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The deputy chairman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces said Tehran will do everything in its power to help “purge terrorism from Iraq.”  

With the decision last week to extend the talks on a nuclear deal with Iran for another seven months, some key members of the US negotiating team, including the State Department’s deputy sanctions…

A parliamentary delegation led by Chairman of the Majlis Legal and Judicial Committee Allahyar Malekshahi has travelled to Thailand to hold meetings with the Southeast Asian country’s officials on…

In a statement issued on late Wednesday, Mohammad Sadeq Kharazi, the secretary general of the newly established Voice of Iranians party, announced he has no intention to stand as a candidate in…

Deputy Foreign Ministers Abbas Araqchi and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held separate meetings with visiting Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli on late Wednesday, according to a press…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to attend a Majlis hearing on the nuclear talks between Iran and the major powers on Sunday, MP Mansour Haqiqatpour told ICANA. The deputy…

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli is scheduled to travel to Moscow on Sunday at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Kolokoltsev, IRNA reported.

A US official said Washington believes that a diplomatic resolution of Iran's nuclear program is the best option for all parties involved in the negotiations.

The foreign ministry spokesperson denied reports claiming that Iran conducted air strikes against the positions of the self-declared Islamic State (IS) in eastern Iraq in recent days.

A car laden with explosives was set off at the Iranian ambassador's residence in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday.

The Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham condemned the…

The UN nuclear agency says it will convene a special session of its 35-nation board next week as it considers how to fund extended intensive monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program, the Associated…

Placing additional sanctions on Iran would "blow up" negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program, US National Security Advisor Susan Rice said on Tuesday.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the only way to combat terrorism is to promote regional cooperation.

Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi says the major powers should take "serious steps" to pave the way for clinching a comprehensive nuclear deal.  

The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights says the politicization of the issue of human rights has contributed to the spread of terrorist groups, such as al Qaeda and the so-called…

The spokesman for the mission to the United Nation has rejected as groundless the claim by US cyber security firm Cylance that Iranian hackers have infiltrated some of the world’s top energy,…

Iran said it has provided evidence to the UN nuclear agency showing that documents on alleged nuclear weapons-related research by the country were forged and riddled with errors.

The sixth congress of the Islamic Labor Party was held in Tehran on Wednesday, the Fars news agency reported. Hossein Kamali, the secretary general of the party, Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari, a senior…

Iran is seeking a senior post on a UN committee that decides accreditation of NGOs.  Iran was elected to the 19-member committee in April for a four-year term from 2015. The committee acts as…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran and the six major powers are "very close" to clinching a comprehensive nuclear deal and that the parties decided to extend the talks to hammer out…

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has expressed hope that Iran and the major powers would reach a final nuclear agreement, saying the settlement of the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program…

A foreign ministry official called on the states possessing chemical weapons to fully comply with their obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.  

The third meeting of Iran-Oman strategic cooperation committee co-chaired by the deputy foreign ministers of the two countries was held in Muscat on Monday.

The officials reviewed bilateral…

President Hassan Rouhani says the era of "extremism" and "security atmosphere" has come to an end, emphasizing that he will remain committed to the pledges he made during his presidential campaign…

Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the prevailing atmosphere in parliament is in favor of the administration.  

He made the remarks in a televised interview broadcast live on Iranian…