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A group of Iranian lawmakers have filed a letter to the country’s Judiciary chief calling for serious legal action against the American hackers involved in cyber-attacks on the Iranian centers, an MP announced.

Iran has sharply raised oil exports since the lifting of sanctions in January, with the sales of crude and condensate standing over 2 million barrels per day, Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says.

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan talked by phone with his Armenian and Azeri counterparts on Sunday, calling on the two sides to show restraint and settle disputes on the Nagorno-Karabakh region via peaceful negotiations.

As tensions between Caucasian states Azerbaijan and Armenia have been running high with dozens of soldiers from both sides killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Iran called on its northern neighbors to show restraint and immediately halt the bloody clashes.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined that although certain Western states do not want the Islamic Republic to be powerful enough to ensure the security of the Middle East, Tehran should develop its military might, missile capabilities in particular.

An Iranian deputy foreign minister says the Islamic Republic’s missile capability is a matter of defense and national security, which is not open to any negotiations or compromise.

An adviser to Iran’s president underlined that the White House will in no way be able to deal with the Islamic Republic with the same strategies that it used to counter the former Soviet Union or normalize ties with Cuba.

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said on Saturday that US and its allies' sanctions have no impact on Iran's naval capabilities.

The latest official figures show that Iran’s trade surplus for a period of 12 months starting 21 March 2015 turned positive for the first time in almost 37 years.

Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed that Iran has upheld its obligations under the JCPOA between Tehran and world powers, saying that the deal is a “clear gain for nuclear verification” in the Islamic Republic.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has hailed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 as a “milestone,” saying the political breakthrough has provided inspiration for the settlement of other issues through diplomacy.

Iran is marking the 37th anniversary of a referendum in which Iranians overwhelmingly voted for the establishment of the Islamic Republic following the fall of the US-backed Pahlavi regime.

Iran's defense minister says the country will not wait for permission from "others" to boost its defense capabilities after the US and its allies urge the UN to take action over Tehran's missile tests.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday underscored the need for boosting Iran’s defense capabilities, warning that enemies are making use of every tool available to undermine the Islamic Republic.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated the Syrian government, army and nation on regaining the historic city of Palmyra from the clutches of Takfiri terrorists.

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic will continue to support the Syrian people and government in their fight against terrorism.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday denounced the terrorist attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore a day earlier that killed over 70 people.

Iran has strongly condemned recent deadly terrorist attacks in Iraq and Pakistan, calling for concerted global efforts to counter terrorism and extremism.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic will counter the recent US measures against Iran by further boosting its missile capabilities.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is on an official visit to Pakistan, voiced deep concern over the spread of terrorism and extremism in the Middle East and said Muslim nations should boost unity in the fight against terrorist groups in the region.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for closer cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad in various fields, including the fight against terrorism.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari censured the recent re-appointment of Ahmed Shaheed as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, saying the decision has no legal basis.

Rouhollah Rahmani, the US-born Iranian computer scientist who worked for such giant technology brands as Microsoft and Amazon for several years, has returned to...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US seeks to restore over Iran the hegemony and influence that Washington exerted during the reign of the regime that was toppled by the 1979 Iranian Revolution.