The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is set to form a contact group to help put an end to the ongoing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Iran’s ambassador to the UN says. “Over the past days, I have made several contacts with the envoys of Muslim countries, and a group named ‘the contact group […]

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of a number of Iranian convicts on the occasion of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Ghadeer. Ayatollah Khamenei on Thursday agreed to a request by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani to pardon or reduce the sentences of 1,166 eligible inmates […]

Advising Kurds not to trust on the US, former US ambassador to Syria said Wednesday the US has accepted the fact that Assad and his allies are winning and the US is losing. Former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford said on Wednesday evening that the Syrian administration of President Bashar al-Assad is in its […]

Iran’s Parliament Speaker voiced readiness to take immediate actions toward stopping the mass killings of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and sending humanitarian aid to the oppressed people. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that in a statement on Wednesday while expressing his strongest condemnation over the ethnic cleansing of Rohyngya Muslims in the Rakhine state […]

TEHRAN — Officials from the World Health Organization have endorsed Iran’s obesity prevention program which aims to curb overweight and obesity among teenagers and preschoolers. During a meeting held in Tehran on Tuesday, Dr. Francesco Branca, WHO Director of the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development and Dr. Ayoub Al Jawaldeh, WHO Regional Advisor […]

Iranian Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati, while noting that Iran had no problem with forming bilateral ties with Saudi Arabia, advised the Arab country not to interfere with internal affairs of regional states. Ali Akbar Velayati, Head of Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council, touched upon the upcoming visit of a Saudi delegation […]

 In a meeting with the special envoy of Japan’s Prime minister, President Rouhani said US humiliation and threat policies of the US towards other countries will never be effective During this meeting Rouhani stated “developing southern ports can significantly advance Iran-Japan relations and Japanese investors and businessmen can invest on developing ports and extending rail […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reiterated Tehran’s support for Syria in its battle against terrorism. “Iran will continue to back Syria in its battle against terrorism,” Zarif said during a Wednesday phone conversation with Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem. The Iranian foreign minister also congratulated Muallem for the Syrian army’s breaking of years-long […]

Tehran’s Public and Revolution Courts Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi announced that Iran’s judicial system has sentenced four individuals to long jail terms for spying for the US. “A court in Tehran has sentenced four infiltrators and US-linked agents to 10-year jail terms each; the ruling has been confirmed by the country’s Appeals Court,” Jafari Dolatabadi […]

Commander of Iran’s Basij (Volunteer) force Brigadier General Gholam-Hossein Gheib-Parvar underlined that the ISIL terrorist group and other Takfiri groups have been created and are nurtured by the US and Britain. “Is there any one to doubt that the ISIL and Takfiri groups have been created by the Americans? Do we doubt that the crimes […]