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Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholam Hussein Dehqani said a successful and efficient humanitarian operation in Syria is subject to upholding the principles of "neutrality"…

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said his country wants to improve diplomatic relations with Iran.

Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has voiced concern regarding the increase in activities of the so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan, a group that already has spread death and…

Foreign policy advisor to the Leader Ali Akbar Velayati denounced Bahrain's recent move to strip the most prominent Shia cleric in the Arab country of his citizenship, saying it stunned the world…

Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Jamal said on Tuesday the intelligence cooperation of the anti-terror alliance formed by Tehran, Moscow, Baghdad and Damascus played an important role in…

President Hassan Rouhani said the potential and expertise offered by universities are central components of solutions to the country's problems, chiding his conservative opponents whose prejudiced…

Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri, in a phone conversation with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Wednesday, underlined the responsibility of the two neighbors to help restore peace and…

A senior official at the Interior Ministry said Wednesday regular meetings between the ministry and political parties will resume in the coming weeks.

"The regular meetings with parties…

Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alawi disclosed some details of the recent operations that foiled a series of terrorist attacks across the country and led to the arrest of a number of suspected "…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and the chaotic situation enveloping the Middle East.

Zarif…

A former nuclear negotiator said the US president should avoid losing the momentum generated by the Iran nuclear deal to eliminate longstanding hostility and mistrust with Tehran by using his…

Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi denied media allegations on finding uranium particles at an Iranian military base, describing them as politically tainted.…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lauded Belarus’s stance during the years of sanctions against Tehran, saying Iran takes that approach into account when it comes to deciding its foreign…

Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi listed its priorities in the new parliament.

The Foreign Ministry has denounced a decision by the Bahrain government to strip the citizenship of that country's most senior Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim.

President Hassan Rouhani urged all political groups and factions, including rival conservatives who lost the parliamentary majority to Rouhani's allies in the February elections, to join the…

Poets are valuable assets and treasures of a country and poetry must fulfill obligations as an effective tool in the “soft war” against the political and cultural inroads of the West, said Leader…

A member of the principlist Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom said he believes the majority of reformists and principlists, as the two major political camps, will endorse the candidacy of the…

An advisor to the parliament speaker denied foreign media speculations that Iran has shifted its policy on Syria, reiterating that Tehran's all-out support for President Bashar al-Assad will…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will embark on a tour of France and the Netherlands today to discuss ways to develop relations and review Middle East developments.

Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced that his forces will hold 20 military drills in the current Iranian year that ends in March 2017.

Lawmakers questioned the credibility of a recent joint statement by Riyadh and Washington that accused Iran of destabilizing the region, and described it as part of the propaganda campaign aimed…

Lawmakers pledged an "unforgettable" response to any violation of the nuclear agreement with major powers, after the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said Tehran would "set fire" to the deal if…

A senior reformist reiterated his camp's continued support for President Hassan Rouhani in the next presidential election, dismissing the "propaganda" by rival conservatives that Rouhani does not…

Members of the presiding board of 12 specialized commissions of the new parliament were elected on Sunday.

The internal elections were held in the first meetings of the commissions, whose…