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An Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander has dismissed remarks by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir who vilified Iran as a big threat to the world, saying an international poll could show Iran is much more popular than the oil-rich kingdom across the world.
Iran and Britain have come to major decisions on settlement of a crisis in Yemen which has turned into a full-fledged inhuman war, Iran’s ambassador to London announced.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi says Iran may pull out of its nuclear deal with international powers if Western banks continue to refuse doing business with the country for the fear of American sanctions.
Experts believe Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent visit to New Delhi, which was made shortly after the Israeli premier’s trip to India, as well as the visit of the Indian prime minister to Israel, could balance India’s ties with the Zionist regime.
There is evidence that proves elements who raided a police station in northern Tehran Monday in apparent support for the dervish community were being supported by foreign governments, a senior judicial official said.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi says the Islamic Republic is trying to ease tension in Eastern Ghouta, a rebel-held Syrian area where a “critical humanitarian and socio-economic situation” is developing.
An Iranian lawmaker says the southwestern province of Khuzestan has a great capacity to attract foreign investments, especially those by German companies, in the fields of energy, agriculture, and industry.
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has called for promotion of mutual cooperation between Iran and Spain in fight against terrorism in the world.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the full implementation of the Iran nuclear deal will pave the way for expansion of relations between Iran and the EU member states, Spain in particular.
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli decried a recent attack on security forces in northern Tehran by members of the Gonabadi Dervishes, a Sufi community in Iran, and said all those behind the incident would be dealt with “decisively”.
Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis have expressed his country’s support for the Iran nuclear deal, and called for expansion of bilateral relations between Tehran and Madrid.
Iran’s president says all ideologies are respected, but violence by any group or entity, especially acts of violence and insult against police and security forces, are definitely condemned.
Iran’s president says the Islamic Republic stands ready to negotiate with the European Union over the enhancement of security and stability in the region.
Mohammad Beheshti, a senior cultural analyst and Iranian official, says the art of Iranians is that they have always fought for peace throughout history while some countries have fought for domination.
Iran’s defence minister has arrived in Azerbaijan’s Baku at the head of a high-ranking delegation to explore ways of broadening defence collaboration between the two countries.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman has announced the foreign ministers of Spain and the Netherlands will arrive in the Iranian capital on Tuesday night.
The Swedish ambassador to Tehran has been summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry over the Swedish government’s questionable decision to grant citizenship to a Mossad spy jailed in Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian opposite number Sergei Lavrov have held talks on the sidelines of the Valdai Club Conference in Moscow.
