Iran’s UN envoy Khoshroo said those who engage in hate speech against followers of divine religions play right into the terrorists’ hands and help them to recruit more members and spread such heinous extremist ideologies. Gholamali Khoshroo, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addressed the UN General Assembly on Dec. 20 during the […]

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif late on Wed. lashed out at Trump’s threats about cutting off financial assistance to those countries voting for a UN resolution against his decision on embassy relocation.   “Trump[‘s] regime exposes contempt for democracy through its threats against those who dare resist its thuggish demands at the UN — all while Trump […]

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Secretary General of ‎France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maurice Gourdault-Montagne held the fourth round of political talks between the Islamic Republic and the Western European country. In the meeting in Paris on Wednesday, Araqchi and Gourdault-Montagne exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to promote bilateral […]

TEHRAN – Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Monday that the country is suffering from economic mismanagement, urging all branches of the government to cooperate in order to boost the economy. Referring to employment as one of the country’s toughest problems, Jahangiri said the government should stimulate the economy to create more job opportunities. He […]

Mohammad Hassaninejad, Iran’s envoy in the third committee of the UN General Assembly, said on Tuesday that biggest threat to human rights stems from “hypocrisy, politicization and double standards”. “Hypocrisy of governments who under the pretext of human rights mercilessly criticize their political foes while at the same time condone the gravest atrocities of their […]

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits the Iranian city of Malard in Tehran province. According to the Seismological Center of the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the quake hit on Wednesday at 23:27 local time (1957 GMT) at a depth of seven kilometers on the border of Tehran and Alborz provinces. The epicenter of the tremor […]

A trilateral meeting of Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey, Elmar Mammadyarov, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Mevlut Cavusoglu has kicked off in Baku. Prior to the trilateral meeting, the ministers held one-on-one meetings. Baku Declaration has been signed at the trilateral meeting. This is the fifth trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers and the […]

Foreign Minister Zarif said Wed. that Iran has voiced its protest against the US recent missile claim at the Tuesday UN Security Council session in New York. Speaking to reporters ahead of the fifth trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey in Baku, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the […]

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the enemies have come to the conclusion that they are not capable of posing a serious threat to Iran and they aim to restrict the regional influence and defense power of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Speaking at a gathering of commanders of the Iranian Army in […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected the US administration’s first national security strategy as “unbalanced” and “one-sided”. In a statement on Tuesday, Qassemi said the document published by the Trump administration is full of futile efforts by its fabricators to introduce Iran as a threat, which is totally rejected and condemned. He stressed that […]