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Chairman of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said the programs confining the military forces to pure training and wargames are not sufficient to prepare the soldiers, calling for “…

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei urged the government to reorient Iranian economic policies toward building a "production-based, private-run" economy, reiterating that…

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman embraced the Qatari announcement of the normalization of Iran diplomatic relations as a "rational and positive" step, saying the conflict-ridden Middle East…

President Hassan Rouhani offered his congratulations to the Ukrainian people and government over the Eastern European country's Independence Day.

Iran censured US President Donald Trump's new strategy in Afghanistan, saying Washington must stop interfering in the internal affairs of other countries and abandon its "destabilizing" policies…

Iran’s mission to the United Nations office in Vienna denounced as “illegal” the US pressure on the UN nuclear agency to interfere with its role in policing Tehran’s compliance with…

Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari and his Indonesian counterpart, Ade Supandi, exchanged views on a range of issues, including ways to boost cooperation between the two countries’…

The Defense Ministry’s Marine Industries Organization unveiled a state-of-the-art and indigenous two-speed gearbox used in vessels.

The gearbox was unveiled during a ceremony on Thursday…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks on Israel defending itself from Iran hold no water, a Middle East expert told Sputnik.

Commenting on the Israeli premier’s concerns…

Iran's foreign minister complained to the UN atomic agency's director general, Yukiya Amano, about the adverse consequences of the Wednesday meeting of the agency's officials with Washington's…

The recent confirmation votes of proposed ministers held in the parliament on Sunday demonstrated that the conservatives carry more weight in the chamber than their reformist rivals, said a…

New Defense Minister Amir Hatami underlined his ministry's commitment to support the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in various military spheres, including missile development and air defense.…

Iran's foreign minister has urged Saudi Arabia to abandon "destructive" regional policies that are even harmful to the kingdom, calling yet one more time for a revision in the Saudi course to…

Greater efforts to highlight the underlying fundamentals of the reformist movement and further interactions among parties affiliated with the camp are essential for the pro-reform discourse to…

Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari and Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri discussed Tehran-Beirut ties as well as the latest developments in the Middle East in a meeting held in the…

Islamic Revolution Guards Corps dismissed reports about plans for a joint operation with Turkey against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants outside the Iranian borders.

A combat base of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ground Force reminded the “anti-revolutionary terrorist groups” of severe punishment they would receive for any plot to upset security in…

The US-based Institute for Science and International Security urged the UN nuclear watchdog to revisit an Iranian military facility in search of evidence that Tehran has been building nukes in…

The Russian envoy to Iran said his country will come to Tehran's defense in the event of US breaching the 2015 nuclear deal, noting that his government will work to convince the controversial US…

Visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari held separate talks with Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil and the head of Progressive Socialist…

The next round of talks involving Russia, Turkey and Iran on settling the Syrian conflict has been pushed back from late August to mid-September, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said…

The nuclear chief warned Iran could restore its uranium enrichment capacity to the pre-2015 nuclear deal level in a matter of days, if the US administration continues its policy of sanctions and…

Iran will not give up its right to take legal action against those behind the 1953 coup that overthrew the democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddeq, said a lawmaker, vowing the…

Newly reappointed Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the government has prioritized the pursuit of an active economic diplomacy mainly focused on serving the national development.

The Leader of Islamic Revolution appointed former defense minister, Lieutenant General Hossein Dehqan, as his advisor on defense affairs. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the commander-in-chief of…