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  • The deputy parliament speaker said the Majlis has confidence in the negotiating team, who represent Iran in the talks with the major powers on a final settlement to the 12-year dispute over Tehran…

  • Over two hundred lawmakers signed a statement on Sunday urging the nuclear negotiators not to allow the United States to use the recently passed bill by the US Senate on a final nuclear deal with…

  • Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos held…

  • The foreign minister said Iran considers trade with African countries, particularly South Africa, a "priority" in its plans to expand its international economic relations.

  • The secretary general of the Iran Zamin Party told IRNA on Saturday that it is "highly likely" that the Parties' House will reopen in the near future. Abolqasem Raoufian said, "The general…

  • The director of the Majlis Research Center told ICANA on Sunday that a delegation from the research center of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea was due to arrive in Tehran on the same…

  • A top adviser to the Iranian president called on Saturday for a more active British foreign policy in the Middle East after Prime Minister David Cameron’s election victory.

  • President Hassan Rouhani criticized Saudi Arabia for its weeks-long military campaign against Yemen, saying Saudi airstrikes have been ordered by "freshmen" as part of their attempts to dominate…

  • The spokesperson for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee announced on Saturday the parliamentarians have drafted a bill that would allow the Majlis to "oversee" a prospective…

  • The Iraqi president rejected claims of Tehran's interference in Iraq's internal affairs by some critics, describing Iran's presence in his country as "timely" and "positive".

  • The caretaker of Iran's Interests Section in the United States said the decision to relocate the diplomatic office in Washington was made in view of its heavy workload so that the mission will be…

  • In a meeting between a visiting delegation of lawmakers led by head of the Iranian group of parliamentary relations with the European Parliament Kazem Jalali and Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean…

  • A senior security official said the Islamic Republic will not be deceived by the West’s plot and its “regional rivalry game.

  • After marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris on Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry hosted counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,…

  • A senior foreign ministry official said the nuclear negotiators face a difficult task to work out the details of a final nuclear accord until the June 30 deadline for reaching a long-term…

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping exchanged views about nuclear talks between Iran and the major powers, among other topics, in a meeting in Moscow on Friday…

  • Former vice president Mohammad Reza Aref said on Saturday "the first priority" of the reformists for the 2016 elections is to make efforts to ensure the highest possible voter turnout, IRNA…

  • An overwhelming majority of House Democrats are lining up in support of President Barack Obama’s negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.

  • Alternatives to a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program are “not very attractive,” a top German diplomat said Thursday, the Associated Press Reported.

    The German ambassador to the US, Peter…

  • The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) is set to dispatch a cargo ship of relief aid to the crisis-hit people in Yemen.

  • A senior diplomat said Iran backs all Iraqi people, including Shiites and Sunnis, in the fight against terrorism. “Tehran strongly supports Iraq in the fight against terrorism,” Press TV quoted…

  • The container ship Maersk Tigris, which had been impounded by the naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) last month in the Strait of Hormuz and diverted to the port city of…

  • The European Parliament plans to dispatch a delegation of MEPs to Tehran in an effort to improve parliamentary relations with Iran.    

  • The US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass a bill giving Congress the right to review, and potentially reject, an international agreement with Iran aimed at resolving the long-running…

  • The foreign ministry dismissed the recent remarks by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir against Iran as "repetitive" and "worthless".