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May 18, 2019 18:49
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April 10,2019Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will soon make a maiden visit to Tehran, which observers see as part of Pakistan’s efforts to maintain a delicate balance in its ties with Iran and Saudi Arabia... -
April 09,2019Veteran diplomat Majid Takht-Ravanchi has been appointed as Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, the Foreign Ministry announced. -
April 09,2019Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the United States’ hostile measures against the country’s military forces will be fruitless and backfire. “The Americans think they... -
April 09,2019US sanctions have failed to hamper Iran’s progress in the field of nuclear technology, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, pledging that the country will not change course under foreign... -
April 08,2019Beijing is seeking to cooperate with the European Union on a range of issues from the Iran nuclear deal to climate change and trade, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wrote in a German newspaper ahead of... -
February 19,2019Top-level Iranian delegates, who arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, held meetings with senior Chinese officials to discuss ways of strengthening their strategic partnership. In a meeting with China’... -
April 08,2019Iran’s Supreme National Security Council placed the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for the Middle East and Central Asia, on Iran’s list of terrorist groups in... -
April 07,2019A senior Iranian official on Sunday said the position adopted by the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Iran’s regional role and its defense program is “unrealistic” and “incorrect”. -
April 07,2019Officials in the White House have announced plans to intensify sanctions on Tehran in the coming weeks, but that would not produce their desired result and could even be counterproductive, a... -
April 07,2019Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has called for closer cooperation between parliaments to cope with the challenges of an increasingly interlinked world. Larijani traveled to Doha, Qatar, on... -
April 06,2019The port deal signed recently between Oman and the United States is more aimed at limiting China’s influence in the Middle East, say two political analysts who believe that the new development does... -
April 06,2019Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the US presence in the Middle East is harmful to the interests of the people in the region, so the Iraqi government needs to compel... -
April 06,2019Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani showed strong determination to implement the joint projects agreed by the two countries during recent mutual visits after... -
April 06,2019Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani arrived in Qatar on Saturday to participate in a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. -
April 05,2019Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi is to make his first official visit to Iran on Saturday, a member of his office said. -
April 05,2019Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has named the new Iranian year, which began on March 21, the year of "Boosting Production" to help shore up Iran's sanctions-hit economy... -
April 05,2019In a decree on Thursday, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Hojjatoleslam Sheikh Ahmad Marvi as the new custodian of Astan Quds Razavi, a charitable organization... -
March 18,2019Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif on Monday briefed senior clerics in the holy city of Qom on current developments and the achievements of President Hassan Rouhani’s first trip to neighboring... -
March 18,2019Iran’s trade with the European Union through the special purpose vehicle, which is aimed at bypassing American sanctions, should not be restricted to the three founders of the mechanism and must be... -
March 18,2019Iranian leaders should pursue deeper economic ties with neighboring countries, particularly Iraq, instead of obsessing over a European trade vehicle conceived as a way to avert US sanctions against... -
March 17,2019Iran will make all-out efforts to help Afghanistan achieve peace and unity, deputy foreign minister for political affairs said on Saturday. Abbas Araqchi made the statement in a meeting with... -
March 16,2019Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif strongly condemned the Friday terrorist attacks on New Zealand mosques, calling for appropriate reaction to the “horrific crime” by Muslim countries.
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March 16,2019Iran should pursue a long-term policy of détente with the world, depoliticize its economy, avoid over-reliance on Russia and China if it wants to safeguard its national interests and diversify from... -
March 16,2019The United States’ actions aimed at preventing the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal are a source of concern for all parties to the agreement, a senior Russian diplomat said. -
March 16,2019Iran is prepared to mediate between Armenia and Azerbaijan to help resolve a long-running dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh with full respect for the territorial integrity of the two states, says...
