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Senior Iranian official Ali Akbar Velayati said the Iraqi nation should claim compensation for the huge cost of the destruction caused by US invasion in 2003.
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says his country will receive the final batch of a shipment of 149 tons of natural uranium on Tuesday.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the need for improvement of ties between Tehran and the European Union, and voiced Iran’s preparedness to develop its cooperation with the EU in a “collective” fight against terrorism.
In separate meetings with new Brazilian and Kyrgyz ambassadors to Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani voiced the Islamic Republic’s preparedness to enhance its cooperation with the two states in all fields.
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said certain countries in the Middle East do not have any sympathy for the war-torn people of Syria, but are worried about the terrorist groups they support.
An Iranian lawmaker lashed out at the country’s inadequate laws to fight the smuggling of goods, saying the huge amount of contraband cannot be smuggled into Iran without cooperation of certain official sources.
An Iranian lawmaker says only Zionist lobbies in the US have the authority to work on irrational plans for invasion of other countries and indirectly submit them to the US Congress to be passed into law.
Iran says a lawsuit that it had submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the principal judicial organ of the United Nations – against the United States last summer for freezing billions of dollars worth of its assets has been officially put in motion.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
An Armenian priest has lauded the achievements of the Islamic Revolution of Iran (1979) and its founder and leader Imam Khomeini, saying they brought us the gift of freedom.
Iran has dismissed as groundless the recent claims made by the Emirati minister of state for foreign affairs about Tehran’s interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries.
A group of Iran’s top academicians have called on the administration in Tehran to respond to the new US entry ban on Iranian citizens with an innovative approach different from Washington’s discriminatory policies.
Russia's special envoy on Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, is due in Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on the latest developments in the war-ravaged Arab country.
A number of Iranian lawmakers denounced the US administration’s move to impose new sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals and companies as a violation of the July 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers (known as the JCPOA).
Iranian Foreign Minister announced that the US wrestling team will be granted visa to attend the upcoming Wrestling World Cup due to be held in Iran’s Kermanshah.
Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force highlighted the futility of foreign threats against Iran, stressing that the Armed Forces are ready to defend the country in case the enemy makes a mistake.
Iran’s first vice president has dismissed recent anti-Iran posturing by the United States, saying “threadbare” accusations against Iran are aimed by Washington at scaring away investors.
An Iranian Judiciary human rights official rejected as not good the notion that the Islamic Republic should impose a visa ban on American citizens in response to US President Donald Trump’s recent travel ban on seven Muslim countries, including Iran.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force started an air defense exercise in northern parts of Iran on Saturday as part of the country's Armed Forces efforts to boost its defensive strength.
An international advisor to the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution says the country will continue to bolster its defence systems despite the threatening language from "rookie" US President Donald Trump over its latest missile test.
Iran has slammed as illegal the recent US sanctions over Tehran’s defensive missile program and spiritual support for Yemen's Houthi fighters, saying that the Islamic Republic will deliver a "proportionate and reciprocal" response to the move.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed as hackneyed and groundless the recent claims by Saudi Arabia against the Islamic Republic, saying the heavy blows Riyadh has suffered in Yemen are the reason for such allegations.
Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei denounced recent comments by new US President Donald Trump about the Islamic Republic’s test-firing of a ballistic missile, saying those more powerful than Trump had warned Iran but failed “to do anything”.
