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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as baseless the accusations levelled against the country in a recent statement by the Arab Quartet Committee.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has called on French officials not to be swayed by the allegations and adventurism of novice and bellicose Saudi heir to the throne.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Namibian counterpart Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah have discussed issues of mutual interest in Windhoek.
A senior Iranian commentator says Saudi Arabia has spent a hefty amount of money to purchase the US-made cutting-edge patriot missiles but what it has received cannot intercept the missiles fired by Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters at the Kingdom.
The representative of Iran’s Leader in the Quds Force of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned Israel against any making foolish moves in the region.
A senior aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has visited Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
The first meeting of the Iran-Brazil Joint Science and Technology Working Group was held during Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s trip to Brazil.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez have called for expansion of collaborations in various fields, particularly banking and agriculture.
The Governor of Iran’s Central Bank Valiollah Seif says the government eyes replacing the US dollar with the euro in its international transactions and the idea has been welcomed by the Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the current rulers of Saudi Arabia have turned themselves into symbols of aggression and crime in the Middle East.
Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, says coordination and consultation between Iran and Syria should be enhanced with the aim of increasing the success of the Syrian Arab Army against terrorists and their supporters.
Tehran’s police chief says 12 unlicensed dealers accused of disrupting Iran’s currency market have been arrested on Tuesday, as part of measures to stabilise the rial that has been going down in recent weeks.
Iranian foreign minister’s special assistant for political affairs, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, said in Iran’s view, employing chemical weapons by any party is totally unacceptable and rejected recent Western accusations about the Syrian government’s use of such weapons as fabricated.
After long debates over the naming of an important part of Tehran after Iran’s most famous prime minister, the City Council finally changed Tehran’s Naft (oil) street to Mohammad Mosaddeq, the man who nationalized Iran’s oil industry.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s opposition to nuclear weapons production is permanent, a senior Iranian MP said, adding that use of nuclear weapons against others is the country’s red line.
Iran’s Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has cautioned the country’s enemies not to test its defence capabilities, saying such a mistake could receive a “crushing” response.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, at the end of his visit to Brasilia, held a meeting with Brazilian President Michel Temer before leaving the country for Montevideo.
A senior aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution says the Israeli regime's recent attack on an air base in the Syrian province of Homs will not go unanswered.
Iran’s top security official and Russian president’s special envoy have discussed the latest developments in Syria, including the US threat to interfere in Syria and the recent Israeli attack on a Syrian airport.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Brazilian counterpart Aloysio Nunes have inked several documents of cooperation in the South American state’s capital.
Iran’s Foreign Minister says the lack of banking relations between Tehran and Brasilia is one of the major obstacles to the development of mutual ties, stressing that a solution must be found for the problem.
