Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran would not rush to scrap a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal if Washington chose to unilaterally walk away from the agreement. What action Iran would take under that scenario, Zarif told The Global POLITICO, would depend on what transpires next. The extensive interview, which was conducted during Zarif’s stay in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar underlined the necessity to safeguard geographical borders in region and fight terrorism, and reiterated the two neighboring countries’ willingness to boost defense cooperation. During the meeting held in Tehran on Monday, Rouhani said confronting terrorism and safeguarding geographical borders in the […]

TEHRAN  – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani slammed the independence referendum recently held in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, saying the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) adopted an “irresponsible and amateurish approach”. Speaking at a meeting with Turkey’s Chief of the General Staff General Hulusi Akar in Tehran on Monday, Shamkhani said the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian and Iraqi forces staged a joint military drill at the common border on Monday. The war game, codenamed Eqtedar (power), involves Iranian and Iraqi troops. Armored units, the artillery, drone squad, and airborne division from the Iranian Army Ground Force have taken part in the exercise. According to Commander of the Army […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces have managed to capture 68 tons of illicit drugs in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan during a six-month period, the provincial police chief announced on Monday. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Brigadier General Mohammad Qanbari said during the first six months of the current Iranian year […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Omani counterpart in Muscat on Monday for political talks. The top Iranian diplomat arrived in Oman on Monday morning for a one-day visit and held a meeting with the sultanate’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah. Zarif is going to have more high-profile meetings […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police Chief General Mohammad Massoud Zahedian and his Turkish counterpart, Adnan Ozdemir, underlined the importance of efforts to boost cooperation between the two neighboring counters in border control and the fight against smuggling. In a meeting held in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Zahedian and Ozdemir exchanged views about a range […]

TEHRAN  – The third stage of military exercises of the Iranian Army started on Monday near the western common borders between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq. The war game code-named “Heidar-e-Karrar” involves various units of the Iranian Army, including the Rapid Reaction Unit, the Artillery Unit, and the Drone Unit. The third stage […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has slammed the recent terrorist attacks in France and Canada. “As some countries are busy exporting terrorism and making false claims, terrorism has reared its ugly head again, attacking innocent and defenseless people” said Qassemi. Voicing sympathy with the families of attacks’ victims, Qassemi called on the international community to spare […]

President Rouhani has forwarded a message of felicitation to President Xi Jinping of China on the occasion of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1. In his message forwarded on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and the people of China as they celebrate the 68th […]