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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed Tehran’s readiness to work closely and share its experiences with the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member states.
Iran's Judiciary has announced that 10 individuals were detained in West Azerbaijan Province on espionage charges and links to the Israeli spy agency Mossad.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi congratulated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on securing a third term as the leader of China. Iran's president has reiterated that Tehran is resolute to expand all-out relations with Beijing.
Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian reaffirmed Tehran’s seriousness about reaching a good, strong and lasting agreement with the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, JCPOA.
The information office of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has confirmed reports of the hacking of its email server that are making the rounds on social media, saying the move is aimed at attacking the public’s attention and are part of a propaganda campaign.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps conducts a military exercise along the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan that is unprecedented as the drills saw the Iranian elite military forces crossing the border line.
The Iranian private sector’s House of Industry and Mine says the cost of over a month of strict internet filtering in Iran due to protests and riots is far higher than the nearly $3bn announced by the Iranian chamber of commerce.
An Iranian expert on international issues says the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is “dead,” but none of the signatories to the agreement are willing to announce that.
The Iranian deputy interior minister for security affairs has censured the Friday prayers leader of the southeastern city of Zahedan Molavi Abdul Hamid for his ‘provocative sermon’ following the recent deadly unrest in the city.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman says the European Union allegations that Iranian-made drones were used in the Ukraine war, show they are continuing irresponsible, destructive and illegal moves to create a poisonous political atmosphere against the Islamic Republic, reiterating issues pertaining to the current war in Ukraine are completely unrelated to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has highlighted the significance of bilateral ties with Armenia. The top diplomat insisted that Tehran considers Armenia’s security as its own.
The United States believes diplomacy is the best way to address Iran's nuclear program but sees no imminent revival of the 2015 nuclear deal for now because of Tehran's injection of extraneous issues, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated. Tehran says JCPOA revitalization is contingent upon a US decision.
Tehran has slammed Otawa’s fresh sanctions on Iranian media outlets. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani stressed that the move is in violation of the basic rights of the Iranians and exposes the “West’s empty rhetoric” regarding free access to information and freedom of expression.
The police chief in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan says at least 57 rioters who threw rocks, attacked banks, and shattered windows after Friday prayers in the provincial capital Zahedan to repeat the violent scenes three weeks ago, have been arrested.
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani says the country’s naval forces have seized two American unmanned vessels during a mission in the high seas for violating international maritime law, delivering a warning to the US.
A former Iranian intelligence minister says Israel’s Mossad spy agency eliminated six of its own forces to stymie communications with Iran, but the Islamic Republic’s intelligence command is beyond the regime’s imagination.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a travel advisory calling on the country’s nationals to leave Ukrainian soil or not to travel to the East European country, which has been engaged in a military conflict with Russia.
The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran’s policy regarding the Ukraine war is to respect the country's territorial integrity, rejecting claims of Iran supplying Russia with drones for use in the conflict.
Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has dismissed allegations that Tehran supplies Russia with drones for the war in Ukraine as ‘politically charged’.
Iran’s former envoy to the UK says the recent sanctions imposed by Europe on the Islamic Republic over human rights issues have faded hopes for salvaging the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement with the world’s major powers.
Western claims of Iran’s alleged drone supplies to Russia will complicate the negotiations to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky told reporters.
An Iranian newspaper has blamed the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi for the cessation of negotiations in Vienna over the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami says the development of Iran’s nuclear industry is picking up increasing momentum.
