The commander of a terrorist cell responsible for the twin Islamic State-claimed attacks in Tehran last Wednesday "was neutralized" Saturday in a joint operation involving security agents and "…
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South Korea's Ambassador to Iran Kim Seung-ho called for expansion of trade relations between Seoul and Tehran. "Iran is a major supplier of crude oil to South Korea and without Iran's oil, the…
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on poets to focus on poems satirizing the contemporary world's strange and bitter facts, such as the US partnership with Saudi…
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Foreign Ministry spokesman denounced Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government for its plan to hold an independence referendum, saying Iran supports territorial integrity of its neighboring Arab…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she was concerned about the situation in Qatar, stressing that all Persian Gulf Arab nations, plus Iran and Turkey, should work together to resolve…
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A US Republican senator warned about the consequences of fresh US sanctions against Iran, saying such unilateral measures could prove counterproductive.
The US Senate voted overwhelmingly…
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A delegation from Palestinian resistance movement Hamas headed by the new leader of the movement’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, plans to visit Iran in the near future, according to a Hamas…
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday he and his Iranian counterpart Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed the process to help end the Syria crisis and how the Qatar…
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The hunt is on for accomplices in the Wednesday terror assaults, setting off a chain of arrests in connection with the first Islamic State terror operation hitting a chief adversary, Iran.…
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Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, condemned the deadly twin terrorist attacks in Tehran and offered condolences to those affected by the assaults.
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Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri said the government will stick to its reform plans to revamp the business sector and build investor confidence.
"The government is determined to create an…
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterated his country's support for Iran's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Iran joined the SCO in 2005 as an observer nd has been…
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The US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to advance a bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran, the same day deadly terror attacks hit Tehran, as lawmakers planned to add a package of…
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American and coalition forces operating in southeast Syria were attacked Thursday by a drone that hit a coalition patrol, part of a rapidly escalating war with Iranian-backed militias in the…
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The United Arab Emirates’ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on Thursday criticized Qatar’s decision to ask Iran and Turkey for help following the decision by several Persian Gulf…
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Iran, Russia and Turkey have postponed a planned round of talks on Syria in Kazakhstan, which Moscow had proposed for June 12-13, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. A spokesman for the…
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Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the twin terrorist attacks that hit Tehran Wednesday would not stop the nation from moving forward "united and with a firm…
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Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei renewed criticism of the UN's 2030 education plan, to which the government is a signatory, for limiting Iran's independence in drawing up…
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China’s Ambassador Pang Sen told press conference in Tehran Tuesday that his country believes all the parties to the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement should stick to the deal “honestly”, recalling…
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Iran told the UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday it would ship 20 tons of heavy water abroad to avoid breaching a limit on its stock of that substance under a landmark deal with six world powers,…
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Ankara on Wednesday for talks with Turkish leaders, including his counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said the…
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Cooperation between Iran and Russia has boosted the regional campaign against terrorism, said the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani.
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A visiting Iranian diplomat held talks in Kabul with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday on the sidelines of a two-day peace conference dubbed “…
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi termed as “complicated and slow” the process of Iran’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as the body takes up the issue at its Astana…
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President Hassan Rouhani, who was reelected last month, reaffirmed his reform plans to develop a climate conducive to a free and competitive economy.
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