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  • The US State Department has decided to delay the release of a volume from its foreign relations history that deals with the CIA-backed overthrow of Iranian prime minister in the 1950s.

  • The armed forces will carry out a major military exercise from December 25 to 31 in an area covering about 2.2 million square kilometers from the northern Indian Ocean to the east of the Strait of…

  • A prominent pro-reform figure has asked students to spearhead the campaigns for the next parliamentary election in 2016.

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced the recent terrorist attack on a school in Pakistan, expressing Iran’s readiness to take any necessary measures to provide the injured with medical…

  • The head of the Center for Strategic Research of the Expediency Council said Iran is trying to promote unity among Muslims without interfering in the internal affairs of Islamic countries.

  • Hamas and Iran have repaired a close political and military relationship frayed by the Syrian war, Reuters quoted the Palestinian resistance group's deputy leader as saying on Wednesday.

  • The Chinese lead negotiator expressed hope that Beijing’s nuclear proposal would help narrow wide differences in the negotiating positions in the talks between Iran and the major powers and make…

  • The Algerian president said the criminal actions of extremist groups are meant to tarnish the image of Islam.

    In a meeting with Ambassador to Algiers Reza Ameri on late Wednesday, Abdelaziz…

  • Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said  late Wednesday he had "very useful and helpful" nuclear negotiations with the six major powers in Geneva.

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is taking steps to improve trade turnover with Iran despite “foreign pressure”, adding that his country has made great efforts to diversify trade with…

  • Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani will start a regional tour on Sunday which will take him to Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, IRNA reported on Friday.

  • Iraqi Kurdistan plans to strengthen its relationship with Iran, the prime minister of the semi-autonomous region said on Wednesday in an acknowledgement of the deepening ties between Arbil and…

  • Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday Iran has no intention to become an empire in the region, adding that western claims in this regard are part of a wider campaign to spread "Iranophobia…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed hope that Tehran and Ankara would be able to resolve their differing views on the Syrian issue through increased consultations.

    After a…

  • President Hassan Rouhani has expressed sympathy with the families of the victims of Tuesday's deadly attack on a school in Pakistan, saying Tehran is ready to work with Islamabad in the fight…

  • Senior foreign ministry officials from Iran and the major powers held a new round of nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday for the first time since they agreed in November to extend…

  • The spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says the process of manufacturing components for the Arak heavy water reactor is underway.

    "Smaller components of the Arak…

  • President Hassan Rouhani says the Syrian forces' resistance against terrorist groups indicated that it is not possible to overcome the resistance front relying on foreign aid.   

  • Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani met with his Iraqi counterpart Salim Abdullah al-Jabouri, who was accompanied by a high-ranking parliamentary delegation, in Tehran on Tuesday.

    The two officials…

  • The head of Iran-Britain parliamentary friendship group said there is a "positive" attitude toward the reopening of UK Embassy in Iran.

  • The deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs said on late Tuesday that Tehran and Moscow will seriously pursue their common strategy to support Syria and Iraq against terrorists.

  • Former first vice president Mohammad Reza Aref says the reformists' strategy is to encourage people to have an effective participation in the parliamentary election in 2016.  "We will try to…

  • President Hassan Rouhani says the expatriates who work in the private sectors of other countries are a “great asset” that should be tapped to help develop the country.

    The president made…

  • Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Meshaal says the Palestinian resistance movement seeks to strengthen ties with the Islamic Republic. "The movement has never severed its relations with Iran and…

  • Singaporean Ambassador to Tehran Chew Tai Soo says expansion of relations with Iran, which is an important regional country, is high on the Southeast Asian country's foreign policy agenda.