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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi once again underlined Tehran’s condemnation of any attack on the diplomatic missions of other countries, and described such moves as unjustifiable.
Iranian servicemen attending the International Army Games in Russia finished first in their group in the 1st round of the Suvorov attack event, held on Tuesday morning.
South Korean companies will be able to carry out business with Iran in euros as early as next month, enabling the Asian country to cash in on new opportunities from lifting of sanctions on Tehran.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Tehran Sergei Buldiliak said he is going to use his experience as a diplomat in charge of handling consular affairs to ease the visa restrictions for the Iranians traveling to Ukraine.
Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhondi announced that the first series of Airbus passenger planes will join the country’s civil aviation fleet by the end of Autumn.
An official from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) denounced the recent remarks by Hassan Abbasi, a so-called strategist, against the country’s regular Army, and stressed that the IRGC and Army are both the single hand and the iron fist of Iranian nation against enemies.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Iran’s experience in striking a nuclear deal with world powers, including the United States, proved that Washington cannot be trusted.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi arrived in Beirut on Monday to hold talks with senior Lebanese officials.
The Iranian Navy’s 42nd flotilla of warships rescued seven sailors aboard a vessel that had been adrift in the northern Indian Ocean for two weeks, a high-ranking Navy official announced.
A senior Iranian official has reiterated the Islamic Republic’s support for any solution chosen by Syrians to solve the five-year crisis in the Arab country.
In reaction to a recent meeting between the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the leader of anti-Iran terrorist group MKO, an advisor to Iran’s Foreign Minister said the PA President is a CIA agent, and his meeting with Maryam Rajavi was not a surprise.
A senior Iranian commander said the upcoming International Army Games 2016 in Russia will strengthen military cooperation among the armed forces of various countries.
An informed source categorically denied a report by the Israeli daily Haaretz that Commander of Iran's Basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi had been wounded by Israeli forces or terrorists during a publicized visit this weekend to Southern Syria.
A senior Iranian official says three countries were involved in the leak to the media of confidential information about the country’s long-term nuclear program, which prompted a strong protest from Tehran.
Iran has communicated to Nigeria its serious concern about the continued detention and dire health condition of a leading Nigerian Shia leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed a recent move by the al-Nusra Front terrorist group, which is fighting the Syrian government, to change its name to Jabhat Fath al-Sham (the Conquest of Syria Front) as “playing with words”.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly denounced the recent brutal beheading of a French priest and a Syrian kid as despicable and condemned moves inspired by the deviational ideologies of ‘fathers of ISIS and Al-Qaeda’.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned deadly bomb blasts claimed by Daesh that killed dozens of people in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on Wednesday, reiterating Tehran’s call for concerted action against extremist ideologies.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with highest ranking Guinean officials in a diplomatic tour of West African nations.