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  • An Iranian Navy’s flotilla on Saturday began a voyage to Russia’s coastal city of Makhachkala.

    Speaking at a see-off ceremony in the northern port city of Bandar Anzali, Commander of the…

  • US President Donald Trump's recent anti-Iran tirade is "inconsistent" with the US commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal and Tehran will pursue its grievances through the pact's oversight panel…

  • The nuclear chief renewed a warning that Iran could swiftly revive aspects of its nuclear program curbed by the nuclear deal, if the US administration stuck with its harsh policy to compel…

  • Mohamed ElBaradei, a former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, likened the decertification of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by US President Donald Trump to the prelude to the 2003 US…

  • France on Saturday urged the US Congress not to rip up the Iran nuclear deal, after US President Donald Trump decertified Iran's compliance with the 2015 agreement.

    "We strongly hope…

  • A lawmaker called on reformists not to break up their broad alliance with moderates for future elections, saying that any division would deepen polarization in the country.

  • A lawmaker said the so-called "new strategy" laid out by US President Donald Trump regarding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Friday was in line with what Washington had pursued in the past, saying…

  • US President Donald Trump is not trying to provoke a war with Iran, but is seriously mistaken in believing he can pressure Tehran into renegotiating the 2015 nuclear agreement, former CIA case…

  • Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said on Friday he plans to visit Italy soon to attend a naval conference. The top admiral pointed to close cooperation between Tehran and…

  • Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied reports that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had notified his Iranian counterpart of Washington’s new strategy on Tehran.

  • French President Emmanuel Macron is considering visiting Iran after speaking on phone with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, as US President Donald Trump said he was “decertifying” the…

  • A legislator believes the Iranian government would do well not to rush toward confrontation over Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government's push for secession, saying that Tehran should instead…

  • Key US allies and other powers vowed to shore up the 2015 Iran nuclear deal against US President Donald Trump's decision to decertify it, a move that threatens to push the deal to the brink of…

  • US President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration “cannot and will not” certify Tehran’s compliance with the Iran nuclear agreement to Congress, as he laid out the new US strategy on…

  • Republicans in the US Congress, long the staunchest opponents of the Iran nuclear deal, may be the best hope for preserving it if President Donald Trump declines to certify that Tehran is…

  • European countries are scrambling to cobble together a package of measures they hope will keep the Iran nuclear deal on track, if US President Donald Trump ignores their pleas and decertifies…

  • Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani arrived in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Thursday to attend the annual assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union and discuss parliamentary ties with his…

  • Foreign Ministry’s spokesman reaffirmed Tehran’s support for the unity of Spain, an important economic partner of Iran facing a secession push that has plunged the country into one of its worst…

  • Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said preparations are underway for a trip by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Iran on Nov. 1. “During his stay, Putin will attend the second tripartite meeting…

  • The presence of Iranian military advisors in the region has fostered stability, whereas the Saudi presence has only fanned the flames of extremism, a lawmaker said.

  • Iran has prepared appropriate responses to a toughening US policy announced on Friday, the Majlis speaker said.

    Ali Larijani made the statement on Thursday ahead of the rollout of the…

  • Just hours before US President Donald Trump's speech on the new US strategy on Tehran, the Foreign Ministry outlined Iran's response measures.

    Trump is expected to say that he will not…

  • If the US undermines the 2015 nuclear deal Iran signed with six world powers, international nonproliferation efforts and Washington’s international standing would suffer, the head of the Atomic…

  • Russia’s Foreign Ministry takes a critical view of US President Donald Trump’s plans to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as a terrorist organization.

    The ministry said it…

  • A lawmaker criticized the nuclear deal with major powers for its inadequate dispute settlement process, saying Iran's hands are tied to legally challenge those who violate the landmark…