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  • Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission will convene soon to discuss how to respond to new US sanctions over the recent test-firing of a medium-range ballistic missile, a lawmaker…

  • Leader of Islamic Revolution said the threatening language of the new US President Donald Trump toward Iran will be responded by the nation at Friday rallies celebrating the anniversary of the…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he expects US President Donald Trump to try and renegotiate the nuclear accord, indicating “difficult days” ahead.

  • Iran will announce "good news" about a series of its post-JCPOA nuclear achievements in April. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, made the statement during a…

  • Tehran is to receive the final batch of a shipment of 149 tons of natural uranium today, announced the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

    “Concurrent with the execution of…

  • The president of the Supreme National Defense University of Iran questioned the sincerity of new US President Donald Trump’s campaign promises about counter-terrorism, saying that his…

  • Lawmakers outlined Iran's conditions for resuming hajj pilgrimages, after Saudi Arabia signaled it is open to negotiations to convince Iranians to reverse a decision to halt the participation of…

  • The Kremlin said on Monday it did not agree with US President Donald Trump’s assessment of Iran as “the number one terrorist state” and wanted to deepen what it described as already good ties with…

  • A senior Iranian official said any threat to Iraq's security and territorial integrity will affect the entire Middle East, stressing that the Islamic Republic opposes Iraq's partition and any…

  • The Foreign Ministry spokesman is optimistic that Iran, Russia and Turkey can consolidate the current ceasefire in Syria and take steps to restore peace and security to the war-ravaged Arab…

  • A lawmaker denounced a recent US decision to expand a list of medical equipment requiring federal authorization for sale to Iran, slamming it for being "against all humanitarian principles".

  • Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to boost parliamentary relations. The two sides agreed to extend…

  • Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy on Syrian affairs, discussed efforts aimed at putting an end…

  • US House Speaker Paul Ryan said the Iran nuclear deal is likely to stay in place, but supported the new sanctions on Tehran.

    “A lot of that toothpaste is already out of the tube,” Ryan said…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US wrestlers will be granted visas to compete in this month's Freestyle World Cup in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.

  • A member of the Russian Parliament's upper house, Alexei Pushkov, warned of another "unwanted" crisis in the Middle East after the imposition of a new round of sanctions on Iran by the United…

  • Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson underscored the role France, as an elite European Union member, can play in boosting the bloc's ties with Iran, particularly by countering the anti-Iran…

  • Iranian lawmakers are doubtful about a Russian-compiled draft of the new Syrian Constitution, warning it may lay the ground for de facto disintegration of Syria and continued unrest in the Arab…

  • An official with Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, said members of the council's Defense and Security Committee are scheduled to pay an official visit to Iran in early…

  • Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said Tehran is willing to continue its defense cooperation with Moscow.

    “Iran is interested in continuing its partnership with Russia and developing…

  • The Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps launched the main phase of a major military exercise in the north-central Iranian province of Semnan.

    The main stage of the…

  • US Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Saturday he was not considering hiking the number of US forces in the Middle East to address Iran's "misbehavior" at this time, but asserted that the…

  • Instead of tearing up the Iran nuclear deal, the new US administration is exploring how to tighten its enforcement and renegotiate key terms, but it may prove impossible to get other major powers…

  • The Iranian ambassador to Kuwait dismissed as “untrue” media reports, which claimed that the Arab country has imposed a visa ban on five Muslim countries, including Iran.

  • The Expediency Council convened on Saturday for the first time after the demise of the late chairman of the key clerical body, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The council resolves disputes…