Iran’s wrestler Komeil Qassemi won a silver medal in the 125-kilogram category of Rio 2016 Olympic Games Free-Style wrestling by defeating Turkish rival.
Representatives of a large number of Iranian companies will accompany Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his upcoming tour of Latin America, signifying Tehran’s plans to boost non-oil exports, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman said.
A Chilean film director, screenwriter and film producer, Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides, is scheduled to take part in the third edition of the Ammar International Popular Film Festival in the Iranian capital city of Tehran later this month.
A former US congressman admits there is no assurance that the next US president will remain committed to the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the country’s athletes in the ongoing Olympic Games in Rio for bringing glory to Iran, extending special thanks to 18-year-old taekwondo player Kimia Alizadeh for winning the first-ever Olympic medal by an Iranian lady.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said the country is not going to purchase Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system though Moscow has offered to sell it to Iran.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced that Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has paid a short unscheduled visit to Tehran on Thursday, August 18.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan highlighted the country’s technical capacity to fulfill its needs for military equipment, stressing that there is no limitation to improvement of the quality and range of homegrown missiles.
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani warned that the Islamic Republic will never tolerate any behavior by the Western parties to the July 2015 nuclear agreement contrary to the spirit of the deal, also known as JCPOA.
An informed source at the Iranian Foreign Ministry dismissed reports on detention of two European diplomats by police forces in a western province of the country.
The Iranian defense minister slammed Washington for its continued hostilities towards Tehran, saying the US administration does not want the Islamic Republic to benefit from the July 2015 nuclear agreement with six powers (also known as JCPOA).
An attaché working at Iran’s embassy in Kuwait has met with the fellow countrymen that the Arab country has recently arrested on charges of trying to cross the border illegally, Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered his congratulations to the Indonesian people and government over the Southeast Asian country’s Independence Day.
Iran’s Behdad Salimi broke the world record in the snatch weightlifting of the Men's over 105-kilogram class at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games, but he was later disqualified in the clean and jerk stage following a controversial decision by the jury.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said members of a Daesh-affiliated cell that was busted in Iran’s western regions recently had plotted to carry out synchronized terrorist attacks in different parts of the country.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said the country is determined to firmly respond to any move by Western parties to renege on its commitments based on the July 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
