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  • Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on independent states to develop cooperation despite the disruptive efforts of hegemonic powers.

  • President Hassan Rouhani said Iranian companies are capable of implementing development projects in Macedonia.

    Speaking in a meeting with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki in…

  • The Foreign Ministry spokesman said only an agreement among Middle East states on collective security cooperation will help bring stability and sustainable development to the region.

  • A nuclear negotiator reassured non-US banks that they are safe from the remaining American sanctions to enter into transactions with Iranian businesses, citing recent remarks by the top US…

  • The Uruguayan vice president said Tehran and Montevideo are in discussions aimed at striking agreements in a vast range of domains, from banking to technology.

  • Reformists and moderates plan to focus on the problems of youth and women in the next parliament, which is set to convene in late May, an incoming reformist lawmaker said.

  • A high-ranking parliamentary group from Belgium is scheduled to visit Tehran this week for talks on bilateral ties.

  • Head of the Center for Strategic Research of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati deplored the US decision to seize nearly $2 billion of the Central Bank of Iran’s assets in an American…

  • Macedonian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikola Poposki, was expected to pay an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry said.

    During the visit, Poposki is…

  • President Hassan Rouhani said the long history of economic cooperation between Tehran and Pretoria and their close political ties have enabled the two sides to strike a strong partnership.

  • A lawmaker expressed pessimism about the ability of a recently assigned working group to remove obstacles placed by the remaining US restrictions in the way of sanctions relief.

  • A senior lawmaker said false accusations by the US and its western allies against Tehran’s missile program are aimed at spreading Iranophobia.

    Deputy Chairman of Majlis National Security…

  • It is now 100 days since the Iran nuclear deal or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to lift sanctions against Iran went into effect. During this time, however, obstacles facing the successful…

  • Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari stressed that his forces will take decisive action against any violation of Iran’s territorial waters, without any exception.

  • Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said Tehran has offered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s family residency in Iran, but he refused arguing his family is no different from other Syrian…

  • Uruguay's Vice President Raul Sendic Rodriguez was due to arrive in Tehran on Sunday at the head of a delegation for talks with Iranian officials on ways to strengthen trade and economic…

  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to pay an official visit to Iran in May for talks on bilateral ties. According to a report carried by the Economic Times on Friday, Modi will visit…

  • The parties to last year's nuclear deal have agreed to set up a working group tasked with addressing all obstacles to the removal of sanctions, a nuclear negotiator said.

  • The Irish Parliament's speaker underlined that his country is ready to boost wide-ranging ties with Iran. "There is a need for expansion of mutual cooperation between Dublin and Tehran," Sean O…

  • Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Mohammad Javad Larijani and German Ambassador in Tehran Michael Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg discussed cooperation in the field of human rights…

  • President Hassan Rouhani said environmental issues have topped the government's agenda since it took office in 2013.

  • The United States is not opposed to foreign banks doing business with Iran in line with the terms of last year's historic nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, US Secretary of State John…

  • The top winner of the February parliamentary polls in the capital Tehran said he hopes the next parliament will help people enjoy the benefits of the July 15 nuclear deal.

    Mohammad Reza…

  • The United States will buy heavy water from Iran's nuclear program and expects it to be delivered within weeks, US officials said on Friday, a move that Republican lawmakers quickly criticized.…

  • Iran will attend the fifth foreign ministerial meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in the Chinese capital Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday.…