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A senior Iranian trade official says that Iran can reach African markets through Lebanon as the country affects all economic activities in Africa.

Iran has expressed hopes that the Saudis stop their narrow-minded policies and start helping with the fight to rid the region of Takfiri terrorism.

Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with Lebanon’s newly-elected President Michel Aoun in Beirut, becoming the first foreign minister to meet with the Lebanese head of state.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says the Islamic Republic is standing against any force spreading instability in the Middle East.

The Iraqi armed forces press service announced on Monday the ISIS leader has fled the Iraqi city of Mosul in the course of the operation to liberate the city.

A top military aide to Iran’s Leader warned officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, especially the Barzanis, against cooperation with Iran's enemies and terrorists.

Iraqi forces retook a key town from Daesh (ISIL) Monday, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will embark on a visit to Lebanon on Monday, which will later take him to three countries in the Eastern Europe.

Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi announced no Iranian pilgrim is allowed to go to Samarra after the Sunday suicide bombing, which killed dozens of people, including 9 Iranians.

Annika Söder, the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday in Tehran.

The ISIS (also known as ISIL and ISIS) terrorist group has used mustard gas during a military clash with Iraqi troops in northern city of Mosul, a report said.

An Egyptian spokesman denied a recent report about the Egyptian Oil Minister’s visit to Iran for an oil agreement with Tehran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly condemned Sunday terrorist attacks in the Iraqi cities of Tikrit and Samarra that killed several people, including Iranian pilgrims.

Kurdish-led Syrian forces have announced their plan to retake the ISIS group's de facto capital of Raqqa, saying they hoped Turkey would not "interfere in internal Syrian affairs."

Saudi Arabia intends to behead a disabled man on charges of alleged participation in anti-government protest rallies, a rights group warns.

Several people, including a number of Iranian pilgrims, were killed and wounded in a suicide bomber attack in Iraq’s Samarra, media reported Sunday.

Sources say a suicide attack against a security checkpoint north of Baghdad has killed at least nine people.

A French journalist believes that Riyadh is the root cause of terrorism, and his investigations have proved that.

Media reports show that dozens of Iranian-Kurdish women are fighting the ISIS terrorist group as part of the operation to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Iran’s president believes that the conditions in the Iraqi city of Mosul back in 2014 were so bad that it could be seized by any other group than the ISIS.

A source in Iraq’s Nineveh Province announced that local people in Mosul have stormed the ISIS’ main prison in Western Mosul and released dozens of prisoners after killing the guard.

Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani expressed satisfaction with his week-long visit to Iraq, saying constructive talks have been held with the Iraqi political and judicial authorities.

An Afghan activist says that violence against journalists has unprecedentedly increased this year, inasmuch as the rate of violence against media professionals during the past 10 months has been equal to the one in past eight years.

The Saudi ambassador to the US has dodged a journalist’s question on the use of cluster bombs in Yemen, saying it’s like asking, “Will you stop beating your wife?”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the election of Michel Aoun as Lebanon’s new president will surely result in a more prosperous future for the country.