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Iranian and Iraqi delegations have discussed ways to modernize the tourism systems, particularly medical tourism mechanisms, in their respective countries.

President Hassan Rouhani says the United States shamed itself by trying to target the Islamic Republic at a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting it had called on the recent events inside Iran.

An Iranian oil tanker, which caught fire after colliding with a bulk freighter off China's east coast, is giving off poisonous gases, hindering rescue work there, the managing director of the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) said.

Tehran has rejected media reports linking an upcoming meeting between Iranian and EU officials to recent scattered riots in Iran, saying the planned talks will focus on the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal.

The European Union has announced that it will invite Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for talks over the recent riots in country.

The IRGC chief-commander has reiterated that it would be impossible to send missiles to a country like Yemen which is under a complete blockade.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif say given the tremendous problems existing at the national and regional levels, regional governments need to assure dialogues now more than any time in the past.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met the first Chilean ambassador to Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.

An Iranian official says the country is prepared to help the Baghdad government preserve a number of historic sites in Iraq that used to be part of the Iranian territory before the 1975 border demarcation.

Berlin and Rome are in talks with Tehran to open exhibitions putting on show items on loan from Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Arts.

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei says an operation room in the Iraqi Kurdistan, headed by a CIA agent, has orchestrated the recent unrest in Iran.

Delegations from Iran and Qatar have sat for talks in Kish Island over ways to boost tourism relations between the two sides in the southern Iranian island.

A group of German archaeologists are expected to visit Iran for three weeks with the aim of getting more familiar with the country’s ancient culture.

Iranian envoy to the UN has strongly criticized the Security Council for holding an emergency session on the developments in Iran at the request of the US, saying that Washington is abusing its power as a Permanent Member, and abusing the Council itself.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the recent UN Security Council meeting on Iran developments was yet another stupid mistake made by the US administration.

The second edition of a conference on Middle East security will be held in Iran’s capital of Tehran on January 8 with more than 200 Iranian and foreign officials and experts in attendance, organizers said.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have conferred on the latest developments in Iran and the world, particularly the ongoing unrest in various Iranian cities.

Based on an agreement between the governments of Iran and France, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s planned visit to Tehran later this week has been postponed amid the ongoing unrest in Iran.

Iran's UN mission has released a statement strongly condemning comments made by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley concerning the riots in the country.

According to the official website of the Iranian president, Rouhani had a telephone conversation with Macron and congratulated him and the French government and people on the New Year and expressed hope to witness closer ties and friendly relations between the two countries in all fields of mutual interest.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic's security and stability depend on its own people, adding that "infiltrators" will not be permitted to violate the rights of the Iranians.

The Russian and Turkish foreign ministries have separately condemned attempts by certain foreign countries to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs amid the recent developments in the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s two border crossings with Iraqi Kurdistan region have resumed their operations following an announcement by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), the director general of the Interior Ministry’s border affairs department said.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has lashed out at the US president for his rude comments about the Iranian nation, urging Trump to watch his language and address his own country’s problems instead of interfering in other states’ affairs.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated Cuba on the anniversary of its revolution, and called for further enhancement of relations between Tehran and Havana.