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The Institution of Theology and Religions in Qom holds Hebrew language courses for seminary students majoring in Christian Studies.

The 3rd Europe-Iran Forum opened on Tuesday May 3 in Zurich, Switzerland. The 2-day event offers a new and innovative program designed to balance high-level networking opportunities with panels and industry-focused workshops of real practical value.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman voiced the country’s readiness to help Iraq pursue the process of negotiations between political factions for national compromise, after recent political turmoil had Iraqi protesters storm Baghdad’s Green Zone and enter the Parliament building.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani voiced Tehran’s willingness to further boost its cooperation with Iceland in economic fields, renewable energy and new technologies in particular.

Iran’s Power Generation and Transmission Company (TAVANIR) and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) have sealed a deal over expansion of cooperation in power and energy industries.

If Saudi Arabia does not carry out its responsibilities towards Hajj, Iran will be forced to cancel its annual pilgrimages, the Iranian Foreign Ministry says.

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani received the Togolese and Bangladeshi ambassadors to Tehran.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye attended a ceremony held on Monday night in Tehran’s iconic Milad Tower to mark the beginning of “Iran-Korea Cultural...

Iran and Switzerland held a first round of financial talks in Bern and explored grounds for cooperation by presenting reports on their respective financial and banking activities and monitoring systems.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed the country’s willingness to enhance relations with Ukraine and Montenegro in light of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a lasting nuclear deal that has lifted international sanctions on Iran.

Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Tuesday May 3 that 16 foreign trade delegations have paid visits to Iran since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on Jan 16, 2016.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said South Korea hopes that North Korea will follow in the footsteps of Iran in curbing its nuclear activities and joining the international community.

Diplomats from the Foreign Ministries of Iran and France held the first round of political talks in Tehran, in line with a memorandum of understanding that the two countries signed during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Paris back in January.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran and South Korea must build relations that are impervious to Washington's spite and bias.

President Hassan Rouhani says there is suitable ground for foreign investment in Iran as he receives his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye in Tehran.

KOGAS has agreed to engineer and launch Iran’s 9th and 11th cross-country pipeline projects, based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the National Iranian Gas Company on Sunday May 1, a senior NIGC official said.

Indonesia’s new ambassador to Iran underlined that his country is willing to further promote bilateral relations with the Islamic Republic in diverse areas, including politics and economics.

A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry called on all political sides in Iraq to remain calm and create a proper atmosphere for holding talks.

Iran’s administration has set up a committee to take a series of legal and political measures to restore the Central Bank of Iran’s assets, seized by Washington according to a US court order, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday.

Iranian and Ivorian officials in a meeting in Abidjan on Sunday conferred on ways to further broaden relations between the two countries in medical, health and hygiene fields.

The Irish government is considering reopening its embassy in Tehran in a bid to expand trade relations with the Middle East’s second-largest economy.

France's new Ambassador to Iran, François Sénémaud, in a May 1 meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined his country's resolve to fulfill its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the nuclear deal.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye who arrived in Iran on Sunday for a three-day visit, met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday morning after an official welcome ceremony at Sa'd Abad Palace.

Chancellor of Sharif University of Technology Mahmoud Fotouhi Firouzabad announced the university’s plans to expand cooperation with Iraq and Afghanistan.

According to Indian media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to make a visit to Iran later this month to expand ties with the country, particularly in the energy sector.