The Iranian cities of Mashhad and Lalejin have been designated as global cities of precious stones and pottery, respectively, the deputy head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, announced.
Saudi Arabia’s former spy chief has attended an annual meeting of a terrorist group highly detested in Iran, raising the stakes in the kingdom's confrontational approach toward the Islamic Republic.
Families of the four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon over three decades ago have called on Beirut to fulfill its responsibility and help determine the fate of their loved ones.
France’s Ambassador to Tehran François Sénémaud said 16 companies from his country have come to Iran to consider opportunities for investment in Iranian fishery industry.
The Iranian minister of petroleum says the country’s Bu Ali Sina Petrochemical Complex in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, which was hit by a raging fire earlier this week, will resume its operation within the next few weeks.
An official at Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Friday called on UN chief to avoid making biased reports on Iran’s compliance with a nuclear deal with six world powers, recommending Ban Ki-moon to release realistic reports instead, about US failure to honor the JCPOA.
Iran announced that it has nothing to do with the US domestic disputes and regards Washington responsible for the implementation of US undertakings under a comprehensive deal between Tehran and six world powers.
ISIS terrorist group (also known as ISIS or ISIL) claimed a triple suicide attack on Thursday evening near a Shiite mausoleum north of Baghdad, which killed at least 35 people and wounded 60 others, according to Iraqi security sources.
Iranian firefighters and helicopters tried on Thursday to extinguish a fire that broke out at Bu Ali Sina petrochemical refinery complex in southwestern port city of Mahshahr a day earlier.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described the issue of Palestine as the prime concern of the Muslim world, saying the world’s arrogant powers, spearheaded by the US, provoke regional conflicts to make Israeli occupation of Palestine fade into oblivion.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered condolences over the death of the country’s award-winning film director Abbas Kiarostami, hailing his works as valuable contributions to promotion of “peace” and “friendship” in the world.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan congratulated his Muslim counterparts on Eid al-Fitr, and hoped for restoration of calm and security to the Islamic world in light of unity among Muslim nations.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has highlighted the country’s effective battle against Takfiri terrorism that has engulfed the region, a lawmaker said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned a string of terrorist bombings in the Saudi Arabian cities of Qatif, Medina and Jeddah, calling for stronger unity among Muslim nations as the only way to counter terrorism in the Middle East region.
Minister of culture and Islamic guidance expressed condolences over demise of great Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami, saying Kiarostami gave a new meaning to cinema.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a wave of suicide bombings that hit Saudi Arabian cities on Monday, stressing that the fight on terrorism does require international consensus and united efforts.
In a congratulatory message ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, the new Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri prayed for liberation of all Islamic territories from the yoke of occupiers.
A former high-ranking Iranian diplomat condemned the Bahraini regime for stripping citizenship from the spiritual leader of the kingdom’s Shiite Muslim majority, saying the move is a result of secret ties between Manama and Tel Aviv.
A suspected suicide bomber died early on Monday, July 4, after blowing himself up near the US consulate in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah, the kingdom's interior ministry said.