Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to the long-standing, respectful and reciprocal relations between Tehran and the Holy See (Vatican City) and emphasized the need for dialogue and effective cooperation between religions and civilizations. Zarif made the remark on Wednesday, in a meeting with Vatican City’s Secretary for Relations with States Paul Richard Gallagher, […]

In response to a letter by Zahedan’s Friday Prayer Imam, Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Khamenei urged all to make no discrimination between Iranians of any ethnic or religious backgrounds. Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi, in a letter to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, had called for more attention to rights of religious minorities in the country. […]

President Rouhani said Yemen needs unity to solve its issues, while condemning bombing of its infrastructures and provoking isolation between Yemeni tribal groups. Felicitating Eid Al-Ghadir during the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Rouhani described Ghadir Khumm as a great religious festival, reiterating that Shias and Sunnis agree together on the principle of the event of […]

Iranian Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati congratulated Syrian government and nation on the lifting of the three-year blockade organized by ISIL terrorists. “I would like to felicitate the strong Syrian nation on the lifting of Deir Ezzor blockade, a nation which withstood brutal and inhumane crimes of ISIL terrorists until it witnessed victory and the […]

Churches in Jerusalem al-Quds have lashed out at the Israeli regime for its “systematic” attempts to change the occupied city’s historical status quo and “undermine” the Christian community there. In a joint statement released on Monday, the heads of the Catholic, Ethiopian, Greek Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Lutheran, Syrian and other churches condemned a recent Israeli court […]

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani congratulated the Syrian government, nation and military forces on breaking a three-year siege imposed by Daesh terrorist group on a government enclave in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor. In a message on Wednesday, Larijani hailed Syria’s military gains against Daesh terrorists as the fulfillment of a pledge from God […]

Lavrentiev, Russian President’s Special Envoy for Syrian Affairs, met with Jaberi Ansari, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, on Tuesday in Tehran. Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President’s Special Envoy for Syrian Affairs, who is in Iran to meet with Iranian officials to discuss Syrian crises, met with Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and top negotiator at […]

The two-day World Parliamentary Forum of Sustainable Development kicked off Wednesday morning in Bali with speakers and MPs of 47 countries, including Iran, in attendance. Speakers of members of parliaments from about 50 world countries as well as several international organizations have gathered in Bali of Indonesia in order to discuss the issue to achieving […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran expects neighboring countries to cooperate with the Islamic Republic in the fight against terrorism and extremism. Zarif made the remarks in an interview with Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news network published on Tuesday. Asked whether the nuclear deal would preserve without the US, Iran’s top diplomat said “it […]

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says enemy threats and sanctions against the Iranian missile program are aimed at undermining the country’s deterrence power. “Threats and sanctions against [Iran’s] missile power have a completely political objective, which is to weaken the country’s deterrence power,” Hatami said on Tuesday in an address to a national defense conference. […]