The US is making history not just by violating a United Nations Security Council resolution it voted for three years ago, but also by penalizing countries who stick to the same unanimous…
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Iran on Thursday strongly condemned the allegations against it by members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, saying that they are meant to divert the world's attention from the crimes…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Iran soon, Secretary of the Security Council of the republic Armen Grigoryan wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday. He said that he met…
President Hassan Rouhani called for the expansion of economic relations with Islamabad on Wednesday and extended an invitation to Imran Khan, widely seen as Pakistan’s prime minister-in-waiting…
Diplomats from Iran and the Netherlands held a fourth round of consular meetings to boost bilateral relations. During the meeting in The Hague, Iran’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Alireza…
Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei, was removed from office by the Majlis on Wednesday, the latest shuffle in top economic posts as the government struggles to find…
US sanctions against Iran that have an exterritorial effect violate international law and Germany expects Washington to consider European interests when coming up with such sanctions,…
Iran’s Embassy in London has dismissed claims in a British news report about a suspected attempt to fly missile warhead components to Iran via Heathrow Airport. The allegations made in the…
Iraq does not agree with US sanctions against Iran but will abide by them to protect its own interests, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday. “As a matter of principle we are against…
Intelligence forces nabbed members of a terrorist team that had recently launched a failed grenade attack on a police station in a border area and also foiled a plot to smuggle explosives into…
Less than two months after a landmark US-North Korea summit in Singapore, North Korea’s foreign minister apprised President Hassan Rouhani of the historic summit.
In a meeting in Tehran…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran has received messages from Switzerland and Oman offering mediation between Tehran and Washington, but no talks are currently underway between…
Iran is open to negotiations if the United States shows "sincerity", President Hassan Rouhani said late on Monday, but added that such talks would be meaningless while the country is being…
North Korea’s top diplomat held talks in Tehran on Tuesday on a range of issues, including bilateral ties and regional and international developments.
New US sanctions against Iran took effect on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump, who defied Washington’s allies to impose them, pledged that firms doing business with Tehran would be barred…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with the newly-appointed ambassador of Pakistan Riffat Masood and the new secretary general of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of…
The Assembly of Experts, a top body tasked with electing the leader of the Islamic Revolution has called on the three branches of the government to take practical and effective steps to improve…
Iran’s new ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Jalal Firouznia submitted a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil on Monday.
In the meeting, the two sides discussed the…
Iraqi President Fuad Masum said Monday that due to the circumstances of Iraq and the nature of its relations with Iran complying with new US sanctions against Tehran will be "difficult".
As the Trump administration readies to re-impose sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear accord, America's European allies fear greater regional instability.
President…
Following a motion put forward by 80 lawmakers to question President Hassan Rouhani about his administration's poor handling of mounting economic challenges, officials have reflected on the…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that negotiating with the Trump administration is hard to imagine after its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
Interacting…
European leaders said Monday that they were working to preserve the nuclear deal with Iran despite renewed US sanctions against Tehran as the European Commission brought into enforce a so-…
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi held separate talks with the military attachés of Japan and Pakistan in Tehran on Monday.
Enhancing bilateral ties between Iran and China can help neutralize US unilateral sanctions, said Chinese Ambassador to Iran Pang Sen.
He made the remarks on Sunday in Tehran in a…
