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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi has held talks with David McAllister, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, in Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed issues of mutual interest with Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah in Kuwait City.
Ten exchange facilities have been closed down and 90 foreign currency dealers arrested in a police raid in Tehran aimed at controlling the surging forex rates mainly caused by non-economic factors.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah met on the sidelines of the Conference for Iraq’s Reconstruction underway in Kuwait.
An Iranian MP says the American inmates in Iranian jails are convicted of spying for Washington but the Iranians in the American prisons are innocent and jailed only as part of efforts to put pressure on Tehran.
A former chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces says the enemy may use reptiles as well as individuals under the guise of tourists and scientists for espionage.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the country’s strength made the whole world stand up to US President Donald Trump regarding his position on the Iran nuclear deal.
The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, and Turkey plan to meet next month to discuss the situation in Syria, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Tuesday.
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani denounced as a new plot the US claim that Iran has supplied missiles to Yemen, saying a total blockade that has barred even the delivery of medicine to Yemen shows that Washington’s accusation is ridiculous.
Iran's top parliamentarian says the nationwide February 11 rallies sent a clear message to the United States and firm response to their nonsense comments.
Mohammad Abdulsalam, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement, and Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior advisor to Iran's Foreign Minister in Political Affairs, have held talks in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue to play its constructive and supportive role in Iraq’s reconstruction and economic development.
The BBC was one of the few media outlets which did not at all cover nationwide rallies in Iran on February 11, marking the anniversary of the victory of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed deep regret over the crash of a passenger plane near the Russian capital, which claimed the lives of all the 71 people on board.
Iranian people attending countrywide demonstrations on the 39th anniversary of victory of the Islamic Revolution slammed the “criminal US” government as the Iranian nation’s main enemy, calling for decisive stances against the hostile plots.
Iran’s top security official Shamkhani says Syria’s shoot-down of the Israeli jet fighter in the Golan Heights made the Tel Aviv regime realize that the era of hit-and-run is over.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned the other signatories to the Iran nuclear deal, particularly the US, against withdrawing from the agreement.
People from all walks of life have poured into streets in different cities and towns across Iran to celebrate the nation’s Islamic Revolution that put an end to the monarchical rule of the US-backed Pahlavi regime.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed issues of mutual interest with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is in Tehran heading a delegation.
