TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani urged dialogue among regional countries to resolve problems and avoid playing into the hands of the US and Zionist regime. Speaking in a meeting with Chairman of the Pakistan Senate Defense Committee Mushahid Hussain, Larijani referred to attempts by Washington and Tel-Aviv to create crises in the region […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed as unfounded a report claiming that Tehran has requested Tunis to mediate in the tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia. “Iran has made no requests to Tunisia for mediation between Iran and Saudi Arabia and this report is rejected,” Qassemi told reporters on Wednesday when asked […]

TEHRAN – New commander of the Iranian Navy unveiled plans for dispatching military watercraft to Latin America, saying Iranian naval forces will soon sail into the Gulf of Mexico. Speaking in his first press conference after taking the office, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said Iran’s naval forces will soon go to the Atlantic […]

In their Wednesday meeting in Tehran, Iranian Deputy FM Mr. Araghchi and Mr. Swing, the Director General of the International Organization for Migration discussed Afghan refugees’ status in Iran. William Lacy Swing, the Director General of the International Organization for Migration who is visiting Tehran met with Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Deputy Foreign minister for […]

TEHRAN – Secretary-General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening Ali Akbar Velayati said the enemies of Islam are trying to portray an “improper” and “dark” image of Islam resorting to Wahhabism, an ideology which promotes violence and ignorance. “The enemies of Islam are utilizing all their capabilities to keep Muslim countries in a state […]

An international conference on ways to counter Takfiri and extremist ideologies in the Muslim world is underway in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Titled “The World Conference on Lovers of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) and the Takfiri Issue”, the two-day event opened in Tehran on Wednesday. Organized by the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening, it is being […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Wednesday’s summit with his Russian and Turkish counterparts should pave the way for a subsequent congress for Syrian-Syrian talks about the future of the Arab country in the post-Daesh era. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Wednesday morning before departing for Russia’s Sochi, President Rouhani said the summit he […]

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri held talks with his Turkish counterpart General Hulusi Akar in the Russian resort city of Sochi. During the meeting late on Tuesday, Baqeri and Akar discussed the latest developments in the region, Syria in particular, prior to a trilateral summit expected to be […]

TEHRAN — The Iranian vice president for women and family affairs and the European Union’s special representative for human rights held a meeting in Tehran. In a recent tweet shared late Monday VP Masoumeh Ebtekar wrote about her visit with Stavros Lambrinidis in Tehran, however, she hasn’t mentioned the exact date of the session. “We […]

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani argued that if ISIL had achieved its goals, a major disaster would have occurred, adding some of the countries in the region has an ISIL-manufacturing factories. “If ISIL had achieved its goals, a major disaster would have undoubtedly occurred,” Ali Shamkhani said in an interview […]