Middle East

Ghashghavi said the nine teachers detained in the UAE were released on the back of efforts by Iran’s Foreign Ministry and the Iran ambassador to the Abu Dhabi.

The head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has said that the Saudi government will have to remain committed to its pledges to fully cooperate with Iran.

Iran’s defense minister has praised the "iron resolve” of the Yemeni people who have been resisting Saudi attacks, and lauded Russia’s efforts in battling terrorist groups in Syria.

Terrorists from more than 80 countries are engaged in a war against the legitimate governments of the Middle East, Velayati said.

A church function has been held for a Christian Syrian volunteer killed in clashes with al-Nusra terrorists in Hama.

President Putin of Russia has reportedly turned down $300 billion in Saudi kickbacks to topple Assad.

The IRGC commander has said that big victories are in the card for Syria in coming days.

Araghchi said there is still no news about the fate of Iran's former ambassador to Lebanon who went missing in the fatal stampede.

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham called on Muslim countries and governments to react swiftly and seriously towards Israel’s atrocities.

Borujerdi criticized the lack of determination on the side of the US and its European and regional allies to fight terrorism and extremism.

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has said that Tehran and Riyadh can improve their ties and that disintegration of certain Middle Eastern countries is not a regional demand.

Brigadier General Hossein Hamadani, the veteran commander of the IRGC, was martyred during an attack by ISIL terrorists on the outskirts of Aleppo.

Tehran has called on the UN and influential countries in the Yemeni crisis to ramp up efforts to bring an immediate end to the Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen.

Iran's UN ambassador has said that Israel continues to block all international and regional efforts to create a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

Attacks on residential areas, schools, and hospitals are in flagrant violation of humanitarian laws and rules, deputy foreign minister Amir-Abdollahian said.

The Russians ultimately want the US should have wanted from the bombing campaign in Syria and that is to destroy IS, said the Iranian foreign minister.

A senior Sunni cleric in Lebanon has called on Islamic countries to form a committee and launch an investigation into the exact cause of the Mina tragedy.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council called on the international community to seek a political solution to the Yemen crisis.

A third cargo plane carrying 98 bodies of Iranian pilgrims touched down in Tehran early Tuesday.

On the possibility of Roknabadi’s abduction, Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Ghashghavi said that such a claim can neither be confirmed nor denied.

Iran’s embassy in Beirut has said that the election of a president is a domestic issue of Lebanon and has nothing to do with other nations.

Alavi reiterated that Iran should follow up the Mina case in collaboration with other nations and Islamic countries.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran and Russia have always supported the people and government of Syria in the face of terrorism.

The vice-president for legal affairs has said that Iran is not empty-handed to sue the Saudi government for failure to honor the international responsibility envisaged by the International Law Commission in 2001.

Two painful incidents took place in Mecca this year which left a lot of pilgrims from several Islamic countries dead and hurt sentiments of Muslims, Rafsanjani said.