Middle East

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has travelled to Turkey to take part in an emergency meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is to be held Friday in Istanbul.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as unfounded a report on Iran’s role in hacking the mobile phones of some Israeli officials, saying the Zionist regime’s officials have grown accustomed to spreading lies about Iran on a daily basis.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says cooperation among his country, Iran, and Iraq in anti-terror struggle has further strengthened their ties.

Iran's top military commander says foreign forces, who are illegally present in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib and east of the Euphrates, should leave these areas at the earliest.

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where he plans to attend a trilateral meeting with his Syrian and Iraqi counterparts.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has strongly condemned a Friday terrorist attack on Muslim worshippers in New Zealand, calling on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to hold an emergency session on the carnage.  

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says US officials make fabricated and unreal claims and accusations to maintain the status quo in West Asia and keep it a tense region struggling with numerous and complicated and seemingly unresolvable crises.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani warned of “suspicious nuclear projects” developed by some countries in the Middle East region.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the top Shiite cleric of Iraq, during his trip to the holy city of Najaf.

Chief of the Dubai Ports Authorities, DP World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem recently paid a visit to Kazakhstan, investing in new infrastructure projects in the Caspian Sea ports and logistics sector of the Central Asian state.