Politics

Iran vice president Zarif opts for academic career

Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has departed from President Massoud Pezeshkian’s administration to continue his profession as an international relations professor.

Iran president presents proposed cabinet to parliament

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian presented his proposed cabinet members for the 19 ministries to the parliament on Sunday for votes of confidence.

Iran calls on UNSC to invoke Chapter 7 of UN Charter against Israel

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman called on the United Nations Security Council to invoke Chapter 7 of the UN Charter to curb and stop "unlimited heinous crimes of the Israeli regime."

MP: Iranian president to present proposed cabinet to parliament Sunday

The Iranian parliament will start checking the qualification of the proposed ministers by President Massoud Pezeshkian on Sunday, a lawmaker announced.

Iran holds commemorative ceremony for martyred Hamas leader

The Quranic Society in Iran held a ceremony on Friday in the capital Tehran to commemorate the head of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in an Israeli strike on July 31.

Top official: Iran made preparations for harsh punishment of Israel

A senior advisor to the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the country has set the stage to exact a severe punishment against the Israeli regime for assassinating top Hamas leader in Tehran last week.

Permanent Mission to UN: Iran recognizes any deal Hamas accepts

The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York has reiterated any accord struck by the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, with the Israeli regime over a ceasefire and termination of the occupying regime’s months-long genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip is acceptable for Iran.

IRGC naval force receives new weapons 

The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corp (IRGC) says the naval force of the IRGC has received 2654 missile systems, uncrewed aerial vehicles and other weapons. 

Iran denies seeking to influence US presidential election

The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York has strongly denied Washington 's claims that Tehran is interfering in the US presidential election by using fake news websites.

Nuclear chief: Iran among world’s top three in radiopharmaceuticals

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced that Iran ranks among the top three countries globally in the field of radiopharmaceuticals.

Interim FM: Iran should retaliate against Israel’s assassination of Haniyeh

Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri has stressed his country has no option but to retaliate against the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, stating this is necessary to deter further aggression against Iran amid inaction of the United Nations Security Council.

Iran’s Pezeshkian blames US, Europe for double standards on Israeli crimes

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blasted the US and certain European countries for sponsoring Israel instead of condemning its crimes in the region.

Iran marks national Journalist’s Day

Iranian officials and media personalities commemorated National Journalist’s Day in the country on Wednesday.

Iran Police chief gives illegal migrants deadline to leave country

Undocumented migrants in Iran, mostly from neighboring Afghanistan, have until the end of the current year on the Persian calendar, March 20, to leave the country, the Iranian police chief said on Wednesday.

Iran Army chief: Israeli terrorism won’t go unanswered

The commander-in-chief of Iran’s Army has renewed warnings that Israel will not go without punishment for its crimes and the assassination of a top Palestinian resistance leader in Tehran last Wednesday.

Iran acting FM tells UK’s Lammy Europe, US wasted diplomacy chance for de-escalation

The acting Iranian foreign minister, in a telephone conversation with the British foreign secretary, emphasized that the United States and several European countries, by obstructing the United Nations Security Council from countering the Zionist regime, have wasted the first diplomatic chance to de-escalate tensions in the region.

Visa waiver between Iran, Tajikistan to take effect soon

The visa waiver system between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Tajikistan will come into effect on August 10, 2024.

Sunni scholar killed, another injured in shooting in southeast Iran

A Sunni scholar was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in the southeastern Iranian city of Rask on Monday evening, the governor of the town announced.

Iran security chief: Reprisal against Israel ‘definite’

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says the Israeli regime will definitely get a response over the assassination of the political head of the Palestinian resistance movement in Tehran last week.

Iran’s top military official describes ties with Moscow, strategic, deep-rooted

Brigadier General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces told Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of Russia’s National Security Council, that the ties between Tehran and Moscow are strategic, deep and long-term and will not change with the change of administrations.

Iranian Acting FM to foreign ambassadors: Haniyeh assassination part of genocide of Palestinians 

Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri tells foreign ambassadors in Tehran that the assassination of late leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh is part of the Zionist regime’s genocidal project targeting Palestinians.

Iran’s response to Haniyeh assassination definite: Spokesman

No one can throw doubt on Tehran’s right to respond to the Israeli assassination of the Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani told reporters on Monday.

President Pezeshkian: Assassination of Haniyeh will not go unanswered

In a meeting with Ayman Safadi, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Jordan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that the Israeli move to assassinate the Hamas leader in Tehran will not go unanswered.

Iran to send strong Message to Jordanian FM regarding Israeli assassination of Hamas leader

An official Iranian source told Al Jazeera that Tehran plans to convey two messages to the Jordanian Foreign Minister: one directed at Jordan's kingdom and the other at the United States and Israel regarding the recent assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas in Tehran.

Iran president makes new appointments

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian made three new designations for his administration on Sunday.

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