Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani slammed the independence referendum recently held in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, saying the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) adopted an “irresponsible and amateurish approach”.
Western countries in recent days have adopted double-standard policies on two similar secession plebiscites held in two parts of the world one week apart.
‘Carrying the Sword Alam’ is among old Islamic rituals in Iran whose performance provides the country’s Shiite and Sunni populations with a chance to come together regardless of their religious differences.
German football manager and former player Winfried Schäfer will arrive in the Iranian capital on Monday night to start managing Tehran football giants Esteghlal.
US President Donald Trump’s aggressive strategy on Iran might be challenged if the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize goes to the architects of the historic Iran nuclear deal.
An Iranian lawmaker says the joint military exercises conducted by Iran and Iraq in border areas reveal the two sides’ capabilities to suppress secessionist moves.
People in various Iranian cities, particularly the central city of Yazd, annually perform the ‘Nakhl-Gardani’ ritual on Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram, to simulate the funeral ceremony of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein.
Kurdish security forces known as Asayesh and Peshmerga fighters have deported scores of Arab and Turkmen families from Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk following last week’s referendum on secession.
A sandy hill known as Rig Zargaran, located 10 kilometres from the city Sib-o-Soran city in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province, erupts yellow gold-like sands.
A weeklong film festival in Iran is going to show movies from Brazil’s motion picture industry with renowned Brazilian director and producer Roberto Berliner in attendance.
Turkey's Military Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar is in Tehran for talks with Iran's top military and political officials, expected to tackle border security and counter-terrorism along with regional issues.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, October 2, and picked headlines from 13 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Near the city of Lahijan in northern Iran, and on the slopes of the mountains and among the green tea fields, there is a spectacular monument belonging to a Sufi named Sheikh Tadj’ad-Dīn Ebraheem, who is known as Sheikh Zahed Gilani.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has censured the terrorist attacks in Marseilles, France, and Edmonton, Canada, in which a number of people were killed and injured.
Millions of Shiite Muslims in Tehran and other parts of Iran on Sunday commemorated Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shiite Imam.
Renault car manufacturer has announced the company's exports to Iran has grown by 83 percent, saying that Tondar and Sandero brands have doubled Renault's sales.
Head of Iran’s Drug Enforcement Police has called for further expansion of cooperation between Iran and the European countries in fight against drug smugglers.
An Iraqi Kurdish lawmaker says the referendum on the Kurdistan region’s independence has led to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan losing Iran’s friendship.
Iranian foreign minister has warned the Trump administration that the US would turn into an unreliable partner for the entire world in case it withdraws from the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development warned companies against shipment of oil products to and from the Iraqi Kurdistan “until further notice”.
The office of Iraq’s prime minister and also the head of the country’s National Wisdom Stream hailed top Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s opposition to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region’s moves for secession from Iraq.