Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said on Tuesday that Iran and Iraq have brotherly and friendly ties. During a press conference, he said that Iraq focuses on interaction with the neighboring countries based on commonalities. He said in December that Iraq will seeks to find an exemption from U.S. sanctions against Iran. In violation of […]

Pakistan’s Navy flotilla PNS KHAIBAR, PNS MADADGAR, PNS RAH NAWARD and Maritime Security ship ZHOB visited the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas from 6 to 9 January 2019. The visit was part of overseas deployment of Pakistan’s Navy ships to the Persian Gulf. On its arrival, the Pakistani flotilla was given a warm and traditional […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed as “untrue” reports by certain US media that an American citizen is imprisoned in the Iranian city of Mashhad in suboptimal conditions. In response to a question raised by reporters on Wednesday, Qassemi confirmed that American citizen Michael White has been arrested in Mashhad. “An American citizen, named […]

Iran national football team started their AFC Asian Cup campaign with a 5-0 win over debutants Yemen at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on Monday. Mehdi Taremi scored Iran’s first goal after Yemen goalkeeper failed to save Sardar Azmoun’s shot from outside the box and the Al-Gharafa forward took the […]

Iraq’s foreign minister said that his country is “not obliged” to abide by sanctions imposed by the US against Iran and would be pursuing options to continue bilateral trade. On December 20, the US granted Baghdad a 90-day extension to a waiver on abiding by the sanctions that were re-imposed on the Islamic Republic in […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to visit India and neighboring Iraq in coming days. Heading a large economic delegation, Zarif is slated to travel to India at the official invitation of South Asian country’s officials. The top diplomat said representatives of Iran’s private sector would have an active presence in the trip. After […]

Tractor Sazi’s Irish striker Anthony Stokes returned to Iran Thursday morning. The 30-year-old forward had left Tractor Sazi football team in late November due to personal issues but later announced that he would return to Tabriz. Stokes, who played for Republic of Ireland from 2007 to 2014, scored 10 goals in 11 matches for the […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said some 2,000 American citizens traveled to the Islamic Republic in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (which began on March 21, 2018). “In the first nine months of this year (March to December), a total of 1,879 American tourists traveled to Iran, including cultural […]

 The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for his unannounced and secret trip Iraq, describing it as an undiplomatic move that demonstrated disrespect for Iraq’s national sovereignty. “As Mr. Trump himself said in his address to the U.S. military in Iraq’s Ein al-Asad … he is now forced to […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi described the Syrian army’s move to enter the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years as “a new step” to resolve the protracted crisis in the Arab country. “Emphasizing the need to respect the national sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Syria, the Islamic […]