TEHRAN – An Iranian deputy foreign minister criticized the Australian government for its refusal to cooperate with Tehran on the case of an Iranian pregnant woman detained on charges of violating US commercial laws. Voicing concern about the poor conditions that Iranian citizen Negar Qods Kani is being kept in, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan […]

TEHRAN – Iranian writers are happy with the Swedish Academy’s decision to present the Nobel prize in literature to Japanese-born Briton Kazuo Ishiguro who has been introduced to Persian readers with nine of his novels. The writers spoke to some Persian news agencies, commenting on the decision and Ishiguro on Thursday just hours after the […]

The Syrian army backed by allied forces managed to recapture some villages and townships in the central provinces of Homs and Hama from terrorists, killing dozens of the foreign-backed militants, Syrian sources said. According to Tasnim dispatches, the Syrian troops and allied forces liberated several villages and townships in the eastern outskirts of Hama from […]

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Bahram Ghasemi, has rebuked Friday terrorist attack in a Shia center in Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. Ghasemi, Spokesman of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shared sympathies with Pakistani nation, government and victims’ families adding “these brutal attacks are aimed at causing insecurity in Pakistan and spearing sedition and religious disputes.” He stressed […]

Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative in the UN Gholam Ali Khoshroo said that sanctions run counter to the establishment of global multilateral system and the international law. Addressing the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly, he elaborated Iran’s stance regarding global trade and reiterated the need for strengthening multilateral trade system. Khoshroo stressed the […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif started his official visit to neighboring Iraq to take part in the funeral procession of the Iraqi Kurdish leader and former president, Jalal Talabani. Heading a high-ranking delegation, Zarif left Tehran for Sulaymaniyah on Friday to participate in the funeral service for the late secretary-general of the Patriotic Union […]

Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi heading a delegation has arrived in Rome for a six-day visit to hold talks with Italian officials and attend Edoardo Amaldi conf. on nuclear safety. Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, is scheduled to attend the 20th Edoardo Amaldi Conference co-organized by the […]

Senior MP Boroujerdi in a Thu. meeting with President Bashar Assad voiced Iran’s readiness to help Syria’s reconstruction after the defeat of ISIL terrorists in the war-ravaged country. Head of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi held a meeting with Syria’s President Bashar Assad on Thursday in Damascus, during which he underscored […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected as groundless a recent US report accusing Iran of involvement in human trafficking, saying the one-sided report is aimed at drawing the world’s attention away from Washington’s own failure to fulfill its commitment to combating human trafficking. “We believe that the US government is seeking to distract the world’s […]

TEHRAN  – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday warned about a plot hatched by Zionists and a number of foreign powers to establish a new Israel in the region. On his visit to Tehran, Turkish President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Ayatollah Khamenei. During the meeting with Turkish President Recep […]