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  • Iran is willing to strengthen ties with European states, especially Germany, and officials should make right decisions to help remove obstacles in the way of improved relations, Ayatollah Akbar…

  • The ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency says Tehran has decided to implement the Additional Protocol to its safeguards agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog as a confidence-…

  • Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei late Sunday visited the family of the late Lieutenant General Hossein Hamadani to express sympathy with and offer condolences to them…

  • Chairman of the German Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Norbert Rottgen says adopting the policy of seeking a “win-win” solution to the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program by the Islamic…

  • Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian and European Union Deputy Secretary General for the External Action Service Helga Schmid held talks on the Syria…

  • The Foreign Ministry welcomes recent remarks by Kuwait's Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khalid Al Jarallah that talks with Iran could help resolve regional issues.

  • The Leader of the Islamic Revolution called on officials to “seriously” pursue the last month’s Mina crush incident, which killed hundreds of worshippers in the Hajj pilgrimage.

  • The July 14 nuclear deal came into effect on the so-called Adoption Day on Sunday, 90 days after the passage of a resolution by the United Nations Security Council to endorse the international…

  • An unnamed Pakistani security official claimed that Iranian border guards fired eight mortar shells into Pakistan’s restive Balochistan Province on Saturday.

    The firing incident occurred…

  • The Foreign Ministry denounced a terrorist attack by the so-called Islamic State militant group on a religious center in Saudi Arabia, urging the international community to take action to put an…

  • In spite of all ups and downs in the process of implementing the Islamic Republic's foreign policies after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has always followed the path to promote its "…

  • Leader's advisor Ali Akbar Velayati says there is no other way but regional cooperation to settle Middle East problems.  

  • Saudi Arabia should curb its self-aggrandizement and take into account that nothing exceeds regional security in importance, a senior Iranian diplomat says.

    Former foreign minister Kamal…

  • Enhanced economic cooperation among state parties to the recent Iran nuclear deal could help ensure its durability, the president says.

  • A delegation of high-ranking Iranian military officials will visit Moscow at the end of the month, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

  • Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani met Prime Minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government Nechervan Barzani in Tehran on Sunday, ICANA reported.  The KRG thanked the Islamic Republic for…

  • Ground troops, air defense units and fighter jets of the Armed Forces started a two-day exercise in western and northwestern parts of the country on Sunday.

  • Although opponents of the international nuclear accord between Iran and major powers will not stop attempting to block its implementation, the historic deal is so important that the …

  • The top German diplomat says Iran should prove to be a "responsible" international partner by adopting a cooperative approach in its foreign policy.

    "Iran could act as a responsible…

  • Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam says Iran can help Lebanese groups reach a compromise on the election of a president.  

  • Peaceful coexistence is what Iran has always been trying to create in the region, yet being oblivious to this fact, some regional states are still talking about Iran's "bad intentions," the…

  • The deputy ambassador to the United Nations warns about the threat posed by extremism to women in the Middle East.

  • Collaboration between Iran and Saudi Arabia is necessary to defeat the so-called Islamic State militant group operating in the Middle East, former EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told…

  • Iranian actions, such as a ballistic missile test conducted last week, will not derail the nuclear agreement with Tehran, US President Barack Obama said Friday.

    Iran has violated the UN…

  • Masked gunmen in a sedan opened fire on a gathering of people who were mourning the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) on Friday night in the southwestern city of Safiabad, Khuzestan…