Iran’s President has emphasized that Iran-Azerbaijan relations are in the interests of both nations and stressed the necessity of efforts to develop, strengthen and consolidate bilateral relations. At the meeting with the visiting Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev in Tehran on Tuesday, Hassan Rouhani highlighted the will of the governments and […]

Azerbaijani foreign minister said on Friday that a four-sided meeting of Azerbaijani, Iranian, Turkish and Georgian foreign ministers will be held in Baku on March 15 to give impetus to regional cooperation. “The four-sided meeting of Azerbaijani, Iranian, Turkish and Georgian foreign ministers to be held in Baku on March 15,” Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar […]

TEHRAN – The number of Iranian travelers to Azerbaijan has risen by nearly 64 percent in the first 10 months of 2017 compared to the same period last year. Around 320,000 Iranians visited the neighboring country in January-October this year in comparison with 204,000 the year before, IRNA reported on Tuesday. The Republic of Azerbaijan […]

Iran’s national beach soccer team won against Azerbaijan on Saturday in the Iranian city of Bushehr. The Saturday match was Iran’s first match in the tournament in which it beat Azerbaijan 3 to 2. The 2nd Persian Beach Soccer Cup is underway in Bushehr province, on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the south of […]

TEHRAN – Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for International Affairs Asghar Fakhriyeh Kashan on Sunday said, “with the allocation of $500 million worth of finance by the Republic of Azerbaijan, construction operation of Rasht-Astara Railway project will go on stream between Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan within the framework of joint venture (JV) […]

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Babak Minai is making a documentary about Black January, a violent crackdown in Baku in January 1990 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. “The idea to make a film entered my mind last year when I heard about the tragedy on a trip to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku,” Minai […]

The al-Kawthr network reported that Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia will have joint military forces under the title of ‘the Joint Army of the Turkic World, the Eurasian Military Force.’ Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia will have joint military forces. The army will be set up under the title “The Joint Army of the Turkic […]

TEHRAN – Azerbaijani medical-military delegation visited Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Hospital and Jamaran Heart Hospital on Friday holding talks with Iranian officials. An Azerbaijani medical-military delegation led by Natiq Aliyev, head of the Defense Ministry’s health department, visited various sections of Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Baqiyatallah Hospital and Jamaran Heart Hospital and closely […]

Iranian foreign minister, who arrived in Baku on Tuesday to attend trilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, said that the three countries are pursuing counter-terrorism and economic cooperation. Visiting the new building of Iran’s embassy in Baku, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the meeting, which is going to be […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani told the visiting Armenian MP Vahram Baghdasaryan in Tehran on Monday that Iran is resolute to solve the problem of Karabakh. “Iran will spare no efforts to resolve the Karabakh crisis and we hope the issue be resolved very soon with peace and friendship,” said Ali Larijani, the Speaker of […]