TEHRAN – During a meeting between a senior Iranian MP and Iraqi ambassador to Tehran, the Iranian law-maker asked for the cancellation of visa obligation for Iran and Iraq nationals. “This year, the number of pilgrims who attended the Arabaeen March increased thanks to the coordination made by the central committee of the rituals,” said […]

TEHRAN – Parliament Speaker Special Aide on International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned that peace will never be restored in Syria with US presence in the war-stricken country. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a twitter post on Thursday, saying the attacks against Syrian people and US presence in the Middle Eastern country are contrary to international […]

TEHRAN – A high-level meeting of the JCPOA joint commission was held in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Wednesday. The commission is tasked with monitoring commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers, Representatives from Iran, the 5+1 group (Russia, China, the U.S., Britain, France and Germany) and the European […]

During an address delivered in northern Iran on Wednesday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani condemned Trump’s rhetoric of support for “Israeli regime.” “The Iranian nation will respond strongly to any aggression of US and its allies,” said Ali Larijani on Wednesday in Rasht. He made the remarks at a ceremony organized to commemorate Mirza Kouchik Khan […]

President Rouhani told his Turkish counterpart Erdogan that the solidarity among Muslims against the Trump’s order of relocating US embassy has ramped up the hope for the Palestinian cause. “Solidarity in Istanbul summit made the Muslims of the world hopeful about the issue of Palestine,” said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday. The Iranian president […]

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Indonesian ambassador to Tehran that some countries undermine the Islamic World with normalizing relations with “the Zionist regime.” “The policy of normalizing relations with the Zionist regime is aimed to undermine the power and capacity of the Islamic World,” said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Aide on International Affairs, on Wednesday. […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hailed the level of Muslim countries’ presence in an extraordinary Islamic summit held in Istanbul, Turkey, to coordinate a response to a US decision to recognize Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital. “Inspired by very high level participation at extraordinary OIC summit, despite handful of telling exceptions,” Iran’s […]

TEHRAN– Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic Republic is prepared to join hands with other Muslim countries and help defend the holy city of al-Quds (Jerusalem) against US-Israeli plots with no strings attached. “…the Islamic Republic of Iran stands ready to cooperate with each one of the Muslim countries to defend the holy Quds […]

Iran says it expects the formalities over its membership to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) – a regional trade bloc led by Russia – would be finalized soon and an agreement with the Union’s member states would be signed accordingly.   Iran’s media quoted a trade official as saying that the agreement with the EEU […]

Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, warned that Washington is seeking to create mayhem in Iraq and Syria again after the collapse of the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terror group in the Arab countries. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Velayati highlighted the arrogant nature of the US […]