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FM: Iran not willing to tie prisoner swap to nuclear talks
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a phone call with UN Secretary General António Guterres said Iran considers prisoner swap as a humanitarian issue and is not will to tie it with nuclear talks.
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General Soleimani laid in rest in hometown Kerman
Kerman, Jan 8, IRNA – The body of the martyred great commander of the IRGC Quds Forces Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani was laid in rest in his hometown Kerman in southern Iran after the IRGC launched missile attacks on the US bases in Iraq early Wednesday morning to retaliate his assassination.
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147 Iranians, 32 foreigners lose lives in Boeing 737 crash
Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA - Iran Civil Aviation Organization said on Wednesday that 147 passengers on board of the crashed Boeing 737 plane were Iranians and 32 passengers were foreigners.
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Zarif terms Iran's attack to US base as "proportionate measure"
Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA – Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described Iran's missile attack to the US base in Iraq as a "proportionate measure" which came "in self-defense".
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Zarif congratulates Christian compatriots on Christmas
Tehran, Dec 24, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message extended congratulations to Christian compatriots on Christmas.
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Iran's Muay Thai fighter ranks top in Asia Championship
Mahabad, Dec 25, IRNA – Iranian Muay Thai fighter Havari Ahmadi ranked top and won a gold medal in the 2019 Asian Muaythai Championship held in UAE.
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President Rouhani: Muslims should find ways to counter dollar dominance
Tehran, Dec 19, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the World of Islam on Thursday to find a solution to be emancipated from the US financial system and the dollar dominance.
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Rouhani: World countries opposing US sanctions
Tehran, Dec 17, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that other countries are opposing the US cruel and unlawful sanctions against Iran and they call for maintaining close ties with Iran.
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Iran raps US advisor for misinterpreting sea of people attending Soleimani funeral
Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi in a message slammed US Senior Advisor for Public Affairs for misinterpreting sea of people attending Soleimani funeral, saying hysterical behavior is not strange among US officials.
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Iranians welcome IRGC attacks on US bases
Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA – Iranians welcomed the IRGC strikes on the US base in Iraq which was conducted on Wednesday morning in retaliation to the assassination of the IRGC great commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani.
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Parliament hopefuls can register with Governors' Offices
Tehran, Dec 1, IRNA – Candidates for the next parliamentary election (11th Majlis ) started on Sunday as per a directive to that effect by Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.
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Greek FM calls for preserving JCPOA
Athens, Nov 6, IRNA – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias underlined his country’s support of Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Russia urges US to stop illegal oil sanctions on Iran
Moscow, Nov 6, IRNA - Russian Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organizations called on The United States to stop illegal oil sanctions against Iran.
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Rouhani visits Mianeh, Sarab to meet quake-hit people
Tabriz, Nov 27, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that he is on a visit to northwestern cities of Mianeh and Sarab to meet the quake-stricken people and review the relief operations underway in the area.
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Exhibit of Iran Int'l Maritime Industries opens in Bandar Abbas
Bandar Abbas, Nov 27, IRNA -- Exhibit of Iran's International Maritime Industries opened in Bandar Abbas on Tuesday.
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Quds Day rallies to end ‘Deal of the Century’: Speaker
Qom, May 31, IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Thursday that while the US is pursuing the evil initiative of ‘Deal of the Century’ exploiting financial resources of the Persian Gulf states to deny the Palestinian people from their territories, Quds Day rallies will be a clear message to these conspiracies.
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Indian PM says Iran, India enjoy common civilization
Tehran, May 28, IRNA – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a message appreciated Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for his recent message saying both sides enjoy common civilization.
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Larijani: Iran supports Syria's territorial integrity
Tehran, Oct 21, IRNA – Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that Iran is to support Syria's territorial integrity, security and stability.
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Zarif: US sanctions target ordinary people's lives, health
Tehran, Oct 9, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that economy and dollar have turned into tools of war in contemporary literature of certain world countries.
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Afghan politician says prudence of Iran’s diplomatic apparatus defeated US
Kabul, August 30, IRNA – The prudence of Iranian diplomatic apparatus has defeated the United States and isolated Trump Administration in the wake of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed between Iran and world powers in 2015, according to an Afghan politician.
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Araghchi in Vienna to attend JCPOA joint commission meeting
Tehran, Aug 31, IRNA - Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi arrived in Vienna on Monday to participate in the joint commission meeting of Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Iran produces 9.2m tons of steel ingot over past five months
Tehran, Sept 8, IRNA – Iran produced some 9.2 million tons of steel ingot over the past five months of the current Iranian year (started on March 20) up by 7% in comparison to figures from the same period last year.
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President Rouhani: Developing strategic ties with neighbors tops Iran's agenda
Tehran, Aug 31, IRNA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the priorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran are on the development of strategies relations with neighbors, particularly in the commercial and economic fields.
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Envoy says urban diplomacy vital for reinforcing Iran-Croatia ties
Tehran, Oct 7, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Croatia Parviz Esmaeeli said on Wednesday that Iran and Croatia have common cultural grounds and that urban diplomacy and cooperation of municipalities can play major role in reinforcing relations.
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US immoral sanctions endanger lives of many people amid pandemic
New York, Oct 8, IRNA – Iran's representative in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly said that the US' insistence on continuing its illegal sanctions policy is immoral and against international law, endangering the lives of many people amid the coronavirus pandemic across the globe.
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Rouhani congratulates Spain on National Day
Tehran, Oct 12, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in separate messages to Spain's King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón offered his felicitations on the country's National Day.
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Azeri or Armenian drone crashes on northwestern Iran
Ardebil, Oct 13, IRNA – A drone crashed in border county of Parsabad-Moghan in northwestern Iranian province of Ardebil on Tuesday morning.
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Zarif to neighbors: Only together can we build a better future
Tehran, Nov 9, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a sincere message to neighbors that relying on outsiders will bring no security and "we can build a better future together.
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Seoul after removal of obstacles on exchanges with Iran: Ambassador
Tehran, Nov 16, IRNA - South Korea's Ambassador to Tehran Ryu Jeong-Hyun announced here on Monday that his country spares no effort to remove obstacles on trade exchange with Iran.
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Zarif slams assassination of Iranian scientist
Tehran, Nov 27, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a statement vehemently condemned assassination of head of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Head of the Research and Innovation Organization of the Ministry of Defense.