TEHRAN – An Iranian official expressed satisfaction with the “dignified” presence of the country’s nationals in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, hoping that Iranians would have the chance to attend the Umrah (minor) Hajj as well. Iranian pilgrims could fortunately participate in this year’s Hajj in a dignified manner, Seyed Ali Qazi-Askar, representative […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani congratulated his Nicaraguan counterpart on the country’s 196th anniversary of independence. In a message to Daniel Ortega Saavedra on Friday, President Rouhani extended congratulations to the government and nation of Nicaragua on the Central American country’s Independence Day. The president expressed the hope that Tehran-Managua friendly and brotherly relations […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani expressed his condolences Friday over the deaths and injuries of dozens of Iraqi and Iranian nationals as a result of two terrorist attacks south of the Arab country. Expressing deep sorrow over the deaths of the Iraqi people, Larijani conveyed his condolences to the speaker and members of […]

TEHRAN  – Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami warned against the consequences of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s plan to hold an independence referendum later this month, saying the vote is part of a plot to create another Israel in the Middle East. “The independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region is an age-old dream […]

TEHRAN – Majlis General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said parliament will make diplomatic efforts to help resolve Myanmar crisis and prevent disaster, massacre and involuntary immigration of its people. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made these remarks in a meeting with the United Nation’s Representative in Tehran Gary Lewis. At the beginning of this meeting, Amir-Abdollahian […]

TEHRAN  – A senior Iranian military official has accused Washington of “seeking excuses” to tear up the nuclear deal Tehran reached with six world powers by demanding inspections of Iranian military sites. Ali Shamkhani, a military commander and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, made the remarks on state television on September […]

Syrian President Bashar Assad has sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, thanking him and congratulating the Iranian nation on recent advances in Dayr al-Zawr. “In the beginning, I would like to congratulate in the warmest terms Your Excellency and the friendly government and people of Iran on the strategic achievements that […]

A senior Iranian official says the current regime in Myanmar is a US puppet, urging Muslim countries not to remain silent in the face of the country’s deadly crackdown on minority Rohingya Muslims. “Myanmar’s regime is a US puppet,” Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs, said […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the 2015 nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of countries, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is not open to renegotiation, stressing that there is no better alternative to the deal. “The #JCPOA is not (re)negotiable. A ‘better’ deal is pure fantasy,” Zarif tweeted on Thursday, adding that it was […]

TEHRAN – Mr. Sheikholeslam, advisor to Iranian FM Zarif, believes that the massacre of Muslims in Myanmar is an international plot to press the Islamic world. “Wherever Muslims are in the minority, the efforts are focused to deprive them of their rights,” asserted Hossein Sheikholeslam, Adviser to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Wednesday. […]