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Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said on Tuesday that the regional power of Islamic Republic of Iran is unchallengeable and that Iran has special status in global equations.
Pres TV has interviewed Andrestinos Papadopoulos, a former Cypriot ambassador to Yugoslavia, Algeria and former Czech Slovakia, during his visit to Tehran to discuss the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran-Nicosia relations.
The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has regretted that the world’s developed countries have endangered world peace through their ill-treatment of developing nations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said security crises across the world, including in Europe, can be resolved by using the July 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers as a model.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan underlined that Tehran and Moscow are resolved to promote mutual cooperation in defense areas.
Head of Iran's Endowment and Charity Affairs and Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi underlined the need for the expansion of cultural and religious tourism cooperation.
The Iranian foreign minister says the precedent of the nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries can be employed to help resolve all crises around the globe.
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo has said that the developed countries have posed serious threats against global security by ignoring UN charter and international law.
Iran’s foreign minister and a ranking member of the European Parliament discussed ways for closer cooperation between Iran and Europe to deal with the migration crisis.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, referring to certain claims by Saudi Arabia about sending ground forces to Syria, hailed them as “propaganda”, saying that everyone knows just how little military might such countries have.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari on Monday announced a decision that will enable the citizens of all but nine countries to obtain Iran’s visa on arrival at the country’s airports.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari here on Monday described the Syrian crisis as 'complicated and multilayered'.
Jaberi Ansari made the remarks in his weekly press conference.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed as “propaganda” claims by certain regional countries that they might deploy troops to Syria, saying no outsider can make decisions for the conflict-stricken country.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said his forces are going to receive two types of advanced homegrown ballistic missiles in the near future.
Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Ali-Akbar Salehi said after supplying heavy water to the international markets, his organization is going to take steps toward competitive marketing of its products.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei blamed hegemonic powers, the US in particular, for the sufferings of the people of Syria, and reiterated that the Arab country’s fate cannot be decided by non-Syrian sides.
Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, announced that Switzerland had officially taken over the Saudi Arabian and Iranian interests sections in Tehran and Riyadh respectively, at the request of both countries.
The Iranian Army has not still scrapped plans to buy Russian-made T-90 tanks, a top military commander announced, saying the country aims to import advanced technologies rather than just military hardware.