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  • The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran defended the nuclear pact reached between Iran and world powers last July, saying he takes responsibility for technical aspects of the deal.

  • Pakistan on Sunday asked its media to avoid linking the arrest of an alleged Indian spy with Iran, days after Tehran warned that it could have "negative implications" on bilateral ties.

  • Ezzatollah Yousefian, a member of the central council of the Majlis principlist faction, said the reopening of Canadian Embassy in Tehran is possible.

    "If the new Canadian government avoids…

  • Iran's missile program is key to its security and will never be negotiable and subject to compromise, a deputy foreign minister said.

  • President Hassan Rouhani congratulated his Niger counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou on his recent reelection as the West African nation's president.

  • The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has busted a terrorist group in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, a senior commander said on Sunday.

  • The navy's 38th flotilla docked at the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, after completing its 75-day mission in international waters. The naval fleet was welcomed in a ceremony…

  • The new Ambassador to Senegal Einollah Qashqavi expressed Tehran's willingness to expand relations with Dakar. In a Friday meeting with Senegalese President Macky Sall, Qashqavi said the Islamic…

  • US President Barack Obama vowed that Washington and its allies will help Iran reap full economic benefits from last year's nuclear deal, an apparent attempt to address Iranian grievances about US…

  • A senior lawmaker said the Majlis will continue to throw its weight behind the policy of developing Iran's missile program as the best way of increasing the country's deterrent power.

  • Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani supported President Hassan Rouhani’s decision to postpone his state visit to Austria due to security reasons.

    “When an inviting country does not consider…

  • The calendar of Iranian diplomats has been marked with various meetings aimed at boosting regional cooperation in the first month of the new Iranian year (started on March 20).

    As the…

  • Bahrain’s foreign minister said on Friday Bahrain and other Persian Gulf Arab states are ready to turn a new page with Iran if it changes its policies.

    “The main step is that Iran must…

  • Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano praised Iran's full commitment to its obligations under the July nuclear deal with major powers.

    The pact went into…

  • Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said there is no obstacle to developing ties between Iran and Pakistan.

  • Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion said his country's severing of diplomatic ties with Tehran back in 2012 "had no positive consequences for anyone."

  • The presidents of Iran and Russia agreed last Monday to step up bilateral contacts, including over the Syrian conflict, in which both countries support Syrian sovereignty.

  • A two-day visit to the Austrian capital Vienna planned by President Hassan Rouhani has been put off to a more appropriate time.

    President Rouhani’s trip to Austria has been postponed to…

  • Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran will continue to support the Palestinian cause against the Israeli regime. The high-ranking diplomat described Israel as the "root cause…

  • US State Department spokesman John Kirby said Iran has so far made good on its side of bargain in a nuclear agreement it reached with world powers. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Kirby…

  • In a message issued on the first day of the new Iranian year on March 20, the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei named it the year of “Resistance Economy: Action and…

  • Iran does not need the permission of foreign countries to bolster its defense capabilities, the defense minister said after the US and its allies urged the United Nations to take action over…

  • In a meeting last Sunday with high-ranking executive officials, President Hassan Rouhani said the government will put its full support behind the implementation of Resistance Economy, a set of…

  • The Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tehran has not backed cyber-attacks and it is a frontrunner in efforts to help counter cybercrimes.

    "The Islamic Republic of Iran has never had dangerous…

  • Export Guarantee Fund of Iran and New Zealand Export Credit Office have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in co-insurance, reinsurance, credit assessment, claims prevention and…