Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said Sunday that a total of 92 people were on board of a Tu-154 plane that crashed in the Black Sea.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered his congratulation to Pope Francis and world leaders on Christmas and the new Christian year, expressing hope that the world would see peace and justice in 2018.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman hailed a UN Security Council resolution demanding the halt of settlement activity by Israel on occupied Palestinian territories, saying Iran welcomes any initiative that protects the rights of the Palestinian nation.
The presidents of Iran and Russia have discussed the avenues for the continuation of cooperation between the two countries on the crisis in Syria and the fight against international terrorism.
Women in Ardabil province, northwestern Iran, prepare Qavout, a kind of food product made of several nuts, in early winter based on an ancient tradition.
A few hundred Iraqi Christians flocked on Saturday to Bartella, a northern town recently retaken from the ISIS terrorist group, to celebrate Christmas for the first time since 2013.
Outraged by its failure in Aleppo, Washington claims that Iranian commander, Major General Qassem Soleimani, has violated the nuclear deal by travelling to Syria.
Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri in separate messages congratulated his Christian counterparts on the birthday anniversary of Jesus Christ and the beginning of the new Christian year.
John Nixon, the first CIA officer to interrogate Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his capture in December 2003, has revealed shocking facts about the deposed Iraqi leader that raise new questions about why the United States bothered to invade Iraq to oust him from power.
Yılmaz Bulut, a senior member of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), has lost his life in an armed attack in Çankaya, near the Turkish capital of Ankara.
Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said it is likely that Washington was involved in the recent assassination of the Russian envoy in the Turkish capital.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari lashed out at the Israeli and Saudi regimes for their attempts to incite insecurity in Iran, saying the Islamic Republic has thwarted all of those plots.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 22 them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
A senior Iranian official says the ongoing crises in the Middle East region can only be solved through an effective and all-out campaign against terrorism and extremism.
In the first days of winter, several Iranian provinces were covered with snow, and many schools were shut down in such provinces as Ardabil, East Azarbaijan, Zanjan, and Kordestan in Northwestern and Western Iran.
In a stunning departure from its policy over the last eight years, the Obama administration abstained from voting on a United Nations Security Council resolution Friday, allowing a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction to be adopted.
An Iranian official says Ankara’s decision to withdraw from its previous stances towards the Syrian government during the recent trilateral meeting with Iran and Russia is a turning point in Syria developments.
A former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers is like a snowball that is gradually melting.
As the representative of [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council member states, Kuwait is tasked with sending a message to the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is based on the principle of good neighbourliness among regional countries, a Kuwaiti official said.
North Korea has ridiculed the outgoing United Nations secretary general for his apparent ambitions to run for president of South Korea, calling Ban Ki-moon an opportunistic "chameleon in a human mask" with a "hollow dream."
