Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan says the recently test-fired precision-guided long-range Emad missile is a conventional weapon.“We consider defense as our inalienable and recognized right, and…
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The registration of clerical candidates for the election of the Assembly of Experts started nationwide on Thursday, while registration for the parliamentary polls is to open today.
Mohammad…
The United States appears poised to lift sanctions against Iran possibly as early as January.
Secretary of State John Kerry said in a letter on Wednesday to the Senate Foreign Relations…
Iran, the US and China have set up a task force for modernization of a heavy water reactor that Tehran has undertaken to redesign under a July nuclear deal with world powers, Iran’s nuclear chief…
The election of Lebanon’s next president falls only within the purview of the Lebanese and any foreign interference in the Arab country’s domestic affairs is unhelpful, Iran’s ambassador in Beirut…
A senior lawmaker said Iran has always been looking for reasonable relations with European countries based on mutual respect.
Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy…
President Hassan Rouhani has called for the establishment of a fact-finding committee in Nigeria to investigate the recent military crackdown on the Shia Muslim community in the African country.…
A team of sanctions monitors claimed Iran violated a UN Security Council resolution in October by test-firing a missile allegedly capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.
Iran says its…
Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Majid Takht- Ravanchi has visited the Czech Republic and Slovenia to discuss bilateral ties and Middle East issues.
In his first…
President Hassan Rouhani said the closure of Iran's past nuclear case having cleared the path for the implementation of the nuclear deal, it is time to turn to economy.
"We should prepare…
Reformists will hold an annual congress in Tehran on December 24. An unnamed member of the Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front also said on Wednesday the Assembly of the Forces of Imam's…
Former Majlis speaker Gholamali Haddad-Adel has been elected spokesman of the Council for Principlists' Coalition, Secretary-General of the Combatant Clergy Association Ayatollah Mohammad Ali…
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors on Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt a resolution to close the agency’s investigation into the possible military dimensions of Iran’s…
Russia will continue deliveries of S-300 air defense systems to Iran through 2016, Vladimir Kozhin, Russian presidential aide on military-technical cooperation, said on Monday.
“Iran is…
Transportation of over 8.5 tons of Iranian enriched uranium to Russia is planned to be completed by the end of the year, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri is to leave Tehran for Algiers today on a two-day official visit. Jahangiri is scheduled to meet Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Prime Minister…
A delegation from the Scottish Parliament is scheduled to visit Iran on December 19. Led by the Scottish National Party's foreign affairs spokesman, Alex Salmond, the delegation will stay in Iran…
Reformists are hopeful that the composition of the current conservative-dominated parliament will alter in the upcoming election so the new legislature will stand by the government rather than…
Ambassador to France Ali Ahani said consultations are being held to arrange an appropriate date for the upcoming visit of President Hassan Rouhani to France.
Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli called the United Nations to promote programs against illicit drugs, which have the potential for curbing drug trafficking.
The Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned Nigeria's charge d'affaires to protest against the recent deadly attacks by the African country's government troops against the Shia Muslim community in the…
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari and a delegation from the General Staff Department of the People’s Liberation Army of China discussed plans for boosting maritime cooperation,…
A group of legislators is scheduled to visit two nuclear facilities next week, a lawmaker said on Sunday.
Ebrahim Aqamohammadi, a member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy…
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said the successful implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the nuclear deal reached between Iran and world major powers last…
A Foreign Ministry official denied western media claims that Iran has differences with Russia over Syria.
"There is no disagreement between Iran and Russia regarding Syria," Deputy Foreign…
