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  • Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour underlined the need for increasing cooperation between Tehran and Moscow as well as other regional countries to deal with…

  • Iran condemned a decision by the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council to blacklist Lebanon's Hezbollah, saying the resistance movement is a "potent symbol" of struggles against terror and Israeli…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to set off on an Asia-Pacific tour on Saturday, geared to make the most out of the potentials emerging after the removal of international sanctions on Iran…

  • A senior lawmaker said the second round of Majlis elections, due to be held in April, can be held electronically if legal preparations are made soon.

    In an interview with ICANA on Friday,…

  • A high-ranking political and economic Turkish delegation led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was due to leave Ankara for Tehran on Friday for a two-day visit.  

  • Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei issued a message to express his condolences over the demise of senior cleric Ayatollah Abbas Vaez-Tabasi.

  • President Hassan Rouhani is to hold a press conference on Sunday after the Feb. 26 parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections to answer questions about domestic issues and regional and…

  • Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang leading a high-level delegation is scheduled to pay an official visit to Iran later this month with the aim of helping promote bilateral relations in the wake…

  • Iran’s deputy representative to the United Nations said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, provides a good opportunity to bring about…

  • An Iranian Navy fleet has docked at Tanzania’s Port city of Dar es Salaam in line with the Islamic Republic’s strategy of expanding its naval presence in the high seas. The flotilla, comprising of…

  • Iran's top human rights official censured the "hypocritical" approach pursued by the self-styled advocates of human rights in the world.  

  • Conservatives need to move away from their aggressive approach which cost them their long-time, absolute dominance over the Parliament and an influential clerical body in last Friday's elections,…

  • Head of the Election Headquarters Mohammad Hossein Moqimi said the fate of 69 vacant parliamentary seats is to be decided in the April runoff, in which 138 contenders will contest.

  • Australia followed major world powers by lifting sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, after confirmation from the United Nations that Tehran had taken steps required to curb its nuclear program.

  • A senior official said to prevent malicious elements from infecting the world with the scourge of terrorism and harm global trade, devising a comprehensive plan is of top importance.

  • President Hassan Rouhani, in a message to his Bulgarian counterpart on Wednesday, extended congratulations to Rosen Plevneliev and the nation on the occasion of Bulgaria's National Day on March 3…

  • Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian welcomed the recent ceasefire between the warring parties in Syria and expressed optimism over developments in the Arab country.

  • Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei revealed on Tuesday that an agent from the US Central Intelligence Agency made a trip to Iran a few months ago and visited several universities as part…

  • Terrorists who were killed on Sunday after crossing Iran’s western borders were planning to strike the capital Tehran after the Friday elections, a provincial authority said on Monday.

  • A senior South Korean official said the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has paved the way for cultivation of Iran-South Korea relations that are of major importance for…

  • European Union foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said Iran's neighbors will benefit from the "win-win" nuclear agreement reached between the Islamic Republic and six global powers last…

  • The Romanian foreign minister said the European country, in view of its strategic location, is ready to be a transit point for Iranian exports to Europe.

    In a meeting with Iran’s President…

  • President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday again called on the huge auto manufacturing industry to wake up from their long slumber and improve their quality, if they want to remain in the increasingly…

  •  A senior Iranian official cast doubt over the US support for a Syria ceasefire recently agreed by major powers, and stressed that the Arab country's nation is the one that can decide their…

  • The 19th meeting of the Assembly of Experts is scheduled to be held in Tehran on March 8-9, secretariat of the clerical body announced on Tuesday. New members of the assembly, which have the…