The newly appointed UN ambassador is set to receive a US visa so he can take up that key post, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday, likely removing a major strain on Tehran's tense relations with…
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Former diplomat Hossein Mousavian thinks a big reason Iran has not struck a deal with the six major powers over its nuclear program boils down to a lack of understanding between Tehran and…
A Romanian official said Bucharest backs any agreement between Iran and the six major powers over Tehran's nuclear program.
In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani for receiving a confirmation vote from Afghanistan's National…
President Hassan Rouhani's special envoy conferred with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ministers of energy and foreign affairs.
A senior nuclear negotiator said the Istanbul talks with France, Germany and Britain on Iran's nuclear program were "promising", but more work was needed to narrow differences to help settle the…
Former first vice president Mohammad Reza Aref urged the reformists to stand united to be able to win the majority of seats in the next parliament.
The spokesperson for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee told ICANA on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputies are scheduled to attend a meeting…
Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian was scheduled to attend the 24th summit of heads of state and government of the African Union, which started in the…
In a meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama and Saudi King Salman held talks about Iran, among other topics.
In a meeting in Dublin on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi and his Irish counterpart Berry Robinson explored ways of increasing mutual ties and exchanged views on the latest…
Seasoned diplomat Gholamali Khoshroo was appointed as Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.
Khoshroo’s appointment came after the United States refused…
France, Germany and Britain will hold talks Thursday with Iran in Istanbul, the European Union said, as part of efforts to end a 12-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program.
The talks…
A nuclear expert announced on Wednesday that Iran will host a regional nuclear safety meeting next winter.
Key Democratic US senators said they would put off supporting new Iran sanctions for at least two months, after a threat by President Barack Obama to veto a bill he said could scuttle talks with…
Allegations that some candidates who ran in the 2008 parliamentary election received campaign contributions from former vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi have outraged MPs, with some of them…
Foreign ministry spokesperson Marzieh Afkham said Tehran will pursue the case of the recent Israeli airstrike that killed an Iranian commander in Syria "through diplomatic channels."
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The head of the Iran-Syria Parliamentary Friendship Group said Iran will continue backing the Syrian nation and government in their campaign against terrorists.
The foreign minister ruled out any further extension of nuclear talks between Iran and the major powers.
In an interview with Fars news agency published on Wednesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini in the south of the metro Tehran area to pay tribute to the founder of the…
In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov, who is President Vladimir Putin's envoy for the Middle East,…
Democratic US senators introduced a resolution opposing more sanctions on Iran unless nuclear talks fail or Tehran breaks an agreement, countering a push for more sanctions backed by Republicans…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday Moscow believes that diplomatic efforts can lead to the resolution of the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Indian Ambassador to Tehran D. P. Srivastava says he and his colleagues are making efforts to help expand relations between Tehran and New Delhi.
Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei says the “momentum” of increasing relations between Tehran and Moscow will be maintained this year.
