TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for close interaction with neighboring Armenia to address crises and conflicts in the region. Iran and Armenia can develop close cooperation to address the conflicts and crises that have engulfed the region, President Rouhani said in a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan in Tehran on Tuesday. […]

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian politician warned against Washington’s continued hostilities toward Damascus and said the US is seeking to break up eastern and northeastern parts of the war-torn country. Speaking at a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud on Tuesday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned against the repercussions of a planned move by Washington to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization and said the move would intensify hatred of the US government among the Iranians. “With such measures, the American (authorities) would isolate themselves further and […]

TEHRAN – Spokesman for the Iranian Administration Mohammad Baqer Nobakht praised the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps for its vital role in the country, warning the US that any hostile measure against such an anti-terror organization would further reveal Washington’s support for terrorism. Speaking at a weekly press conference on Tuesday, Nobakht lauded the IRGC as […]

23rd October is the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Iran. Series of congratulatory events are lined up both in Tehran and Seoul until the end of this year. During the last half century, two countries have forged a solid relation and contributed to each other’s economic development. Particularly, Korea’s economic leap in […]

TEHRAN  – Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan unveiled his country’s plans to create a free trade zone near its common border with Iran that would involve European and Eurasian investors. In a meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran on Monday, the visiting Armenian prime minister said Yerevan has invited the Eurasian and […]

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reassured Iran that political developments, particularly in the United States, will not influence the organization’s reporting on the Islamic Republic. IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi at the Iranian Embassy in Rome on Monday […]

Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi has said several terrorist plots were thwarted during the holy month of Muharram. On Monday, he said that several people with plans to launch terror attacks in multiple locations across the country were identified and detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry since the beginning of Muharram. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic […]

TEHRAN – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the IRGC share the same stances against enemies of the Islamic Republic. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting in Tehran on Monday night to coordinate the ceremony due to be held on […]

TEHRAN – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri reiterated the country’s policy to deepen relations with neighboring countries and said Tehran sees no obstacle in the way to boost cooperation with the neighbors, Armenia in particular. Speaking at a meeting between high-ranking Iranian and Armenian delegations in Tehran on Monday, Jahangiri praised Tehran-Yerevan ties as “age-old” […]