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The presidents of Iran, Turkey and Russia, the three guarantors of the peace process in Syria, gather under the same roof in Ankara on Wednesday for their second tripartite summit in less than six months, aiming to facilitate political settlement of the seven-year conflict.
Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says Iran is set to keep up its counter-terrorism cooperation with Russia until Syria and the entire region are fully cleansed of terrorist outfits.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has slammed unauthorized military presence of foreign forces in Syria, calling for an end to such “illegal” intervention.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a phone conversation with the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, reiterated Tehran’s full support for the people of Palestine.
About 3,000 Iranian women are serving as rural executives across the country with Khorasan Razavi province in the northeast and Sistan and Baluchestan province in the southeast having the highest number of female local government heads.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condoled with the South African nation and government and fans of Nelson Mandela’s thoughts on the passing of his ex-wife, Winnie Mandela.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations slammed the US government for the lack of commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has offered his condolences to Iraqi Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani following the death of his brother Dilovan Barzani on Monday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay official visits to Turkey, Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, according to the ministry’s spokesman.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has expressed regret over the recent unrest in Kashmir that left a number of people dead and injured, urging the conflicting sides to show restraint.
Ali Larijani, the head of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has severely slammed Israeli regime for its aggressions against the recent peaceful protest by the Palestinians.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is due in Ankara next week to hold the second round of talks with his Russian and Turkish counterparts about the latest developments in Syria.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has roundly condemned the recent Israeli atrocity against Palestinians at a peaceful demonstration, expressing its preparedness to help restore the Palestinian nation’s rights.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the Ministry has summoned Greek Charge d’affaires in Tehran following an attack by an unknown person on an employee of Iran’s embassy in Athens.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi says Iran is ready to establish cooperation with Uzbekistan to restore peace and stability to the war-torn Afghanistan.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov have sat for talks on bilateral and regional relations.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the Saudi rulers are expected to learn from their defeats in Yemen and leave the delusion that Saudi Arabia is a big power in the Middle East.
