Middle East

Latest Middle East News – Read the latest news from Middle East covered by Iranian media.

Hard News

Key to Syria crisis is not in terrorists’ hands: Speaker

Golrokh Askarieh -
Larijani told his Syrian counterpart Iran deems it a duty to support the government and people of Syria until the stage is set for dialogue and peace will be ready.
Foreign Policy

Regional turmoil may spin out of control: Iran’s Larijani

Golrokh Askarieh -
The UN secretary general told the Iranian top MP that he would pay an official visit to Iran in the near future.
Middle East

Khobar Towers attack; an ace in the hole for Riyadh?

Emad Askarieh -
A report by tabnak.ir has said that Saudi Arabia is using the Khobar Towers bombing as a trump card to influence a congressional decision on the Iran nuclear deal in the United States.
Hard News

Some Mideast countries dream of restoring empires: Iran official

Golrokh Askarieh -
Some regional countries dream of reviving former empires which dominated the Arab countries, and certain countries support terrorism in the region with different motives, said Velayati.
Hard News

JCPOA impacting region, world: Iran official

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s nuclear chief has said that the ratcheting up of the sanctions against Iran only resulted in broader cooperation between Tehran and Beijing.
Hard News

Only nations can solve Syria, Yemen crises: Iran

Emad Askarieh -
Some powerful countries proposed plans to resolve the crises in Yemen and Syria. We believe that such proposals would not work, since they do not address the wills of the nations, said Larijani.
Middle East

Velvet riots, a Saudi plot brewing in Beirut and Baghdad

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Iranian parliament’s news agency has compared the unrest in Beirut with that of Baghdad, saying that Saudi Arabia which has been sidelined by the Iran nuclear deal has a hand in what the news agency calls “velvet riots” in the two Arab countries.
Hard News

US, allies thwarted in Mideast: IRGC commander

Emad Askarieh -
An IRGC commander has said that Washington’s recourse to the path of diplomacy shows the failure of its sanctions strategy.
Hard News

ISIL presence in Turkey ‘not unlikely,’ Iran’s Rafsanjani says

Emad Askarieh -
The Expediency Council chairman has told the Turkish ambassador to Tehran that hidden hands are at work to ruin relations between the two states.
Foreign Policy

Iran ready to work with Germany to resolve Mideast crises

Emad Askarieh -
Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said that Iran and Germany have common viewpoints when it comes to a realistic political solution to the crises in the Middle East.
Interviews

Had it not been for General Soleimani, Iraq would have failed

Golrokh Askarieh -
An Iraqi politician says that things got better after Ayatollah Al-Sistani released a fatwa and the Popular Mobilization Forces –backed by Iran – fought with great bravery against ISIL terrorists.
Hard News

Fanning sectarian crises in Iraq ordered by enemies: Rafsanjani

Golrokh Askarieh -
The implementation of a moderate approach in a society which has suffered from dictatorship for decades and the scourge of terrorist groups is an uphill task, said Ammar Hakim.
Foreign Policy

Iran supports Iraq fight against IS: Zarif

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran always views expansion of Tehran-Baghdad ties as one of its priorities and supports the Iraqi government’s campaign against IS, said Zarif.
Foreign Policy

Expansion of ties with neighbors tops Iran foreign policy: Minister

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran cannot remain indifferent to insecurity at its borders and is ready for closer cooperation with Kabul in the fight against terrorism and narcotics, said Rahmani Fazli.
Foreign Policy

What do Zarif’s regional trips signify? Will his plan bring Saudi Arabia to the negotiating table?

Golrokh Askarieh -
Khabaronline, a news website, praises the astute statesmanship of Iran’s Foreign Ministry for helping the country refrain from fuelling tensions with Saudi Arabia at this critical juncture.
Middle East

Deputy FM comments on Riyadh- and PGCC-Tehran ties

Golrokh Askarieh -
A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official has said that Tehran stands by the Syrian people and government and that people in the Arab country should decide their future in a democratic process.
Middle East

Something seems to have gone wrong here

IFP Editorial Staff -
Aftab-e Yazd, a reformist daily, has disputed Hamas’ new behavior and its ties with a country which does what it takes to harm Iran’s interests in the region.
Hard News

Iran diplomat urges political solution to Yemen conflict

Golrokh Askarieh -
All sides should focus on finding a political solution to the conflict in Yemen, said Amir Abdollahian, stressing that use of force would certainly fail to resolve the crisis.
Crisis

ICRC lauds Iran over humanitarian aid for Yemen

Emad Askarieh -
The International Committee of the Red Cross chief has said that the ICRC has increased its aid efforts for Yemen twofold in recent days, but more needs to be done to meet the demands in the country.
Hard News

Zarif, Assad warn terrorism threatens all countries

Emad Askarieh -
Foreign Minister Zarif has reaffirmed Iran’s firm support for the Syrian nation, saying Syria's fate should be decided by its own people without any foreign meddling.
Foreign Policy

Zarif meets with leaders of Palestinian and Lebanese groups

Golrokh Askarieh -
The representatives of Palestinian and Lebanese groups call on Iran to tap its diplomatic potential to end sectarian strife in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen.
Middle East

Occupying armies bring no democracy

Golrokh Askarieh -
Today, no one can deny that extremists and terrorists are by far more powerful than what their demagogue masters could imagine in 2001, Foreign Minister Zarif wrote.
Hard News

Iran nuclear accord benefits whole region: Zarif

Golrokh Askarieh -
The whole region and the friendly, Islamic and Arab countries have all enjoyed the benefits of the accord between Iran and P5+1, said Zarif.
Hard News

Islamic Republic victim of terrorism: Rouhani

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Mazar-i-Sharif incident serves as another piece of evidence that the Iranian nation and officials have always been the victims of terrorism, said President Rouhani.
Middle East

Iran top commander: ISIL will eventually disappear from the region

Golrokh Askarieh -
Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has said that the resistance movement in Yemen will emerge victorious and that measures by the opponents of the Yemeni people will produce no results.
1...380381382...401Page 381 of 401

Latest news

© All Content by IFP News ( Iran Front Page ) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

About Us

Popular Articles

Editor Picks