TEHRAN  – The Iranian nation and officials’ unity and vigilance have turned the Islamic Republic into a strong regional power, the country’s president said. One cannot take a decisive measure in the region without taking Iran’s view into account, President Hassan Rouhani said during a ceremony held in Tehran on Monday to commemorate Ayatollah Seyed […]

TEHRAN  – An Iranian deputy foreign minister rejected reports that Iraq has removed visa requirements for pilgrims going to the Arab country for Arbaeen rituals, stressing that visitors will still need visas from the Iraqi government to cross the border. Speaking to Tasnim on Sunday, Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan […]

West’s claims rooted in its regional failure

A number of Iranian jurists and lawyers called on the United Nations secretary general to push for an end to the ongoing military crackdown and ethnic violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 70 Iranian jurists asked him to take practical action to address the plight of Myanmar […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says even the staunchest allies of the US have voiced their opposition to US President Donald Trump’s policies on the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and Washington’s possible withdrawal from it. “The policies of the Tramp administration are isolated in the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian parliamentary official Amir-Abdollahian labelled Iran and Iraq’s relations as strong and stable, while criticizing Saudi Arabia’s destructive and uncooperative behavior. “It would be a positive turn of events if Iraq-Saudi Arabia relations became normalized, and Riyadh stopped its destructive and uncooperative behavior,” Iranian Parliament Deputy General for International Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy FM Araghchi while noting that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has gained international approval, said Moscow Nonproliferation Conference was another testament to it. Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi had recently taken part at the International Conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation nuclear weapons […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, received, early on Sun. the organizers and staff of the Congress to Honor the Knowledge, the revolutionary contribution, and the Rank of Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khomeini in Tehran. Seyyed Mostafa Khomeini, the eldest son of the late Imam Khomeini, suspiciously passed away in 1977 in Iraqi city […]

TEHRAN– The Netherlands has adopted a policy opposite to that of the US toward the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a top Iranian official said, adding that a group of visiting Dutch lawmakers have leveled outspoken criticism at the US for lack of commitment to the nuclear deal. Speaking to reporters in Tehran after […]

TEHRAN  – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council called on the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas to maintain its leading role in countering the Zionist regime of Israel’s occupation. In a meeting with Deputy Head of Hamas’ Political Bureau Saleh al-Arouri in Tehran on Saturday, Ali Shamkhani expressed the hope that Hamas, a forerunner in […]