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Former diplomat Hossein Mousavian said in an opinion piece for the USA Today on Friday that during the ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN…

The deputy foreign minister expressed hope that independence, freedom, strength, progress, stability and integrity would be promoted in Egypt.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denied the report that in his nuclear meetings with US Secretary of State John Kerry the issue of Iran's domestic politics has been raised.

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon published on Saturday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the fact that attacking Islamic values has become widespread in western societies…

A member of the Assembly of Experts' presiding board said the chair of the assembly will be appointed at the next meeting of the clerical body which is scheduled to be held on March 6-7.

The chairman of the Majlis subcommittee on the Caspian Sea told ICANA on Friday a meeting on the legal regime of the sea will be held in Golestan Province in late February. Nozar Shafiei said such…

The caretaker of the permanent mission to the United Nations described “illegitimate” and “illegal” sanctions as an important contributing factor to the increase in inequalities in the countries…

A Russian lawmaker commented that expansion of relations between Tehran and Moscow is of “strategic importance”.  

A foreign ministry official decried the recent brutal killing of a Jordanian pilot and the beheading of two Japanese nationals by the self-declared Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, calling on…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said many countries have economic transactions with Iran which do not go against UN restrictions on the country.    

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accompanied by his deputies Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-Ravanchi left Tehran for Germany on Friday to attend the Munich Security Conference which started on…

The deputy foreign minister said the achievements gained in the battle against terrorism can be sustained through implementing political initiatives.

Hossein Amir Abdollahian made the…

A foreign ministry official denied the reports that an Iranian national has recently been shot dead by the Turkmen police in the Caspian Sea.

A foreign ministry official said Iran would increase the number of its uranium enrichment machines if the United States imposed new sanctions.  

The head of the Iran-Malaysia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Mehdi Zahedi, and Malaysian Parliament Speaker Pandigar Amin Mulia called for expansion of cooperation between the two countries in…

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Thursday Iran has formed bonds and promoted mutual trust with regional nations, IRNA reported.   "Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan are now…

c certainly "unite and put up a single list of candidates" in the 2016 parliamentary election.

The Omani foreign minister said the nuclear talks between Iran, the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany will be fruitful.

Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah made the remarks in an…

President Hassan Rouhani has once again reaffirmed Iran's long-held stance that the Islamic Republic does not need to develop a "nuclear bomb" as it gains its power from "a great and dedicated…

The director general for political and international security affairs at the foreign ministry traveled to Moscow on Wednesday to hold discussions with Russian officials on bilateral nuclear…

A senior diplomat says Tehran rejected a US request for help in fighting terrorist groups because of Washington’s lack of sincerity. “The US asked Iran for help in the fight against terrorism.

The Obama administration reportedly asked hawkish US Senate Democrats last month to delay a vote imposing new sanctions on Iran by two months.

The chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said the parliaments of Iran and Ireland can help improve the cordial relations between the two states.

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani stressed the need for increased efforts to help boost ties with Malaysia.  

He made the remarks in a meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Pandigar…

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza thanked the Iranian government for its support for the African country in hard times.

He made the remarks in a meeting with Foreign Minister Mohammad…