A Swiss parliamentary delegation, led by chairmen of the foreign affairs committees of the two champers of Switzerland's Federal Assembly, will travel to Tehran on May 26 at the invitation of…
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Heads of the three branches of government held a meeting at the presidential office on Saturday, IRNA reported.
President Hassan Rouhani, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and Judiciary Chief…
The head of the Principlist Followers of Velayat Faction, which is the majority group in parliament, told IRNA on Saturday that members of the faction are holding discussions on the election of…
A parliamentary delegation, comprising members of Iran-Poland Parliamentary Friendship Group, left Tehran for Warsaw on Sunday at the invitation of their Polish counterpart, ICANA reported.…
There has been some progress on the issue of Tehran's past nuclear research in the most recent round of nuclear talks between Iran and the major powers in Vienna ending on Friday, Sputnik quoted…
The spokesman for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said the West is pursuing its interests by arousing anti-Iran sentiments, adding that some western and Arab countries…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a prospective deal to resolve the long-running dispute over Tehran's nuclear program would be "a litmus test" of the US readiness to change its hostile…
The senior advisor to the Leader on international affairs said the US "policy of hypocrisy" fuelled by military threats against the Islamic Republic can endanger the nuclear negotiations with the…
The cargo vessel Nejat (literally 'rescue') which carries 2,500 tons of humanitarian supplies to Yemen reached the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, Fars new agency reported.
The deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs criticized Saudi Arabia for obstructing the process of dispatching aid to the war-affected Yemeni people, stressing, "Saudi Arabia cannot…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held phone calls with his Russian and Chinese counterparts, namely Sergei Lavrov and Wang Yi, to discuss the latest developments in Yemen, ISNA reported on…
US President Barack Obama has secured support from Persian Gulf Arab leaders for his attempt to reach a nuclear deal with Iran as a summit outside Washington concluded on Thursday with the first…
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in view of the fact that terrorist groups are threatening the security and stability of all the countries in the region, “convergence” among regional…
The Russian deputy foreign minister hailed as “productive” the latest round of negotiations between Iran and the major powers on Tehran’s nuclear program in Vienna.
Iran complained to the United Nations Security Council of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s forces hindering its attempts to send aid to Yemen.
The foreign ministry called on the United States and its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf to demonstrate "goodwill" by taking "confidence-building" measures and stop blaming others for regional…
President Hassan Rouhani and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Masum issued a joint statement on Thursday to express mutual respect and commitment to bilateral agreements and to advocate expansion of…
The US Congress on Thursday sent President Barack Obama a bill to give the lawmakers the power to review and potentially reject a nuclear deal with Iran.
Iran is optimistic that it can reach a final nuclear deal with world powers, the foreign minister said in an excerpt of an interview with Germany's Spiegel magazine published on Friday.
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the main policy of the hegemonic powers in the region is to launch "proxy wars" to meet their interests.
Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi said the lifting of sanctions under a prospective nuclear deal with the major powers should not be tied to the UN nuclear agency's…
Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Hossein Moqimi said on Thursday the government's approach to the 2016 parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections is to adhere to "the important principle of…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described Iraq as an "important" and "influential" country among Muslim and Arab states, noting, "In view of its position in the…
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran dismissed the recent remarks by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano that Iran is bound by the…
House Republican leaders are unlikely to allow amendments to the Senate-passed Iran bill, bucking a clutch of conservatives who wanted to change the language, Politico reported citing multiple…
