Middle East

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has denounced the latest anti-Iran accusations raised in a sentence issued by a Bahraini court against 139 citizens of the kingdom, saying Tehran dismisses as unfounded and baseless any accusations levelled against the Islamic Republic in the sentences.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed expansion of ties in a meeting in Ankara.

The deployment of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, in Iran to contribute to relief operations in western flood-hit areas has sparked controversy.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has slammed as irresponsible the US designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as a terrorist group.

Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis says his country’s top priority in the reconstruction era is Iranian companies working in various areas.

Top commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the US hostility towards the IRGC is deeply rooted in its serial failures to press ahead with its regional projects.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the world must respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on an official visit to Syria, has sat for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Iran’s foreign minister is departing for Syria on a two-day trip before visiting Turkey at the head of a political delegation.

Syria and Iraq have discussed the establishment of rail connections with each other and with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).

The representative of the Jewish minority in Iran’s parliament has strongly denounced the Trump administration’s designation of IRGC as a terrorist organization, saying such moves are aimed at weakening Iran as Washington cannot tolerate independent countries.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have offered to help flood victims in Iran days after welcoming US blacklisting of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), which plays the central role in relief efforts.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says Tehran welcomes reports that Egypt has withdrawn from being a member of a NATO-style Arab alliance.

A senior Iranian analyst has warned that Tehran needs to be very watchful in its relations with Baghdad, as the Arab country has no choice but to create a balance in its relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the US if it wants to remain stable.

A leading conservative paper in Iran has warned the US against the consequences of its latest decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, saying the Trump administration should now think of ordering coffins for its soliders.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has promised to give unforgettable lessons to the enemy in the region, two days after US President Donald Trump branded it a terrorist organisation.

Iran has strongly condemned Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for supporting the US’ blacklisting of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, saying such “worthless” stances cannot deflect the world’s attention from the role played by Riyadh and Manama in promoting terrorism across the region.

Media reports say the US forces in West Asia, also known as US CENTCOM, have intensified security at their bases in Iraq, one day after the US president’s decision to blacklist the IRGC, which was reciprocated in Iran by designating the CENTCOM as a terrorist organization.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the world will never forget the crimes committed by the aggressive Zionist regime in Deir Yassin village in 1980s.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has, on the anniversary of the US’ severance of its political and business ties with Iran, called on Washington to open its eyes to the realities of the Islamic Republic after 39 years.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says without the sacrifices made by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), at least two regional countries would have fallen to ISIS terrorists by now.

The Iranian president says designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization by the United States is a mistake that shows Washington’s hostility, grudge, and disappointment towards Iran, and will just increase the popularity of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Iran and the region.

Amid reports that the Iraqi prime minister’s recent visit to Tehran was aimed at mediating between arch-foes Iran and Saudi Arabia, an Iraqi official says Tehran has agreed to such mediation.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced the Saudi-led coalition's latest airstrike on a school in Yemen's Sana'a, which killed and wounded dozens of schoolgirls.