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  • Pope Francis and President Hassan Rouhani held private talks at the Vatican on Tuesday.

    Rouhani's visit to the Holy See marked the first meeting between a pope and an Iranian president…

  • Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi welcomed an invitation by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to visit and said he will make a trip to Iran in the near future.

    Renzi made the statement in…

  • Ambassador in Kuala Lumpur Marzieh Afkham on Tuesday met Pandikar Amin Mulia, speaker of the lower house of the Malaysian Parliament. The envoy said the removal of sanctions against Iran under the…

  • Iran and Tajikistan are in talks to develop cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extremism, officials of the two countries said.

  • A top adviser to the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will pay an official four-day visit to Moscow next week to hold talks with senior Russian officials.

  • The main phase of a massive exercise by the Iranian Navy is to kick off today in the country’s southern waters, stretching over an area from east of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern parts of…

  • Iran and Saudi Arabia should take steps to de-escalate the tension between them, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said on Monday.

  • Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met on the sidelines of the 11th session of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in the Iraqi…

  • Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev extended congratulations to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani over the recent implementation of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, and…

  • Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi hailed Russia's campaign against terrorist groups in the Middle East as "valuable".  "While the US and…

  • Iran intends to rein in tensions and foster cooperation with its northwestern neighbor Turkey, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

    Asked about Tehran’s policy on Istanbul at a regular…

  • Iran is well-positioned to take full advantage of the situation arising after the July 14 nuclear agreement, a deputy foreign minister said.

    The deal, negotiated with P5+1 (the five…

  • Defense relations between Tehran and Beijing will be promoted, head of the Center for Strategic Research of Iran's Expediency Council, Ali Akbar Velayati, announced.

  • A deputy foreign minister took a swipe at Saudi Arabia for its attempts to make room for notorious groups in Syria peace talks, stressing that the terrorists will not be allowed to enter Syria's…

  • Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said Iran is committed to promoting cooperation in the Middle East, especially in the Persian Gulf.

  • President Hassan Rouhani is to visit Italy and France this week to help boost economic ties, in his first European tour since a nuclear deal saw sanctions lifted against the Islamic Republic.

  • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Cabinet may take a decision on the lifting of sanctions on Iran within the next two months. “This will be decided within the Cabinet; we will see,”…

  • Iran will give a “crushing” response to any possible act of aggression against the country, said an Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander.

  • A senior diplomat said that after the removal of nuclear sanctions, Iran will not forget friends that stood by it during the difficult times when Tehran was facing economic sanctions.

  • President Hassan Rouhani stressed the need to tap into the high potential for promoting Iranian-Thai relations.

  • Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei commended the "courageous" move of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps forces in arresting US Marines who trespassed into Iran's…

  • Ambassador in Beirut Mohammad Fathali said Iran will not hesitate to provide military support to the Lebanese Army to help it in the fight against terrorism and extremism. In a Saturday meeting in…

  • A lawmaker said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will attend a parliamentary session in the near future to brief members of parliament on the implementation of the nuclear deal, which began…

  • The Foreign Ministry dismissed as “unacceptable” the statement released by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in a special meeting convened at the request of Saudi Arabia over the Nov. 2…

  • Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tehran on Saturday.

    The strong determination to boost bilateral ties and issues of…