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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has conferred on expansion of business ties with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has stressed the need to bolster central governments in Syria and Iraq, saying that any change in geographical borders will cause insecurity and instability to spread across the region.
The IRGC chief-commander says the US will have to relocate its bases to areas outside the striking range of Iranian missiles if anti-Tehran sanctions are re-imposed.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, while in Muscat on the first leg of his regional tour, held separate meetings with top Omani officials and discussed regional issues with them on Monday.
US President Donald Trump’s aggressive strategy on Iran might be challenged if the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize goes to the architects of the historic Iran nuclear deal.
An Iranian lawmaker says the joint military exercises conducted by Iran and Iraq in border areas reveal the two sides’ capabilities to suppress secessionist moves.
Turkey's Military Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar is in Tehran for talks with Iran's top military and political officials, expected to tackle border security and counter-terrorism along with regional issues.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has censured the terrorist attacks in Marseilles, France, and Edmonton, Canada, in which a number of people were killed and injured.
Head of Iran’s Drug Enforcement Police has called for further expansion of cooperation between Iran and the European countries in fight against drug smugglers.
Iranian foreign minister has warned the Trump administration that the US would turn into an unreliable partner for the entire world in case it withdraws from the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development warned companies against shipment of oil products to and from the Iraqi Kurdistan “until further notice”.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on European countries to defy US sanctions if the Trump administration torpedoes the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has lashed out at the Myanmar government for disregarding the international calls to stop violence against Rohingya Muslims.
A commentator says the Trump administration is well aware of the consequences of contravening the Iran nuclear deal despite alleged inexperience in foreign policy.
Iran does not place any value on the self-proclaimed sovereignty of any party and group over northern Iraqi territories, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said, stressing that Tehran recognizes only a unified Iraq with the current legal common borders.
Amid the arrival of Kazakhstan’s flotilla in northern Iran, Iranian and Kazakh naval commanders underlined the importance of further engagement and continued relations based on peace and friendship in the Caspian Sea region.
The Special Representative of the President of the Philippines, Jose de Venecia, who is heading a delegation from the Philippine-Chinese Consortium to the Islamic Republic, has discussed issues of mutual interest with Iran’s deputy foreign minister.
Jila Sajjadi, a lady from the western city of Sanandaj in Iran’s Kurdistan province, is due to be appointed as the country’s Deputy Interior Minister and the Head of the Interior Ministry’s Applied Sciences and Technology Institution.
A Kurdish analyst has called Iran the elder brother of Iraqi Kurds Shiites, suggesting that the Islamic Republic could resolve the regional crises by supporting the Iraqi Kurdistan region and bringing about convergence between Baghdad, Tehran and Erbil.
As part of his meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with several UN officials including UN Secretary General António Guterres.
