TEHRAN – Senior Advisor to the Leader of Islamic Revolution for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati announced that Iran’s 1st VP Es’hagh Jahangiri is due to visit Syria in near future. Speaking among reporters, following his meeting with Syrian PM Khamis, Velayati said Mr. Jahangiri will consult with Syrian authorities on the all-out relations between Iran […]

TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs Dr. Abbas Araghchi said that United Nations has been turned into one of the cornerstone of international cooperation in recent decades. Speaking on the occasion of 72nd Foundation Anniversary of UN held at the venue of Iran’s National Library, Araghchi stated “as one of the cornerstones of international cooperation in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the country’s intelligence and security officials to take rapid action to identify and punish the perpetrators of the recent terrorist attack on eight border guards in northwestern Iran. In a message issued on Monday, President Rouhani expressed deep condolences to the bereaved families of the victims of […]

TEHRAN- Iran Transportation and Logistics Forum was held at IRIB International Conference Center in Tehran on November 5 and 6, IRNA reported. Iranian Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi, Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Chairman Masoud Khansari, and European Logistics Association President Paolo Bisogni were among speakers in the inaugural ceremony of the […]

TEHRAN – Visiting Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday held separate talks with President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces During the meeting with Zarif, the officials discussed cooperation in various areas of politics, border security, […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Saudi Arabia is blaming Iran for the consequences of its “wars of aggression,” taking Riyadh to task for its destabilizing role in the region. In a post on his official Twitter account on Monday, Zarif said Saudi Arabia was engaged in “wars of aggression” and destabilizing behavior, but blamed Iran for […]

A high-ranking Iranian official has said that Saudi Arabia’s plots and conspiracies throughout the Arab and Muslim world will eventually result in the kingdom’s isolation. Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, made the remarks following a meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis in Damascus on […]

Iran has rejected “destructive, irresponsible, provocative and baseless” allegations leveled by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, accusing Tehran of being behind a Saturday missile attack on Riyadh. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi made the remarks on Monday after the coalition, which includes a number of Saudi Arabia’s vassal states under its command, said in […]

TEHRAN– The language and literature used in resignation letter of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri was the language of anti-Iran rulers who raise baseless and false accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran says Ayyoub Hamid, Lebanese MP. It was for a long time that war with ISIL and the developments in Syria and Lebanon […]

TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hamid Mohammadi said currently, conditions are not ripe for the country to resume dispatching nationals to Saudi Arabia’s holy cities for performing the Umrah (minor Hajj) pilgrimage.  “The resumption of the Umrah pilgrimage requires special arrangements and mechanisms and it will take place if Saudi Arabia […]