TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran and the European Union held their third round of high level talks in Tehran on Monday. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi and Helga Schmid, the EU’s deputy political director, headed the meeting. Iran and the EU have already held two rounds of […]

TEHRAN – Kamal Kharrazi, the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said on Monday that realities in the Middle East have changed and France should adopt policies based on those changes. Talking to reporters, Kharrazi said France adopts position based on “wrong analyses”. “French President Emanuel Macron is making mistake. They [France] failed […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed the final statement of a recent Arab League summit in Cairo, urging Saudi Arabia to stop its “savage aggression” against Yemen and push for negotiated solutions to regional conflicts. In comments on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected the Arab League summit’s final statement as a Saudi Arabian […]

TEHRAN – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri is going to join his Russian and Turkish counterparts in an upcoming summit in Russia’s Sochi, which is expected to focus on the settlement of Syria crisis. The Iranian top commander will leave Tehran for Sochi today. The senior Iranian […]

Foreign Ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey Sergei Lavrov, Javad Zarif and Mevlut Cavusoglu at the talks in Antalya on Sunday have reached agreement on all the key issues, the Russian foreign minister told reporters after the meeting. “We have gathered to discuss certain issues related to preparations for the summit of the three countries’ […]

Countries like Saudi regime are after divide in ME but they can join peace endeavors in the region if they change their way of warmongering,” said Iranian FM Zarif on Sun. in Antalya. “Yesterday in Tehran, the early document for the final statement of presidents’ summit in Sochi was drafted by the experts of the […]

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran paid visit to the earthquake-hit areas in Kermanshah province.  Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran paid visit to the earthquake-hit areas in Kermanshah province to appeal to the earthquake victims and injureds.

TEHRAN — An anonymous benefactor has donated 100 billion rials (nearly $2.5 million) to earthquake-stricken province of Kermanshah, head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation said on Thursday. “Following a phone call from a generous philanthropist we received a cheque for 100 billion rials the next morning,” Parviz Fattah said, without giving further details. The […]

TEHRAN – Police forces in Iran’s northern province of Qom seized a large cargo of opium in a single operation on Saturday. Following an undercover operation and in joint operation with Tehran police, police forces confiscated around 500 kilograms of opium from a truck in the province of Qom on Saturday, provincial anti-narcotics police commander, […]

TEHRAN – President Raúl Castro of Cuba sent a message of condolences to Iranian President Rouhani, expressing sympathies over the deadly earthquake of last Sunday in western Iran. Sending a message of condolences to his Iranian counterpart President Hassan Rouhani, President Raúl Castro of Cuba extended sympathies to Iranians affected by the recent earthquake of […]