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  • Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with top Nigerien officials, including Prime Minister Brigi Rafini and President Mahamadou Issoufou, about a range of issues,…

  • Iran rejected a recent report by a UN rights rapporteur, saying it has failed to take into account US sanctions on Tehran and thousands of victims of terrorist attacks in the Islamic Republic.…

  • A lawmaker said the idea that each community could hold a referendum to form a separate state runs counter to principles of democracy.

  • Neutral Switzerland’s embassies in Riyadh and Tehran have signed agreements to represent Iranian interests in Saudi Arabia and Saudi interests in Iran, the Swiss government said on Wednesday.

  • The UN nuclear chief, Yukiya Amano, will fly to Tehran on Saturday for talks over how to advance the two sides' cooperation on the implementation of Iran's two-year-old nuclear pact with major…

  • High-ranking Iranian and Azeri military officials have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two neighboring countries in the defense sector.

    The first meeting of Iran-…

  • Iran sentenced to death an individual found guilty of cooperating with Israel’s Mossad spy agency and providing information to it, Tehran’s Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said.

  • Lawmakers dismissed as unacceptable the provisions of a US Congress anti-Iran bill, still in the making, to toughen restrictions placed on Tehran's nuclear program under the 2015 nuclear accord…

  • As a new round of Syria peace talks will be held in the Kazakh city of Astana later this month, ranking diplomats from Iran and Russia held a meeting to discuss the latest developments in Syria…

  • The ambassador to Britain said the vast international support behind the 2015 nuclear deal makes it too costly for the US administration to dismantle.

  • The Leader of Islamic Revolution reiterated Iran's stance that its defensive capabilities are non-negotiable, saying Tehran will hold its ground against pressures by adversaries to undermine "…

  • Former US secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, on Monday said he is concerned that countries will not trust the word of the United States following President Donald Trump's announcement he would…

  • Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Es’haq Al-Habib said Iran’s missile program is not open for negotiation and will continue with strength and according to the Islamic Republic’s national…

  • Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi defended the role of Iran-backed militias at a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Baghdad on Monday.

    Tillerson arrived on Monday…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with South African President Jacob Zuma in the African state's administrative capital Pretoria. At the meeting on Monday, the two sides discussed…

  • A lawmaker said last week's visit by a Hamas delegation to Tehran indicates that the resistance group is trying to correct its previous regional stances which were at odds with those of Iran.…

  • A lawmaker welcomed a move by his Russian counterparts to rally western legislatures behind the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which is facing a serious threat from US President Donald Trump.

  • A lawmaker said the planned visit of the US treasury secretary to the region is aimed at forming a regional front against Tehran to create further snags for hindering Iran's economic activities…

  • British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Monday backed US President Donald Trump’s approach to the North Korean crisis, but urged him to stick to the Iran nuclear deal.

  • President Hassan Rouhani ruled out any negotiations with the West to curb its missile program, arguing that Iran is complying with its Constitution that calls for the development of military…

  • Iran called on the US administration to abandon its hostile stance aimed at limiting Tehran's regional counter-terrorism role, in response to a US demand to withdraw from the Iraqi war against…

  • President Hassan Rouhani offered his congratulations to the Hungarian people and government on the anniversary of the Central European country's revolution in 1956.

  • An expert on Russian politics believes Moscow will maintain its successful partnership with Tehran on Syria, although the lingering conflict in the war-stricken Arab country is slowly heading…

  • Sanctions imposed unilaterally against Iran over its missile development activity will not affect it significantly as they fail to win the UN support, a lawmaker said, referring to an upcoming…

  • A senior Hamas official said choosing Iran as the first destination for a trip by the resistance group's high-ranking delegation after the recent reconciliation agreement between Palestinian…