TEHRAN  – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif is scheduled to pay an official visit to the Iranian capital Monday. Heading a politico-economic delegation, Asif will arrive in Tehran on Monday to discuss bilateral ties and regional and international developments, Qassemi said in a statement on Sunday. He […]

TEHRAN – Visiting Iranian parliamentary delegation in a meeting with Vice Chairman of Algeria People’s National Assembly Boudaoud Abdel Yaminspeaker stressed expansion of bilateral ties on Friday. The meeting was held in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the World Parliamentary Forum on Sustainable Development, IRNA reported. Head of the Iranian delegation Jamali Nobandegani appreciated […]

TEHRAN – According to Border Guard Commander Ghasem Rezaee, Iran and Pakistan have strengthened border security following the recent talks with Pakistan authorities in the past two months. Concerning the measures taken by Pakistan’s authorities to improve eastern borders’ security, General Ghasem Rezaei said “we have some security issues on our borders with Pakistan which I […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s first Vice President Jahangiri, in a message, felicitated appointment of Ahmed Ouyahia as new Prime Minister of Algeria. Iran’s First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri issued a message to veteran Algerian politician congratulating him on his appointment as Prime Minister of Algeria. “I extend my deep and heartfelt congratulations on your appointment as […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said a “developed” and “stable” world of Islam would lead to the global development and stability. “We have all reached consensus that ‘World of Islam’ is a crucial and effective part of the global system and having a capable, developed and stable World of Islam would lead to universal […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have called for closer cooperation between Tehran and Ankara. “Facilitating banking transactions is an important platform for developing ties and cooperation between both countries,” said Rouhani after a meeting with Erdogan in Kazakhstan’s capital  Astana on Saturday ahead of a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. […]

A senior Iranian official has slammed the ongoing brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in Myanmar, saying the Muslim community is suffering from organized crime at the hands of the Israeli regime. “The Zionist regime’s plot to cleanse its cruel and child-killing image and promote the culture of cruelty and oppression against children, the elderly and innocent people in coordination with […]

“The issue of Myanmar is a huge humanitarian catastrophe,” asserted President Hassan Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran, “it is an ethnic and ideological cleansing which has displaced hundreds of thousands of Muslims and killed a huge number of them.” The Iranian top executive made the remark before leaving Tehran for Astana. He recounted […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the heads of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plan to hold a separate meeting in Kazakhstan about the ongoing “human tragedy” in Myanmar. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Saturday before his departure for the Kazakh capital of Astana, Rouhani said on the […]

In a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, Iranian foreign minister called for immediate action by the international communities against organized violence against Muslims in Myanmar. Mohammad Javad Zarif, in his letter to UN Secretary-Genera António Guterresl on Friday, said the Islamic Republic of Iran stands ready and willing to support […]