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The alliance between Iran and Russia is critical to maintaining their upperhand in the Syria war, which is now in its sixth year, a lawmaker said. “The consolidation of recent gains by the Syrian…

A senior Iranian diplomat said the ongoing crises in the Middle East can only be solved through an effective and all-out campaign against terrorism and extremism.

A principlist politician said victory in the May 19 presidential race is within principlists’ reach, only if his comrades get together and learn from past mistakes.

“We support a…

Chairman of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said Iran has mastered the skills for handling warfare in cyberspace.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari discussed bilateral relations and regional developments with Lebanon’s newly-elected Prime Minister Saad Hariri on…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday the regaining of full control of the northern city of Aleppo was a victory for his Russian and Iranian allies as much as his own country.

A vice president said there is consensus among reformists and moderates to field President Hassan Rouhani for reelection in the May 2017 vote.

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran is determined to expand relations with the Eurasian Economic Union and engage in preferential trade with its member states.

The president made the…

Iran denounced a UN resolution to establish a panel on war crimes cases in Syria, stating that the measure could frustrate attempts to produce a political solution to the six-year-old conflict.

European governments are quietly warning the incoming Trump administration that the US will get the blame if any new economic sanctions on Iran lead to the collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi denounced as politically-motivated and spiteful a recent UN General Assembly resolution on the human rights situation in Iran.

Iran and Iraq held a joint military exercise in the Persian Gulf to step up their readiness.

The Iranian and Iraqi naval forces staged the maneuver, dubbed “Muhammad [PBUH], the Messenger…

Iran's foreign minister explained in general a trilateral Iran-Russia-Turkey statement on the nearly six-year-long conflict in Syria, aimed at stopping the calamity that has killed hundreds of…

Iran's response to the US breach of the nuclear deal by extending a sanctions law hinges on the results of the upcoming meeting of an international commission assigned to address disputes related…

President Hassan Rouhani has embarked on a three-nation tour that will take him to Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, at the invitation of the respective countries' heads of state, Serzh Sargsyan…

Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi announced that the country plans to inject uranium gas into its latest generation of centrifuge machines, IR8, in the near…

Head of the Center for Strategic Research of the Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati hailed as a "major development" the recent coordination among Iran, Russia and Turkey in their efforts to…

An international commission that monitors the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal will convene early next month to address Iran's complaint over the extension of a US sanctions law for another…

Authorities in Kuwait said four Kuwaitis detained in Iran were handed over to the emirate's embassy in Tehran. The state-run Kuwait News Agency on Monday quoted Khaled Al-Jarallah, the oil-rich…

Senior parliamentary officials from Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina met on Tuesday to explore ways of clearing the path for expansion of bilateral trade after the 2015 nuclear deal eased sanctions…

The head of UN nuclear agency said on Monday Iran is complying with obligations limiting uranium enrichment, but two diplomats said the agency has told Tehran unless it slows the process it could…

Iran's diplomatic mission to the United Nations urged the international community to enhance its economic ties with Afghanistan for alleviating the country's woes.

Iran's Ambassador to the…

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned as "ruthless" a shooting on Monday that took the life of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, stressing that it shows the current anti-terror…

A high-ranking security official said a recent United Nations Security Council resolution on the Syrian city of Aleppo is an attempt to pave the way for the deployment of foreign intelligence…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran, Russia and Turkey have started the process of finding a political solution to the Syria crisis.

Zarif made the announcement after a…