TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said in a meeting on Saturday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that more dialogue is needed between Tehran and Moscow now that Donald Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the multilateral 2015 nuclear deal. Rouhani and Putin met in Qingdao, China, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit […]

Following the relative completion of building a 144-km (90 mile) security wall on its northern border with Iran, Turkey will begin another 43-km security wall on its southern border with the country. President Tayyip Erdogan said last year Turkey would build walls along its border with Iraq and part of the border with Iran similar […]

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani met and talked with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the SCO summit in China to discuss expansion of bilateral ties. The Iranian and Afghan president held a meeting on the sidelines of the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Chinese port city of Qingdao on Saturday. In […]

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain held talks on expansion of bilateral ties on Saturday in Chinese city of Qingdao. The meeting was held at President Rouhani’s residence in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province. During the meeting, the two leaders highlighted the need for expansion and development of political and […]

TEHRAN – There will be no outlook for talks with the American regime until it speaks with the great Iranian nation with the language of “respect” instead of “threats and sanctions”, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday. Qassemi slammed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose sanctions on Iran, saying, “Mr. Trump should […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has told the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna that Israel’s nuclear program poses threat to international peace and security. Speaking at the board’s quarterly meeting on Thursday, Reza Najafi said Israel’s nuclear capabilities should be put on the IAEA agenda as a real threat […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian lawmaker said the Islamic Republic plans to file a complaint with relevant international bodies against Boeing after the U.S. airliner unilaterally canceled its deal with Iran. “Such an act (by Boeing) will not undermine our resolve and they cannot harm us in this way,” Taqi Kabiri said on Friday, Tasnim reported. […]

TEHRAN — Nine Iranian universities once again succeeded in securing positions in world top university rankings in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2018 and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2019. 1,000 of the world’s top universities are ranked using six different indicators to compile QS World University Rankings 2019. Universities are evaluated […]

The Iranian president said Fri. that the US unilateralism undermines international treaties, calling on world countries not to keep silent toward US illegal moves, particularly its pullout from the Iran nuclear deal. Speaking at Mehrabad Airport before leaving for China, President Hassan Rouhani said, “this visit is taking place at the invitation of the President […]

 Iran’s intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi announced Thu. that several terrorist teams have been arrested in the west and southwestern Iran in the past few days. Alavi said that security forces were following terrorists and finally conducted operations to arrest them before they could carry out any terrorist operations. Iranian intelligence minister also said that a […]