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  • The foreign ministry denounced a series of deadly terrorist attacks across Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula mainly on soldiers and police officers which occurred on Thursday, urging regional…

  • Iran has deployed “small numbers” of operatives into Iraq to bolster the Iraqi government but there was no sign of a major deployment of army units, the Pentagon said Friday.

  • A lawmaker says Iran welcomes expansion of ties with regional countries, particularly Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.

  • At the first forum of the Society of the Loyalists to the Islamic Revolution on Thursday, the secretary general of the Front of the Followers of the Line of Imam and the Leader said the…

  • In a meeting with students of political science and international relations at the University of Zagreb on Friday, Ambassador to Croatia Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian pointed to the recent visit of…

  • The new envoy to Rabat officially started his mission in the North African country.

    In a meeting on Friday, Ambassador Mohammad Taqi Moayyed submitted his credentials to Moroccan Foreign…

  • The deputy foreign minister said the Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram terrorist groups are “two sides of the same coin.”

    Hossein Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a press conference on…

  • President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday the country is honored to have such "brave diplomats" in nuclear talks with the major powers.  

  • The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps chief said Lebanon's Hezbollah gave a "retaliatory response" to Israel over targeting its members and an IRGC general and warned that more reprisals await…

  • A member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said Iran is determined to continue nuclear talks with the major powers, but nuclear negotiators will not give in to West's "…

  • A bill that would levy more sanctions on Iran if it fails to sign an agreement with the major powers on its nuclear program cleared a US Senate committee on Thursday. But US lawmakers are holding…

  • UN special coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag has asked Iran to help restore calm in Lebanon.  

  • Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev called for expansion of relations with the Islamic Republic in all areas.

    The Kyrgyz official made the remarks in a meeting with an Iranian…

  • The newly appointed UN ambassador is set to receive a US visa so he can take up that key post, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday, likely removing a major strain on Tehran's tense relations with…

  • Former diplomat Hossein Mousavian thinks a big reason Iran has not struck a deal with the six major powers over its nuclear program boils down to a lack of understanding between Tehran and…

  • A Romanian official said Bucharest backs any agreement between Iran and the six major powers over Tehran's nuclear program.

  • In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani for receiving a confirmation vote from Afghanistan's National…

  • President Hassan Rouhani's special envoy conferred with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ministers of energy and foreign affairs.       

  • A senior nuclear negotiator said the Istanbul talks with France, Germany and Britain on Iran's nuclear program were "promising", but more work was needed to narrow differences to help settle the…

  • Former first vice president Mohammad Reza Aref urged the reformists to stand united to be able to win the majority of seats in the next parliament.   

  • The spokesperson for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee told ICANA on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputies are scheduled to attend a meeting…

  • Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian was scheduled to attend the 24th summit of heads of state and government of the African Union, which started in the…

  • In a meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama and Saudi King Salman held talks about Iran, among other topics.

  • In a meeting in Dublin on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi and his Irish counterpart Berry Robinson explored ways of increasing mutual ties and exchanged views on the latest…

  • Seasoned diplomat Gholamali Khoshroo was appointed as Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.  

    Khoshroo’s appointment came after the United States refused…