Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected as “unacceptable” any preconditions for Tehran’s participation in the upcoming Geneva II Conference on the Syrian crisis.
A great number of swans, migrating from Russia's Siberia, have reached the suburbs of Sorkhrood in the center of Mazandaran province, Iran.
The White House has launched a harsh attack on supporters of a Senate bill to impose fresh sanctions on Iran, suggesting that they have a hidden goal of drawing the country into another Mideast war.
The Syrian deputy foreign minister has praised the Islamic Republic of Iran’s diplomatic and economic support for the Syrian nation.
Lebanese Army Commander General Jean Kahwaji says his country will spare no effort in prosecuting those responsible for the bomb attacks outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut last November, and bring them to justice.
The first nucleus of resistance in Lebanon had been formed by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah’s martyr Hassan al-Lakkis had been trained by the force, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says.
Lebanon will likely hand the body of the leader of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group over to his family in Saudi Arabia, but only after physicians have determined the cause of death, a judicial source says.
A senior Iranian foreign ministry official and nuclear negotiator has reiterated that any new US sanctions against Tehran will terminate the interim agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 nations in Geneva.
French President Francois Hollande is set to meet with Saudi Arabian monarch King Abdullah and other top officials of the regime to discuss Middle East developments and economic ties.
Samiyeh Baluchzehi (26) has been elected by Sarbaz City Council in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province (southeast) as the city’s mayoress, al-Alam reports.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham says Tehran will review any request by the European Union to establish a representative office in Iran.
A senior Iranian foreign ministry official has dismissed reports that the West pledged sanctions relief to Iran in exchange for Tehran’s approval of the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt will separately pay official visits to Iran within the next two months.
A high-ranking Russian official says the internationally brokered Syrian peace talks next month will be impossible without the participation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iran has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack in Egypt’s Nile Delta city of Mansoura that killed at least 15 people and left scores injured, and the latest Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has supported ongoing negotiations with Iran to take part in the Geneva 2 conference on Syria.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Air Force (IRIAF) has wrapped up a major military drill over the country’s southern Persian Gulf waters.
US President Barack Obama has insisted that now is not the time to impose new sanctions on Tehran while it is set to negotiate over a long-term nuclear deal with world powers.
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator says expert-level talks on the implementation of a recent nuclear deal between Tehran and the Sextet of world powers will resume in Geneva on Thursday.
Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino is scheduled to pay an official visit to Iran later this week to discuss the grounds for enhancement of cooperation between Rome and Tehran with senior Iranian officials.