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  • Iran's top diplomat rapped the international community and media for not being mindful of the sufferings of Rohingya Muslims, calling on the United Nations to focus on restoring the basic rights…

  • A deputy foreign minister called on Britain to observe the principle of mutual respect, in protest over recent remarks by London's UN envoy Matthew Rycroft who accused the Islamic Republic of…

  • Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a decree on Thursday, appointed his top advisor Ali Akbar Velayati as new chairman of the board of founders of Islamic Azad…

  • Iran is preparing to inject uranium hexafluoride into a new Iran-made centrifuge machine, known as IR-8, in the near future, the deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Asghar…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran is open to economic relations with the US, despite differences between the two sides.

  • The European Union has informally contacted the incoming Trump administration to clarify “misunderstanding” about the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which he…

  • US president-elect, Donald Trump, should remember the “success” of the nuclear agreement with Iran before making any decisions about its future, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on…

  • President Hassan Rouhani said the cooperation between Iran and its allies on Syria is aimed at restoring democracy to the conflict-ravaged Arab country and its people.

  • Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi met Rosatom's Deputy Director General for International Affairs Nikolai Spassky in Moscow on Tuesday. Kamalvandi and Spassky…

  • A high-ranking official said the US will certainly play no role in overseeing next week's peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana between the Syrian government and opposition groups, although he…

  • Saudi Arabia is to blame for the Middle East's catastrophic situation that has affected all regional countries, a lawmaker said after Riyadh's top diplomat made fresh accusations against Tehran of…

  • Closer relations between Iran and its Persian Gulf Arab neighbors are within reach, if members of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council show a change of attitude toward Iran and rectify their…

  • Should the Iran nuclear deal fall apart, the consequences for the Middle East region would be "unfathomable", according to a new report from the International Crisis Group.

    The report,…

  • Iran responded to an official invitation sent by Saudi Arabia to attend meetings to discuss the resumption of hajj pilgrimage for Iranians, a hajj official announced.

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to travel to Switzerland and Malaysia later this week to attend the World Economic Forum and a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation…

  • The United Nations and European Union have both reiterated their support for the Iran nuclear deal on the first anniversary of the accord’s implementation.

    On Monday, Farhan Haq, the deputy…

  • President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the enormous economic and political gains made from the resolution of the lingering dispute over Iran's nuclear program.

    The president was speaking in a…

  • Syria and Iran signed five memorandums of understanding in Tehran on Tuesday to help improve bilateral relations. The documents cover agriculture, mining, petroleum extraction, animal husbandry…

  • The Iran nuclear agreement is “on life support”, incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said on Sunday, but he would not say whether, in the end, it might survive a Trump…

  • An informed source close to Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed Turkish officials’ claims that Tehran, Moscow and Ankara have reached an agreement to invite the US to the upcoming Astana talks on…

  • Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli warned of the spread of terrorism in the world and said the Islamic Republic is prepared to boost cooperation with European countries, including Poland,…

  • EU foreign affairs head, Federica Mogherini, on Monday insisted the bloc will stand by the Iran nuclear accord, condemned by US president-elect, Donald Trump, during his election campaign, because…

  • Not only the Islamic Republic does not favor the collapse of the Saudi government, but it favors a stop to efforts aimed at toppling the Saudi monarchy, a senior official said

  • A recent decision by outgoing US President Barack Obama to extend a national emergency status against Iran would further fuel Iranians' mistrust of the US government and scupper hopes of a…

  • A year after Iran and six world powers reached a historic nuclear deal, analysts say it is unlikely the incoming administration of Donald Trump will completely dismantle the agreement, which he…