A senior advisor to the foreign minister underlined that Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's endorsement of the decision to revoke the citizenship of senior Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim…
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In a message Sunday President Hassan Rouhani extended congratulations to his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, and his people on the occasion of Independence Day of the eastern…
President Hassan Rouhani says responding to demands of the people can and will be possible only with coordination among the three branches of government, namely the government and parliament.
The Foreign Ministry on Sunday said evidence and documents indicate that the four diplomats abducted in Lebanon in 1982 are alive and held by Israel.
In a statement on the occasion of the…
A reformist politician says "the lamentable record" of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes him incapable of seriously challenging President Hassan Rouhani in the 2017 …
A lawmaker says the United States is itself a major sponsor of rebel groups and terrorists and always is in search of pretexts to undermine the Iranian economy.
Iran’s air defense force plans to stage five large-scale war games in the coming months, in which new missile and radar systems are to be tested, a top commander announced. Commander of…
Spokesman for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Tehran opposes the oft mentioned two-state solution to the Palestinian crisis, as it runs counter to the democratic…
The Navy successfully thwarted a major pirate attack on an Iranian vessel in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
A senior naval commander dismissed claims that the US Navy had shot down an Iranian civilian plane in July 1988 as a result of a mistaken identity or system malfunctioning.
The Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will not coordinate Middle East issues with the United States.
President Hassan Rouhani says mobilizing efforts to clinch the landmark nuclear deal with major powers was the easiest and quickest way to promote the interests of the country.
Lawmakers say the judiciary's transparency in trying the attackers on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran will ease public concerns and produce deterring effects.
The statements were made soon…
Turkish National Assembly Speaker Ismail Kahraman underlined the need for expansion of Ankara-Tehran relations, especially between the two parliaments.
“I hope Turkey and Iran will expand…
Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said members of the parliamentary panel plan to visit Syria after the fasting month of Ramadan, which…
United Nations Security Council President Koro Bessho announced on Saturday the council would hear a briefing on the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's report concerning implementation of the…
Head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps intelligence unit Hossein Ta’eb said several terror plots aimed at undermining the turnout in Friday’s Quds Day rallies were foiled by the organization…
Iran’s top human rights official censured western countries for adopting double standards toward human rights, saying they are abusing the issue as a “tactic” to achieve their covert political…
Speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament will pay an official visit to Iran to discuss avenues for strengthening relations. Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Ivanovna…
Syria closely coordinates its military operations against the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front terror groups with Russia and Iran, President Bashar al-Assad told the Australian broadcaster SBS in…
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has called for Iran's closer interaction with the Eurasian Economic Union, which could benefit the region.
"Russia wants Iran to have vast trade-economic…
Turkey has made "strategic errors of judgment" in the region in recent years that resulted from miscalculations, a lawmaker said Saturday.
Ambassador in Seoul Hassan Taherian rejected a report Friday by South Korea's new agency, Yonhap, on Tehran's compliance with a recent UN Security Council resolution on North Korea.
Iran's relief from international sanctions under last year's nuclear deal has offered it a rare opportunity for economic recovery and more active engagement with the world, the US State Department…
Leader of Islamic Revolution instructed all state bodies to cooperate with the government in its campaign against income inequality, an issue that came into the spotlight after recent revelations…
