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Iranian officials have welcomed the result of Lebanon's elections as a victory for democracy and a decisive “no” to Israel and the United States, who have been trying to undermine the resistance…

Iraqi expatriates in Iran are preparing to cast their ballots in a crucial national election whose winner will face the daunting task of reconstructing the Arab country after years of foreign…

Tehran and Beijing have signed documents calling for closer cooperation in security matter, in particular counter-terrorism and fighting drug trafficking, an official in Iran’s Interior Ministry…

A senior lawmaker has responded to Israel's claims about Iran's undeclared nuclear facilities, calling them "ludicrous" and material for "a pure comedy". The International Atomic Energy Agency…

A lawmaker says the Foreign Ministry should try every diplomatic venue with the Saudis to pursue the case of Iranian victims of a hajj stampede in 2015, especially for securing damages to the…

Tehran City Council Tuesday released the final shortlist of candidates for the mayor’s job and said the body will elect the mayor for the 12-million metropolitan by the weekend.

Defense Minister Amir Hatami met with an Omani military delegation during and expressed Iran’s willingness to create a positive, constructive atmosphere in the region.

France, Britain and Germany will keep to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran irrespective of the United States’ decision later this week because it is the best way to avoid nuclear proliferation,…

Two Omani warships will dock at the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday on the occasion of the 14th biannual friendship conference between the two nations in Tehran.

Iran will withdraw from its nuclear agreement with world powers if its interests are not protected by the other signatories in case of a US pullout, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday,…

Iran has denied charges that its embassy in Algeria cooperated with the Polisario Front, a Western Sahara independence movement, cautioning that Morocco's move to suspend relations with Tehran…

 Iran should step up its diplomatic efforts and engage with a wider range of influential actors to be able to reap the benefits of its long-running campaign against terrorists in war-…

Iran on Monday said it will support any political faction or group that comes to power in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Qasemi said "The Islamic…

The Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences (IAMS) has presented its findings related to a recent suspected chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma to the UN, calling on the world body to…

Iran says it will use its rights to fight a multibillion-dollar US court ruling against the country for allegedly aiding in the 2001 terror attacks in the United States, denouncing the "…

Iran will respond if the Afghan government does not address its concerns over shared water resources, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday. The dams Afghanistan has built on…

The reformist camp should not serve merely as an instrument of the government but rather needs to independently field and endorse its own candidates in presidential elections, says a pro-reform…

Tehran has plans to respond to any move by US President Donald Trump against the 2015 nuclear agreement, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday. 

 “We have plans to resist any…

US President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, pushed for regime change in Iran on Saturday, saying the president is “as committed to regime change as we are.”

A political analyst has criticized President Hassan Rouhani for saying that some of his ministers have become “disappointed” and talk pessimistically, saying that the president’s approach is…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that he believes it is not in Iran’s interests to cancel the visa-free regime for Azeri citizens visiting Iran. Zarif, who was in the Majlis…

Iran's threat to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in case of a US pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal does not mean that it will seek to divert its nuclear…

The government "does not approve" the judiciary's recent move to ban the popular messaging app Telegram, President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday. 

"The recent blocking of Telegram…

Strained relations between Iran and Tajikistan should set off alarm bells in the Central Asian country as it will give Saudi Arabia ample room for maneuver and create conditions for the rise of…

Russia will stand by the Iran nuclear deal and develop closer ties with Iran if US President Donald Trump withdraws from the agreement on May 12, a senior Russian official said on Friday.