A lawmaker pointed to the recent remarks by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in which he backed the parliamentary review of the recent nuclear deal with major powers, and said Ayatollah…
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A member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission underlined the need to boost defense capabilities, saying that Iran's military preparedness compelled the West to engage in…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a decree appointing new members to the Supreme Council of Cyberspace.
The members will take office for a…
President Hassan Rouhani held talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev, who arrived in Tehran on Friday at the head of a high-ranking political and economic delegation.…
A Foreign Ministry official rejected the charge by Kuwait that a recently busted "terror cell" in the Arab country was linked to Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah.
Kuwait charged 26 people on…
The Majlis speaker said there were "practical ways" to free Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post's correspondent in Tehran who has been tried on espionage charges.
Ali Larijani, speaking in…
Major aerial war games started in the central province of Isfahan on Saturday.
The massive maneuvers, named the Devotees of the Velayat Sanctuary 5, involve Islamic Republic of Iran Air…
US Senator Ben Cardin said on Friday he would vote against the nuclear agreement with Iran, lessening the chances that President Barack Obama can win enough votes to avoid having to use his veto…
US opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement have given up trying to block it. Now they are just hoping for a final senate vote on a resolution disapproving it — even though such a resolution would…
Extremism and terrorism are the most important contributors which do not let regional states converge, said the interior minister on Thursday, as he met Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan…
US Vice President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned defense of the Iran nuclear deal Thursday, telling a Jewish group in Florida that US credibility around the world is at stake.
If the US…
An advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said on Thursday Tehran does not hope the US will act in “good faith” regarding the implementation of the recent nuclear deal with major powers,…
President of the Senate of France Gerard Larcher plans to visit Iran at the head of a high-ranking delegation by yearend, the Persian service of Radio France Internationale reported on Thursday.…
A delegation of Ecuadorian lawmakers is expected to arrive in Tehran tomorrow to meet Iranian officials, including Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard, to discuss bilateral…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei stressed the role of the Majlis in reviewing the July nuclear deal with major powers, warning that underplaying it will not be in the…
The Foreign Ministry rejected as "a big lie" the recent claim by US Secretary of State John Kerry that Iran was on the verge of becoming a nuclear weapons state but was prevented by the mid-July…
The removal of “cruel” sanctions on Iran could prepare the ground for expansion of relations between Iran and European countries, especially Hungary, a senior Foreign Ministry official said…
The top lawmaker on Thursday predicted that the debate among parliamentarians on the nuclear agreement between Tehran and major powers will likely be more dramatic than in the US Congress, where…
The Syrians trust the role Iran plays in support of the people in the region and the just cause behind its efforts, President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday in a meeting with the visiting deputy…
A new survey shows that a majority of Americans want the US Congress to uphold the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran.
According to the survey from the University of Maryland, 55…
The Iranians' distrustful attitude toward the United States could change if Washington turns to a more "realistic" approach to Iran, the Majlis speaker said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday.
The US Energy Department has extensive technical expertise that will help verify whether Iran is complying with its commitment to limit its nuclear program under an international agreement, the US…
Austrian President Heinz Fischer is to visit Iran next week. In his three-day stay, starting Sep.
Iran's envoy to Kuwait, Hassan Zarnegar, on Wednesday denied any link between Iran and the 26 people ordered to be detained by the office of Kuwait's public prosecutor in connection with the…
