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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Bangkok on Sunday morning for an official visit that includes high-profile meetings with Thai officials and participation in the 2nd Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit.
Head of Iran’s Supreme Human Rights Council has told a Brazilian daily that Tehran will make amendments to its laws that sentence criminals to death penalty.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
A high-ranking Iranian military official took a swipe at the US Democratic Party for its fraudulent conduct in the electoral campaign ahead of the US presidential election and distorting the reality about its failed policies toward Iraq and Syria.
Iranian envoy to the United Nations said Iran's relentless campaign against armed drug traffickers at regional and international levels has “protected part of the global community from the evil of addiction”.
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura highlighted Iran’s influential role in the Middle East region and its efforts to help resolve the protracted war in Syria.
An Iranian Middle East expert believes that the recent law passed by the US against Saudi Arabia, known as JASTA, would set a dangerous precedent for the world, and Iran should not be happy about it.
Iran has cautiously welcomed an EU resolution on the future of the bloc's relations with Tehran but said the documents also contains some "unrealistic points" about the country.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari, who is on an official visit to Switzerland, held talks with senior officials of the Central European country on a range of issues, including ways to help resolve the five-year-old Syrian conflict.
Iran has dismissed the claims by the United Arab Emirates that the Islamic Republic is arming Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters, urging regional states to remain vigilant against warmongering policies.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invited Malysian companies to invest in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemical industry, unveiling plans to double the volume of economic ties between Tehran and Kuala Lumpur in the post-sanctions era.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied a Saudi daily’s report that an Iranian deputy minister has made a short trip to Yemen’s capital of Sana’a earlier this week.
Iran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari said the country dispatched an elite police team to Brazil after the South American country asked for the Islamic Republic’s assistance in ensuring security of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran is assisting neighboring Iraq in the fight against terrorism at the request of Baghdad’s government, Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati said, reiterating that the support is confined to advisory help.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy in a statement on Wednesday warned Saudi Arabia against any move under the pretext of military drills which would endanger security and stir tension in the Persian Gulf.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman slammed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s recent report on human rights situation in Iran as baseless, saying there are fundamental flaws in the report, which has been drafted on the basis of unfair resolutions with political purposes.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday embarked on a tour of Southeast Asia that will take him to Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand, where he will participate in the 2nd Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit.
Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Chief Valiollah Seif on Tuesday slammed the Western parties to the July 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), for their failure to fully implement the agreement.
