Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei advised the six contenders running for the May 19 presidential poll to prioritize the disadvantaged and pledge to support them if elected…
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Kuwait's Foreign Ministry underscored the importance of holding joint talks between member states of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council and Iran. "[P]GCC countries should pursue holding…
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Presidential contenders Ebrahim Raeisi and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf are to follow the electoral strategy of the principlist Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces, a senior PFIRF member said.
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Members of the Pakistani Parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission are scheduled to visit Iran in the coming days, an Iranian lawmaker announced.
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Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ground Force Lieutenant General Mohammad Pakpour praised the security situation across Iran and said despite plots and attempts by enemies, the…
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Pro-reform presidential candidate, Mostafa Hashemitaba, criticized as too ambitious a large-scale national economic plan outlined by the government of incumbent President Hassan Rouhani who…
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A senior reformist politician reiterated the camp's support for President Hassan Rouhani's reelection bid. Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari, the deputy chairman of Reformist Policymaking Council, made the…
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A lawmaker said the winner of the May 19 presidential election should take domestic economic capacities into account, instead of looking beyond the borders.
"Candidates ought to focus on…
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President Hassan Rouhani vowed to push ahead with his moderate agenda to bring greater social freedom and economic prosperity if he's reelected in the upcoming poll.
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Iran condemned Israel's recurrent military incursions into Syrian territory for shoring up terrorists in Syria, as they are increasingly losing ground against the Arab country's army.
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Mostafa Mirsalim, the presidential candidate of the principlist Islamic Coalition Party, said he is prepared to end Iran's economic stasis and enhance the livelihood of millions of Iranians by…
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Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said Iran reserves the right to give a crushing response to the recent terrorist crime against Iranian guards serving on the country's southeastern border.
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Finland's Undersecretary of State at the Foreign Ministry Peter Stenlund voiced hope for expansion of ties between Iran and the European Union, stressing that Iran's 2015 nuclear pact with major…
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The six qualified candidates cleared to run for president by the election watchdog Guardians Council had their first live debate on Friday, warming up the race for the May 19 presidential poll.
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Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan and his Russian and Syrian counterparts, Sergey Shoigu and Fahd Jassem al-Freij respectively, stressed the need to continue their trilateral cooperation in the…
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted Washington’s acknowledgement of Iran’s adherence to its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, saying it is the US duty to carry out its…
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Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned against western attempts to gain political and economic dominance over Muslim nations, saying Muslims worldwide must adhere to…
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President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday criticized Pakistan's lax security controls at the borders after a cross-border terrorist attack a day earlier killed 10 Iranian border guards and injured two…
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The two leading principlist challengers to incumbent Hassan Rouhani's reelection bid, Ebrahim Raeisi and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, have promised to boost youth employment and curb economic…
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A special envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin met a representative of the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Thursday.
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Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani called on the candidates campaigning for the May 19 presidential race to promote plausible plans instead of indulging in rhetoric.
"All the candidates are…
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An Iranian nuclear negotiator said the US administration has reaffirmed commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal "for the time being", despite its accord-bashing rhetoric.
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US President Donald Trump personally intervened to inject tougher language into a State Department letter to Congress last week that found Iran was in compliance with the deal limiting its nuclear…
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The US Navy said a guided-missile destroyer fired a flare toward an Iranian vessel in a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf. Lt. Ian McConnaughey of the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said the incident…
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Iran confirmed that the final appeal by a British-Iranian woman detained in Iran of having her five-year prison sentence overturned has been rejected. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s family earlier…
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