Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi criticized the unilateral move by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region to hold an independence referendum on Monday and said it took place without the necessary prudence. “Our stance is clear, the move (independence referendum) occurred at an improper time and lacked the necessary logic,” Qassemi said at his weekly press […]

Michel Duclos, the Director General of France’s ADI, who is visiting Tehran was received by Kamal Kharrazi, the former Iranian FM, on Monday in Tehran. “Trump’s words do not fit any logic or reason and that’s why they have been opposed by most of the leaders of the world,” reiterated Seyyed Kamal Kharrazi, the Head […]

The ambassadors from Britain, France, Germany and the European Union to the United States have expressed their countries’ strong support for a landmark international nuclear agreement Iran clinched with the P5+1 group of countries more than two years ago. “We agree that the demise of this agreement would be a major loss,” David O’Sullivan, the […]

The presidents of Iran and Russia have expressed their support for Iraq’s territorial integrity and national unity amid a highly controversial referendum on independence of the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, held a telephone conversation on Monday to discuss the latest developments pertaining to mutual relations […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said recent comments by US President Donald Trump against the Islamic Republic in the United Nations General Assembly have their roots in Washington’s anger over Tehran’s success to foil US plots in the Middle East. “Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution to the present day, […]

TEHRAN  – A new long-range ballistic missile at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ disposal can be used for hitting multiple targets, a top commander said. In comments on Monday, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the large ballistic missile, Khorramshahr, can carry a warhead weighing 1,800 kilograms. The 13-meter-long […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed that Tehran would stand with Baghdad and oppose any move threatening Iraq’s territorial integrity, as the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is holding an independence referendum. In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi on Sunday night, President Rouhani voiced Iran’s full support for the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, exchanged views about the latest developments in the Middle East region, including an independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region on Monday. In a telephone conversation late on Sunday, Rouhani and Erdogan underlined that Tehran and Ankara enjoy common stance against the referendum. […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that US President Donald Trump’s new travel ban is proof of his fake empathy for Iranians. Zarif made the remark via his official twitter account early on Monday shortly after Trump signed the new rules, in which citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen face […]

TEHRAN – Representative of Zahedan constituency to Majlis has urged the government to solve the problems of factories and small industries which are suffering from recession and are on the verge of closedown. In an interview with IRAN NEWS, Hosseinali Shahriyari said that saving the factories and small industries will lead to occupation for the […]