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  • The deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs called for "international resolve" to combat terrorism in the Middle East.

    Reminding the mistakes which intensified terrorism in the…

  • In separate phone calls with his Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese, and Algerian counterparts on Monday, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani discussed major regional developments, especially concerning the crisis…

  • Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Iran and Kazakhstan enjoy "good relations" despite sanctions, emphasizing that the Central Asian country attaches great importance to its "friendly" ties…

  • The foreign ministry dismissed Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal's recent remarks accusing Iran of interfering in Yemen as incorrect.

  • Pakistan's prime minister called on Iran to use its influence to help bring Yemen's Shiite rebels to the negotiating table on the crisis in the Arab country, where Saudi-led airstrikes have been…

  • The commander of the army's drone division said on Tuesday the force's drones are planned to be equipped with missiles and rockets, ISNA reported. Colonel Reza Khaki said efforts have been made to…

  • US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said the joint statement outlining the key parameters of a final nuclear deal issued in Lausanne on April 2 provides a "sound path" toward reaching a settlement…

  • In a decree issued on Sunday, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli appointed his deputy for political affairs Mohammad Hossein Moqimi as head of the election headquarters, which is tasked…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was expected to arrive in Madrid today to hold talks with Spanish officials on bilateral ties, nuclear talks, and international issues, IRNA reported.

  • International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano said an IAEA delegation will travel to Tehran on Wednesday to hold talks with Iranian nuclear officials, Fars news agency reported…

  • The deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs warned that provoking the Saudi government to attack Yemen was part of a plot to undermine and break up the Persian Gulf kingdom.  

  • In a meeting in Tehran on Sunday, the first deputy Majlis speaker and the Latvian deputy foreign minister underscored the significance of expansion of ties, ICANA reported.

  • A member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Monday a rapprochement between Tehran and Washington demands a "gradual" and "time-consuming" process.

    "In view…

  • The US secretary of state defended the framework agreement reached between Iran and the major powers on April 2 on Tehran's nuclear work, acknowledging Iran's full commitment to whatever…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran makes efforts to forge "strategic cooperation" with Kazakhstan.

    He made the remarks in a meeting with Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov…

  • Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said the spread of security crises and "institutionalization" of violence and extremism in the Middle East make it necessary…

  • In a decree issued on Monday, Chairman of the Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi appointed his first deputy Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi as head of the secretariat of the clerical…

  • A parliamentary delegation, led by head of the Iran-Kuwait parliamentary friendship group Ahmad Ariaeinejad, travelled to Kuwait on Monday to hold talks with Kuwaiti officials on bilateral…

  • Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani praised the Pakistani parliament for voting not to join the Saudi-led military campaign against the Houthis in Yemen.    

  • Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said sanctions should be removed at the same time as Iran fulfills its commitments under a prospective nuclear deal.

    He made the remarks in a…

  • The chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said critical remarks concerning the nuclear issue should be directed at the United States and the nuclear negotiating…

  • President Hassan Rouhani ordered the preparation of “a precise and comprehensive” report on the recent sexual abuse of two Iranian teenagers by Saudi officers at the Jeddah airport.  

  • In an interview with ISNA published on Sunday, the spokesperson for the Combatant Clergy Association said the reformists will be the principlists’ “main rival” in the February 2016 parliamentary…

  • In separate meetings on Saturday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif received the newly appointed ambassadors of Bulgaria, Brunei, and Armenia who submitted the copies of their credentials to…

  • The army commander said terrorist groups operating in the region are not capable of posing any threat to Iran.