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  • A high-level international commission that oversees the 2015 nuclear deal convened on Tuesday to address Iran's complaint over the extension of a US sanctions law for another 10 years.

    A US…

  • A US Navy destroyer on Sunday fired three warning shots at four Iranian fast-attack vessels near the Strait of Hormuz after they closed in at high speed and disregarded repeated requests to slow…

  • Iran confirmed receiving an invitation to discuss preparations for the next annual hajj pilgrimage from Saudi Arabia. Seyyed Ali Qazi-Askar, the representative of the Leader of Islamic Revolution…

  • The Iranian Parliament has approved a bill obliging the government to enhance the country's defense power in line with national interests and security. The legislation was approved with 173 votes…

  • Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said addressing the needs of the poor and underprivileged is the main duty of the Islamic Republic.

  • Iran is reportedly to receive a large shipment of natural uranium from Russia to compensate it for exporting tons of reactor coolant, unnamed diplomats quoted by the AP said.

    Two senior…

  • Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gathered in central Tehran on Tuesday for the funeral of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

    Ayatollah Rafsanjani was laid to rest in the…

  • Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away on Sunday in Tehran at the age of 82 after suffering a massive heart attack.

  • Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani arrived in Damascus on Sunday to meet Syrian officials.

    Speaking to reporters upon arrival, Shamkhani said the trip is aimed at…

  • Daesh (an acronym of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group) has turned into an ideology that is even more menacing than the terrorist group’s heinous acts, the media adviser to the Islamic…

  • Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei underscored the necessity of creating a buoyant economy driven by domestic production to help boost the Islamic Republic's clout.

  • Lebanon's newly-elected Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri called for closer political and economic cooperation with Iran, which he described as "a big and powerful country in the region that possesses…

  • A senior official welcomed Turkey's decision to pull out its forces from Iraq and respect the Arab country's territorial integrity as a positive move.

  • The passive role of the UN Security Council in the Syria conflict is a major obstacle to the settlement of the nearly six-year-long crisis, a lawmaker said, while a tentative Russia-Turkey…

  • Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed the recent allegations leveled by Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Tehran, saying Riyadh's support for terrorists is the source of chaos in…

  • The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations will hold a meeting to discuss the achievements of the July 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and major powers.

  • The chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the abrupt rejection of the Iran nuclear deal by the incoming administration of Donald Trump could create "a crisis" and that he did not…

  • President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Nana Akufo-Addo on his victory in Ghana's presidential elections. On Saturday, Rouhani issued a congratulatory message to Akufo-Addo, felicitating him on…

  • Pro-Israel lobbyists and US congressmen are making a renewed push for imposing widespread sanctions on Iran, a lawmaker said, referring to two anti-Iran bills recently introduced in the US…

  • A number of foreign military attaches and ambassadors paid a visit to an exhibition of development projects undertaken by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.  During the visit, the foreign…

  • Masahiko Komura, the former Japanese foreign minister and current vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will visit Iran next Tuesday as the special envoy of Prime Minister Shinzo…

  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has written to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to demand international action to stop the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

  • President Hassan Rouhani said his government intends to seek parliamentary help to pass into law terms of the Charter on Citizens' Rights, which he unveiled last month.

    The charter aims to…

  • Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Iran would have to fight a war inside its borders, if the enemy threats had not been thwarted in Syria.

  • Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Lieutenant General Farzad Esmaeili highlighted Iran's latest achievements in the area of air defense, declaring the country's airspace one of the…