TEHRAN – Leader’s Advisor, Ali Akbar Velayati, said certain countries of the region were obsessed with normalization of relations with the Zionist regime. Iranian Leader’s Aide Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks while addressing the second International Union of Resistance Scholars on Thursday in Beirut. The official said the opening ceremony of the meeting had […]

NAJAF  – Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims start their walking to mark Arbaeen, the 40th day after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shiite Imam, from the holy city of Najaf, south of Karbala.

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rejected Washington’s claims about Tehran’s links to the Al Qaeda terrorist group as an attempt to “whitewash” the reality about the Saudi regime’s role in the September 11, 2001 attacks. “A record low for the reach of petrodollars: CIA & FDD fake news w/ selective AlQaeda docs […]

TEHRAN  – The second edition of the international conference of resistance scholars concluded in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after issuing a statement that condemned attempts by certain Arab states to normalize relations with the Zionist regime of Israel. In the statement issued on Thursday, the participates in the international conference of resistance scholars underlined […]

TEHRAN  – Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi warned against US schemes to change the Middle East map by splitting up regional countries. Making changes in geographical borders and partitioning of regional countries are among the evil intentions that Washington is pursuing in the region, Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi said in a meeting […]

TEHRAN– An Iranian parliamentary delegation headed by Alaeddin Boroujerdi will visit Ukraine’s capital Kiev on November 13, an Iranian MP said Thursday. According to MP Mohammad Javad Jamali, the Iranian delegation slated for the Ukraine visit will be headed by Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, and comprise a number […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Tehran and Moscow are “strategic partners”. “Russia is a friend, neighbor and strategic partner,” Rouhani said in his meeting with Putin in Tehran. Putin also said, “Iran is considered Russia’s neighbor and strategic partner.” Putin visited Tehran on […]

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday urged further expansion of ties between the two neighboring countries of Iran and Azerbaijan, and cautioned against ill-wishers’ plot to undermine the two sides’ relations. Speaking at the meeting with the visiting Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, Ayatollah Khamenei warned against bids by […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned a terrorist attack in the US city of New York that left at least eight people dead, saying it is time for the world to seriously deal with terrorism and root it out. In a Wednesday statement, Qassemi voiced sympathy with the bereaved families of the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for efforts to facilitate economic relations between Tehran and Baku and said the two neighboring countries can use their national currencies in their bilateral trade. Speaking at a meeting with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Tehran on Wednesday, Rouhani praised the growing ties between Tehran and Baku and […]