Politics

The Leader said that if Iran does not resist sanctions, the enemy will set conditions for Tehran’s nuclear program and put bans on the country.

Hamshahri Mah Magazine analyzes Iran’s political landscape one year before the Assembly of Experts elections.

Iran and Belarus have agreed to expand their bilateral relations during an upcoming visit by the Belarusian head of state to the Islamic Republic.

Criticizing the lack of support from the international community, Rahmani Fazli said that the world must be wary of the growing threat of terrorism and drug trafficking.

A Tehran City councilor says municipality’s public funds shouldn’t be used for political gains.

Iran seeks a peaceful solution to end the dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh region in line with international law, said Zarif.

The Iranian parliament speaker says Tehran is serious in nuclear negotiations but that further extension of the talks is not unacceptable.

The Western governments try to take advantage of the time envisaged for the determination of general outlines and then prolong the process to work out details, said Velayati.

According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the Islamic Republic is netting eight times more opium and three times more heroin than all other countries in the world combined.

US officials should pay attention to concerns about the violation of the rights of their own citizens, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.

The Chinese Foreign Minister emphasized Beijing's strong will for boosting comprehensive, long-term, and strategic relations with Iran.

Iran's Environment chief has said that those MPs criticizing her agency for failure to tackle the dust storms are the very ones who eliminated the money allocated to the problem from the budget.

There has been general concern that after a deal on general outlines, talks about the details could run into trouble, setting the stage for the other side to take advantage of it, Sirous Nasseri said.

Iranian MPs from Khuzestan, Ilam and Kermanshah appear on parliament floor with their protective face masks to symbolically protest poor air conditions in their home provinces.

Commander of the IRGC Quds Force Major General Ghasem Soleimani has said that thanks to heavy failures ISIL and other terrorist groups have suffered in Iraq and Syria, they are nearing the end of their life.

Iran's foreign minister says he is delighted that the Supreme Leader has the same view about a nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1, adding a final deal requires a “political will” to be shown by the other negotiating sides.

The Iranians are deeply concerned about what effect Congress elections will have on President Obama’s capacity to implement any agreement, said the former US Congressman.

Iranians across the country attended Feb. 11 revolutionary rallies, lending support to nuclear negotiators at talks with P5+1.

President Rouhani told the crowd in Tehran that the West has no option but interact with Iran which is afraid of neither sanctions nor pressure.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry refutes claims that Tehran was forced to sit at the negotiating table.

Iran has exposed the double standards of the West as a result of which hegemonic powers have encountered a conceptual crisis, said a deputy Iranian FM.

Hossein Mousavian said the Supreme Leader's instructions are meant to boost the likelihood of a sustainable deal at nuclear talks with P5+1.

Kazem Jalali, an MP, said the leader's "prudent and rational" statement that any nuclear deal with P5+1 should come in a single stage stems from a lack of trust in the West.

In a message Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati vowed to protect the legitimate freedoms of everyone without any discrimination.

Leader's advisor Ali Akbar Velayati said the Supreme leader supports the Iranian negotiators who are trying their best to stand up for Iranian rights.