President Hassan Rouhani said Iranians' ballots in the upcoming city council elections greatly affect how their cities are governed, as Iranians are about to decide who to vote for on May 19.
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Iran and China have signed a long-awaited deal on Sunday to go ahead with the joint implementation of the Arak Modernization Project in keeping with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Under the…
The Hope parliamentary faction, comprising government backers and reformists, lends a hand to President Hassan Rouhani’s reelection bid in the May 19 vote.
Bahram Parsaei, the faction’s…
The Interior Ministry said debates among the six qualified candidates for the May 19 presidential vote would be televised live, reversing an earlier decision to broadcast the recorded version.
In line with the goal of fostering their millennia-old relations, Iran and Georgia are taking measures to forge closer ties in trade, business and economy, for which several memoranda of…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back at US President Donald Trump for accusing Iran of “not living up to the spirit” of a nuclear deal with six countries, saying Washington itself should…
Although the administration of US President Donald Trump admitted on Tuesday that Iran is complying with the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement and extended sanctions relief given to Tehran, US…
Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi stressed the efficacy of Iranian counter-terrorism operations, announcing that intelligence forces foiled 30 bombing plots in the country in the last Iranian…
Democratic US Representative Adam Schiff on Friday warned US President Donald Trump’s administration against abandoning the Iran nuclear deal.
Schiff said it would be a “grave mistake…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow, Tehran and Ankara are continuing cooperation on consolidating a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, noting that the trio is working on joint…
A special parliamentary board in charge of overseeing the forthcoming city council elections has finished vetting candidates and it has approved 2,722 hopefuls to vie for 31 seats in Tehran City…
Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raeisi selected Ali Nikzad, a former housing minister under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as the head of his campaign office.
Six hopefuls cleared to run for president by the election watchdog Guardians Council started on Friday their campaigns for the May 19 vote.
The list shaping the field of candidates…
Iran strongly countered US efforts to divert the United Nations Security Council's attention away from Israel and instead target the Islamic Republic.
UN Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo…
Beijing said Iranian and Chinese companies will sign the first commercial contracts to redesign the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor in central Iran by Sunday. Chinese Foreign Ministry…
President Hassan Rouhani hailed people's tolerance of sanctions and their trust in the government's nuclear negotiations that resulted in the removal of the bans, stressing that safeguarding the…
Iran’s top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif advised US officials, who have leveled a series of anti-Iran tirades in recent days, to replace their hostile behavior toward the Iranian nation with a “…
A series of domestically-manufactured equipment in the field of air defense and civil aviation, including radars and navigation systems for airports, were unveiled in a ceremony on Thursday during…
Expert-level meetings attended by Iran, Russia and Turkey ended on Thursday with a press release on the preparations made for the next round of Syria peace negotiations in the Kazakh city of…
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari highlighted the deep ties between Tehran and Baghdad, and lauded Iran’s support for Iraq’s counter-terrorism campaign.
Iran's Interior Ministry has released the final list of candidates qualified to run in the May 19 presidential election.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev met in Bishkek on Wednesday to discuss ways of promoting mutual cooperation.
Both sides underlined the need for…
Guardians Council’s Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei explained the process started on Sunday to screen 1,636 nominees registered for the May 19 presidential election.
The council oversees all…
Lawmakers described Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri’s decision to stand in the upcoming presidential poll as a well-thought-out move aimed at protecting President Hassan Rouhani’s reelection bid…
The role of foreign financial institutions in implementing Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers could be the most critical issue at the upcoming meeting of the commission on the Joint…
