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A senior Iranian diplomat has rejected reports that Major General Ghasem Soleimani, a commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), has been injured in Iraq.
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has said that Iranian lawmakers are seeking to ratify a bill to resume nuclear enrichment if new Western sanctions are imposed on Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini have said that negotiations should be brought to a conclusion by the agreed time.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, have exchanged views on ways to settle the remaining issues over Tehran’s nuclear energy program.
Iran's nuclear negotiator has said that the atmosphere of the negotiations is completely serious and transparent, and the parties are interested in reaching an agreement.
Acting on a tip-off about imminent shipment of narcotics across the border into Iran, border guards seized a haul of 1,460 kilograms of opium in southern Iran.
Development of good neighborly relations with Persian Gulf states is among the Iranian administration’s main policies; in our relations with others, Tehran thinks of the two sides’ interests, said President Rouhani.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to hold talks in Geneva with his US counterpart John Kerry as Tehran and P5+1 are set to start a new round of nuclear negotiations.
Those who question the house arrest are the ones who either have not read the law or do not understand it, said the head of the Administrative Justice Court.
We are all from one single country, living under a single flag with a single Constitution and a single leadership. And we all seek a single objective which is national prosperity, said President Rouhani.
Aftab-e Yazd, a reformist daily, looks into reasons why the Russian deputy foreign minister has come to Tehran two days before the resumption of nuclear talks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected as “ridiculous” a report by the website of Germany’s Der Spiegel weekly claiming that Tehran is helping Syria build nuclear weapons.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the world needs a comprehensive response based on global consensus to end double-standard policies on terrorism.
Dariush Sajjadi, a reformist blogger, challenges Rouhani’s call for a referendum, saying people’s direct vote will do little to make a breakthrough nuclear deal a reality.
Iran’s nuclear chief says the country has answered all the questions raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over Tehran's nuclear energy program.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says enemies are using oil as a political tool to exert pressure on oil exporting countries.
