A Jewish American woman and peace activist recalls how she was thrilled to attend a prayer service in a synagogue inside Iran, saying she was surprised to see the Iranian Jews enjoy religious freedom and have a representative in the Iranian Parliament.

Members of the Iranian delegation to the Syria peace talks, known as the Astana Process, have held separate meetings with the participating delegations in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic has denounced a biased statement made by the incoming High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the status of human rights in Iran.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued an advisory, warning Iranian citizens about traveling to France in the wake of strikes and violent protests in the European country.

Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei has expressed Tehran’s preparedness for further prisoner exchanges with the United States, following the swap of Iranian scientist Masoud Soleimani with a US-Chinese national kept in Iran.

A shooting at a hospital in the Czech Republic has killed seven people, including the 42-year-old gunman.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Tokyo is in discussions about a visit to Japan by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this month, an attempt to try to ease tensions between Iran and the United States.

An Iranian official says the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal have put aside plans to implement the so-called snapback mechanism which allows for the re-imposition of UN sanctions on Iran.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has dismissed the Zionist regime’s recent anti-Iran threats as a testimony to Israel’s weakness.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Istanbul on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of "Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process".