Middle East

Yemeni President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi underlined that Yemen and Iran can increase their mutual cooperation in a bid to resolve regional problems.

The Iranian government and nation are prepared to expand all-out cooperation with the Syrian government in order to establish regional stability and security, said Ali Larijani.

Iran has never sought to gain dominance over any independent country and its very good relations with many regional nations help it solve the ongoing problems in the region.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran supports the fight against terrorism in all regions of Iraq.

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has said that Saudi Arabia has decreased crude prices to place pressure on regional countries which are fighting ISIL terrorists.

Iran says Israel's medical support for ISIL terrorists clearly shows Tel Aviv's link with terrorism and it amounts to violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

The speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly has said that Iran is not seeking to boost its regional influence, adding that Western countries are spreading Iranophobia in the region to line their pockets.

President Rouhani has said that close cooperation between Iran and Turkey could help ensure stability and security in the whole region.

The Syrian president has said in a letter to his Iranian counterpart that the two countries share a will to develop ties on all fronts in the face of the Zionist-American plots.

President Rouhani has said that the crimes committed in Iraq have revealed the true nature of terrorists and the conspiracy plotted by enemies against the region and Islam.

Iran’s foreign minister has said that Tehran is ready to promote all-out ties with Iraq, adding that Iraq’s progress and security is intertwined with that of Iran.

Iran is an important regional player and this means that we will have to engage with Iran on regional matters, said Federica Mogherini.

Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to the Supreme Leader, says that foreign interference is mainly to blame for the lack of stability and sustainable peace in Syria.

The Swiss arbitrator in its ruling in mid-2013 made a decision in favor of Iran and asked Israel to pay up to $100 million in compensation for the loss of the Iranian stake.

The Chief of Staff of the Supreme Leader says IS terrorists and their American and Israeli masters pose the gravest threat to the Muslim faith.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister has expressed Tehran’s willingness to help advance a UN proposal for the suspension of fighting in the northern city of Aleppo.

Iraqi officials say they expect the number of pilgrims flocking to the holy city of Karbala for Arba’een to hit 20 million.

Six explosions hit the suburbs of the Iraqi holy city of Karbala as it prepares to host the largest congregation of Shiite Muslims on December 13.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that all regional countries laud Iran’s constructive, positive and progressive role in countering terrorism.

The Iranian foreign minister has said that it is a duty of the international community to counter extremism and violence by recognizing them as the main threats to peace.

Iran has condemned the killing of senior Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein by Israeli troops during a protest rally near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

The Orthodox Bishop of Halab, Yohanna Al-Asher Yazji, has appealed to foreign supporters of terrorists in Syria to end their inhumane acts.

The Iranian president says that the Syrian nation will be the ultimate winner of the ongoing battle against ISIL terrorists.

Efforts to create a no-fly or buffer zone in Syria’s border regions measures will damage the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Ali Shamkhani.

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari described Iran as a powerful country in the region and across the world which has a special position in Iraq’s foreign policy.