Iran has censured an airstrike by US military aircraft on a convoy of Syrian government forces, saying the move was carried out with the goal of changing the existing balance in the battlefield.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who won a second term in office in the presidential polls held on Friday, said establishing security in the region will be possible through enhancing democracy and respecting people’s votes.
The Iranian intelligence minister announced that the country’s security forces have managed to smash a number of terrorist cells that intended to disrupt the process of the elections on Friday.
There has not been a single report of security problems during various stages of preparations for Friday’s presidential elections, a deputy Iranian minister said.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has stressed that the country will never accept any UN document that even minutely goes against the country’s beliefs and religious values.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it has added nine American individuals and companies to its list of sanctions for sponsoring terrorism or action against Iran’s national security as a retaliatory measure against the new US embargoes on the Islamic Republic for its missile program.
A Jewish lawmaker at the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) says Jews can freely practice their religion in Iran and have always enjoyed better living conditions in the Islamic Republic than in Europe.
Albanian artist Genti Tavanxhiu has won the first prize at the 8th Tehran International Sculpture Symposium for his 280cm-high limestone sculpture “Fragile”.
Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, who is running for Iran’s president, expressed his gratitude to Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf for ending his race in favor of the cleric on Monday, calling the move “revolutionary”.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says Saudi Arabia must stop pursuing anti-Iran policies and leveling accusations against the Islamic Republic, expressing Tehran’s readiness to hold negotiations with Riyadh.
Poverty takes the center stage in Iran's presidential campaigning as candidates travel across the country to take their message to the voters ahead of an expected close race on Friday.
Iran’s intelligence and security forces managed to foil a plot by a terrorist team before it could find an opportunity to carry out acts of terrorism in the country.
Iran’s Cyber Police warn that the “ransomware,” which has affected countless computer systems worldwide, has reached some systems inside the country, urging preemptive measures to prevent it from spreading further.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned Friday terrorist attack on Pakistani officials, and renewed Tehran’s call for concerted effort against the growing threat of terrorism.
Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent Iranian president running for the second term, highlighted the role of non-oil exports, the tourism industry, as well as the medium-scale and small-scale enterprises in creating job opportunities for the country’s young labor force.
Iran’s president congratulated his Uzbek counterpart on the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, describing the “deep and unbreakable bonds” as an asset to the bilateral relations between Tehran and Tashkent.
Iran powered past Japan in straight sets in final to win the title at the SMM 2nd Asian Men’s U-23 Volleyball Championship in the northwestern Iranian province of Ardabil on Tuesday.
