British MP Richard Bacon says London and Tehran are making arrangements to reopen their embassies following a thaw in relations between the two countries.
Bacon told ISNA on Saturday…
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The deputy foreign minister says arming the Syrian opposition is in contradiction to the UN plan to bring peace to the crisis-hit Arab country.
Hossein Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in…
The ambassador to France says terrorism cannot be categorized into “good and bad,” urging the countries that provide political and financial aid to terrorist groups to cut their support and close…
Former diplomat Seyyed Hossein Mousavian says it is unlikely that the US Congress will impose new sanctions on Iran by March 2015. Iran and the major powers agreed in late November to extend…
A senior security official has condemned the Friday’s terrorist attack near the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, stressing that acts of terror run counter to the spirit of true Islam.
Terrorist…
A member of the Combatant Clergy Association told the Fars news agency on Wednesday that the principlist group plans to hold a major congress next month. Jafar Shojuni said members of the Society…
The presidential chief of staff highlighted the importance of the Conference on World Against Violence and Extremism, which was held in Tehran on Tuesday and Wednesday, saying the conference…
The spokesperson for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has cited Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi as saying that the major powers engaged in the nuclear talks with…
Former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik says the sanctions that have been imposed on Iran are “unconstructive”.
Bondevik made the remarks in a meeting with Foreign Minister…
The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said the attempts by the supporters of terrorists to wage a "war of attrition" in Syria are "doomed to failure."
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the rise in violence and extremism in the region is the consequence of “wrong policies and thinking” of some regional countries.…
Iran and Russia reviewed a three-year joint plan of action to combat transnational organized crime.
In its meeting on Tuesday, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution decided by a unanimous vote to establish December 18 as National Day of Campaign Against Violence and Extremism, ISNA…
The ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other international organizations in Vienna renewed Tehran’s call for turning the Middle East into a zone free from nuclear…
The nuclear chief says Iran has no plan to launch its uranium enrichment machines that are installed but are not operational as the talks between Iran and the major powers on a final nuclear deal…
National Security Advisor to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says relations between Iran and Pakistan, particularly in the commercial and economic spheres, are “following an even path.”…
Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Iraq can play an effective role in helping resolve the issues facing Syria and Lebanon. Rafsanjani made the remarks…
Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said on Monday that 20 former mid-level managers who had served in the previous administration had been detained over a series of financial offences which were…
The spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said Tehran has not violated its obligations under an interim accord it signed with the major powers last year over its nuclear…
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said the Syrian nation's resistance against the plots hatched by foreigners deserves praise.
President Hassan Rouhani expressed hope that “unity” and “brotherhood” among the Afghan nation would help root out terror and violence in the country.
In a meeting with Deputy Chief…
President Hassan Rouhani proposed that December 18 be designated as international day against violence and extremism.
He made the proposal at the high-level international Conference…
Iran and Russia signed an agreement to cooperate in the campaign against illicit drugs.
Interior Minister and Drug Control Headquarters Secretary General Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli and…
New domestically developed air defense systems will be tested in late December, the commander of the Khatam ol-Anbiya Air Defense Base told IRNA on Tuesday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attended a meeting of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Tuesday to give a report on the talks with the major powers on a final deal…
