A senior official said Tehran and Moscow enjoy long-term, strategic relations whose growing trend cannot be reversed.
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An unnamed official with the Foreign Ministry dismissed as "propaganda" recent allegations by Human Rights Watchdog that Iran has recruited thousands of Afghans, some by coercion, to fight in…
The US House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation on Tuesday that would restrict President Barack Obama's ability to lift sanctions under the international nuclear deal with Iran,…
President Hassan Rouhani reiterated the importance of the nation's role in empowering competent people to represent them in parliament by casting their ballots in the February 26 elections, saying…
Iran and Belarus on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding for a three-year cooperation between the two countries’ foreign ministries. Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Valentin Rybakov, who…
Britain’s Chatham House think tank said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to deliver a speech at a meeting organized by the independent institute in London on February 4…
The Executives of Construction Party intends to join the Reformist Policymaking Council's list of candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Gholamhossein Karbaschi, secretary-general of…
Iran's international reputation has been boosted following the implementation of the nuclear accord with world powers, said lawmaker Ali Motahhari on Monday.
Motahhari commended President…
A top advisor to the Leader of Islamic Revolution on international affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, and Russia's Special Envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev conferred on latest developments in the…
The reformist camp intends to release a comprehensive list of candidates representing all constituencies in this month's parliamentary elections, a senior member of the faction said.
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A prominent principlist figure said the list of nominees of the Principlist Coalition for the upcoming parliamentary elections will be released on Feb. 5.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is scheduled to pay an official visit to Tehran in the coming days in the wake of the termination of anti-Iran sanctions. The Greek premier will travel to…
A senior diplomat said the Islamic Republic supports consensus among all Lebanese political groups in the upcoming presidential election in the Arab country.
Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran should reconcile and help resolve tensions in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
The government spokesman voiced Tehran’s preparedness to promote ties with neighboring countries, expressing hope that certain “unjustified” concerns about Iran would be relieved. “We wish to…
An adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is in Moscow to hold talks with senior Russian officials.
Ali Akbar Velayati, the adviser to the Leader on…
No US court is in a position to nullify the nuclear accord between Iran and the world powers, said the chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on Sunday.
Deputy foreign ministers of Iran and the Philippines discussed a range of consular issues at a two-day meeting in Tehran. The Sixth Iran-Philippines Consular Consultation Meeting was held on…
A senior diplomat deplored a recent statement by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation as "unbalanced", calling on the organization to act correctly and deal with the real challenges facing the…
President Hassan Rouhani said the three branches of the government should join hands to prepare the ground for using the new opportunities arising from the implementation of the Joint…
Ten-Day Dawn celebrations, marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, began on Monday.
A high-profile ceremony was held at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport, in which…
A senior diplomat cautioned the UN over terrorists trying to take advantage of Syria peace talks underway in Switzerland.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei issued a message on Sunday extending condolences on the demise of Major General Mohammad Salimi. Salimi, a…
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari, in a statement on Sunday, condemned deadly bomb attacks near a holy shrine in the Syrian capital Damascus. Ansari noted that foreign-sponsored…
Naval forces staged a maritime parade in the Sea of Oman, marking the end of large-scale naval drills in the country’s southern waters where they successfully destroyed hypothetical enemy targets…
