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A comprehensive cooperation agreement between Iran and Russia will be signed during President Massoud Pezeshkian's upcoming visit to Moscow, Iran's ambassador in Russia announced.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi met on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo. The two sides warned against further regional escalation amid Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, stressing an urgent need to stop Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian and Lebanese people.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has dismissed Israeli threats against the country's nuclear facilities, assuring the public that Tehran is prepared for any scenario.
The commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that Iran staged Operation True Promise II against Israeli military and intelligence sites earlier this month merely as a warning on smallest scale.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei condemned the statement from the European Union and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council summit meeting, reaffirming Iran's commitment to peaceful nuclear activities and rejecting the allegations as baseless.
Iran’s ambassador to Kabul has denied reports that dozens of Afghan nationals have been shot and killed by Iranian border guards while trying to sneak into the Iranian territory illegally.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh has downplayed the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) air defense system to Israel as part of a “psychological war”.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Hungary’s ambassador, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, to convey the Islamic Republic’s protest against the new sanctions imposed by the EU on Iranian individuals and entities.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has told the United Nations chief Antonio Guterres that Tehran is ready for a "decisive and regretful" response in cases of any Israeli adventurism against the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s Vice-President for Strategic Affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, addressed recent calls from some members of Iran’s Parliament to revise the country’s defense doctrine in order to maintain deterrence in the region.
A former ranking official with the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has made a bold revelation about Iran’s military arsenal, stating that the country possesses weapons stronger than nuclear bombs.
The Iranian delegation participating in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly in Geneva has called for the expulsion of Israel from the union and the trial of the Zionist officials at the Nuremberg Court, citing the ongoing crimes of Tel Aviv in West Asia.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei strongly condemned Israel's recent deadly attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip, saying the assurance of 'impunity' is one of the main factors emboldening the regime to continue its crimes in the region.
Iranians attended a funeral ceremony in Tehran for Major General Abbas Nilforoushan, a senior Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) commander who was assassinated last month along with Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly censured the new sanctions imposed by the European Union and Britain against several Iranian individuals and entities. The diplomat described the embargoes as unjustified and contrary to international law, particularly human rights.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed the importance of bilateral collaboration to mitigate regional tensions during a meeting with Azerbaijan's deputy prime minister.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Brigadier General Esmayeel Qa'ani has appeared on state media following a two-week absence from public view that had raised questions about whether he was still alive.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says Tehran has ceased the indirect exchange of messages with Washington in light of the recent developments in West Asia.
Iranian intelligence forces have identified and arrested two terrorist groups affiliated with the so-called Jaish al-Adl group in the Rask and Sarbaz cities, in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, Fars news agency reported.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a phone conversation with his French counterpart, has stated Tehran will support any proposal aimed at restoring peace to the region, calling on the European states to compel the Israeli regime to end its genocidal wars in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
The commander of Iran's Law Enforcement Force has reiterated the police's firm determination to expel two million illegal Afghan migrants by the end of the current Iranian year on March 20.
In a joint press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Baghdad, Iranian top diplomat Seyed Abbas Araghchi emphasized the readiness of the Islamic Republic for any scenario, whether conflict or peace.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has warned that the United States will only be “putting lives of its troops at risk” by deploying them to the occupied territories to assist Israel.
