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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf says Iran and Turkmenistan have a great potential for closer cooperation, and that the two sides should use their joint borders as a good opportunity to expand bilateral relations.
President Ebrahim Raisi paid an aerial visit to Zayandehrud, the largest river in Iran and its basin, the Gavkhuni wetland, a region that had been severely affected by water shortages mainly caused by drought.
Intelligence forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have dismantled a network involved in smuggling subsidized fuel to neighboring countries, arresting all the traffickers.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has cautioned the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency against complicating ties among the body’s member states by making politically-motivated statements through media.
The United States has announced its military “will continue to closely monitor Iran’s pursuit of viable space launch technology." Tehran says it plans to carry out two more launches of its domestically-developed hybrid-propellant satellite carrier rocket called Zoljanah.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hailed Iran’s resistance against problems and its push to advance its economic objectives, saying Pakistan should learn from Iran how to counter the sanctions.
The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has called for planning and preparedness of the armed forces proportionate to future warfare and operations.
The former commander in chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has said the country’s blows to the Israeli regime have increased multi-fold and are continuing.
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency has claimed that the negotiations between Iran and the P4+1 on revival of the 2015 nuclear deal have hit an impasse.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has emphasized Tehran’s policy of broadening ties with neighbors, saying closer relations between Iran and Turkmenistan will serve the interests of both neighborly nations.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi praises deep-rooted relations with Turkmenistan, saying a visit by his Turkmen counterpart to Tehran will, without any doubt, become a “turning point” in relations between the two nations, which are “more than just neighbors.”
Iranian authorities have reportedly arrested one person over a recent cyberattack that targeted Tehran municipality’s website and surveillance cameras, an informed source says.
Officials from Iran and Turkmenistan have signed 13 agreements on bilateral cooperation during the second day of a trip to Tehran by Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi welcomed Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdymukhamedov in an official ceremony at Tehran’s Saadabad complex on Wednesday.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has told Pakistani Foreign Minister that strengthening relations between Iran and Pakistan will boost regional economy and security.
A senior Iranian human rights official says estimates show the number of child laborers in Iran has jumped 20 times since the Taliban group’s takeover of neighboring Afghanistan in August 2021.
The director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has said the country has no plans for a visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency chief to Tehran.
Iran says Greece decided to end the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker it had confiscated in its territorial waters in mid-April under pressure from the United States.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran has proposed what he called a new political package to resolve differences during the Vienna talks. He was speaking at a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart in Tehran on Tuesday.
A member of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission says the future of the Vienna talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal depends on the US side’s approach.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has reiterated that Iran has no undeclared nuclear material, saying the claim made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is based on forged and fabricated information by the “illegitimate Zionist regime” that is in possession of nuclear weapons.
Iran’s Labor Minister Hojjat Abdolmaleki has announced his resignation amid controversy over his handling of the raises approved by the parliament for the retirees.
