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Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy on Syrian affairs, discussed efforts aimed at putting an end…

US House Speaker Paul Ryan said the Iran nuclear deal is likely to stay in place, but supported the new sanctions on Tehran.

“A lot of that toothpaste is already out of the tube,” Ryan said…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US wrestlers will be granted visas to compete in this month's Freestyle World Cup in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.

A member of the Russian Parliament's upper house, Alexei Pushkov, warned of another "unwanted" crisis in the Middle East after the imposition of a new round of sanctions on Iran by the United…

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson underscored the role France, as an elite European Union member, can play in boosting the bloc's ties with Iran, particularly by countering the anti-Iran…

Iranian lawmakers are doubtful about a Russian-compiled draft of the new Syrian Constitution, warning it may lay the ground for de facto disintegration of Syria and continued unrest in the Arab…

An official with Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, said members of the council's Defense and Security Committee are scheduled to pay an official visit to Iran in early…

Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said Tehran is willing to continue its defense cooperation with Moscow.

“Iran is interested in continuing its partnership with Russia and developing…

The Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps launched the main phase of a major military exercise in the north-central Iranian province of Semnan.

The main stage of the…

US Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Saturday he was not considering hiking the number of US forces in the Middle East to address Iran's "misbehavior" at this time, but asserted that the…

Instead of tearing up the Iran nuclear deal, the new US administration is exploring how to tighten its enforcement and renegotiate key terms, but it may prove impossible to get other major powers…

The Iranian ambassador to Kuwait dismissed as “untrue” media reports, which claimed that the Arab country has imposed a visa ban on five Muslim countries, including Iran.

The Expediency Council convened on Saturday for the first time after the demise of the late chairman of the key clerical body, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The council resolves disputes…

Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed as hackneyed and groundless the recent claims by Saudi Arabia against the Islamic Republic, saying the heavy blows Riyadh has suffered in Yemen are the reason for…

Iran intends to impose restrictions on US individuals and entities backing regional terrorist groups, in retaliation for fresh US sanctions against more than two dozen Iranian nationals and…

Iran will impose restrictions on US individuals and entities backing "regional terrorist groups" as a response to recent US sanctions, Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Tehran will continue to bolster its defense systems, a senior Iranian official said, playing down threatening language from "rookie" US President Donald Trump over its latest missile test.

The US administration imposed new sanctions on Iran,  in the first step since the White House put Iran “on notice” after it test-fired a ballistic missile. Up to two dozen Iranian individuals…

Iraq roundly rejected US President Donald Trump's recent claims that Iran is "taking over" its neighboring Arab country.

The UAE Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires in protest at what Abu Dhabi claims to be Tehran’s “provision of weapons” to Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters, an allegation the…

A former top aide to ex-US president Barack Obama said the new US administration’s recent hostile posturing vis-A-vis Iran amounts to “bluster”.

President Hassan Rouhani offered congratulations to the Sri Lankan people and government over the South Asian country's Independence Day. In a message released on Friday to his Sri Lankan…

A senior Iranian official warned against Israeli interventionist plots in the region, calling for vigilance in the face of attempts by outsiders to wage war.

Ali Akbar Velayati, the senior…

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini and Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in southern Tehran to pay tribute to the late founder of…

The head of the follow-up committee on the nuclear deal said Iran has never stopped the enrichment of uranium even for a single day.