Iranian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Morteza Sarmadi handed the written message of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. In a Thursday meeting in Uganda, the officials of the two countries discussed issues such as the status of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and bilateral ties. President Museveni said that they […]

Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei hailed the good banking relations between Iran and Russia, saying the necessary conditions have been made for further expansion of ties between the two sides. Sanaei’s comments came following a meeting between an Iranian delegation headed by Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati and a Russian delegation headed by […]

 Oil cooperation between and Russia can be boosted to some $50 billion and Moscow has expressed readiness to make this investment, said Iranian Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati on Thursday. He made the remarks during a live interview with Iran’s state TV on Thursday noon. Referring to his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

 Ebtekar, the Special Envoy of Iranian president, met with Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla and handed President Rouhani’s written message to President Joko Widodo to him. The Special Envoy of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Masoumeh Ebtekar, who was tasked to deliver President Rouhani’s message to Indonesian President Joko Widodo,  to Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla. Also Ms. […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected as “baseless” and “ridiculous” the recent anti-Iran allegations by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who has said Tehran is using its embassies to plot terrorist attacks in Europe. “The embassies of the Islamic Republic of Iran work within the framework of international conventions,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi, […]

 Mohammad Reza Aref, chairman of the pro-reform Hope faction in the parliament, said on Wednesday that the parliament is assessing the impeachment of some economic ministers, urging President Rouhani to make changes to his economic team. “The view of the Hope faction is that the president do some actions to promote the competence of the […]

 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has said that the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’s meeting in Vienna showed that the United States is isolated at the international scene. The Joint Commission of the JCPOA held first meeting at the foreign ministerial level in Vienna on Friday since the U.S. walked […]

 Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh-Hashemi on Tuesday criticized the self-proclaimed human rights advocates for their silence toward U.S. sanctions moves against Iran which can impede access of Iranian patients to necessary drugs. “Undoubtedly, the anti-Iran sanctions would harm the elderly and infants while the so-called advocates of human rights are observing and approving them by their […]

 Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution who is in Russia for an official visit, has shrugged off the concurrent trip to Russia by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying “nobody cares” about the Netanyahu’s “baseless and illogical remarks”. “He (Netanyahu) is an itinerant person who travels to somewhere […]

 Gunmen killed an Iranian soldier in Baneh County, Kurdistan province on the border with Iraqi Kurdistan. Colonel Alireza Kurdlu, the Commander of Choman border regiment, told Iranian media on Wednesday that a border guard called Armin Fakhri was martyred by gun shots while he was on duty in a watchtower belonging to Iranian border guards […]