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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Mohammad Mohaqiq have discussed issues of mutual interest in the Iranian capital.

Masud Bin Momen, the ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has discussed the plight of Rohingya Muslims who have been fleeing violence and oppression in Myanmar and headed to Bangladesh in recent months.

An Afghan politician says the Kabul government is trying to instigate ethnic and sectarian divisions in the country.

Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, recently visited Malaysia to hold talks on establishing direct banking communication between Iran and Malaysia.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and visiting UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Tadamichi Yamamoto, have sat for talks in Tehran on Afghanistan’s latest developments.

Iranian business analyst Mohammad-Sadeq Hamidian says if the new Silk Road runs through Iran, the country will enjoy numerous benefits, including higher economic growth and secured regional trade.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan with the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, Tadamichi Yamamoto.

More than 1,000 officials have been held responsible and punished in China for environmental damage, as China steps up efforts to fight pollution through deterrent means.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced a Thursday terrorist attack on the Afghan capital of Kabul, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent people and police forces.

An ISIS recruiter has called for lone wolf attacks on Hindu religious congregations throughout India.

A Japanese institute is offering a research course for Iranian Ph.D. students working in the field of artificial intelligence.

Iran and Singapore have agreed to expand their ties in attracting further foreign investments and tourists.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has described Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's recent visits to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as successful ones, saying they were made at the right time and yielded good results.

Afghanistan says it has received an inaugural consignment of wheat from India through a project which has opened a new trade and transit route in the region.

Pyongyang has censured US President Donald Trump’s five-nation tour of Asia, saying all he has done during his visits is begging for a “nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit the Philippine capital of Manila on Saturday, November 11.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov agreed on a roadmap for expansion of bilateral ties in various fields.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the era of unilateral security and living in ivory towers and ensuring security based on military power has come to an end since a long time ago.

Iran’s former diplomacy chief was recently accorded the Japanese emperor’s most prestigious decoration.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed issues of mutual interest with Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The new building of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s embassy in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe was inaugurated in a Wednesday ceremony attended by the two countries’ foreign ministers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with the Republic of Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, on Wednesday, has met his Tajik counterpart Sirodjidin Aslov.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will head to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on Wednesday at the official invitation of the authorities of the two central Asian countries.

Japan used to be a major customer of Iran’s energy market but the country drastically reduced its energy imports during the years that Tehran was under international sanctions. However, with the removal of the sanctions, Japan has once again joined the main importers of Iran’s energy.