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  • Iran stands prepared to quickly restore previous levels of nuclear activity in case other parties to the 2015 nuclear deal renege on their commitments, the nuclear chief said.

  • A senior diplomat said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's West African tour has the potential to take Iran's relations with the black continent to a higher level, as the July 2015 nuclear…

  • Islamic Revolution Guards Corps forces have dismantled a group of four counter-revolutionary outlaws close to the Turkish border in West Azarbaijan Province.

    On Thursday, Alireza Madani,…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will start a tour of West African nations on Sunday as part of regular diplomatic travels. In his six-day tour, Zarif is scheduled to visit Nigeria, Ghana,…

  • Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blamed the US administration for keeping anti-Iran sanctions in place though it was supposed to terminate them under last year’s nuclear agreement, saying Americans…

  • Ali Akbar Velayati, an international advisor to the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, called for efforts to strengthen and diversify relations between Iran and Malaysia,…

  • A senior Russian diplomat said it is "fair" for Iran to reproach the West for dragging its feet in fulfilling its part of last year's nuclear deal amid Tehran's complaints that it has not received…

  • A lawmaker said furious anti-Iran remarks by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in recent months stem from his frustration with the kingdom's regional failures.

  • Security forces have arrested 40 members of a terror cell that planned to carry out attacks in the eastern parts of the country, the interior minister said.

    On Thursday, Abdolreza Rahmani…

  • A former Iranian diplomat criticized the support of some European and regional states for certain terrorist groups as a major obstacle to an effective global anti-terror campaign.

  • Chief nuclear envoy, Abbas Araqchi, said the world powers with which Iran concluded a deal last year to curb its atomic program in exchange for sanctions relief had agreed with Tehran on Tuesday…

  • United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed Iran's full commitment to its nuclear deal with major powers.

  • Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati was reelected chairman of the Guardians Council.

    In a Wednesday meeting of the council in Tehran, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh was elected deputy chairman of the council…

  • Mohammad Reza Aref, the top vote-getter in the recent Majlis polls in Tehran constituency, was elected chairman of the parliamentary faction “Hope”. In a meeting of the General Assembly of the…

  • Iran's parliament speaker has urged its atomic energy organization to begin to consider ramping up nuclear enrichment in response to the US measures against last year's nuclear deal.

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Bahrain's crackdown on dissent may have catastrophic results in the region.

    While voicing his alarm over recent developments in Bahrain, Zarif…

  • Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed accusations of interference in the internal affairs of regional countries made by the Arab League's Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.

    Bahram Qasemi, the…

  • Policies adopted by Saudis are not to the benefit of the Muslim community, a top Iranian security official said.  

    Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali…

  • President Hassan Rouhani underlined the important role of city councils as a basic component of governments that promote "religious democracy".

  • The Non-Aligned Movement accused the United Nations Security Council of acting in a "selective" manner in dealing with international affairs.

    Gholamali Khoshroo, Iran's ambassador and…

  • Russia is ready to buy heavy water from Iran to help Tehran meet commitments under the comprehensive nuclear agreement with world powers, Alexey Karpov, Russia's deputy permanent envoy to…

  • The fourth meeting of the Joint Commission of Iran and world powers on Tuesday was expected to discuss obstacles to the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Tehran's nuclear…

  • Iran's Foreign Ministry announced that tensions in Kashmir can only be defused through peaceful means.  

    Calling on the sides involved in the dispute to resolve their differences…

  • President Hassan Rouhani hailed the return of stability and security to Turkey after a coup attempt against the Turkish government failed.

  • Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization sounded a warning that the country’s cyber infrastructure could come under attack, since the hardware that Iran purchases from foreign countries have been…