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Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Tehran on an official visit to join a trilateral conference on the Syria peace process and hold talks with the Islamic Republic’s high-ranking officials.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman plays down Israel’s renewed threats of military action against Iran as mere “psychological” war, saying the regime dares not dare to confront the Islamic Republic militarily.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warns Turkey that any military action in the northern part of Syria harms not just Turkey itself but the broader region as well and will only serve the terrorists wreaking havoc in the region.
Iran’s judiciary spokesperson says the life sentence issued by a Swedish court against Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri for allegedly having a role in the execution of jailed dissidents in the 1980s in Iran is ‘completely illegal'.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi officially welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday morning at the Sa’dabad complex in the Iranian capital Tehran.
A recent spat between two women on a bus in the Iranian capital Tehran over their hijab that turned ugly has been serving as ammo for heated debates on social media.
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has said the Iran nuclear deal—formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—is not dead yet.
The Iranian foreign minister, in a phone conversation with the European Union foreign policy chief, said Tehran is determined to reach a good nuclear agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has in a tweet hailed the upcoming summit of the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey as an opportunity for the three countries to boost their ties and economic cooperation.
Iran’s former president Hassan Rouhani says sanctions have caused many problems for the Islamic Republic and that a parliament legislation had prevented the revival of the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, during his tenure.
Tehran is preparing the necessary documents to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iranian envoy to Russia Kazem Jalali said in an interview with TASS.
Tehran welcomes the meeting between foreign ministers of Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia, Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Seyyed Abbas Mousavi wrote on Twitter.
Russia’s permanent ambassador to international organizations in Vienna says Iranians have openly rejected nuclear weapons long ago, following comments by a senior Iranian official, which western media took to mean the country is after nukes.
The United States wants to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran after several rounds of extensive talks to revive the nuclear agreement, but it does not want to give any assurance that it will not breach the deal again, an Iranian lawmaker says.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, hailed Baghdad’s role in initiating regional talks.
Former Iranian foreign minister and Chairman of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi says Tehran has the capacities to develop nuclear weapons but it does not intend to do so.
Iran’s leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted prison terms of over 2,272 convicts on the occasion of Eid al-Adha and Eid Ghadir, two great Islamic Eids.
