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At least 44 people lost their lives on Sunday after a passenger bus crashed into a gorge in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in northern India, police said.

Iranian President’s Special Envoy Gholam-Reza Ansari has delivered a message from Hassan Rouhani to his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera.

Senior Iranian and Pakistani military officials have stressed the importance of strengthening defense and security cooperation to fight common threats in border areas and deal with regional challenges.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says he cannot confirm a report that claims the European Union has provided Iran with a package to convince the Islamic Republic to remain in the nuclear deal following the US withdrawal from the 2015 accord.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza says his country supports Iran in its efforts to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity against the US and the Western sanctions.

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemies, including the US and certain disgraced regional states, seek to drive a wedge between the nation and the Islamic Establishment and spark riots by exerting economic pressure.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is set to discuss a package prepared by the European Union to save the Iran nuclear deal during his upcoming visit to Austria and Switzerland.

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic is the biggest victim of chemical weapons, stressing that the Israeli regime's possession of a massive stockpile of nukes is a threat to international peace and security.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the US Secretary of State’s latest anti-Iran remarks are groundless claims that cannot hide Washington’s destructive role in the region.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent his Brazilian counterpart Michel Temer a message regarding the Iran nuclear deal.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reiterated the need to strongly condemn the use of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical, biological and nuclear arms.

Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Women and Family Affairs and the Swedish Institute recently co-organised an international workshop in Tehran to share their experiences in the field of gender mainstreaming.

Iran's energy minister says the country has no plan or decision to export water to other states amid the ongoing water tension.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called for unity inside the country while standing up to the United States sanctions and pressures.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the policy of exerting pressure and imposing sanctions is doomed to failure and will just increase the height of the wall of distrust between Tehran and Washington.

Alireza Tabesh, the managing director of Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation, says the film ‘High Voltage’ which is being jointly produced by Iran and Azerbaijan Republic can open a new chapter in bilateral ties between the two neighbours.

An Iranian oil official says removing Iran’s crude oil from the market is impossible after the US said it expected oil buyers to completely cut off purchases of Iranian supplies in early November.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has declared that European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal have just one more week to explain their view regarding Iran’s conditions for keeping JCPOA alive, a lawmaker said.  

Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, has called on Malaysia to adopt a more balanced approach towards the ongoing developments in the Middle East.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is resolved to enhance its cooperation with African countries as it attaches great importance to its ties with the African Union.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced the recent deadly airstrikes of Saudi and Emirati planes on civilian targets in various Yemeni cities, including residential areas of Sa’dah and a passenger bus carrying the internally displaced Yemenis in Hudaydah.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is delighted that Tashkent has decided to open a new chapter in its relations with regional states, Iran in particular.

Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia’s multinational state, has praised the Islamic Republic of Iran’s fight against the US hegemony, expressing his country’s support for Tehran in international issues.

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad held high-level talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Monday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey the embodiment of democracy in an Islamic country, assuring his newly-reelected counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Tehran would push for closer ties with Ankara.