Foreign Policy

Es’haq Jahangiri, Iran’s First Vice President, says the Islamic Republic will continue to stand by the Syrian government and nation during their reconstruction era.

Representatives from Iran, Russia, and Turkey are meeting in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss establishing a committee tasked with drafting Syria's new constitution.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as meddlesome the US’ statement about the execution of a rioter sentenced to death for running over and killing a number of police forces in Tehran.

Chief-Commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad-Ali Jafari says any compromise with the United States will be equal to the demise of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Major General Mohammad-Ali Jafari, the chief-commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), says the coalition led by Arab and Western countries has failed in its operation to seize the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah.

Iran and Switzerland have held a fresh round of their bilateral political negotiations in Tehran.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has rejected the adventurous policies pursued by certain regional states, calling for negotiations to resolve the conflicts in the Middle East.

Senior Assistant to Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari has travelled to the Swiss city of Geneva to join his Russian and Turkish counterparts as well as UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in a fresh round of international talks on Syria peace.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says Tehran welcomes the extension of truce between the Afghan government and the Taliban militants, adding that the Islamic Republic is happy with the decision.

Tehran has called on Ankara to cooperate with the Islamic Republic in detaining and extraditing Iranian fugitive criminals in Turkey.

Iraq's Sadr Movement which has secured the largest number of seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections says unlike what is widely said by certain states, Iran does not and will not interfere in Iraq's internal affairs.

An Iranian lawmaker says the Canadian government’s agreement with the motion to not restore relations with Iran is a “political show” which serves Washington’s goal of exerting pressure on Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has categorically condemned the recent bomb attack in Afghanistan.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the “illegitimate” regime of Israel will definitely collapse if a plebiscite is held among all Palestinians.

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemies’ major conspiracy is to put Iranian people under economic pressure to frustrate them.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi says Iranian companies are ready to participate in energy and power projects in the DR Congo.

The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has dismissed statements by a senior Turkish military official on Iran's support for joint military action in northern Iraq against the PKK militants.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country would allow Iran to build military bases in Syria if it wants to, as it has already given the green light to Russia as well.

A member of Iranian Parliament Economic Commission says the foreign companies which have decided to leave Iran in the wake of the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal should be punished.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly condemned the Saudi-led coalition’s latest assault on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the Canadian government not to be overwhelmed by the anti-Iran propaganda and adopt an independent policy when it comes to its mutual relations with the Islamic Republic.

In messages on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri hoped that sustainable peace and calm would prevail in the Muslim world.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed issues of mutual interest with top South African officials during his visit to Pretoria.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has censured the Canadian House of Commons’ vote against relations with Tehran, calling it an “unconstructive” move.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in separate messages, has congratulated Spain’s Pedro Sanchez and Italy’s Giuseppe Conte on being elected as their respective countries’ new prime ministers.