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  • Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, was to attend a meeting of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on Tuesday to brief the lawmakers on the…

  • Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday the opportunities arising from the recent nuclear settlement with major powers should be seized to advance national interests, IRNA reported.

  • Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar told the press Monday the nuclear issue is a "national security" matter and should not be used in campaigns for the Feb. 2016 parliamentary poll to…

  • Iran's ambassador to France told IRNA on Monday French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius' visit to Tehran on Wednesday will open "a new chapter" in the relationship between the two countries. …

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Bagdad on Monday, on the last leg of a two-day regional tour, to discuss relations and regional issues.

    He was to confer with Iraqi President…

  • President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday the Iranian nation wants moderation, fraternity, stability, security and peace.

    Occupying foreign territories and interfering in the internal…

  • The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the implementation of the recently signed nuclear deal with major powers will not be subject to full settlement of issues with the…

  • A US centrist Democratic senator said on Sunday he is leaning toward supporting the Iranian nuclear deal because the alternative would be war.

  • The Obama administration is launching a counterattack against Republican arguments that so-called "side deals" between Iran and international nuclear inspectors represent a good reason to oppose…

  • A Foreign Ministry official said Bahrain makes “repetitive” and “baseless” accusations against Iran about creating tension in the region. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham made the…

  • A senior nuclear negotiator said the International Atomic Energy Agency wrongly calls the past issues regarding Tehran’s nuclear activities the possible military dimensions of Iran’s program.…

  • The advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on international affairs underlined the need for expansion of “wide-ranging” and “long-term” relations between Tehran and Moscow, stressing that…

  • A senior negotiator said the issue of access to military facilities for inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency has been resolved.

  • A Lebanese presidential candidate sees good prospects for Tehran-Beirut relations in view of the recently struck nuclear agreement between Iran and major powers.

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lamented that some officials of regional countries still make remarks that go against the principle of good neighborliness despite the deal reached between…

  • A new domestically manufactured radar system will become operational soon, the commander of the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base told journalists on Sunday, ISNA reported.

  • Expressing support for the campaign against terrorism, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson noted that it should not involve violation of countries' "national sovereignty".

    Marzieh Afkham told…

  • Iran will not abandon Lebanon's Hezbollah movement after reaching a nuclear deal with world powers, the resistance group's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Saturday.

  • Negotiations on the delivery of a more modernized Russian air defense system than the S-300 to Iran are close to a successful conclusion, a source in the Iranian Defense Ministry told Sputnik on…

  • The chairman of the Expediency Council called on the domestic critics of the nuclear agreement to revise their approach and contribute to efforts aimed at promoting peace, hope, harmony and unity…

  • The nuclear deal with major powers struck on July 14 to end a 12-year dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program demonstrated Iran’s capability to use logic to settle its issues.

    “By concluding…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif started a two-day regional tour to Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq on Sunday to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues with leaders of the Arab states.  

  • Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said lawmakers do not need to be concerned over the examination of the nuclear deal with the P5+1 because the settlement will be scrutinized under the supervision of…

  • A senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said on Sunday the United States is unable to carry out its military threats against Iran, IRNA reported.  "Due to its weakness in the area of…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was scheduled to start a regional tour today, which will take him to Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq, according to a Foreign Ministry press release.  The…