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Iranian officials, dignitaries, and institutions are sending condolences messages over the death of the revered Japanese mother of an Iranian Sacred Defense martyr.
Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani has met with Russian officials in Moscow in an unannounced visit as a follow-up on talks to restore the nuclear deal with the West.
An Iranian MP has reacted to Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian’s support for the notion of reopening embassies in Tehran and Riyadh, saying the Islamic Republic never fears negotiations if its national interests are on the line.
A Japanese woman whose son was martyred during the imposed Iraqi war on Iran in the 1980s has died. Ms. Koniko Yamamura died of an illness in Tehran on Friday.
Iran's UN ambassador says the Islamic Republic is making the arrangements for a higher level of coordination with the European side during the next round of nuclear talks in the Qatari capital Doha.
Iran’s nuclear activities have a clean bill of health from various international agencies, including over a dozen US intelligence agencies, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has stressed.
Iran and the United States have to show more flexibility to revive a nuclear agreement after former US president Donald Trump walked out of the deal, a political analyst says.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a phone talk with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday, said Tehran is ready for contributing to a diplomatic and peaceful initiative to resolve the ongoing crisis between Moscow and Kiev.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the unilateral sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic are “oppressive, illegal, and unjust,” adding if the West is serious about restoration of a 2015 nuclear agreement, it has to abandon its baseless accusations and provide guarantees to lift the embargos.
Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has described the recent talks in Doha aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal and lifting of the anti-Tehran sanctions as positive.
The bodies of 35 Iranian martyrs of the 1980s Iraqi war against Iran have been retrieved from the neighboring country and brought back home after over three decades.
The editor-in-chief of the principlist Kayhan Newspaper says the United States and its European allies seek nothing more than “futile negotiations” with Iran so that they can destabilize the country’s economy by provoking constant fluctuations in prices of foreign currencies and gold.
The two officials also discussed the latest regional and international developments as well as the latest developments in negotiations to revive the 2015 Iran...
An advisor to the Iranian negotiating team rejects speculation that the recent round of talks in Qatar on a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal have failed, saying that the negotiations will continue.
The Caspian Sea littoral states have issued a statement in the end of their summit in Ashgabat where they reached an agreement that requires guaranteeing regional security and stability and banning foreign military presence in the region.
Iran's official news agency, IRNA, which is the official media arm of the administration, has said the sanctions removal talks in Doha are still underway and talks over remaining issues are ongoing.
European countries owe Iran a lot for blocking the transit of drugs destined for Europe, the head of the Iranian anti-narcotics police says, noting the Islamic Republic confiscated over 1,200 tons of illicit narcotics last year.
Iran’s enemies have Iranian spies and moles who have sold themselves out and who help foes carry out assassinations inside the country, an Iranian lawmaker says.
Tehran has condemned as “baseless, one-sided, and unjust” an anti-Iranian statement issued by the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized states following a summit in Germany.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi praises good relations with the littoral states of the Caspian, saying he is set to discuss the legal status of the sea and closer economic cooperation among the neighbors in the region during an upcoming summit of the five states.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said NATO’s occupation brought nothing to Afghanistan but death and destruction. He made the comment in a meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan General Nadeem Raza in Tehran.