Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham dismissed a Wall Street Journal report alleging that the IRGC is recruiting Afghan refugees to fight in Syria, saying the report is "completely baseless" and aimed at "damaging Iran's face in Afghanistan".
Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia left Tehran for Kazakhstan to attend the Fourth Ministerial meeting of the Economy Cooperation Organization (ECO) in the central Asian country.
Michael Mann, the Spokesman for the EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, underlined that Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) had "tough, complicated and precise" negotiations in their three-day meetings which ended Friday.
Commander of the Iranian Border Guard Units General Hossein Zolfaqari announced that the 5th Iranian border guard who was abducted by Jeish al-Adl terrorist group along with four of his comrades in February and was not released when the other four were set free in April, is still alive and kept hostage in Pakistan.
Senior teams of negotiators from Iran and the EU started a second meeting Wednesday afternoon to end their decade-long standoff over Tehran's nuclear program through a comprehensive deal.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei reiterated that the Iranian nation will never give in to pressures of the US and other world powers.
No written invitation has so far been received from Saudi Arabia for a visit to Riyadh by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday.
Iran’s national football team on Saturday held a training session in Tehran as a part of a preparation process for the FIFA 2014 World Cup competitions in Brazil.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that the country's negotiators will not discuss issues related to Iran's defensive capabilities in the talks with the world powers.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says his administration attaches importance to the expansion of ties with all world countries, particularly with neighboring states.
Supreme Leader cautioned against ongoing attempts to drive a wedge between Iran and Pakistan, and stressed that the two nations do not need any other country’s permission to expand ties.
Iranian and Pakistani officials signed an agreement on the extradition of criminals as part of a broader effort by the two sides to boost mutual cooperation.
Iranian Vice President for Women and Families Affairs here Friday strongly condemned kidnapping of Nigerian school girls, emphasizing those who do so and their thought mentors are after uprooting Islam.
