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President Hassan Rouhani reasserted that Iran's growing military program is aimed at fending off tensions and confrontation with hostile countries.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said Tehran deems Turkey's referendum on constitutional changes an internal affair and it would respect the result of votes in the neighboring nation.

Army’s Ground Forces on Sunday unveiled military products, including a homegrown sniper rifle and a mine-laying vehicle.

Two days ahead of National Army Day, Commander of Army Ground Forces…

Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, the top diplomat of Bahrain which is a member of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council, reaffirmed the council's determination to press on with fence-mending…

Iran's naval fleet in the Caspian Sea will take delivery of a new missile-launching corvette in the near future, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said.

The contract with China on Arak Modernization Project has accommodated Iran's demands, including the price initially asked by the Chinese, the spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of…

The Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces' final presidential nominee or nominees will be announced by May 10, nine days before Election Day.

After its second assembly early this month…

Washington’s mistreatment of ethnic groups disqualifies it from speaking about the situation of human rights in other countries, the deputy head of Iran’s Human Rights Headquarters for…

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow hailed the longstanding diplomatic ties with Iran and looked forward to the promotion of political and economic interactions between the two…

Leading a politico-economic delegation, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif set off on a tour of Turkmenistan, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan on Sunday to strengthen bilateral trade ties.

Iran warned countries behind the ongoing crises in the Middle East, saying the plights they have created could one day bedevil themselves.

Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan made the statement…

With the five-day registration period ending on Saturday, the Guardians Council, the presidential election watchdog, started screening applications of hopefuls for the May presidential race on…

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a deadly bomb attack on buses carrying people from two Shia-majority villages in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram…

Iran's Foreign Ministry highlighted the gains of the 2015 nuclear accord in its fifth quarterly report to a parliamentary panel on Saturday, as required under the law adopted by the parliament…

A senior member of the Reformist Policymaking Council said the last-minute entry of Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri in the presidential race was a tactical move by reformists aimed at hedging…

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has instructed authorities to take urgent actions in providing assistance to people in Iranian provinces hit by the recent devastating…

Former US secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, said the most powerful non-nuclear weapon, GBU-43, was considered a good option to be deployed for possible attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities when…

A number of well-known political figures also arrived at the Interior Ministry’s Election Headquarters on Saturday to register for the upcoming presidential election slated for May 19 on the last…

Iran joined a number of regional countries in Russia for a new round of International Afghanistan Peace Conference to find a diplomatic solution to problems that have plagued Afghanistan for years…

While dozens of high-profile figures have signed up for the May presidential votes, it seems the main rivalry will be a two-sided contest between the incumbent president, Hassan Rouhani, and a key…

The trilateral Iran-Russia-Syria meeting in Moscow on Friday was a big success for their strategic anti-terror alliance, as it showed efforts to detach Russia from its Middle East allies were in…

President Hassan Rouhani unveiled the latest indigenous military products in a ceremony in Tehran on Saturday.

The products included Kowsar, the country's first homegrown jet trainer that…

A lawmaker took a swipe at the European Union for renewing anti-Iran sanctions over alleged claims of "human rights violations" for another year, drawing a comparison between the bloc's approach…

Major contenders Hassan Rouhani and Ebrahim Raeisi filed paperwork to run for president at the Interior Ministry’s Election Headquarters in Tehran on Friday, heating up the May 19 presidential…

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said the country's missile tests are not in contravention of a UN resolution endorsing the nuclear agreement with major powers.