Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) hailed the influence of the Islamic Revolution of 1979 on the Middle East. “The regional communities are deeply indebted to the Islamic Revolution and to its achievements in the holy defense and in the war against arrogant superpowers,” said Major General […]

In a letter forwarded to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev on Fri., Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered condolences over the death of a number of Azerbaijani citizens in a drug rehab center fire. “The tragic news of the death of a number of citizens of the friendly country of Azerbaijan Republic in a fire at a […]

Iran’s foreign minister arrived back in Tehran on Saturday morning after visiting Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Bosnia on his 5-day visit to East Europe and Balkans region. Mohammad Javad Zarif, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation, started an Eastern European tour on Monday and held talks with high-ranking officials of Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia and finally Bosnia […]

Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami voiced concern at the ruling Al Khalifa regime’s crackdown and attacks against political dissidents in Bahrain, noting that the Persian Gulf littoral country has turned into a jail for its people. “We are concerned about the people of Bahrain as (the ruling Al Khalifa regime) has turned […]

Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Bosnian counterpart Igor Crnadak have held a second round of meeting in Sarajevo on Friday during which the two sides stressed further deepening of bilateral relations. During the second round of their meetings, the two foreign ministers reviewed the latest developments in relations between the two countries in the political, […]

Stressing that Iran has no relation of any kind with the Israeli regime, Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Iranian athletes are not allowed to face Zionist opponents in order to avoid recognizing the occupying regime. The Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said in the Iran’s central city of Boroujerd on Friday “prohibiting […]

The Special Working Group of the Caspian Sea held its 50th meeting in Moscow attended by deputy foreign ministers of the five Caspian coastal countries. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the 50th meeting of the Special Working Group on the development of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov held a phone conversation over a number of issues. During Thursday talks, the two sides exchanged views on bilateral and regional issues including the Caspian Seal legal regime. Russia’s latest move to veto the United Nation Security Council resolution on Yemen was also among the main topics discussed by […]

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has reacted to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’s annual report on the Iran’s HR situation in 2017, describing it as ‘discreditable.’ “These types of reports are seriously flawed and lack credibility,” Bahram Ghasemi said in reaction to UN Secretary General’s report accusing Iran of violating the rights of the journalists, […]

President Rouhani, in his meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Thursday, highly regarded the role of sports in vitality, health and close ties between nations. Hassan Rouhani met with the President of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino and said “with regard to the appeal of football for nations and especially young […]