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Iran's Interior Ministry started registering hopefuls for the May presidential elections at its Election Headquarters in Tehran on Tuesday, as curious Iranians wait to see the contenders aiming to…

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said higher employment is not possible unless domestic production is boosted and this objective will not be attained without the…

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said terrorism poses a threat to the followers of all divine religions, stressing that acts of terror are aimed at inciting religious sedition.

A senior conservative politician believes the alliance of principlists for the forthcoming elections is not a target easily achievable, adding that major conservative parties approve the overall…

President Hassan Rouhani, during a Sunday telephone call with Syrian President Bashar Assad, censured the US hostile move against the Arab country as an infringement of international regulations…

Iran's nuclear chief highlighted the positive developments following the 2015 nuclear agreement, citing among other things the recent injection of uranium gas into Iran's latest generation of…

Iran on Sunday celebrated the National Nuclear Technology Day with an exhibition of the latest accomplishments of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, which included devices jointly produced…

Iran's Foreign Ministry rejected as "ill-advised" the comments made by Jordan's king who has accused Iran of being involved in strategic problems in the Middle East, saying his move to place Iran…

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Friday's US missile assault on an airbase in Syria was "a strategic mistake".  "What the Americans did was a strategic mistake…

Narges Kalbasi, an aid worker acquitted weeks ago of charges of alleged negligence leading to the death of an Indian child Asim Jilakara during a picnic she had organized, said she finally…

Lawmaker Kazem Jalali has been elected as the deputy chairman of the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Jalali was already a member of the executive committee, to which he was…

A naval flotilla of Iran's Caspian Sea fleet, comprising an indigenous destroyer and a missile-launching corvette, began a journey to Kazakhstan on Saturday as part of routine and friendly port…

Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Defense and Foreign Affairs Mohamad Maliki Osman stressed the need to boost his country’s relations with the Islamic Republic in various areas,…

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani denounced the recent US missile attack on a Syrian airbase as a testimony to Washington’s support for terrorist groups.

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A lawmaker said the US frightened by Iran's "soft power" strategies in the region is doing its utmost to counter the Islamic Republic's positive influence by tarnishing its image at the…

President Hassan Rouhani strongly criticized the unilateral missile attack by the US on a Syrian airbase on Friday in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons, calling for an international…

Lawmakers reiterated Iran's strong opposition to the division of neighboring Iraq, condemning a plan by the Arab country's ethnic Kurds to hold a referendum on independence once the Islamic State…

Lawmakers dismissed as groundless the US allegations that former FBI agent, Robert Levinson, was abducted on Iranian soil, saying it has happened outside Iran's territory.

A reformist lawmaker said the camp supporting President Hassan Rouhani will field their backup candidate so as to respond to the conservatives' probable strategy of endorsing multiple candidates…

Iran said the crises in the Middle East region are largely due to the "colonial" policies of the UK and its allies.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi made the statement on Wednesday…

The Iranian Navy’s commander unveiled plans for the renewed presence of Iranian naval forces in the Atlantic Ocean in the current Iranian year (started March 21).

Iran’s envoy to Kuwait stressed Tehran’s willingness to hold talks and enhance ties with members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council.

Iran's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned US missile attacks against a Syrian airbase, saying it will complicate matters further and spoil the chances of resolving the six-year conflict.

President Hassan Rouhani hailed the "positive" economic and political achievements over the past few years as a demonstration of the country's progress, maintaining that people's participation in…

Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, who is the current custodian of the holy shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, has declared his readiness to run for…