawmakers will hold three open sessions in the next Iranian week (starts on Saturday) to debate a bill which lays out conditions for implementation of the July 14 nuclear deal between Iran and…
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An official at the Iranian Consulate in Basra denied reports that followers of an Iraqi cleric had attacked and destroyed some parts of the mission's building, Fars News Agency reported. Mohammad…
Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari is hopeful that lawmakers will vote “overwhelmingly” to allow the government to implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the official…
A senior lawmaker says “wrong actions and mistakes” by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen have increased insecurity in the region. Chairman of the…
A senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Wednesday described the United States as the “standard-bearer of oppression,” ruling out any talks with Washington on non-nuclear issues…
Roads and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi's defense in his impeachment session at Parliament on Tuesday won him boosted confidence, meaning he will continue to hold the post.
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In a message to his German counterpart on Monday, President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Joachim Gauck and his people on the occasion of the Day of German Unity (October 3), ISNA reported. …
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will travel to Iran on October 17 on a two-day visit, Ambassador in Berlin Ali Majedi said on Monday, IRNA reported. The envoy said Iran and…
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit Iran, Qatar, and the United States next week, Japanese government sources said Monday, according to Japan Bullet. Kishida is expected…
In a statement on Monday, the pro-reform Voice of Iranians Party invited all political groups and parties to hold a “forum” on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the official title of the…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday briefed reporters on his meetings with international officials on the sidelines of the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Eradicating terrorism sounds like an impossible dream unless an international coalition with humanitarian purposes and not tainted by political and personal interests is formed, a senior statesman…
Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi and Armenian Ambassador Artashes Tumanyan discussed Tehran-Yerevan relations on Monday.
Pointing to the close relations between the two countries…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Iran on Monday to persuade its ally Syria to reach a peaceful resolution of a more than four-year deadly conflict in the Arab country.
Former ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi is still among pilgrims who went missing after the September 24 crush during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the deputy foreign minister for Arab and…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Sunday that the fierce fight spearheaded by him and US Republicans against the July 14 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers has been…
Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told ISNA on Sunday Tehran supports Russia's "anti-terror measures" in Syria and its assistance to the Syrian army. Russia started an air…
President Hassan Rouhani denounced critics of the July 14 nuclear agreement with major powers, suggesting their position is against national interests.
"(The deal) has widely been…
Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli left Tehran for Geneva on Monday to attend a top-level meeting of the UN's refugee agency, IRNA quoted the head of the public relations department of the…
Officials should make efforts to pave the way for a healthy competition in the upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections to ensure the election of the most qualified candidates and…
Given the hostile position of Saudi Arabia toward Iran, it is time a different policy was adopted in dealings with the Arab kingdom, the spokesperson for the Majlis National Security and Foreign…
Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan says Iran is capable of producing various types of unmanned aerial vehicles, which indicates advances made by the Defense Ministry in designing and manufacturing…
In the Cabinet meeting on Sunday, President Hassan Rouhani backed the record of Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi, who is expected to appear before Parliament in the coming…
Iran denounced as “irresponsible and unjustifiable” the recent deadly US airstrike on a hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz which killed over 20 people.
Deputy Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Sobhaninia says the “timely” implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the July 14 nuclear…
