Iraq’s election commission has said that the results of Saturday parliamentary elections will be announced 48 hours after the polls closed on Saturday evening. According to Iraq’s election commission, the turnout which stood at 44 percent was lower than any other elections since 2003. The record low turnout was partly blamed on a curfew and restrictions […]

Preliminary results show Hezbollah, Amal and their political allies have won majority of the seats in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections. The Secretary General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah in a televised speech expressed his gratitude to Resistance Axis supporters yesterday afternoon, declaring the elections a national achievement. The Hezbollah and Amal are reported to have won 29 seats […]

Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesman for Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described the successful election in Lebanon as a victory and big accomplishment for democratic process in Lebanon. In addition to extending greetings to Lebanese nation and government for successful conducting of an energetic parliamentary election in Lebanon, Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesman for Iranian Ministry of […]

 Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said during a televised address on Monday that holding general election in Lebanon was a big national accomplishment for this country. “I extend my appreciation and gratitude to all who delivered on their duties,” said Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, on Monday. His remarks at a televised address […]

President Rouhani expressed congratulations to Mr Xi Jinping on his re-election as the President of the People’s Republic of China and expressed hope that Tehran-Beijing ties would develop in all fields of mutual interest. Hassan Rouhani’s message to the Chinese president is as follows: In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful […]

 The Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko has invited Iranian MP Kazem Jalali to observe the upcoming presidential elections in Russia. Iranian MP Kazem Jalali is currently the Vice President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). This is the first time an Iranian MP is invited […]

TEHRAN  – Afghanistan’s election commission is not Independent and follows President Ashraf Ghani’s orders, senior Afghan lawmaker said. First Deputy of Afghanistan’s Parliament Speaker Homayoun Homayoun referred to the establishment of a commission by Ghani to provide the logistical support for the election process and said the move is “direct interference” in upcoming elections affairs. […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has forwarded a message of felicitation to the newly-elected President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, calling for further expansion of ties. In his message forwarded on Tuesday, President Rouhani stressed that Tehran considers no limitation to developing inclusive ties with Bishkek. “I am confident that in your Excellency’s term of […]

TEHRAN – President Nicolas Maduro’s government won a landslide victory in closely watched regional elections in Venezuela on Sunday, according to official results that the opposition said were “suspicious.” Maduro’s socialist party won governorships of 17 of the 23 states with the opposition Democratic Union Roundtable (MUD) coalition taking only five, according to the results […]

TEHRAN – A fledgling party led by popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike gained momentum on Thursday ahead of an Oct. 22 election as the biggest opposition Democratic Party said it would step aside to let its candidates run under her reformist banner. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a conservative who returned to power in 2012, hopes […]