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 […]

TEHRAN  – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described the battle against the Zionist regime of Israel as a “sacred” one and a collective responsibility of the entire Muslim world, recommending efforts to diversify the continued fight against Tel Aviv. In a message to the 2nd international conference of resistance scholars, held […]

TEHRAN – In a joint statement at the conclusion of the 7th round of Syria peace talks in Astana, Iran, Russia, and Turkey reaffirmed commitment to settling the crisis in Syria with political processes, emphasizing the need for the conflicting parties to take confidence building measures. Delegations from Iran, Russia and Turkey -the guarantors of […]

ISFAHAN  – The strategic Sukhoi Su-24 fighter-bombers along with Phantom combat planes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) managed to hit their targets during ongoing air drills on Tuesday night. The war game code-named Aerial Power of Fadaeeyan-e Harim-e Velayat 7 (Devotees of Velayat Airspace 7) started on Tuesday morning in the […]

TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said on Tuesday that Iran will not renegotiate the nuclear deal, or its defense issues. Shamkhani who was visiting Iran News Pavilion at Press Exhibition in Tehran, said, “Besides the fact that Iran has practically shown it is abiding by the deal, the […]

TEHRAN – Nazem Dabbagh, a representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), says the Islamic Republic of Iran’s policy towards the KRG has always been based on good relation and ethnical, cultural and racial commonalities, and predicted the relation would remain good in the future. Visiting Iran News pavilion in the 23rd Press and News […]