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Emphasizing the need for closer collaboration between universities and industry, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said Friday that government-based industries are rather “averse to innovation.”…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called for expansion of ties with Iran. He made the remarks in a meeting with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of the Fourth Foreign…

Iran condemned Israel’s latest lawlessness to temporarily close the al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslim worshippers that has made it off limits to Palestinians.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Marzieh…

A senior judiciary official has described United Nations resolutions against Iran and reports by the UN special rapporteur on the human rights in Iran as “biased” and “in direct…

Oman will host the next trilateral meeting between Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the US secretary of state and European Union foreign policy chief to discuss Iran's nuclear program.

Former diplomat Hossein Mousavian has urged the US and Arab countries in the region to end animosity toward Iran and begin a new era of interaction in light of the grave developments visiting the…

A diplomat has criticized as “unhelpful” remarks by the Saudi foreign minister against Iran amid ongoing diplomatic gestures between the two countries.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif conferred with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing late Friday.

The meeting was held after the Fourth Ministerial Conference of Istanbul Process…

The head of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Expediency Council said regional crisis will benefit no country. In a meeting with the visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende in…

Chairman of Russian State Duma Sergei Naryshkin will visit Iran this month.

First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri felicitated the Algerian nation and government on the country's national day. In a message to Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, Jahangiri proposed…

President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Dilma Rousseff on her victory in Brazil’s presidential election to secure a second term in office.

The chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has called for lifting of all anti-Iran sanctions by the November 24 deadline for a nuclear deal between Tehran and the…

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major-General Hassan Firouzabadi said collaboration and interaction between defense and intelligence bodies have always safeguarded the country against threats…

A newspaper says the latest naval exchanges between Iran and China as "the start of a budding naval alliance" stretching from the Pacific to the Persian Gulf.

Less than a month before November 24 target date to reach a comprehensive deal between Iran and major world powers over the country's nuclear program, US Catholic bishops urged Washington not to…

Helping the people of Kobane should not be used as an excuse for foreign intervention in Syria, a senior diplomat has said.

The permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations called for Iran's participation in the campaign to seek a political solution to the protracted conflict in Syria.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Friday terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking have roots in unwanted and unhelpful foreign interventions.

The head of the Center for Strategic Research at the Expediency Council denied rumors that nuclear negotiators from Tehran to the P5+1 talks had crossed 'red lines'.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson described the recent visit by an Iranian deputy foreign minister to Islamabad as "very constructive".

US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Thursday that Iran and its negotiating partners could reach an agreement over Tehran's nuclear program by November 24 deadline. "We’re…

Any agreement with the six major powers on Tehran’s nuclear program must conform to Iran’s red lines, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Tuesday.

First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri has sent a message to Afghan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah congratulating him on assuming his new post, ISNA reported on Wednesday.

A former Iranian envoy has rejected the idea that falling oil prices will increase pressure on the oil-dependent Iran to soften its negotiating stance at nuclear talks with the major…