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  • Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman reiterated the Islamic Republic's support for the Iraqi government in its fight against terrorism amid an offensive to drive out the self-styled Islamic State…

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  • A motion for impeachment of Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani was introduced in parliament on Tuesday, in the second attempt to remove him from office and the first challenge for the incumbent…

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  • The top Tunisian diplomat said Iran is an important country and the two nations share a long history of relations. Speaking at a press conference in Kuwait on Monday, Tunisian Minister of Foreign…

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  • Iranian Border Guards Commander Lieutenant General Qasem Rezaei and his Iraqi counterpart, Brigadier General Hamed Abdullah Ebrahim, in a meeting in Baghdad on Monday underlined the need for…

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talked to top Dutch and other European diplomats by phone to coordinate efforts for resolving a crisis that has gripped Syria for more than five years.

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  • Iran’s Air Force started a three-day, large-scale military drills in the central province of Isfahan, demonstrating the aviation branch of the Armed Forces’ capabilities in defending the country’s…

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  • Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Lieutenant General Farzad Esmaeili underlined that the country's air defense system is so powerful that it can engage and destroy multiple hostile…

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  • Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi and President of China's National Nuclear Corporation Sun Qin in a meeting in Tehran on Monday discussed mutual cooperation.

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  • Iran and the Czech Republic have high potential for expanding economic and commercial ties by implementing the agreements signed by the two states to the benefit of both nations, a deputy…

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  • An Interior Ministry official said a draft bill on the comprehensive election law is under review in the Cabinet's Political and Defense Committee.

    "After its approval, it will be presented…

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  • A nuclear negotiator dismissed as "totally false" recent claims by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who blamed the sluggish pace of the implementation of last year's nuclear deal on Iran's…

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  • President Hassan Rouhani said Iran is willing to take its relations with Ivory Coast to a higher level, as strengthening Africa ties is of high importance in Iran's foreign policy. Rouhani made…

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  • Recent documents released by WikiLeaks show that Israel sought to build a military airbase in Saudi Arabia to launch attacks against Iran.

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  • An Algerian diplomatic source disclosed that his country has proposed that Iran and Saudi Arabia deploy peacekeeping troops from neutral Arab states in Yemen to end the war.

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  • The international Syria talks on Saturday were mainly focused on establishing a ceasefire in the conflict-ridden Arab country, a high-ranking Iranian diplomat said.

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  • A naval flotilla carrying the message of peace and friendship left the northern port city of Bandar Anzali on Sunday for Baku in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Commander of Iran's fourth naval zone…

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  • A senior lawmaker said the US should not make its fulfillment of obligations under the July 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers subject to the settlement of its differences with Iran…

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  • A former nuclear negotiator said US President Barack Obama's recent move to further ease non-nuclear sanctions against Iran signals his willingness to address Tehran's concerns relating to the…

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  • Iran denounced the recent terrorist attacks in Egypt's volatile Sinai Peninsula that left a dozen soldiers dead, voicing alarm over the spread of terrorism to other regions beyond the Middle…

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  • The US administration is bound by the landmark nuclear deal to block attempts by Congress to impose fresh nuclear sanctions against Iran, a nuclear negotiator said.

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  • Benin’s Minister of State for Planning and Development Abdoulaye Bio Tchane, who is in Iran as the special envoy of the African country’s president, met Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew to the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday to join top diplomats from the US, Russia and regional powers for a new round of talks on achieving political…

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  • Iran’s Foreign Ministry denounced Turkey and the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council for their recent anti-Iran statement, calling on them to stop shifting blame on others to cover their failures…

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  • Morocco has appointed an ambassador to Iran in a sign of improved political relations between the two countries after almost seven years of estrangement. In a ceremony in the Moroccan city of…

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  • Iran’s envoy to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons stressed the need for the complete elimination of chemical weapons stockpiles across the world.

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