Iranian foreign minister will start visits to Turkey, Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan tomorrow, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman, with Turkey as Zarif’s first stop alongside President Hassan Rouhani. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi, told reporters today that Mohammad Javad Zarif will travel to Ankara Tuesday as the first leg of his three-nation tour accompanying President […]

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday voiced regret over the recent deadly clashes in Indian-administered Kashmir, and called on the warring sides to avoid violence. “The Islamic Republic of Iran supports any measure which is in line with the Kashmiri nation’s interests,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said. He further voiced Tehran’s preparedness to take […]

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on the entire Iranian nation to dedicate their efforts to promoting domestic production in line with resistance economy. In a speech aired immediately after the turn of the Persian calendar year on March 20, the Leader extended New Year felicitations to all Iranians […]

The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority issued a license for the construction of the first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP), local media reported on Monday. It was recognized that the project, which is to be implemented with the help of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom, meets all the necessary requirements. The groundbreaking ceremony for […]

Iran’s ambassador to Russia and Russian deputy minister of foreign affairs have held talks to discuss more consular cooperation and visa facilitation for both countries’ citizens. In the Saturday meeting, Mehdi Sanaei and Yevgeny Ivanov discussed bilateral cooperation including visa facilitation for both countries’ citizens. The two sides emphasized the need for the development of […]

Parliament senior adviser for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has condemned Israeli regime killing and wounding hundreds of Palestinians yesterday. In a post on Twitter on Saturday, Iranian Parliament senior advisor for International Affairs predicted “the latest outrage by the illegitimate Israeli regime, in killing Gazans will be met with a swift & surprising response by […]

Ali Akbar Velayati, the senior Aide to Iranian Leader, posted a message on his official page on the Internet, condemning the Friday murdering of Palestinian demonstrators in the Gaza Strip. “The latest crimes committed by the blood-shedding Zionist regime which murdered the Palestinians attending the Return Day demonstration revealed, once again, the savage and criminal […]

Ali Larijani, the current Chairman of PUIC, issued a statement late on Saturday condemning the Friday murdering of Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza strip. “The only language that the terrorists ruling in Tel Aviv can understand is the language of force and resistance is only solution to counter the ambitious ends of the Zionist regime,” reads […]

In a letter to the United Nations, Iran once again rejected “imaginary” and “baseless” Saudi claims of Tehran sending missiles to Yemen, saying the Riyadh regime has repeatedly used the same “scenario” to divert attention from its ongoing atrocities against the Yemeni people. “Accusing Iran of providing or smuggling ballistic missiles to one of the […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the US support for Saudi Arabia’s aggression against Yemen, saying that Washington is complicit in the “world’s biggest humanitarian disaster”. “It’s official: Supplying bombs, targets and refueling #Saudi warplanes is apparently not enough. US now proclaiming that it’s “doing the planning” in war on #Yemen too. US complicity […]