Foreign Policy

President Raisi: Iran is proud of supporting Palestine  

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Tehran is proud of its support for the Palestinian cause.

Hamas Leader: Israel achieved none of its strategic objectives in Gaza 

Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian movement of Hamas, says Israel sought three primary goals in Gaza, including the destruction of Hamas and the resistance, freeing the Zionist prisoners, and displacing the people of the Gaza Strip to the Sinai desert in Gaza, but they achieved none of these objectives. 

Hamas’s Haniyeh affirms Iran support for Palestinians

In a joint press conference with Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, the head of the political bureau of Hamas, affirmed Iran's leading support for Palestine amidst the ongoing battle against the Zionist regime. 

Iran says UNSC resolution on Gaza ceasefire positive step but in sufficient

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani says the UN Security Council’s move to pass a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza is “positive but insufficient”.

Iran slams Israel’s decision to confiscate 800 hectares of Palestinian land in West Bank

Tehran has condemned Israel's move to seize 800 hectares of land belonging to the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Jordan Valley region.

Iran president: Palestine, Gaza most important issues in Muslim world today

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has once again underlined Palestine’s status in the Muslim world, saying today it dwarfs all other issues.

Iran urges intl. investigation into “Israel’s crimes” at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani has called for an international probe into the "war crimes" that Israeli soldiers have committed during their siege of and raid on al-Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.

Iranian VP offers condolences to Russia over Moscow terror attack 

Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has offered condolences to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin over the deaths of a large number of people in the Friday evening terrorist attack near Moscow.

Iranian president talks to Putin, sympathizes with Russians over terrorist attack

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has send a message of condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to express his grief over the terrorist attack on Friday that has so far left at least 115 people dead and 150 others injured.

Iran’s Kanaani strongly condemns Moscow deadly terror incident

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned a deadly terror attack on a concert hall in Moscow that has killed and wounded a large number of Russian citizens.

Israel trapped in Gaza quagmire: Iran FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says that the Zionist regime has gotten stuck in a crisis in the Gaza Strip, adding that the era of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come to an end.

Axis of Resistance has foiled US schemes in West Asia: Iran Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the anti-Israel military operations by resistance factions in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq. He stressed that the Axis of Resistance has demonstrated its potential and effectively disrupted the US strategic calculations in West Asia

Iran president urges action to stop Gaza genocide by Israel

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has called for serious practical steps to cease Israel’s raids on the Gaza Strip in his New Year message to Asian countries celebrating Nowruz.

President Raisi, Russia’s Putin discuss bilateral ties, regional stability

In a recent telephone conversation, Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election and expressed hope for enhanced bilateral cooperation between Iran and Russia.

Iran condemns Israel attack on Gaza hospital, warns of crimes

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned as “barbaric” Israel’s new attack on and the occupation of Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, and the “crimes of the Israeli forces” against the medical staff, patients and the wounded at the hospital.

Iran says ready to help Syria enhance its defense power against US, Israel

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has stated that Tehran is prepared to utilize its full capabilities to assist Damascus in boosting its defense and deterrent power against Washington and the Zionist regime.

Iranian envoy: Baku to reopen embassy in Tehran soon

Iran’s ambassador to Baku says that the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Embassy is set to reopen in Tehran soon, more than a year after it was closed in reaction to an armed attack on the embassy.

Iran vice president insists on ceasefire in Gaza

The Iranian vice president for women and family affairs says Iran is adamantly pursuing efforts to help establish a truce in Gaza after months of unrelenting Israeli strikes against the Palestinians in the besieged territory.

Iran: Israel actions in Gaza have sounded alarm for “most unprecedented humanitarian disaster” of century

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has written separate letters to UN chief, the president of the UN security Council, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as well as the foreign ministers of Muslim and non-Muslim countries on the recent developments in the Gaza Strip, warning that the Israeli actions in the besieged enclave have raised the alarm for the most unprecedented humanitarian disaster in this century.

Iran Leader says Palestine to bring Israel to its knees

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated the resistance and steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip will bring the Zionist regime to its knees.

Iran calls on Muslim countries to unite against Israeli genocide in Gaza on occasion of Ramadan

Congratulating the Muslim world on the occasion of Ramadan, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian urged Islamic states to unite against the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip on the occasion of the holy fasting month.

Iran says dispatched humanitarian aid to Gaza via Egypt

Tehran has shipped consignments of humanitarian aid supplies to Egypt for the people in the besieged Gaza Strip, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman stated on Monday.

Iran: UN human rights mechanisms ‘plaything’ for western governments

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has categorically dismissed a report released by a mission mandated by the United Nations over the 2022 death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini and the unrest and deadly riots over the tragic incident across the country, lamenting that human rights mechanisms of the world body have turned into “a plaything” in the hands of certain western governments.

Iran issues fresh warning against Kuwait over Arash gas field row

Iran says it believes in ‘integrated and joint’ extraction with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia from the disputed Arash gas field in the Persian Gulf, warning Tehran will start drilling in the field if Kuwait does so.

President Raisi stresses regional security, sovereignty in talks with Armenian defense chief

In a meeting with Armenia's Defense Minister, Soren Papikian, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi highlighted Tehran's commitment to fostering peace, stability, and security in the Caucasus.

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