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  • A lawmaker said Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission will investigate the disclosure of a confidential document on Iran's long-term nuclear plans by the International Atomic…

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  • Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi regretted the fact that a single voice is not heard from various US departments on the enforcement of last year's nuclear deal and resumption of…

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  • Iran's envoy to Azerbaijan said President Hassan Rouhani's trip to the northern neighbor early next month can help further promote bilateral ties and wide-ranging mutual cooperation.

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  • A number of commandos of the Iranian Armed Forces and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps are in Russia to participate in the upcoming International Army Games 2016. Seven military teams from the…

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  • It is necessary for the Bahraini government to respect the dignity of the opposition’s religious figures and halt the crackdown on people to ensure a political approach for addressing the…

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  • The Interior Ministry’s spokesperson announced on Wednesday that the next presidential election will be held on May 19.

    Salman Samani also told IRNA on Wednesday that the Guardians Council…

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  • Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday dismissed recent claims made by the US about the presence of members of the Al-Qaeda militant group in Iran, stressing that the Islamic Republic has always…

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  • Defense Minister Lieutenant General Hossein Dehqan said the Islamic Republic will not allow any country to decide about its missile program.

    "Iran's missile program has nothing to do with…

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  • A senior diplomat said the approval of Iran's application to join the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will prepare the ground for…

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said projects by the Israeli and Saudi Arabian regimes to portray Iran as a threat to the world have fallen flat over the past few years.

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  • Two senior officials criticized the US for deliberately interfering with the implementation of the nuclear deal, which has failed so far to deliver the Iranians the promised dividends.

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  • More than 300 Iranian prisoners will be extradited from Turkmenistan to serve the remainder of their sentences at home, ambassador in Ashgabat announced. Speaking in the northern city of Gorgan,…

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  • Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli and Pakistani Prime Minister’s Advisor for Security Affairs Nasir Khan Janjua called for expansion of security relations between the two countries,…

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  • Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed to the request by Iran for joining the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.

    The agreement was reached…

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  • A senior military commander said the Iranian Army will stage 20 military maneuvers by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2017).

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  • A nuclear official called on the UN nuclear Agency to revise its mechanism for safeguarding national secrets that member states share with it, after the leak of a confidential document on Iran's…

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  • A senior Iranian official said expansion of security collaboration between Iran and Pakistan is necessary to deal with the spread of terrorism triggered by the chaotic conditions in West Asia,…

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  • The newly-appointed director general for international affairs in the parliament highlighted the principled policy of Iran and Russia to continue supporting Syria and maintain cooperation in the…

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  • Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani condemned the recent deadly bombing in Afghanistan, saying terrorist attacks are being carried out in the troubled Asian country to create rifts among the people.…

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  • Judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei confirmed reports about the recent detention of an Iranian-American national in northern Iran. “Reports on the detention of an Iranian-American dual…

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Nigeria on Monday, as the first destination of his six-day tour of West Africa.

    Heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, Zarif…

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  • Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Qasemi, condemned the Sunday terror attack in a Shia district in northern Baghdad. A bomber detonated his explosives near a security checkpoint at one of the…

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  • A senior diplomat said there is no connection whatsoever between the Munich shooting rampage, reportedly carried out by a German teen of Iranian descent, and the community of Iranian expatriates…

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  • The Turkish ambassador to Iran said Tehran's early support for the Turkish government against the recent coup attempt is "highly valuable" for Ankara.

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday hailed ties between Tehran and Islamabad as good and cordial. In a meeting with Pakistan’s new ambassador in Tehran, Zarif hoped that relations…

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