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  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli in a Tuesday meeting in Damascus condemned moves by certain sides aimed at impeding the ongoing talks to…

  • Senior Iranian and Russian diplomats exchanged views about the effects of severance of relations between the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia on the ongoing crisis in Syria.

  • US President Barack Obama is coming under pressure from his own party to advance new penalties in response to Iran's recent ballistic missile tests even as a landmark nuclear deal, which would…

  • US sailors aboard two US Navy patrol boats seized by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' naval forces on Thursday for violating Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf were released after…

  • Parliamentary officials declared on Wednesday that sanctions against Iran will be removed in a couple of days as agreed with major powers under last year's nuclear deal.

    Iran is entitled to…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi discussed bilateral relations and regional developments.

    Meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, they talked about…

  • German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will travel to Iran in the near future. "The exact date of the trip has not been set yet, but consultations between the two countries' officials are…

  • In a meeting with North Korean Ambassador Kang Sam-hyon, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hossein Jaber Ansari stressed Iran's "principled policy" that producing, stockpiling and using weapons of…

  • The administration of the US President Barack Obama pledged to veto a bill under consideration in Congress aimed at undermining the July 14 nuclear agreement between Iran and major powers.

  • Iran will withdraw its lawsuit against Russia for the non-delivery of S-300 air defense systems and has already made a prepayment for their deliveries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin…

  • A senior official said the enemies of Syrian nation, who supported terrorist groups fighting the Syrian Army through the past five years to change the system, have lost their hope of achieving…

  • US State Department spokesman John Kirby said Iran has so far made good on its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the July nuclear deal is formally known, noting that the…

  • The next parliament needs to focus primarily on plans to help revive the domestic economy, a former vice president said.

    "Creating an economic boom should be the main concern for the…

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saudi Arabia's spat with Iran could hinder the battle against terrorism as well as efforts to settle the Syrian crisis.

  • Iran is taking final steps to comply with one of the key terms of the nuclear deal, namely the removal of the core of the Arak heavy water reactor, the spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization…

  • The Iranian Parliament has introduced a bill to confront governments and organizations that support terrorism.

    In an open session of Majlis on Tuesday, a motion proposed by 53 lawmakers…

  • A Kuwaiti court sentenced two men accused of spying for Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah to death on Tuesday. The case also included the possession of weapons. One of the men given the death penalty…

  • The Iranian Navy’s 37th fleet docked at the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday, 38 days after it started its overseas mission in international waters.

  • Iran and six world powers wrapped up expert-level talks in Geneva on Sunday after they studied ways of implementing a landmark deal on Tehran’s nuclear program. During the two-day meeting, the two…

  • Mohammad Reza Bahonar, head of the Assembly of Followers of the Line of Imam and Leader, hoped on Sunday that principlists would be able to forge "unity" ahead of the Feb. 26 parliamentary…

  • In response to recent anti-Iran measures by the US Congress, lawmakers have presented a bill to the Majlis Presiding Board urging the government to seek restitution from the US government for its…

  • Iran welcomes any move by the newly elected Canadian government to normalize diplomatic relations, the Foreign Ministry's spokesperson said.

    "It was not Iran that cut bilateral ties and it…

  • A Chinese envoy who visited Saudi Arabia and Iran over the past week has called for both countries to exercise calm and increase dialogue amid an ongoing feud between the two countries, in a rare…

  • A senior Iranian official said promoting security and stability in the Middle East would help Europe get rid of problems like terrorist threats and refugee crisis.

    Secretary of Supreme…

  • The European Union has no firm timeframe for lifting sanctions on Iran and the move could come soon, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said on Monday.